{"id":24167,"date":"2011-06-23T21:09:45","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T01:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=24167"},"modified":"2011-06-23T21:09:45","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T01:09:45","slug":"videos-of-the-day-ukulelemania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2011\/06\/23\/videos-of-the-day-ukulelemania\/","title":{"rendered":"Videos of the Day: Ukulelemania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Am the Walrus cover with an ukulele\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I0iYLddxZOw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Amateur video of &#8220;I am the Walrus&#8221; played on a boss v-shaped ukulele with licks-o&#8217;-fire trim<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The ukulele is a gift to the ungifted. Everybody can play, although not just anybody can wring magic from it. I picked it up for the first time nine days ago, and I can approximate a good number of Beatles tunes. The first time I played an F chord, I felt like Pete Townsend. It was so . . . triumphant.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out there&#8217;s an extensive ukulele community and lots of video available on YouTube. There&#8217;s also one bona fide ukulele hero:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jakeshimabukuro.com\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Shimabukuro<\/a>. While his cover of George Harrison&#8217;s &#8220;While My Guitar Gently Weeps&#8221; is justly famous, his version of Queen&#8217;s &#8220;Bohemian Rhapsody&#8221; is pretty wow. (Those minor chords.)<\/p>\n<p>After the jump, two performances by the master &#8212; including a performance at TED 2010. The instrument deserves this kind of attention. As Jake Shimabukuro observes, &#8220;The ukulele is an instrument of peace. If everybody played, the world would be a happier place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qadUoaWkRW8<\/p>\n<p><em>Jake Shimabukuro, &#8220;Bohemian Rhapsody,&#8221; TED 2010<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ukulele weeps by Jake Shimabukuro\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/puSkP3uym5k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;While My Ukulele Gently Weeps&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amateur video of &#8220;I am the Walrus&#8221; played on a boss v-shaped ukulele with licks-o&#8217;-fire trim The ukulele is a gift to the ungifted. Everybody can play, although not just anybody can wring magic from it. 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