Hendrix Of The Uke

[filkertom]

the_mad_elf sent me a link to a really cool video, which you may have seen -- I hadn't -- of a guy playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on the ukelele. Like, staggeringly well. Like Joe Giacoio, but on a uke. There was no credit at the original link site, but it didn't take long to find one.

Ladies and gentlemen, Jake Shimabukuro.

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[figmo.livejournal.com]

I saw this a while back and wholeheartedly agree with you. He's wonderful.

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, that guy! Great musician.

Speaking of Google Videos, this link was just posted to rec.music.filk...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7590614740117977385

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Beautiful...

[trdsf.livejournal.com]

Dammit. I don't have my Kleenex handy. That's just beautiful...

[cheshyre]

Have you seen the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain's rendition of Nirvana's "Smells like teen spirit"?

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's brilliant... thanks for sharing!

[rikhei.livejournal.com]

*squee* Moshing ukelele player!!!

[killernurd.livejournal.com]

Heh. I loved the music... ended up playing the video just so I could broadcast the music over the SHOUTcast station :D

[illusionmajik.livejournal.com]

Hes amazing isn't he?
His Toast song is funny! :)

His stuff is some of the most mind boggling beautiful stuff I've ever heard!

[shikyrie.livejournal.com]

This "toast".. is it the same one they play regularly on "Bob and Tom"?

[markbernstein.livejournal.com]

I'd seen mention of him before, but hadn't yet seen or heard him. Wow. That's scary good.

[daundelyon.livejournal.com]

Being a child who watched too much Sesame Street, I've always had a bit of a soft spot for the ukelele. But that was just amazing!

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

... What's this "too much Sesame Street" of which you speak? ;)

[daundelyon.livejournal.com]

Ok, you have a good point. ^_^ *is counting the days till classic Sesame is released on DVD*

[min0taur.livejournal.com]

Every now and then you get to see someone unpack what's really in a piece of music you thought familiar, and at times like this, it's like watching a crystal chandelier emerge from an attache case. Thank you for providing a moment of amazement.

[ladysmith.livejournal.com]

Oh, he is KICKASS. That album (Walking down Rainhill) is so worth it. (And is on ITunes).

[umbran.livejournal.com]

Wow. Make that little beastie sing, he did.

[shikyrie.livejournal.com]

Veddy interestink... but... Shouldn't it have been dubbed while my ukelele gently weeps? ::shrug::

[zibblsnrt.livejournal.com]

Here's (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8395698617458049023&q=ukulele) another one by the same guy which is roughly as frightening.

[ericcoleman]

wow

[salkryn.livejournal.com]

*Blinks in utter amazement* Daaayammmn that man can play!

[gryphons.livejournal.com]

yeah.. saw him at Nightfall here in town last week.. sorta went as a lark.. but WOW!!!

[delayra.livejournal.com]

Sci Fi is getting ready to premiere Who Wants to be a Superhero? tomorrow evening...

Wouldn't What If... I Were A Superhero? be a great theme song?

[bschilli.livejournal.com]

This is the third time this week I've heard a story about a ukulele. First there was one on "To the Best of Our Knowledge" http://wpr.org/book/060723a.html and today there was one on "All Things Considered"

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's impressive... how do we get this man to a filk? :-)

[trdsf.livejournal.com]

Holy.

Shit.

That's nothing short of astounding.

[infobits.livejournal.com]

Thank you Tom.

I've posted the links on my LJ too - it may catch a few non-filk types there - viral LJ anybody?

BJ