Season 311 - Kisses

I am half convinced by my narrator's attitude to ageing in this song.... But only half-convinced.

Here's a happy sounding little number about our mortality and life's natural narcotic that makes us eventually accept it.

The tune doesn't sound all that original to me - I think it draws on memories of loads of country songs of my youth. But if anyone recognises specific phrases, feel free to let me know.

 
A kiss through the frozen window - "Suudlus läbi jäätunud klaasi" (1982), a song by Rein Rannap and Ott Arder
 
Greetings,

Well here goes, the Pearl Jam version of "Last Kiss", recorded on my phone (which oddly has better audio quality than most of my other pads etc).

Ciao

 
Hi Friends, this is an original song by us, La Wolf (WS64 and Kale'a). With the 311th Season of the Ukulele category of "Kisses", we thought it was a great fit so wanted to share it with our friends here. Thank you so much for listening. Unfortunately, we are not able to do a live video together because we live on different continents. But we hope you enjoy this recorded vocal version. Both Wolfgang and I appreciate it so much. La Wolf
 
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I had a different song planned for my 2nd entry, but then the flu struck and I didn’t feel vocally up to it. This Blink song isn’t great, but it’s better than the other one would have been. Sickness is wrecking our elementary school this year, and I handle every single book that every single sick kid turns back in.

 
My No. 1 this week. Originally a hit for Brian Hyland in 1962 but later covered by Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Bobby Vinton and, most recently by Jason Donovan in 1989. It's the Brian Hyland version I remember.


Summer pictures in one of the dales of the North York Moors National Park.
 
Screen Kiss

this week has been a classic example, for me, of how my seasons brain operates, and how the seasons work for me! when i read the theme i had a song pop straight into my head, i tried to resist it but couldn't! lol! so that was my first song. then i went a-looking online for other songs that fit the theme, and found an absolute gem, a new-to-me song by a singer i love, so that was a delight to do! that was my two songs done, but the theme keeps working on your brain throughout the week regardless, and i had an idea for a homemade song develop, and did it just for kicks, as i'd already done my two for the week. i think the brain work/research side of the seasons is great, and like rex said, sometimes as well you just happen to hear a song and think OH gosh that fits the theme! it's great! i also get my parents and a pal of mine who is really into music, she's an expert on punk rock but also knows a whole bunch of other stuff too, in on the act, they come up with great song ideas!
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This is pretty much my experience with the Seasons too, though I tend to raid my record collection/iTunes rather than search online for inspiration if none strikes. That's where I found my first entry (in my iTunes library), but this is the 'irresistible' song that popped immediately into my head when I saw the theme. The reason it's my 2nd entry is that it must have taken me around 12 hours in total to work out some chords (there's none available online - I'll post what I've worked out below). Still haven't worked out the intro riff, so just went straight in with the vocal.



Code:
Screen Kiss  - Thomas Dolby (from 'The Flat Earth', 1984)

*Note: EM7, DM7, GM7 = E, D & G _major_ 7ths, respectively.

 D*4 (cresc)
|Bm D | Em D | D G | G  D |*2

EM7    D#m
Miller time 
       C#m       Bm7                D#m
at the bar where all the English meet__
EM7      D#m             C#m
She used to drink in the hills
Bm7                             D#m
Only now she drinks in the val-leys
EM7         D#m 
Where ev-er-y road
      C#m             Bm7   
has a name like Beach-wood Avenue
             D#m
or so it see-eems
EM7      D#m         Em  
The Croy-don  gi-r-r-r-l 
             Bm7            D#m                  
could really hope to find a home,  but
       Em                DM7                   GM7    Bm7
With a thousand miles of real estate to choose from
       Em             DM7                GM7     Em7  
You be-gin to see the value of your free-dom...

EM7         D#m           C#m            Bm7       D#m
The moon is bright in the haze above old Holly-wood__
    EM7       D#m           C#m
And deer look down from the hills
         Bm7                         D#m  
And it's three o'clock in the morning__
EM7     D#m           C#m               Bm7       D#m
Pill in hand, you can hear his golden surfer voice
EM7       D#m   Em   A              Bm7                 D#m    
Crying ou-ou-ou-out,   "Mummy won't come out of the bathroom!"
          Em                  DM7             GM7       Bm7
And you'd hoped he'd say he's sorry if he hit yer
         Em            DM7                     GM7      Bm7
but he's buried in the screenplay of this feat-ure   (feature)

 

Bm7              Em7            
Screen kiss, one screen ki-iss
                GM7     A7 
Straight from a film, I forget who was in
Bm7              Em7
Screen kiss, one screen ki-iss
            GM7        A7
Blue filter lens, 'n'a pool of vaseline
    D              Bm7
But all the rushes look the same
                  G               D                    Bm7    
Only there's a mo-vie, I wouldn't pay to see again, aye___
Em7                  Bm7
If it's the one with him in

