Music plays a huge part in my life. One of my “gifts” is the ability to tie pretty much any phrase, event, or whatever with a song. I’ve had plenty of opportunities this week.
I’m currently working on a project with the Edmonds Waterfront Center. They have several musical activities over the course of each week. And I can hear these from my office. One of my favorites: a ukulele class. They play a wide range of songs, which often transforms me in place in time. The ukulele is a wonderful instrument that I delight in hearing. With this, I was explaining to a chum about some of the artists who have created albums with the instrument. The two that readily come to mind are Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam fame and Amanda Palmer.
Eddie has a great ukulele album titled, less creatively (I guess) “Ukulele Songs“. This is, perhaps, my favorite from that album.
Amanda Palmer has written some fun songs for the instrument. This one is my current favorite (FYI, not completely safe for work).
A few days later, a friend of mine mentioned her drink of choice was tequila. That always make me think of this song:
And, yesterday, while seeing article after article about AI, this song popped into my head.
Affiliating songs with events is not something I work at, just natural reflex. The results of my misspent youth, I guess.
Yes, the uke is such a happy-sounding instrument. Thanks for sharing this bouquet of favorites! I think REM did some songs with it I like too. Though I may be thinking mandolin…be well Carl!
Hmmm…researching uke projects sounds like fun.