What's your top 10 playlist?

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Ok, after chording Uncle Rod's practice sheets, in/out, out/in/out fingerpicking and growing callouses, there will come a time to concentrate on learning actual songs. Sure, I can play a few, but I haven't spent time adding them to a personal 'playlist' and calling them 'completed;...

Here's my fantasy list of stuff I'd like to be able to play early on

1. Somewhere over the rainbow (Iz version)
2. A Kiss to build a dream on - Louis Armstrong
3. Stand by Me- Ben E King
4. Billie Jean- Michael Jackson
5. Moondance- Van Morrison
6. Hawiian standard? please suggest one for me
7. blues classic- need some help here too
8. anything Beatles

and for fun cause I'm not a singer.. and these can be talked through..

9. Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother- Jerry Jeff Walker
10. When I'm Cleaning Windows- George Formby

I hope everyone will post a list so I can steal great song ideas from you :)
What does your list of 10 look like?


btw.. having a blast after only 4 weeks of Uke. Everyone on this forum sounds like they are having tons of fun. My new KoAloha Thin Body Tenor gets here tomorrow.."Lord, I promise to wait longer before my next purchase :eek:"
 
At this moment in time my top ten songs that I play are, in no particular order

1, Love Is The Drug, Roxy Music

2, Losin My Religion, REM

3, Bad Moon Rising, Creedance Clearwater Revival

4, Sex On Fire, Kings Of Leon

5, Pretty Vacant, The Sex Pistols

6, Mad World, Tears For Fears

7, Modern Love, David Bowie

8, I Don't Like Mondays, The Boomtown Rats

9, Echo Beach, Martha And The Muffins

10, Wherever You Will Go, The Calling

in a coupla days this list will self destruct...........and be completely different
 
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If you like jazz standards, check out Dr. Uke's tabs. http://www.doctoruke.com/songs.html

Here's my current top 10 rotation:
1. Ain't Misbehavin'
2. Cry Me a River
3. You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk - The Petshop Boys
4. Lilac Wine - Jeff Buckley
5. Eenen - The Ulfuls (Japanese rock group)
6. House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
7. Lydia the Tattooed Lady - A Groucho Marx classic!
8. Needles and Pins - The Searchers
9. Rocket Man - Elton John
10. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (and Write Myself a Letter) - Fats Waller

I have very weird and selective tastes in music.
 
kaizersoza....What chords are you playing Sex on Fire??

Here are a few songs I play a lot.
Use Somebody-Kings of Leon
Something-George Harrison
While My Guitar Gently Weeps-George
A lot of the Eddie Vedder Ukulele Songs
Daughter- Pearl Jam
Sweet- Dave Matthews Band
Flake-Jack Johnson
 
1. Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) Don McLean
2. Today, Randy Sparks
3. Hotel California, The Eagles
4. It's Only A Paper Moon, Harold Arlen
5. Puff the Magic Dragon, Peter, Paul and mary
6. Watching The River Run, Loggins & Messina
7. Fly Me To The Moon, Bart Howard
8. In My Life, Beatles
9. Opihi Man, Ka'au Crater Boys
10. Greenfields, The Brothers Four
 
If you like jazz standards, check out Dr. Uke's tabs. http://www.doctoruke.com/songs.html

Here's my current top 10 rotation:
1. Ain't Misbehavin'
2. Cry Me a River
3. You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk - The Petshop Boys
4. Lilac Wine - Jeff Buckley
5. Eenen - The Ulfuls (Japanese rock group)
6. House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
7. Lydia the Tattooed Lady - A Groucho Marx classic!
8. Needles and Pins - The Searchers
9. Rocket Man - Elton John
10. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (and Write Myself a Letter) - Fats Waller

I have very weird and selective tastes in music.

Weird? NO. Just shows an appreciation for good tunes regardless of genre! Love it!
 
1. i'll see you in my dreams
2. streets of london
3. always on my mind
4. house of the rising sun
5. Misty
6. love letters
7. autumn leaves
8. Somewhere over the rainbow/wonderful world
9. killing me softly
10. fly me to the moon

these are in no particular order btw.
Cheers
Gary
 
In no particular order

Somewhere over the rainbow/wonderful world
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Molokai Slide
Drop Baby Drop
Margaritaville
Tip Toe Through the Tulips
Sadie Green the vamp of New Orleans
Hard Hearted Hannah
Bring Me Sunshine
Sing (and tell your blues goodbye)
 
1. i'll see you in my dreams
2. streets of london
3. always on my mind
4. house of the rising sun
5. Misty
6. love letters
7. autumn leaves
8. Somewhere over the rainbow/wonderful world
9. killing me softly
10. fly me to the moon

these are in no particular order btw.
Cheers
Gary

Ooh.-Autumn Leaves, one of my faves. Play it on my low g concert. Off to find "Misty" chords...
 
