Hi Uke Fans,
Yikes or yippee ukes are everywhere!
Have you noticed the new (I think) TV ad for Subaru Outback with ukulele music and female vocalist?? Well I just tracked it down! Basia Bulat is a Canadian singer and the song is Before I Knew".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01HuLocFFNA&feature=related
http://www.basiabulat.com/news.htm
Tonite the Subaru ad was immediately followed by an ad for cookies which was accompanied by - you guessed it - ukulele music (no vocals).
We also watch a Japanese program "Out and About" which uses a very short Hawaiian animation and uke music as one of its between segment separators. Tuesdays around 6:30am on 60-2, second part of NHK World hour.
Last Wed at Berkeley Uke Club Susan led us in the song "Sway". So what did we hear tonite? A re-mix of Dean Martin singing Sway for Chrysler commercial. Yeah, I know, no ukulele in the ad but still a connection to BUC...
Jean E. ARE ( = ace research assistant )
Don't know the sort of venue at which she's performing, so maybe the audience (won't call them listeners) yammering-on while she's singing is acceptable. But, I find it annoying, & it looks to me like she does, too.
ReplyDeleteLove Sway, & there's a great version on the Swing Cats Big Band, 2008 CD, Just Swingin' Around. Great SoCal band, with (I just discovered & ordered) a brand new CD, Swing Cats Swing. No ukes, but when you're in a big band mood, who cares...
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