covered inglory #3: ukulele orchestra of gb - 'wutherng heights'

no introduction necessary. gigging tonight at the oxford c***ing academy.



incidentally, hands up anybody who remembers the lumpy oi-punk version of this by mid-nineties brit-rock also-rans china drum? radio 1's evening session's novelty cover of 1995, no less. shite.

"warm smell of fajitas"

ukulele orchestra of great britain, proving that g.w.f. handel is to pop music what james brown is to hip hop. wait til the 3.30 mark.

more fun:

gilbert white has a blog. here he is a fortnight after the american revolution:
"July 22, 1776 – Bees swarm the swarm of a swarm, which swarmed itself at the beginning of June. A neighbour has had nine swarms from four stalls: two apiece from three of them, & three from one."

berkeley place is on a roll:
smashing pumpkins a to z
humongous covers post
decemberists rarities
springsteen covers a to z
john paul jones, ben harper, m. ward and ?uestlove play led zep at bonnaroo

captain's dead has the beach boys and the grateful dead on stage together at the last night of the fillmore east in 1971

no trivia holds forth: uffie is more than just an empty ironist, you empty ironists! but she's still not much cop.

straight bangin' is campaigning to have tony yayo reincarcerated

daily cognition on the most absurd tv premises of all time.

floodwatch has put together a 45-minute best of dj premier. boom and indeed bap. funnily enough, yours truly is on floodwatch in south oxford. if there are no posts for a while, it's because i'm underwater. possibly watching clams.

lil' wayne and the ukulele orchestra of great britain: together at last!

the bootleg of The Drought 3 that's currently doing the rounds won't settle any arguments over whether lil' wayne is or isn't the best in the game. but it's got plenty of the usual barmy similes, one-liners and croaky southern slang, with not too many useless skits or clumsy guest spots.

there's less of wayne's new jamaican accent than i'd expected, which is a shame. and while he still hasn't got round to covering 'cortez the killer' yet, here's his take on gnarls barkley. only nine months late:

lil' wayne - 'crazy' (gnarls barkley cover)

pitchfork referred last week to wayne's "sentimental-absurdist kurt vonnegut phase". SMH @ pitchfork, i think. are their writers competing for a spot in idolator's pick of the fork feature?

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linked tenuously by the concept of kerr-azy cover versions, here's the setlist for last week's ukulele orchestra of great britain gig. it speaks for itself, so no review. but if you ever get the chance, see these guys, and take your parents, grandparents and kids.

1. running wild (marilyn monroe)

2. silver machine (hawkwind)

3. misirlou (dick dale)

4. plagiarism medley: life on mars (david bowie) / my way (frank sinatra) / for once in my life (stevie wonder) / substitute (the who) / born free

5. hot tamales, they’re red hot (robert johnson)

6. ying tong tiddle ine po (spike milligan)

7. anarchy in the uk (sex pistols)

8. slave to the rhythm (grace jones)

9. the good, the bad and the ugly (ennio morricone)

10. theme from shaft (isaac hayes)

11. leanin' on a lamppost (george formby)

12. psycho killer (talking heads)

13. ricky don’t lose that number (steely dan)

14. miss dynamitee (ms. dynamite)

15. rock around the clock (bill haley)

16. teenage dirtbag (wheatus)

17. whistling solo

18. respect (otis redding)

19. g.w.f. handel medley: fly me to the moon (tony bennett) / i will survive (gloria gaynor) / memories / autumn leaves / killing me softly (roberta flack) / hotel california (eagles)

more fun:

ukulele orchestra homepage
lil' wayne drought 3 page

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

... are coming to town next week. and it seems they have the budget for videos now. still riding round in a hooptie, though.


ukulele orchestra of great britain - 'wuthering heights'

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