Ooh, cool thread! Here are the songs that I've pretty much learned off by heart, so are in my playlist:

1. Somewhere Over the Rainbow
2. Hukilau
3. Talkin' Story (my own rendition of Everybody's Talkin')
4. I'll Fly Away/Amazing Grace melody
5. Aloha God (original)
6. Margaritaville
7. Happy Place (original)
8. Daydream Believer
9. Tonight You Belong to Me
10. Dream a Little Dream
 
Ah, lists are fun. Here are ten songs I've been playing lately...

Straight to Hell (The Clash)
My Time (Bob Andy)
Burning Lights (Joe Strummer)
Home on the Range (instrumental arranged by May Singhi Breen)
All I Do Is Dream of You (Brown & Freed)
If I Had You (Campbell, Connelly, & Shapiro)
Glory Days (Bruce Sprinsteen)
California Gurls (Katy Perry)
Ja Da (Bob Carleton)
Redemption Song (Bob Marley)
 
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
La Vie en Rose
Mozart, Sonata Facile (K545)
Eleanor Rigby
Someone to Watch Over Me
Piggies
Orange Crate Art
My Funny Valentine
Tennessee Waltz
Ue o Muite Arukou (known in the U.S. as Sukiyaki)

Must I stop at 10?? :)
 
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
La Vie en Rose
Mozart, Sonata Facile (K545)
Eleanor Rigby
Someone to Watch Over Me
Piggies
Orange Crate Art
My Funny Valentine
Tennessee Waltz
Ue o Muite Arukou (known in the U.S. as Sukiyaki)

Must I stop at 10?? :)

wow... amazed at the titles... I MUST expand my horizons... lots of non-english titles.. very cool.. hope youtube has examples
 
I MUST expand my horizons...

Playing music works wonders for that! When I first picked up the uke I never expected to play much other than Tin Pan Alley... which now I rarely play at all.

A couple of the above are on my YouTube (link below) but I think there are far, far better examples out there from far, far better players. Although I might be the only one on YT with an instrumental uke version of Orange Crate Art... hmmm, now I need to find out...
 
mine changes from day to day and week to week. Lately these ones have been on the list...

Buddy Bolden's Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
Rosetta - Earl Hines
I Can't Get The One I Want - Lou Handman, Billy Rose & Herman Ruby (Cliff Edwards)
Word Up - Cameo
Fall Of The Star High School Running Back - The Mountain Goats
Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce
Lonesome Valley - Traditional
Happy Days TV Theme - Charles Fox
Coyotes - Don Edwards
My Baby Just Cares For Me - Gus Kahn & Walter Donaldson
Orange Colored Sky - Milton DeLugg & Willy Stein

plus a handful of others! :eek:
 
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
La Vie en Rose
Mozart, Sonata Facile (K545)
Eleanor Rigby
Someone to Watch Over Me
Piggies
Orange Crate Art
My Funny Valentine
Tennessee Waltz
Ue o Muite Arukou (known in the U.S. as Sukiyaki)

Must I stop at 10?? :)

Nice selection! The lyrics to Sukiyaki (why is it even called that?) are kind of sad. I'm rather fond of Ashita Ga Aru Sa because it's the best song to sing at karaoke in Japan.
 
I wish I could keep 10 songs in memory at once. I'm lucky to keep four or five at a time. This week that's probably...

House of the Rising Sun
Tom Dooley
Five Foot Two
Hotel California
There's a Train (original I'm working up for the seasons)

For anything else I have to pull out the iPad or 3-ring binder.

John
 
Probably 6 of the 10 songs would be ones I wrote. Leaving those out, the 10 cover tunes I enjoy most, at least this week:

Homburg - Procol Harum
Find the River - REM
Supper's Ready - Genesis
South Side of the Sky - Yes
Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra
Love's Not a Competition (But I'm Winning) - Kaiser Chiefs
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Mellotron Scratch - Porcupine Tree
Ophelia - The Band
Subterranean Homesick Alien - Radiohead
 
Great thread! Here are my top 10 at the moment:

La Isla Bonita - Madonna (Jontom's version)
Something - Beatles
Yesterday - Beatels
Alacron Y Pistolero
Without You - Eddie Vedder
Europa - Carlos Santana
The Unknown - Kalei Gamiao
Misty - Errol Garner (Just learning. It's a master class in jazz chords)
Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Romanza de Amor
 
My top ten tunes are:

1 Greensleeves
2 Scarborough Fair
3 Raggle Taggle Gypsies
4 Morning has Broken
5 Abide With Me
6 Auld Lang Syne
7 Ode to Joy
8 Duelling Banjos
9 Tam Lin
10 Padstow (The May day tune)
 
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