Well, this morning I went up to my favorite video location in downtown Flint and took my trusty video camera and Jake signed ukulele and came recorded a solo instrumental version of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips." I've been working on this for about two weeks, off and on, and am hoping to do it live at a show next week. It was kind of fun to forget everything known or thought about the song since its infamous revival in the 60s and try to re-make it as something all my own. I have a number of tweaks and my current effort was the best of many takes but not yet perfect, but the underlying tune, which is very similar to "Making Whopee" (in fact, it's the same chord progression, different melody), is such a concise, wonderful little song I was more than happy to have fun working up this version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXqQjScntHM
The question is, can this song ever be revived?
Lyrics for this song are also very clever and very interesting. I have a vocal version worked out to the basic melody above, but my voice needs a little tweaking before I'll reveal that version.
All the best,
Mike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXqQjScntHM
The question is, can this song ever be revived?
Lyrics for this song are also very clever and very interesting. I have a vocal version worked out to the basic melody above, but my voice needs a little tweaking before I'll reveal that version.
All the best,
Mike
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