SEASON 437 — Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
I’ve had this on my list of possible Seasons themes since the Seasons were in the double digits. And I’ve been putting it off for years. But now, the Seasons have gone on for so long that I think it’s almost negligent that we’ve never done this theme.
This week’s theme is mountains.
The song can be about mountains. For example, one of the only Yes songs that I have any idea what it’s about is “South Side of the Sky” (because I heard Jon Anderson explain it in a podcast). The song is about a mountaineering party freezing to death on a mountainside and waking up warm in heaven. Cheery, right?
Me Playing “South Side of the Sky” in 2012
The song can also have the word “mountain” in the title, or have the name of a specific mountain like Everest or Pike’s Peak in the title. The word “hill” is not good enough this Season. We have a higher calling.
I thought about banning the song “Rocky Mountain High” for this week. I won’t do it, but know this: When I was a teenager in the ‘70s, every guy I knew with an adenoidal voice and a guitar would play every John Denver song to death. I eventually got sick of every one except “Annie’s Song” and “Calypso”, and remain sick of them to this day.
Rules:
• The video must be a new video recorded for this Season.
• The video must say that it is for the 437th 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, razzafrazzin’ ruzzafruzzin’ Season 436 still has a day to go, goldang it!)
• The Season lasts for 8 days, and ends at midnight Hawaiian time on Sunday night, July 5.
• NO MORE THAN THREE VIDEOS!
• 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
To start us off, this is a song by Republic Tigers:
I’ve had this on my list of possible Seasons themes since the Seasons were in the double digits. And I’ve been putting it off for years. But now, the Seasons have gone on for so long that I think it’s almost negligent that we’ve never done this theme.
This week’s theme is mountains.
The song can be about mountains. For example, one of the only Yes songs that I have any idea what it’s about is “South Side of the Sky” (because I heard Jon Anderson explain it in a podcast). The song is about a mountaineering party freezing to death on a mountainside and waking up warm in heaven. Cheery, right?
Me Playing “South Side of the Sky” in 2012
The song can also have the word “mountain” in the title, or have the name of a specific mountain like Everest or Pike’s Peak in the title. The word “hill” is not good enough this Season. We have a higher calling.
I thought about banning the song “Rocky Mountain High” for this week. I won’t do it, but know this: When I was a teenager in the ‘70s, every guy I knew with an adenoidal voice and a guitar would play every John Denver song to death. I eventually got sick of every one except “Annie’s Song” and “Calypso”, and remain sick of them to this day.
Rules:
• The video must be a new video recorded for this Season.
• The video must say that it is for the 437th 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, razzafrazzin’ ruzzafruzzin’ Season 436 still has a day to go, goldang it!)
• The Season lasts for 8 days, and ends at midnight Hawaiian time on Sunday night, July 5.
• NO MORE THAN THREE VIDEOS!
• 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
To start us off, this is a song by Republic Tigers: