Topic: FEBRUARY 2023 FSOTM - FRUIT, ANIMALS or VEHICLES

This FEBRUARY, looking for any SONGS to do with FRUIT, ANIMALS or VEHICLES

So, for example, it could be about Oranges, Lemons, Apples, Berries, Banana`s for FRUIT, it could be a song about a Zebra, Lion, Monkey, Cat, Dog for an ANIMAL, or it could be for example a song about a Ford, Chevrolet, Holden, VW, Dodge for a VEHICLE.

One Suggestion was made by neophytte for this month if anyone would like to try and cover it was STRAWBERRY Fields Forever by the Beatles.

Any COVERS or ORIGINALS are acceptable.

Look forward to what you come up with big_smile

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Re: FEBRUARY 2023 FSOTM - FRUIT, ANIMALS or VEHICLES

A song about ships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0rgou0OTiM

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Re: FEBRUARY 2023 FSOTM - FRUIT, ANIMALS or VEHICLES

Well, that was a surprise neo, I wasn`t thinking of Ships for vehicles when I suggested vehicles lol but your right, I guess it is a type of vehicle big_smile Thats a song that I like too.   In the original version the guitar work in it is awesome, and I never could find a link anywhere to learn play it like the original.  Well done, you played it well and much slower than my version of it.  I played it fairly fast to make it a bit different as I couldn't match Neils guitar skills or even try to copy him.     
https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/captain-kennedy

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Re: FEBRUARY 2023 FSOTM - FRUIT, ANIMALS or VEHICLES

Jandle wrote:

I played it fairly fast to make it a bit different as I couldn't match Neils guitar skills or even try to copy him.     
https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/captain-kennedy

That sounds pretty good, was very impressed with the way it sounded!

All sorts of animals in this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhtA7e34wBY - yes, I used it in another FSoTM (just trying to get this thread more active!)

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Re: FEBRUARY 2023 FSOTM - FRUIT, ANIMALS or VEHICLES

here is my entry for FSOM it's called Caribbean Dream it's reggae and I've just finished recording it, it's a full recording not stripped down. It has fruit and a mode of transport in it. Hope you (the members) like it. ta.

https://soundcloud.com/iphillfine/carib … al_sharing     

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6 (edited by Grah1 2023-02-23 11:01:26)

Re: FEBRUARY 2023 FSOTM - FRUIT, ANIMALS or VEHICLES

This one is a cover of a Greek song I did with The Cretan band Everdie it's called asimina sfika which means silver wasp .I hope this counts as an animal I'm on guitar ,the vids a bit dark but it was filmed in the rehearsal room and we'd had a few drinks  at this point. Enjoy https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XpP_DGa3oLY

Re: FEBRUARY 2023 FSOTM - FRUIT, ANIMALS or VEHICLES

neophytte wrote:
Jandle wrote:

I played it fairly fast to make it a bit different as I couldn't match Neils guitar skills or even try to copy him.     
https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/captain-kennedy

That sounds pretty good, was very impressed with the way it sounded!

All sorts of animals in this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhtA7e34wBY - yes, I used it in another FSoTM (just trying to get this thread more active!)

Cheers

Richard

That was a very appropriate song for this month neo, had lots of animals in it, so good choice of song.  Hey nice bit of reverb on this one by the sounds.  Looks like you perform at that place quite a lot.     

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Re: FEBRUARY 2023 FSOTM - FRUIT, ANIMALS or VEHICLES

Phill Williams wrote:

here is my entry for FSOM it's called Caribbean Dream it's reggae and I've just finished recording it, it's a full recording not stripped down. It has fruit and a mode of transport in it. Hope you (the members) like it. ta.

https://soundcloud.com/iphillfine/carib … al_sharing

Loved this one Phill, a great dance along piece of music, a great feel to it.  Awesome smile     

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Re: FEBRUARY 2023 FSOTM - FRUIT, ANIMALS or VEHICLES

Grah1 wrote:

This one is a cover of a Greek song I did with The Cretan band Everdie it's called asimina sfika which means silver wasp .I hope this counts as an animal I'm on guitar ,the vids a bit dark but it was filmed in the rehearsal room and we'd had a few talks at this point. Enjoy https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XpP_DGa3oLY

Grah1, lol well I think a wasp is an insect but it`s a living creature, it moves and since you decided to join in this month, we will let it in lol big_smile   Yep it was a bit dark in the video, so hard to see the performers but then I guess some bands do that anyway when they perform don't they.  I found it a bit hard to hear the lyrics in places if I am honest with you, but maybe it's just my hearing, it would be interesting to hear what others on here thought about that.  The music was good, you all played well.     

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Re: FEBRUARY 2023 FSOTM - FRUIT, ANIMALS or VEHICLES

https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/stray-cats   
and
https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/yellow-bird

These are my entries both about animals and one has banana tree in it.  Rushed both to try and get an entry in this month as I didn't get time to enter the last 2 months in December or January.  To be honest, Yellow Bird, I should have changed the chords as a bit high for me.     

