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I saw the light today
I saw the light today
I saw the light today
Silence loud and wind so long
The quiet building in the dark
Surrender to the game
I saw the light today
The silent scream that we're apart
I dare to dream, for there you are
I bleed, but I won't break
I saw the light today
I saw the light today
I saw the light today
Today
Today
Today
Today
...he bought a ukulele and a chord book. Rock stars don't need no stinkin' singin' lessons.
Model in a fish tank, IMO. Then again, I've worked for a guy who had a quarter scale house built to crane dunk into a lake for a photograph, so who knows.
"worked for a guy" = "had a psychotic break, too much money, and a spare crane"
Seriously, please give us the details. "Truth stranger than fiction" isn't in it.
True confession: this isn't such a bad song. Like a broken clock that tells the right time twice a day, Eddie and his ukulele occasionally create something that's...6ish.
There are a few underwater sculpture installations by Mr. Taylor, actually, including one at David Copperfield's private Bahamian island. Check out the gallery: https://www.underwatersculpture.com/ and click on 'projects' for location info.
Bucket list? Youbetcha.
Model in a fish tank, IMO. Then again, I've worked for a guy who had a quarter scale house built to crane dunk into a lake for a photograph, so who knows.
a bit repetitive the vocals, though.
Model in a fish tank, IMO. Then again, I've worked for a guy who had a quarter scale house built to crane dunk into a lake for a photograph, so who knows.
or not
But then again maybe the only thing damaged was a few electrons and cans of Red Bull during an all night Photoshopping binge.
Model in a fish tank, IMO. Then again, I've worked for a guy who had a quarter scale house built to crane dunk into a lake for a photograph, so who knows.
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10x!
Tune is good, too, of course
Eddie Vedder - Light Today
Broken Bells - The High Road
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I'm guessing that you're using satire and sarcasm (brilliantly, I might add.)
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And I fear that I'm about to bump this song from 8 to 9, just because every time I hear it, I love it a little more...
But then again maybe the only thing damaged was a few electrons and cans of Red Bull during an all night Photoshopping binge.
I'm guessing that you're using satire and sarcasm (brilliantly, I might add.)
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And I fear that I'm about to bump this song from 8 to 9, just because every time I hear it, I love it a little more...
Very good description. I too just gave it an 8. I wouldn't have thought that I'd like the whole album as much as I do. Not a huge Pearl Jam guy, but this and his Into The Wild soundtrack are quite good.
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Very cool and thought provoking! Thanks noky.
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The musical instrument called ukulele originated in the 19th century as a Hawaiian interpretation of the cavaquinho or braguinha and the rajão, small guitar-like instruments taken to Hawai by Portuguese immigrants It gained great popularity elsewhere in the United States during the early 20th century, and from there spread internationally. The tone and volume of the instrument varies with size and construction. Ukuleles commonly come in four sizes: soprano, concert, tenor, and baritone.
The cavaquinho is a small string instrument of the European guitar family with four wire or gut strings. It is also called machimbo, machim, machete (in the Portuguese Atlantic islands and Brazil by Paulinho da Viola), manchete or marchete, braguinha or braguinho.The most common tuning is D-G-B-D (from lower to higher pitches); other tunings include D-A-B-E (Portuguese ancient tuning, made popular by Júlio Pereira) and G-G-B-D and A-A-C#-E. Guitarists often use D-G-B-E tuning to emulate the highest four strings of the guitar. The G-C-E-A tuning is sometimes used to emulate the soprano/tenor ukulele, an instrument developed from the cavaquinhos brought to Hawai'i by Portuguese immigrants in the late 19th century. wikipedia
The cavaquinho is also found in other places where the Portuguese left an imprint, namely Cape Verde (Cesaria Evora) and the USA (especially Hawaii), and became an important part of the popular music of those places.
Now, I think what may have been a source of interest and use of this instrument so unique and ancient, was the fact that was offered a cavaquinho (ukulele) to the artist Eddie Vedder, when their tour of Lisbon in 2006. I must say that the initiative of the album Ukulele Songs represents an evolution and a remarkable development in the artist's career Eddie Vedder, your search for the origins of the universal nature of music.However it is sad that did not have the courage to go one step further and integrate in album a song (adapted)of traditional Portuguese song repertoire.
So, by way of remembrance for E.Vedder, here's the extraordinary performance of the master-ukellele Julio Pereira, in Porto. Casa da Música. 2008, the song "Faro Luso", unfortunately, the sound quality appears in the video, does not allow fully realize the full potential of this fantastic musician (of election), and can be seen in the original album "Geographies (2007).":
That's mainly because he was trying to type out the lyrics while sitting at that underwater desk featured on the album cover.
Meow. Eddie makes me purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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