UkeFight!

MintyHandy · Post by **MintyHandy** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:10 pm

Based on the conversation in this thread...

http://songfight.net/forums/viewtopic.p ... 5&start=22

...I'm wondering: how many people are up for a ukefight? Title gets thrown out, one week to turn around the best song featuring a uke that you can, no other string instruments (synth or real) allowed?

I figure if we get ten people who actually have ukes to commit, we'll set a date and a title. Thoughts?

glennny · Post by **glennny** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:22 pm

I have a Uke, I'd commit to a fight. Should it be exclusively G and U? I have visions of Uke loops and delays etc. , would that still be in the spirit of the fight?

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:28 pm

I might be up for this. Of course, it all depends on time and all that stuff. Right now I'm thinking no, but I think that's just my mood from being ridiculously tired. I'm not exactly enthusiastic about even finishing this sentence right now, so nothing seems like a good idea. It could be interesting though.

Sidenote: Oddly enough, I have a picture of myself playing a uke on myspace and pretty much the only friend requests I get anymore are from bands that are all about ukulele. Most of them are really poppy and way annoying. Whatever.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:28 pm

glennny wrote:I have a Uke, I'd commit to a fight. Should it be exclusively G and U? I have visions of Uke loops and delays etc. , would that still be in the spirit of the fight?

Fuck G and U. That would be a boring fight.

drë · Post by **drë** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:54 pm

I’ll be into this. I have an uke in the office I like to annoy my coworkers with from time to time. Am pretty sure mintyHandy would have the best entry, but I can strum a couple of chords and submit something.
I don’t think any other string instruments (guitars/bass.) should be allowed, but percussion, synths , and any other creative instruments can be used.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:20 pm

Have uke, but no time. Who knows. Go for it!

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:16 pm

i will do g&u gangsta rap

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:01 pm

hey, somebody ask starfinger, i think he's still got one. not sure if he'd read this forum.
-bill

Erwin Cloibhofer · Post by **Erwin Cloibhofer** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:15 pm

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Billy's Little Trip · Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:42 pm

Oh, this is going to be good!
The trophies should read:
Dukelele
Kukelele
Mukelele
and last but not least
Pukelele

mkilly · Post by **mkilly** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:44 pm

i have a uke. count me in.

Post by **Spud** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:53 pm

There goes the neighborhood.

jack · Post by **jack** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:54 pm

blue has a uke and would slay you all if he felt so inclined. i know this as i have seen him wield one live eons ago and his fire and brimstone knocked a drunk on his ass at applejack's in la honda once, and that is no urban myth.

i have a mandolin i could open tune to a G.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:50 am

jack wrote:i have a mandolin i could open tune to a G.

Mandolins are pretty much continental ukes.

MintyHandy · Post by **MintyHandy** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:16 am

Okay, I think this is a go. I'm f-ing sleepy, however, and will deal with the date on this in the morning.

I'm gonna stick to my guns on no string instruments other than uke, but whatever you do to the uke is fine; looping, effect pedals, playing with a violin bow, whatever -- and any other non-string instrument is in.

So who generally picks the title in a sidefight like this, when it's not a coverfight?

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:19 am

MintyHandy wrote:
So who generally picks the title in a sidefight like this, when it's not a coverfight?

Your idea - why dont you do it - or pick a suitably random way of coming up with something

Here's a suggestion - to keep this suitably Polynesian - take the first sub-heading from the lead story of the on-line version of Tonga's national newspaper, Matangi:

http://www.matangitonga.to/article/global_index.shtml

From todays edition - the title would be "Shooting To Kill"
http://www.matangitonga.to/article/tong ... 0107.shtml

...oh, and I'm in too

starfinger · Post by **starfinger** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:25 am

yeah i would try to do this!

-craig

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:58 am

Just to establish my uke cred - my uke'n'drum entry for "Holiday In Polynesia":

http://www.songfight.org/music/honeymoo ... ay_hip.mp3

ken · Post by **ken** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:00 am

I've got one too that has yet to be recorded. (or learned to play) Seamus also wields a mean uke.

Ken

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:36 pm

I've got access to a baritone uke. This is perverse enough to be, well, perverse.

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:10 pm

Don't tell my wife, but I think I'll buy a uke and do this.

Ross

MintyHandy · Post by **MintyHandy** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:36 pm

It's only fair, R -- I just bought an electric guitar for my "A Woman On Paper" entry.

Here's a suggestion - to keep this suitably Polynesian - take the first sub-heading from the lead story of the on-line version of Tonga's national newspaper, Matangi:

Yeah, that's ABSOLUTELY the way to go. I'll give it a few more days so that people can work on their Pink Ribbon entries, then I'll kick things off. Great, great idea, CR.