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Re: FEBRUARY 2023 FSOTM - FRUIT, ANIMALS or VEHICLES

Phill Williams wrote:

here is my entry for FSOM it's called Caribbean Dream it's reggae and I've just finished recording it, it's a full recording not stripped down. It has fruit and a mode of transport in it. Hope you (the members) like it. ta.

https://soundcloud.com/iphillfine/carib … al_sharing

Wow, that was terrific, some of the stand outs were the bass line and the horns - everything was mixed really nicely and had a good all round feel to the end product. Are you doing all this in the box, or with other musicians?

Grah1 wrote:

This one is a cover of a Greek song I did with The Cretan band Everdie it's called asimina sfika which means silver wasp .I hope this counts as an animal I'm on guitar ,the vids a bit dark but it was filmed in the rehearsal room and we'd had a few drinks  at this point. Enjoy https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XpP_DGa3oLY

The song sounded good, but, as with all rehearsal videos, the sound kinda drifts in and out. I tried looking the words up on Google, but could only find another (live?) video of a different band playing the same song, which was unfortunately around the same quality.

Jandle wrote:

That was a very appropriate song for this month neo, had lots of animals in it, so good choice of song.  Hey nice bit of reverb on this one by the sounds.  Looks like you perform at that place quite a lot.

Thanks for the compliment; yes, perform there monthly and I'm on the committee, so quite involved with them.

Jandle wrote:

https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/stray-cats   
and
https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/yellow-bird

These are my entries both about animals and one has banana tree in it.  Rushed both to try and get an entry in this month as I didn't get time to enter the last 2 months in December or January.  To be honest, Yellow Bird, I should have changed the chords as a bit high for me.

Stray cats: I liked that shaker in the background, are you getting people to join you, or using a multi-tracker in some form to get some other instruments in there? When I was first listening to it, I thought I hadn't heard it, but as I got further in, it felt familiar, so maybe I have heard it before, but just didn't give it a lot of attention ... anyway, it was a nice rendition!!

Yellow bird: You are correct with the key being a bit high for your voice, you sounded a bit strained, but (mostly) covered that over effectively. This song sounded a bit more rushed than the stray cats one, but a good effort nonetheless!!

Cheers

Richard     

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Re: FEBRUARY 2023 FSOTM - FRUIT, ANIMALS or VEHICLES

Thanks, neo appreciate the honest feedback, particularly in regard to Yellow Bird as I knew the chords were too high for me big_smile 
As far as Stray Cats and the shaker.  I did it myself as I played, I don't have the technical know-how with multi-tracking, nor did I have anyone to help me, so using kiwi ingenuity I came up with the idea of tapping my foot on ...........
https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.Ens37VFaES2jycex6pAMdQAAAA?w=173&h=120&c=7&r=0&o=5&pid=1.7     

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Re: FEBRUARY 2023 FSOTM - FRUIT, ANIMALS or VEHICLES

Jan I enjoyed both recordings. Stray cats was by a band called stray cats, coincidence?  Great rendition by the way. Yellow bird if I remember correctly was by MIcky and Griff?. The only part I thought was too high was the outro. I normally find that when I sing in the house I tend to restrict my voice so as not to cause neibours earache! Best way to record your voice is to stand up ànd forget the locals.

As for my recordings I play all the instruments my self, the horns are from the horn section on my keyboard. Thanks.     

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Re: FEBRUARY 2023 FSOTM - FRUIT, ANIMALS or VEHICLES

Jan
Stray Cat Strut  was incredibly well done.   Voice is great and instrumental part was excellent!   Perfect song choice.   I loved the " meow!"    you nailed it ! One of the best songs you have performed !

Yellow bird was well done as well.
Thanks for sharing.   Jim     

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Re: FEBRUARY 2023 FSOTM - FRUIT, ANIMALS or VEHICLES

Phill Williams wrote:

Jan I enjoyed both recordings. Stray cats was by a band called stray cats, coincidence?  Great rendition by the way. Yellow bird if I remember correctly was by MIcky and Griff?. The only part I thought was too high was the outro. I normally find that when I sing in the house I tend to restrict my voice so as not to cause neibours earache! Best way to record your voice is to stand up ànd forget the locals.

As for my recordings I play all the instruments myself, the horns are from the horn section on my keyboard. Thanks.

Thanks, Phill, for having a listen and the feedback.  I used to let rip a bit more with the vocals as the neighbors all worked, so it wasn't a problem.  However, these days, both my neighbors are home during the day, so I am a bit more aware of them being able to hear me, so I don't feel as free to sing loudly and openly as I used too lol     

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TIGLJK wrote:

Jan
Stray Cat Strut  was incredibly well done.   Voice is great and instrumental part was excellent!   Perfect song choice.   I loved the " meow!"    you nailed it ! One of the best songs you have performed !

Yellow bird was well done as well.
Thanks for sharing.   Jim

Thanks Jim for your awesome feedback on both songs  smile  Stray Cats is a fun song to do and one I enjoy singing.     

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Re: FEBRUARY 2023 FSOTM - FRUIT, ANIMALS or VEHICLES

Two good songs Jan well done     

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Grah1 wrote:

Two good songs Jan well done

Thanks, Grah1, its fun getting back into it again.  My biggest problem at the moment is getting the time to play and sing.     

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