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Offline d&q

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As My Ukulele Gently Weeps
« on: September 16, 2006, 09:42:07 pm »
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Basically, master ukulelist(made up word) Jake Shimabukuro plays his rendition of the Beatles song "As My Guitar Gently Weeps" on his ukulele.

It owns. Seriously, I think I prefer this version to the original.
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Re: As My Ukulele Gently Weeps
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2006, 02:07:40 pm »
That song is one of my favorites from george harrison, amazing video I loved it.
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Re: As My Ukulele Gently Weeps
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2006, 06:15:24 pm »
Yes, I forgot to post, but I enjoyed listening to that.  :)
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Re: As My Ukulele Gently Weeps
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2006, 06:18:43 pm »
That guy has some incredible talent.  I really think he is wasting it on the ukelele.

It sounded great, but I still much prefer the wider acoustic range the guitar offers :)
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Re: As My Ukulele Gently Weeps
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2006, 10:13:53 pm »
The website that comes from has some cool stuff.

I like the guy that does weird metal ukelele covers... especially iron maiden's fear of the dark ukelele style. He even does the solo, which is totally nuts to see/hear played on a ukelele. The guy rocks, but he totally can't sing.
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Re: As My Ukulele Gently Weeps
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2006, 05:42:46 pm »
I listened to this awhile ago, and yes, Jake Shimabukuro is a talented musician.  But the problem is, in his rendition of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," something gets lost in translation, at least, I think.

He did make it sound epic, though.
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Re: As My Ukulele Gently Weeps
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2006, 06:52:29 pm »
Haha bro you're black and you just made a post about  a ukulele and the beatles. What is the world coming to?
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Re: As My Ukulele Gently Weeps
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2006, 07:26:22 pm »
Quote from: OG Trust on September 19, 2006, 06:52:29 pm
Haha bro you're black and you just made a post about  a ukulele and the beatles. What is the world coming to?
to the end of rascist stereotypes? ;)
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Re: As My Ukulele Gently Weeps
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2006, 07:44:03 pm »
Quote from: unTactical on September 19, 2006, 07:26:22 pm
Quote from: OG Trust on September 19, 2006, 06:52:29 pm
Haha bro you're black and you just made a post about  a ukulele and the beatles. What is the world coming to?
to the end of rascist stereotypes? ;)

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Re: As My Ukulele Gently Weeps
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2006, 09:56:05 pm »
There was a post earlier up which I'm too lazy to quote about it "being a waste on a ukulele".. I dunno if that's a fair thing to say at all. How often do you see some song being jammed out on a ukulele? Personally, I think it adds a very unique twist to the song which magnifies its greatness. :P
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Re: As My Ukulele Gently Weeps
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2006, 09:59:53 pm »
Quote from: unTactical on September 19, 2006, 07:26:22 pm
Quote from: OG Trust on September 19, 2006, 06:52:29 pm
Haha bro you're black and you just made a post about  a ukulele and the beatles. What is the world coming to?
to the end of rascist stereotypes? ;)

I don't know, maybe it's just the rappers north of the mason dixon that use ukulele's.
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