Seasons of the Ukulele

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Season 674 - Show Me The Way To Go Home

LimousinLil

Another one from me. It suddenly occurred to me that this song fitted the week really well …

kolibri

Never Get Lost is a little song by Marc Blitzstein from an obscure musical "Reuben, Reuben" (1955). It offers some useful advise on how not to get lost, like "Try to know which way you're going". 🙂

Barbablanca

The Muse struck! I was thinking of an old friend I had LOST contact with and this song sort of emerged from my subconscious.

The photo shows Igor and his partner Janja (from Lublijana) on holiday with us in their native Slovenia in 2007.

DelGriff

Thanks for hosting, Val! :-)

This original song, written in February 2022, I initially wrote as an instrumental. But it was lacking something. So I asked my friend, the hugely talented and sorely missed one-time Seasonista Liz Brinker, if she could add the missing ingredient. Barely a day later she had written some beautiful, sad lyrics and recorded a wonderful vocal arrangement for it, harmonies and all. That version, easily the best version, with my music (no uke) and Liz’s superb vocals, can be found here. I think it’s probably the best original song I’ve ever had a part in creating.

Here’s my solo version, singing and playing baritone uke to my original instrumental track:

‘Lost’

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late to the party. we've been having some major connectivity issues with

our internet this past week…anyway, new modem and we're back in business

though still off and on. very frustrating these 1st world problems…

anyway, finally got to record a couple of songs this morning:

an original song called 'Sea' and an old fiddle tune

i've always loved to play called 'Wandering Boy'

LimousinLil

And hello again from a not-quite-so-cold deepest France … a mere -1. Thanks so much to our contributors yesterday, being Paul, Ylle, Berni, Del and Jon … lovely stuff from you all! The Playlist has been updated and is waiting patiently for some more entries. Have a happy Sunday!

Ooh, it worked!!!

UkeCan1

Sorry I've been AWOL this week. I wrote a paper for a conference journal and had 3+ days of courses on US time, plus back-to-back meetings all week.

Today though was the 2025 return of the Chapters open mic … so you get two twofers from me (plus two songs from the previous Seasons).

Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush" and "Please Come to Boston" by Dave Loggins are both about finding one's way home (and one has "gold" in the title, the other in the lyrics).

I got a bit choked up in the middle of singing about living forever in LA. 😥

(Also, note to self: Singing against the British Empire doesn't go over well in semi-rural Queensland.)

OnlyUkeThatMatters

Of course there's a Clash song that's got empathy for anyone feeling lost in our consumer culture.

And luckily, Santa brought me my own tiple this year - its ringing drone felt perfect to me for this one...

"Lost in the Supermarket," the Clash (1979)

UkeFoote

"Out of the Day", by the Zombies, for concert ukulele with singing, overdubs of Ashbory Ubass and secondary vocal. Thanks for hosting, Val!

UkeCan1

Monday twofer:

The fabled Golden Helmet of Mambrino has been lost for centuries ... but Don Quixote has found it!

Teased by the doubtful Barber, who believes it to be merely his shaving basin and the Don to be a deluded old fool ... but supported by his loyal sidekick Sancho Panza, who moves everyone at the inn to be as inspired as he is by the power of his master's mad vision ... Don Quixote reverently dons first the silk handkerchief (dirty washrag) given him by his lady Dulcinea, then the historic helmet.

Everyone joins in on the soaring final chorus as the knight errant and his page ride off to make history.

Good thing I coincidentally purchased the perfect head and eye gear yesterday on post-holiday sale for 25¢ a pack, so you too could clearly see and be inspired by the heroic Don, the Barber, Sancho, and the Helmet.

Here's "Golden Helmet of Mambrino" from "Man of La Mancha":

MsBean

I wanted to bring this one, then decided against it and looked for another, and came back to it this morning.

It kind of fits, I think. Thanks for hosting, Val!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_My_Hand,_Precious_Lord

LimousinLil

And with Sabine's lovely contribution, it is my sad duty to declare Season 764 officially over! Thank you all for the songs you have brought this week … we have 40 videos on the Playlist; not a bumper number, but the quality has, as ever, been wonderful. I'll be back later in the week with the Wrap.

LET US HOPE THAT, IN THE CURRENT CLIMATE, WE ARE ABLE TO "FIND OUR WAY HOME"! MY LOVE TO YOU ALL!

redpaul1

LimousinLil *674 :-)

Many thanks for hosting, Val.

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