The Edge of Glory

Wow! Just stumbled across this outstanding instrumental cover of Lady Gaga's, The Edge of Glory. Check out NakaUke, straight from Bangkok, Thailand!

Santa Rides a Hog

Here is a ukulele video I made a couple years ago of a little Christmas song I wrote called, Santa Rides a Hog. Happy Holidays!



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I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire

Wow. A day off of work. Cool. Well let me take the opportunity to bring you a long overdue ukulele video. I really dig this uke cover of the Ink Spots' classic, I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire. It's performed very sweetly by the lovely and talented, Najmah, from Singapore. I hope it charms you as much as it did me. Enjoy!



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Mad World

Just finished my first week back working full time. It's great to be working again. It just doesn't leave me nearly as much blog time as I had when I was unemployed. But don't worry. I'm not giving the blog up. I still plan to post a new uke vid every chance I get. Today's vid is a really cool ukulele cover of the Tears for Fears song, Mad World. It's performed by John, aka Keonepax. Enjoy!



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My Heart Will Go On

I'm back to working full time, which is a big relief. Unfortunately, it leaves me with a lot less time to devote to Ukulele Babylon. So far I have been successful at posting a new ukulele video every day. I may have to cut that back a little bit soon. But I'm not going to break my perfect streak today. So here is Olu143, aka Sam from Oahu, performing a very lovely instrumental interpretation of the theme from Titanic, My Heart Will Go On. Enjoy!



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Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?

Happy Monday! Today's Uke Bab Vid of the Day features DeLonde Bell doing a great little cover of the 80's, Culture Club hit, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? Enjoy!



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Science Fiction Double Feature

It's Halloween, and it seems like The Rocky Horror Picture Show has been in the air, what with the Glee Rocky Horror episode and all. So today you get me playing the ukulele. It's a video from a couple years back of me covering Science Fiction Double Feature. Happy Halloween!!!

P.S. Hope you don't think I'm getting a big head...



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Psycho Killer

On this snowy, rainy Saturday morning, I asked my wife what song she would like to hear performed on the ukulele. She said that she would like to hear something by The Talking Heads. Well, it just so happens that The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain do an outstanding cover of the song, Psycho Killer. So that is your Uke Bab Video of the Day. Enjoy!



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Don't Think Twice It's All Right

And another weekend is nearly here! Yay!!! And how shall we celebrate this Friday afternoon? With a very lovely cover of Bob Dylan's, Don't Think Twice It's All Right, by Sophie Madeleine. Have a great weekend!



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Who Will Save Your Soul

Selecting ukulele videos can, at times, be quite a challenge. It's amazing how many otherwise great videos are ruined because the volume is way to low or else the artist decides to go on a long, rambling monologue before ever getting around to playing the song. It's a shame because a lot of those videos might otherwise have made the cut. Today, I've weeded through a ton of such videos. So it was with great relief that I stumbled upon today's Video of the Day. I hope you enjoy Cassandra from California doing an amazing job with Jewel's, Who Will Save Your Soul. Happy Thursday!



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The Galaxy Song

Have you ever seen the old Monty Python movie, The Meaning of Life? If you answered yes, then you will likely recall The Galaxy Song. It's one of Eric Idle's great little ditties, performed very nicely here today on ukulele by a man who's known only as, This Penguin. Enjoy!



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We Close Our Eyes

Oingo Boingo is one of those bands. I know the name. I know that some people really love them. But somehow I've never gotten around to checking them out. This ukulele video may change that. I stumbled upon it quite by accident and was very pleasantly surprised. I don't know what I was expecting an Oingo Boingo song to sound like. Maybe like rubber bands and pogo sticks. But, We Close Our Eyes, is a very sweet, melancholy song. And Theresa does a great job with it. Enjoy!



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White Rabbit

Happy Monday. Damn, I need a shower. Stinky stinky. But before I do that I must give you your Uke Bab Vid of the Day. This one is from Swedish artist, Elvira Bira. It's a loud, energetic, ukulele cover of the Jefferson Airplane song, White Rabbit. Unfortunately, the sound quality is not too good. They must have been playing pretty loudly and it was too much for the little video camera condenser microphone. But even with the distortion, I like this video a lot. It really kicks ass.



Next: We Close Our Eyes

Star Wars Main Theme

Today I am feeling a bit Star Wars-ish. So today's Uke Bab Vid of the day is Anna from the UK, playing a rousing rendition of the Star Wars Main Theme on ukulele(s). Enjoy!



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Yellow

So I can be kind of "out-of-touch" with what's going on sometimes. Take for example, the band, Coldplay. I've heard the name. I know that they are very popular. But I could not name a song or tell you what the guys look like. So today, I just did a search on "ukulele" and "Coldplay, just to see what would come up. What a found was a really nice video of recent UCAL Irving grad, Victor Kim, performing a Coldplay song called, Yellow. I think he does a really great job with it. How about you?



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D'Yer Mak'er

You knew it was just a matter of time before I posted a uke cover of a Led Zeppelin song. You were right. Here is 1buckridge performing a great little multitrack version of Led Zep's, D'Yer Mak'er. Okay, so he does have a guitar in the mix for the bass notes. But he has three ukulele tracks so we can forgive him his six string transgression ...this time.



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On the Road Again

Heading out early today for a road trip to Maine. Here are The Peel River Drifters covering Willie Nelson's, On the Road Again. Enjoy!



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Tainted Love

I must be in some sort of 80's rut this week. "Take on Me" yesterday and now, "Tainted Love" today. I honestly didn't plan it this way. I was just doing my daily, random, viewing of uke vids, when all of a sudden I found myself sitting there with a big stupid grin on my face. On the screen was a video, by a couple of guys who call themselves The Re-entrants, playing the 80's techno dance hit, Tainted Love, on ukuleles. How could I not make it the video of the day? The song was a big hit for the band, Soft Cell. However it was written by Ed Cobb and originally recorded by Gloria Jones. I'm sure now that this ukulele rendition will be widely regarded as the definitive version of the tune. Have fun!



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Take on Me

Are you old enough to remember that old MTV video for the song, Take on Me, by the band, A-Ha? Don't worry. You don't have to admit it out loud if you are. But if you do remember that video then you will likely appreciate this sweet, ukulele take on the song. And even if you've never heard of the song or the band, I think you will enjoy it. For those of you anticipating those impossible high notes at the end of the chorus, well, just send me a video of you successfully hitting those notes before you give Shiny and The Spoon too much of a hard time over changing the arrangement just a tad. ;-)



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These Boots Are Made for Walking

Have we had an Australian uke vid yet? I don't think we have, and I would say that it is high time we did. So let's enjoy Hayley's most excellent cover of Nancy Sinatra's, These Boots Are Made for Walking. Have a great Sunday, mate!



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