Season 411: Missed Opportunities, Second Chances, and Do-Overs

Hi everyone!

As you may know, a couple of weeks ago I had a nasty spill. Fractured a couple of ribs and my shoulder. The healing proceeds, BUT among the consequences of my fall: It ruined a lot of plans we had for our extended holiday break.

So I'm trying to make the proverbial lemonade. Rather than my first plan for this season, let's use this week to revisit the 52 seasons of 2019, beginning with Del's Season 359: Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick and going through Joko's 410, Songs of the 9s (still under way!!).

Are there any seasons that slipped past before you got a chance to post an entry? Did you hit the song limit but still have more to bring? Did you work on a song and didn't get to post it because, maybe, life intervened?

Here's your second chance.

Bring me entries that would have been appropriate in any of the 2019 Seasons of the Ukulele. In your video, please indicate which season would have been a good fit.

Otherwise, the standard rules apply:

• The video should be an original prepared for Season 411.

• Ukulele should be featured prominently, although other instruments are fine to add.

• Collaborations welcome!

• Please be kind and comment on others' entries.

• The season starts at 12:01 a.m. Hawaii time Sunday the 29th and ends at 11:59 p.m. Sunday the 5th of January. (New decade!)

ORIGINALS: Welcome! This time, please stick to the title theme. Bring originals about missed opportunities, second chances, do-overs ... times you had different ideas but life or chance or fate intervened.

For now, I'm looking at a five-song limit total. I may increase that as the week goes by.

There will be prizes to be determined.

If you have any questions, please ask!

More than anything else, HAVE FUN!


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Excellent Idea Rick! Hope you feel better soon ~

yes, thank you so much for still hosting even though you must be in alot of pain. definitely lemons into lemonade, though - great inspired theme!

Here are all the season topics from 2019 -

359. DelGriff - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - songs with some elements of percussion as well as uke
360. Desert Pavement - Celebrating a year in music - any song covered by Steve (365ukesongs) on his successful song a day for a year quest
361. One Man And His Uke - i want scandi - songs with a scandinavian connection
362. mep1 - Traveling with the Wilburys - song by The Wilburys or by the individuals in the band - original songs about traveling etc
363. uke4ia - Into the Void - songs about nothing
364. kolibri - In Someone Else's Shoes - songs from another's perspective
365. Harry122 - Aloha - Hawaiian songs - songs by Hawaiians - songs about Hawaii etc
366. RAB11 - House of Mouse - Disney songs
367. turtledrum - A Simple Gift - songs performed for or dedicated to a special someone
368. pabrizzer - N O spells no. Songs with the word 'no' in the title
369. hendulele - My Old School Daze .. PLUS - songs from 1975 to 1979 plus songs by Queen.
370. Tootler - Runners Up - songs that peaked at number 2 on the charts
371. YorkSteve - EEEasy does it - songs that start with E
372. bird's eye view of my ukulele - uke ritual - songs by Hawkwind or Hawklords
373. Croaky Keith - Single Word Titles
374. Recovering Bassist and Ann Marie - Now Uke Talkin' - music containing the spoken word
375. AlanDP - Pickin' and Grinnin' - songs by artists who appeared on Hee Haw
376. Mezcalero - Ukin' Together - collaborations
377. DelGriff - Say Sorry - songs with the word sorry in the lyrics
378. LimousinLil - Banned by the Beeb - songs banned by the BBC
379. UkingViking - Bossafication! - songs in the Bossa Nova style
380. aspieman456 - Songs about the Golden State - songs about California - or aspects or places in California
381. RAB11 - Doctor Doctor Doctor - songs mentioning doctors or anything medical
382. One Man And His Uke - Connections - your song is to have a connection to (or be a spin off of) a previous song brought to the season.
383. Tootler - Summer Rites - original songs about Summer
384. Desert Pavement - Wilco! - songs by the band Wilco and/or original songs about home
385. Mezcalero - Popular Abroad - artists who have done very well outside their home country - original songs about travelling or living abroad
386. Croaky Keith - songs from the '70s
387. hendulele - Shapes of Things - play a song on a non standard shape uke. Sing a song with a shape in the title.
388. DelGriff and bevomu - Upstairs at Derek's and Lynda's - music of Vince Clarke and Alsion Moyet
389. YorkSteve - Dream On - songs about Dreams and or Nightmares
390. engravertom - Facing the Music - songs by Jeff Lynne
391. Harmony Smurf - Sowing Seeds of Joy - songs inspiring and encouraging happiness
392. turtledrum - Hats Off to Harry - songs for Randy McSorley
393. Yukio - Are You Hep to the Jive? - songs containing slang
394. uke4ia - The Electric Version - plug that uke in and/or use some effects - songs about electricity - songs by bands with an electric name
395. EmmaX - Spicks and Specks - song relating to the Australian music quiz TV show
396. Joko - On the River of Gender - songs by gender bending artists - songs by Boney M or Lana del Ray - songs whilst dressed in 'drag'
397. LimousinLil - And Is There Honey Still For Tea? - songs about/relating to the United Kingdom
398. RAB11 - Ooh La La - songs with singalong "la la's" in them.
399. kolibri - Bella Italia - Italian songs - songs about Italy - songs by 'Italians'.
400. Tootler - Myths and Legends
401. UkingViking - Tarantino - songs from Tarantino movies
402. bonesign - Sickening Sweet Season - yep bring those sappy love songs
403. Flatbaroque - Exploring the Cave and Beyond - songs by Nick Cave - about caving etc etc - songs from Peaky Blinders
404. RAB11 - Ten Years Up Over - songs from/about Australia
405. One Man And His Uke - Pennies On The Singing Detective's Collar - songs from the TV series Pennies From Heaven and or The Singing Detective and or Lipstick On My Collar and or original songs about hypocrisy
406. Barbablanca - The Right to Reply / Setting the record straight - Berni sets us a song writing assignment or Melanie Safka covers
407. LimousinLil - You Need Hands - songs with 'hands' in the title or lyrics
408. Mezcalero - N.P.R.'s Tiny Desk Concert Series
409. Tootler - Yuletide Celebration
410. Joko - The Time of the Nines - songs from years ending with a nine or by artists who's age ended with a nine when written - oh and a randomly directed song writing challenge available as well

