Showing posts with label Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. Show all posts

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Beethoven rolled over

Happy birthday Ludwig Van Beethoven, 250 years old today! You don't look a day over 249...

How about some - ahem - unusual versions of Beethoven's greatest music, by way of a celebration...

...first, on ukuleles...

...a double-bill of Latin music arrangements...

...and, finally - get your white flared suits and platform sole shoes on for this famous variation from Saturday Night Fever!

Oh, the classics...

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Tuesday, 30 October 2018

Don't touch me I'm a real live wire



Continuing our half-arsed attempt at sneaking a few "spooky" themes into this Hallowe'en week, how about this classic Talking Heads hit - played on ukuleles?


Fang-tastic!

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Thursday, 9 April 2009

Stupid and contagious



Apparently fifteen years ago this week some drug addict in Seattle blew his head off, and a cult was born.

So much so, in fact, that many artists since have chosen to do some weird and wonderful covers of the man's greatest hit...

Big Band version:


Ukulele version:


Lullaby version:


Electro version:


And, of course, my favourite version - by Kiki and Herb...


Hello! Hello!
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Sunday, 15 April 2007

Clash songs on ukuleles!



Apparently BBC Radio 6 Music is so enamoured of the fact that it's 30 years since the first album by the Clash that they have decide to get a large number of people to play their music on ukeleles for a forthcoming special programme!


I haven't heard anything quite so bizarre since the William Shatner cover of Pulp's Common People, or maybe the Richard Cheese version of Fuck You Like an Animal (Nine Inch Nails)...

I CAN'T WAIT!!!
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