This week is all about INSECTS, ARACHNIDS and JONATHAN RICHMAN.
(In case you, like me, had no idea what arachnids are until I looked it up on the internet, ARACHNIDS are 8-legged non insect creatures like spiders, mites, ticks, scorpions and daddy-longlegs.)
1.Play any song that is about insects and arachnids or mention them, either in the title or lyrics.
Fellow seasonistas who have written insect/arachnid songs :
Berni - The Flew Who Climbed Mount Everest
Janet - The Mantis Melody, Humming Along, Army Ant Wars, The Singing Armadillo, and Hey Little Fish
Kevin - Spider Song
Jon - Skeeter Song and Meant To Be To Be
Bill ( 23skidooooooooo ) - The Cricket
Tony ( casetone2514) - I Really Don't Like Spiders
Some of you might find the names of the insects with human faces in the intro video familiar. They are paintings I made based roughly on the characters from Franz Kafka's short story Metamorphosis, which tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect and subsequently struggling to adjust to this new condition. If you feel inspired to, I would love to hear any original song that is inspired by or based on this story.
2. Play any song by Jonathan Richman or him and The Modern Lovers.
The usual start and end time apply. Must have a uke somewhere in your video, even if you just pick or strum it a few times. Multi-tracking - YES. Instrumentals - YES. Collaborations - YES! Children songs - YES!! Home-made instruments - YES!!! Originals - YES !!!!!
For prizes I might crochet some wonky insect badges OR make a cartoon drawing of the winners.
here are 2 badges I have made so far....haha
HAVE FUN!
a list of insect/arachnid songs by fellow seasonistas/ukers
a video of Jonathan Richman's early demos
PLAYLIST
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