SEASON 414 — Coin of the Realm (It’s Money Songs That I Want)
I had to look up to see if we’d done this one before. Turns out we had – Season 114, with Ginny hosting. But that’s a full 300 Seasons ago, so we’re gonna do it again.
This week’s theme is money. It can be a song whose title includes a word for some type of coin or bill (“Penny Lane”, “No Quarter”, “All About the Benjamins”) or the word “money” or a synonym, or a song that prominently features such a word, or a song about money or the lack of it.
Several of these songs have been pre-tested at my house. Around Eisley, I often sing money songs but substitute the word “bunny”. Most often, it’s the O’Jays: “Bunny bunny bunny bunny…BUUUNNY!” Or the Beatles:
You never give me your bunny
You only give me your pocket gophers
And pulling loose change from the parlor sofa
I break down...
Rules:
• The video must be a new video recorded for this Season.
• The video must say that it is for the 414th Season of the Ukulele.
• Multitracking is okay, overdubs are okay. But I'm most interested in hearing you perform a song on the ukulele.
• Original songs are always welcome.
• Collaborations are always welcome.
• Collaborations on original songs? Hell, yeah!
• Videos must be posted to this thread. But not before midnight tonight, Hawaiian time. (And remember, Season 413 still has a day to go.)
• The Season lasts for 8 days, and ends at midnight Hawaiian time on Sunday night, January 26.
• NO MORE THAN THREE VIDEOS! I’m usually good at promptly getting songs onto the playlist, but the last couple of times I’ve hosted I did a crap job of commenting on the videos. I’m hoping to do better this time. We’ll see…
• My plan at the moment is to give prizes to three winners who will be chosen randomly. I usually give t-shirts as prizes.
PLAYLIST
Here's a recycled video to get things going.
A few years ago, I was at an open mic where a young magician did a trick that he said involved “a card, a coin, a dollar and a dream.” I said to my friends that that sounded like it should be a song. They told me to go write it, and to play it at the next month’s open mic. So I did.
I had to look up to see if we’d done this one before. Turns out we had – Season 114, with Ginny hosting. But that’s a full 300 Seasons ago, so we’re gonna do it again.
This week’s theme is money. It can be a song whose title includes a word for some type of coin or bill (“Penny Lane”, “No Quarter”, “All About the Benjamins”) or the word “money” or a synonym, or a song that prominently features such a word, or a song about money or the lack of it.
Several of these songs have been pre-tested at my house. Around Eisley, I often sing money songs but substitute the word “bunny”. Most often, it’s the O’Jays: “Bunny bunny bunny bunny…BUUUNNY!” Or the Beatles:
You never give me your bunny
You only give me your pocket gophers
And pulling loose change from the parlor sofa
I break down...
Rules:
• The video must be a new video recorded for this Season.
• The video must say that it is for the 414th Season of the Ukulele.
• Multitracking is okay, overdubs are okay. But I'm most interested in hearing you perform a song on the ukulele.
• Original songs are always welcome.
• Collaborations are always welcome.
• Collaborations on original songs? Hell, yeah!
• Videos must be posted to this thread. But not before midnight tonight, Hawaiian time. (And remember, Season 413 still has a day to go.)
• The Season lasts for 8 days, and ends at midnight Hawaiian time on Sunday night, January 26.
• NO MORE THAN THREE VIDEOS! I’m usually good at promptly getting songs onto the playlist, but the last couple of times I’ve hosted I did a crap job of commenting on the videos. I’m hoping to do better this time. We’ll see…
• My plan at the moment is to give prizes to three winners who will be chosen randomly. I usually give t-shirts as prizes.
PLAYLIST
Here's a recycled video to get things going.
A few years ago, I was at an open mic where a young magician did a trick that he said involved “a card, a coin, a dollar and a dream.” I said to my friends that that sounded like it should be a song. They told me to go write it, and to play it at the next month’s open mic. So I did.