buddhuu
Super Moderator (Retired)
In JJ's thread about songs that can't be covered on uke, thejumpingflea suggested (tongue-in-cheek, I suspect) that 'I'm Yours' was such a song.
Clearly it can be covered on ukulele. That said, it's so much easier to play in C than in B, but it doesn't sound so good. In B I still stumble over the change from the picking bit to the F# chord.
I know some people are sick of that tune just as many are tired of most of the songs that have become standard uke-fodder. The studio version of Mraz's single is a bit "meh", but I have to say that the live version from Korean TV is, IMHO, a staggeringly good performance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYhrYHmUPn0
It's a fair song, written around a classic, very common chord progression (I, V, vi, IV), but the version in that video just blows me away. Two guys, one guitar, one djembe and a cymbal show how unnecessary the full band production on the single was. Toca Rivera's backup vocal is perfect, the drum too, and those two guys work really well together on that song.
That remains one of my favourite videos, even though I'm pretty tired of the studio version of the song, and I know some are just sick of it, period.
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Clearly it can be covered on ukulele. That said, it's so much easier to play in C than in B, but it doesn't sound so good. In B I still stumble over the change from the picking bit to the F# chord.
I know some people are sick of that tune just as many are tired of most of the songs that have become standard uke-fodder. The studio version of Mraz's single is a bit "meh", but I have to say that the live version from Korean TV is, IMHO, a staggeringly good performance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYhrYHmUPn0
It's a fair song, written around a classic, very common chord progression (I, V, vi, IV), but the version in that video just blows me away. Two guys, one guitar, one djembe and a cymbal show how unnecessary the full band production on the single was. Toca Rivera's backup vocal is perfect, the drum too, and those two guys work really well together on that song.
That remains one of my favourite videos, even though I'm pretty tired of the studio version of the song, and I know some are just sick of it, period.
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