cua94 Those Were The Days... That tremolo and rhythmic strum is absolutely spot on for this song, that's a terrific performance Liz!
CeeJay The Pontypool Front Row... Well that's made my cold morning... you crazy man! That was wonderfully hilarious! Good on you for taking on Max Boyce and well done for a solid explanation of the cultural references too. But lets not miss the SUPERB advanced strumming technique going on there Sir! VERY impressive stuff! Absolutely love it!!!!
Barbablanca The Hand That Signed The City... I need to find a friend who plays the pipes... they sit SO well with the uke don't you think? What can I say, simply "excellent" I thinks sums it up nicely.
frisbeefred JuJu Man... Dave Edmunds! Inspired Sir! Perfectly sung and sweetly strummed Fred, that works really nicely on the uke and I love the little fade at the end, neatens it up beautifully. I believe the phrase I'm looking for is "nailed it"... in fact I'm going to play it again!
Xommen How The Mighty Fall... Ahhh Wim, I love an egg shaker.... it's amazing how much such a simple percussion instrument to can add to a song. Very interesting you didn't listen to it before you recorded it, that sounds like a fun thing to do and it certainly came out wonderfully so I'll give that a go sometime. Awesome entry Wim!
lelouden Y Brawd Houdini... I'm so pleased you made it to the party
Vocals: perfect. Harmonies: even more awesome than usual... that chorus will have my head bobbing from side to side all day. Percussion: highly effective. Strumming: effortless. Lyrics: OMG!!! You went for some Welsh!!! Now that really is going the extra mile, I doff my Welsh bonnet to you. Yr oedd hynny'n wych , Linda.
Xommen Breathe... Absolutely love the dual vocal here Sir. I really enjoy figuring out chords, it's very satisfying don't you find? And I think it helps get under the skin of a song and make it your own. Another super job here Wim. North Wales salutes you.
UkeFoote Ar Hyd y Nos... Well! Firstly, beautiful uke playing Sir of a lovely traditional tune, just lovely! But... well... THEREMIN!!!! WOWZERS!!! I only said last week how I love the mix of a uke and a subtle bit of electronica and bam, there it is right there. I am a little speechless, I really wasn't expecting such a thing and I am completely overjoyed. I stand up and enthusiastically applaud Sir!
lelouden Old Carmarthen Oak... Some beautiful Welsh folk here Linda! Sensational harmonies and I love the little pipe melody. Play that in my local pub and it would be free drinks all night long.... first one's on me!
Rustyy Mercy... Brilliant Sir... Thank you for bringing Duffy to the show!!! A local(ish) girl with a cracking voice! This is exactly why I love the Seasons... you're playing Duffy for me... just wonderful, wonderful and another big bag of wonderful to go on top
BirdsEyeViewOfMyUke 68 Guns... Ooooo I like that Lynda, some super smooth strumming going on there and excellent vocal delivery. Wonderful stuff... yeah baby
Joko Chardonnay... Yay, you've brought Cerys to the party! Nice one Sir! She's very big on the Welsh language circuit these days and has made a highly respectable "post-Catatonia" career. Great harmonies, tapping and whistling... a highly enjoyable version all round, I'm sure Cerys would be very proud!
BirdsEyeViewOfMyUke If Paradise... You mean Werewolves are in Wales!!!!??? I moved away from Yorkshire in the first place to escape them!!! ARGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Well firstly "An American Werewolf..." is one of my favourite films and secondly, no I don't mind looking at pictures of Jenny Agutter
So you're safe, it's in. In fact it's definitely in seeing as it was a cracking version!!!! Holywood recently wanted to film part of World War Z near here using the "
fun ship" but it never happened. Shame. (see
Wikipedia for more info about this local curiosity!)
Max Boyce... Cerys Matthews... Duffy... songs in Welsh... you lot are the best! I'm SLIGHTLY beginning to regret choosing a winner rather than a random draw!