EM7         D#m        C#m            Bm7          D#m   
You__ and I could be a mile above the earth tremors___
EM7     D#m          C#m  
Hold to me and we'll climb___
          Bm7                        D#m
You could sneak out while he's sleep-ing
EM7     D#m         C#m         Bm7           D#m      
/  Su-i-cide in the hills above old Holly-wood___
         EM7              D#m       Em
Is never gonna change the wor-r-r-r-ld
           Bm7                  D#m
Change the world, over-ni-i-ight
    Em               DM7                GM7     Bm7
Any more than the in-vention of the six-gun...  child____
    Em                DM7             GM7  Bm7     
Any more than the dis-covery of Rad-i-um,  oo-oo-ooh
   Em         DM7            GM7
Or California tipping in the ocean___

Bm7              Em7
Screen kiss, one screen ki-iss
                GM7     A7 
Straight from a film, I forget who was in
Bm7              Em7
Screen kiss, one screen ki-iss
            GM7     A7                 
Blue filter lens, a smear of vaseline
    D              Bm7
But all the rushes look the same
                  G               D                 Bm7   Em
Only there's a mo-vie, I wouldn't pay to see again  aye
G/D                  A7                        F#m7 Bm7  Bm
If it's the one,          if it's the one with him in
 
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I love this week so much so i had to to this second one. i'm surprised no one has done this fairly obvious cheesy song yet



I was secretly hoping you were going to do this and here it is. Nailed it bro!
 
Here is my entry:

 
Yesterday was my 57th birthday. For elmann's sake, I won't make any Heinz 57 jokes. I took a vacation day from work today, went to see Star Wars with my daughter, and we all went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner. Now back to our regularly scheduled ukulele videos!
 
An original.



I'd rather stay right here with you
Just wastin' this Sunday afternoon
But dispatch called, they say they got me another load
Gotta pick it up in San Antone
By night-time I'll be long gone
So kiss me one more time before I go

Let me go and tell the kids goodbye
I'll try not to let them see me cry
This job ain't worth the trouble or the heartache or the pay
I'm tired of driving these lonely roads
Just goin' wherever they tell me to go
I'd quit in a minute if I could find another way

But the only way I can keep earnin'
Is to keep those 18 wheels a-burnin'
You can't make no money if those wheels don't roll
If I could find a job with a little more pay
You'd never again have to hear me say
Kiss me one more time before I go

I gotta make El Paso before I sleep
Gotta wake up early, got a schedule to keep
And pick up a relay over in Fontana, L.A.
But the stars in L.A. don't shine so bright
As the stars in the heart of Texas at night
And the stars in Texas don't shine so bright as your eyes, anyway

But the only way I can keep earnin'
Is to keep those 18 wheels a-burnin'
You can't make no money if those wheels don't roll
If I could find a job with a little more pay
You'd never again have to hear me say
Kiss me one more time before I go

I'd rather stay right here with you
Just wastin' this Sunday afternoon
But dispatch called, they say they got me another load
So kiss me one more time before I go
 
Yesterday was my 57th birthday. For elmann's sake, I won't make any Heinz 57 jokes. I took a vacation day from work today, went to see Star Wars with my daughter, and we all went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner. Now back to our regularly scheduled ukulele videos!

happy birthday!!!! may the force be with you!
 
Yesterday was my 57th birthday. For elmann's sake, I won't make any Heinz 57 jokes. I took a vacation day from work today, went to see Star Wars with my daughter, and we all went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner. Now back to our regularly scheduled ukulele videos!

Happy Birthday, Jim! (Great way to celebrate!)
 
thanks for the week, Jim, and many happies mate.
a beautiful song from 1929 by Leo Robin and Richard A Whiting
that I first heard Cliff Edwards sing.
 
Yesterday was my 57th birthday. For elmann's sake, I won't make any Heinz 57 jokes. I took a vacation day from work today, went to see Star Wars with my daughter, and we all went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner. Now back to our regularly scheduled ukulele videos!

Happy birthday, Jim! Hope you had 153997.jpg in 57 varieties!
 
Yesterday was my 57th birthday. For elmann's sake, I won't make any Heinz 57 jokes. I took a vacation day from work today, went to see Star Wars with my daughter, and we all went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner. Now back to our regularly scheduled ukulele videos!




Great way to spend a birthday. Happy Bday
 
Last week on danish X-factor I saw someone do a slow cover of this song, that didn't resemble the Elvis version I knew at all. It was awesome, so I wanted to try!
I think it is a bit closer to Elvis that to that I saw last week, but I still managed to slow it down a bit...

It has kisses in the chorus, I hope it will do.

 
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