"Go 2000's" contest. Prize: Mitchell MU-70 concert ukulele

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Que pasa? John here with a contest fo yo asses. The premise is simple:

Cover a song originally released in the current decade, from 1/1/2000 until present day, on the ukulele. All skill levels are more than welcome to enter this contest! Post a video of your cover on youtube and put the link in this thread. No videos posted prior to the posting of this topic will be considered. So, I'd like you to say "This is for John's Go 2000's contest" or something at the beginning. I can be flexible on saying that though.

The deadline for entries is 5/31/09 11:59:59pm. I will select the winner and wherever you are in the world, I will ship it to you. No max on number of entries per person.

I had a Mitchell MU-70 as my first ukulele. My impressions were that it was beautiful, but didn't sound very full. Very brittle sound. Decided to change the stock GHS strings, and upon removing the strings, the nut fell out. Long story short, I've been bugging my friend who works there, and the new manager said he'd swap it back. Well as you may know, I now have the love of my life, a Mainland tenor. Having more than one uke would be great, but I love UU, so it's contest time.

I have already switched the stock strings to Aquilas, But I supposed I could include the crappy GHS's it came with? It no longer sounds brittle with Aquilas. It sings! And it's a fine looking uke too...


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Have fun! I will post the entries here:

Beejums: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV1vggKj5po&feature=channel_page

Weegingayin - Love and Theft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg18FEHjNhc

thewannabe90: Nantes - Beirut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8FsBOh_POs

casetone2514: Hey There Delilah - Plain White Tees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiWAf0N84jo

denno: first of the gang to die morrisey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS65XiLmYcA
and Hey There Delilah - Plain White Tees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzSIEhUYOf8

SamWise: Decibels and Little Pills by American Music Club
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vIcfLnu-uk

Yoppy - This Message by Krabbers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn5QwqdzYys
and Poor Edward by Tom Waits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yitd9iurZFg

Dirk.li - Sailing To Philadelphia by MArk Knopfler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU_cyrPRipc&fmt=18
and Hey There delilah - Plain White Tees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pfvujqs--k

AnnaUK - All About You by McFly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku9ZIi3eoiY
and Viva La Vida by Coldplay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW_aP2L3ThI

Dominicfoundthemoon - That freaking Juno song lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLWFs-gvA_A
and Ukisociety's "Hi"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5i_z5vk5Is

Go Team Yam - All Nightmare Long by Metallica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdHVAKRoCtw

MattHaaaaaaaaaaaa - Umbrella by Rihanna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmGzN4a9Jds

mctrmtrmamtmsmrt - I Don't Believe You by The Magnetic Fields
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwScpo2Xhc0

PPhunk - Sunset by Marques Houston
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t1dA0D9Jwk
 
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This contest is making me realize how little post-1/1/2000 music I've listened to.

JJ = :eek:ld:
 
My impressions were that it was beautiful, but didn't sound very full.

i played my friends mu70 with the original strings and not a very pretty sound. after he got the aquilas (my suggestion), it sounded amazing.

ps. i just got a mainland and that is what i am going to make my entry with.
 
cool contest... i'm in
 
I'll try it out!

Is it one entry per person?... I'm just guessing here, haha.
 
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