Truly spoilt for choice here, Rick! Where to begin?

LimousinLil said:

Truly spoilt for choice here, Rick! Where to begin?

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I’d suggest season 359 Val

404. RAB11 - Ten Years Up Over - songs from/about Australia
I had every intention on bringing some John Williamson along that week but didn't have the time.
My brother said that he hears Nowhere Man but that is more to do with my version than the original.
I hope to bring more John Williamson this week especially Kings and Queens....

Most people know this as a Fats Waller song but it was also recorded by the Ink Spots.Fats was complaining that the
feet of his lady friend were too big, but the Ink Spots felt that there was a chance that they might get rejected by their
lady friends because their pedal extremities were enormous.

There was an interesting discussion on the mudcat cafe regarding why big feet especially
in a woman was regarded as something less desireable, and the suggested reason was that
Back in the day girls from the country walked barefoot which tended to make them splay footed
and unsophisticated in the way they walked, whereas city girls who were used to walking in
high heels were viewed to be more desireable companions when going to the Cotton Club
up in Harlem. The Chinese also had a thing about women with small feet and went to far as to
bind their feet up so they would remain small, which would be considered barbaric these days.

FROM MUDCAT CAFE
While skimming through a couple of books on American folksong,
I found a number of old songs that include insult lyrics about a woman's big feet.

My guess is that these 'big feet' putdowns were a shorthand way of expressing preference
for city gals and city living as opposed to country living. And because many of these songs
that I found were from late 19th African American sources, I believe that these big foot
put-downs also reflect a desire to shuck off rural life that was too closely associated with
the horrors & limitations of slavery.

In this thread I'll share some examples of these songs.
Do you know any lyrics from traditional or contemporary songs from whichever cultures
that mention big feet? Are such songs always insults
Also, I've only found one example of insult lyrics about men's big feet. Do you know any?
And do you know any lyrics about women's small, dainty feet?
In contrast to the songs about big feet, aren't girls with small feet considered
more desirable than their larger sole sisters?

FOR MORE ON THE BIG FOOT DISCUSSION

I must have missed that bit of bad news, Rick, hope all is going well for a speedy recovery, all the best.

Thank you, all, and special thanks to Brian for listing all the seasons. Above and beyond the call of our Master of Ceremonies!

Now, on to the entries!

i missed season 394 of the ukulele (the electric uke) so i'm taking this week's opportunity to go back to it. also re-visiting the t rex dice of destiny that i had alot of fun with last season!

I missed Berni's latest Season intentionally I guess (I thought the songwriting ideas where way to complex, but maybe I just didn't get them ), I did try this song then, and thought it was way to long, and now here is it anyway, my take on Melanie Safka - Beautiful People.

sticking with season 394 (the electric uke), that i missed, and celebrating getting even older - turning 53 as we speak!

ld:

"53 is a magic number"

Gday Rick.I tried to find something to suit one of your previous seasons.This fits your school days season.That season had years 1975-79 in play.This is from Tom Wait's 1975 live album.Nighthawks at the Diner. Some ipad keyboard as well.

Hey Rick, thanks for hosting!

Honestly, this one could qualify for various seasons we've had in 2019. Paul Simon said that when he wrote this song, he was in his bathroom with the lights turned off, because it allowed him to dream as he was playing and coming up with the lyrics. It also reached the top 10 in more than a dozen countries abroad. I wrote a chart out for it for Steve's season about dreams/dreaming, but found it a lot harder than I expected to learn, so I ended up doing a different song that week. I decided to revisit it today. Happy New Year to everyone ~

404. RAB11 - Ten Years Up Over - songs from/about Australia
Another John Williamson song

This is perfect! Back in 379, Bosso Nova week, I asked a friend of mine who mixes beats if he could create a bossa beat for me, he said sure, spent his time doing it, and then I never did anything with it because I.. I don't know.. I had a block. He never said as much, but I think he resented that slight of mine. We're not as good of friends now (I think that may have something to do with me being also his supervisor at work now) Well, hear, Now, 8 months later, I know a lot more about my software, I got better gear, and I'm sure I can do this! Bossa!

Senior Moment Christmas, I wrote the words to this last week, the family liked it at our gathering on Christmas Day. I never got a chance to put this one up on the holiday Season #409, oh that's right, I forgot!

bird's eye view of my ukelele said:

...and celebrating getting even older - turning 53 as we speak!

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Happy birthday Lynda! All the best people are 53 - scientific fact!

DelGriff said:

Happy birthday Lynda! All the best people are 53 - scientific fact!

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thank you!!! and yes i think they are!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol!!!!