Ukulele-Anthem

[fliegenueben]

Hallo allerseits! Ich bin neu und möchte gern mit mir eine meiner Lieblings-Musikerinnen vorstellen: Amanda Palmer. Sie singt nicht toll, sie spielt nicht toll, aber sie hat Herz und Hirn und eine brandneue Ukulele-Anthem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CBDqQ3UxmM

Hier der Text dazu:

sid vicious played a four-string fender bass guitar and couldn't sing
and everybody hated him except the ones who loved him
a ukulele has four strings, but sid did did not play ukulele
he did smack and probably killed his girlfriend nancy spungen
 
if only sid had had a ukulele, maybe he could have been happy
maybe he would not have suffered such a sad end
he maybe would have not done all that heroin instead
he maybe would've sat around just singing nice songs to his girlfriend
 
so play your favorite cover song, especially if the words are wrong
'cos even if your grades are bad, it doesn't mean you're failing
do your homework with a fork
and eat your fruit loops in the dark
and bring your etch-a-sketch to work
and play your ukulele
 
ukulele small and forceful
brave and peaceful
you can play the ukulele too it is painfully simple
play your ukulele badly, play your ukulele loudly
ukulele banish evil
ukulele save the people
ukulele gleaming golden on the top of every steeple
 
lizzie borden took an axe, and gave her father thirty whacks
then gave her mother thirty-one, and left a tragic puzzle
if only they had given her an instrument, those puritans
had lost the plot completely
see what happens when you muzzle
a person's creativity
and do not let them sing and scream
and nowadays it's worse 'cause kids have automatic handguns
it takes about an hour to learn how to play the ukulele
about same to teach someone to build a standard pipe bomb
YOU DO THE MATH
 
so play your favorite cover song, especially if the words are wrong
'cos even if your grades are bad, it doesn't mean you're failing
do your homework with a fork
and eat your fruit loops in the dark
and bring your flask of jack to work
and play your ukulele
 
ukulele, thing of wonder
ukulele, wand of thunder
you can play the ukulele, too
in london and down under
play joan jett, and play jacques brel
and eminem and neutral milk hotel
the children crush the hatred
play your ukulele naked
and if anybody tries to steal your ukulele, let them take it
 
imagine there's no music, imagine there are no songs
imagine that john lennon wasn't shot in front of his apartment
imagine if john lennon had composed "imagine" on the ukulele
maybe folks would have more clearly got the message
 
you may think my approach is simple-minded and naïve
like if you want to save the world then why not quit and feed the hungry
but people for millennia have needed music to survive
and that's why i've promised john that i will not feel guilty
 
so play your favorite beatles' song
and make the subway fall in love
they're only $19.95, that's not a lot of money
play until the sun comes up
and play until your fingers suffer
play LCD soundsystem songs on your ukulele
quit the bitching on your blog
and stop pretending art is hard
just limit yourself to three chords
and do not practice daily
you'll minimize some stranger's sadness
with a piece of wood and plastic
holy fuck it's so fantastic, playing ukulele
eat your homework with a fork
and do your fruit loops in the dark
bring your etch-a-sketch to work
your flask of jack
your vibrator
your fear of heights
your nikon lens
your mom and dad
your disco stick
your soundtrack from "karate kid"
your ginsu knives
your rosary
your new rebecca black CD
your favorite room
your bowie knife
your stuffed giraffe
your new glass eye
your sousaphone
your breakfast tea
your nick drake tapes
your giving tree
your ice cream truck
your missing wife
your will to live
your urge to cry
remember we're all going to die
so PLAY YOUR UKULELE


 :mrgreen:

[skiffle]

Auch wenn ich noch mit Textübersetzen eine Weile verbringen werde,
kann ich schon mal sagen;
ein leidenschaftliches Mitteilungsvermögen hat die Lady
und Du hast einen programmatischen nickname.
Wilkommen im Club!

[Tuke]

Die unglaublichste Hymne an die Ukulele! Großartig!!
Willkommen FÜ

[Ukelix]

super Song, mit Herz und Verstand. :-)

[Rena]

Großartig, einfach großartig! Danke für den Link

[Bm7]

Ja großartig! Danke für den Link. Und ich finde, Amanda Palmer singt und spielt toll! ;-)

[Ukelix]

http://music.amandapalmer.net/track/ukulele-anthem

seit eben online: die offizielle download-version. der Preis ist frei wählbar! :-)

[Kai]

Eine Frau mit einer Botschaft und viel Power. Das ist mal ein Lichtblick. Toll.

[fliegenueben]

Und wer noch nicht genug hat: sie hat ein ganzes Album mit Radiohead-Covers auf ihrer \"Magical Ukulele\" gespielt:

http://music.amandapalmer.net/album/amanda-palmer-performs-the-popular-hits-of-radiohead-on-her-magical-ukulele

[sarantha]

Da bist du mir zuvorgekommen, das hatte ich auch posten wollen und in meinem Chaoshirn verkramt Super Song, ich hab ihn mir runtergeladen und auch eine kleine Spende dafür überwiesen. Amanda Palmer ist nicht nur eine super Künstlerin, sie ist auch noch mit meinem Lieblingsautor verheiratet. Sowas. Ich hab sie mal live in HH gehört (als sie mit besagtem Autor dort war, auf dessen Lesung wir waren). In einer winzigen Kneipe, wo sie mit einer befreundeten Sängerin zusammen auf der Bar saß und Ukulele spielte
Leider habe ich weder die beeindruckende Stimme noch die Chuzpe, um diesen Song gebührend zu covern. Seufz.