Wow well written song once again TIGLJK, awesome smile     

Ok here is my attempt at covering Ghost Riders in the Sky, copying Zurf this month.  https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/ghost-rider

Will attempt your song too TIGLJK, next on my list to try, but not promising I can do it either smile

easybeat wrote:

Jan
i think choosing a word like last mth works better  eg man/woman/ghost

Thanks easybeat, noted and agree, random words were fun, so yep will definately do again.  In the meantime, any song suggests or a song you have written with the above in it, eg a day of the week or a number?     

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APRIL 2022 FSOTM – THE WORLD
Original thread can be found here: www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=38289
If you missed out, it's never too late!  You can share a link at the thread above, comment there, etc.!
Here are quick links to member's submissions (if I missed any, please post in the original thread linked above and I'll get this post updated!

neophytte - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edKCo_WKa3I
neophytte -  http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/AllsNotFair.mp3
neophytte -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d-Plzd5RIs
easybeat - https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/tascam_1950mp3 
Peatle Jville - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNzfPx-p6qQ
Jandle - https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/crazy-worldmp3
Jandle –  https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/your-song
Roger Guppy - https://youtu.be/J8k0Q6Hw-V8
Zurf - https://photos.app.goo.gl/kKsVN6eqLe9XvjiT7
mojo01 - https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/world-wont-stop

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MARCH 2022 FSOTM – WELCOME BACK, HELLO, GREETINGS
Original thread can be found here:  www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=38248
If you missed out, it's never too late!  You can share a link at the thread above, comment there, etc.!
Here are quick links to member's submissions (if I missed any, please post in the original thread linked above and I'll get this post updated!

Peatle Jville  https://soundcloud.com/eatleville/welcome-back   
Roger Guppy  https://youtu.be/FPV8qsiEdJw     
Neophytte   www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZBn9f8rNqA
Jandle  https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/hello-chordie
Unclejoesband  https://soundcloud.com/ncleoe/welcome-back-jan

Anyone got song suggestions for June?  It helps to have some suggestions so they can be covered next month.  I will make a start on some suggestions.

500 Milles - I`m Gonna Be
Five Foot Two
Ten Guitars - Howard Morrison
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
Eight Days A Week - The Beatles
I Saw Her Standing There - Beatles (She was just seventeen)
It Never Rains In Southern California - Albert Hammond (Got on aboard a westbound seven, forty seven)
King Of The Road - Roger Miller ( Rooms to let, fifty cents)
My Hometown - Bruce Springsteen ( I was eight years old) (In 65, tension was running high)
Rehab - Amy Winehouse (I ain`t got 70 days)
Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & The Comets
What`s Up - 4 Non Blondes (25 years of my life and still)
You`re Sixteen - Sherman Brothers
Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone
I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder (mentions Saturday and the number 3 in the song)
Another Saturday Night - Sam Cook     

TIGLJK,  great song you have written once again, your writing skills always amaze me, a great gift you have there.  I hope we get someone to cover this one, it is thought provoking, contemplative.  I look forward to hearing this one covered.     

Peatle Jville wrote:

I hope it is ok to put another song up this month. Easy beat Brian asked me to put this song up I composed called The Man At The Bar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dipPHr6Cs5s

Peatle, you can post as many as you like each month, no restrictions smile  I like the lyrics in this one, very contemplative, reflection, thoughtful.  Is that your good lady on piano?

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Excellent Grah1, really enjoyed how you performed this song of Brians.  You have done Brian proud smile     

zurf, for someone who has only played that song 3 or 4 times, your guitar playing on that was great.  I was intently listening to the guitar in particular as I liked the way you played it, the strumming and picking style.  Did I detect a nice little tap effect on the guitar as well?  Nicely done, makes me want to get my guitar out and dust it off again.   This is a song we used to play regularly at my first ukulele group I ever joined.     

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Peatle Jville wrote:

Jan that is a tough song to cover and you nailed it vocally and musically.

Thanks Peatle, I appreciate you listening and comments smile    I did hit a couple of bum notes in that song but considering it was a rush to record it as it was so late, I wasn't going to muck around and keep re-recording it.  It was quite a fun song to cover smile     

easybeat, well if you don't know about your guitar skills the rest of us do, we can certainly hear it smile  I wish I could play like you and others on here.  Great thanks for posting the lyrics and it wasn't anything to do with poor singing, it was just a bit quieter in places so I couldn't hear the lyrics (probably my hearing lol)

Hey everyone, when you get a chance, I posted a rushed song last night for last months FSOTM for April, so when you get the time, have a listen.  As in the words of zurf, my apologies in advance to Elton John.     

(edited to add more to my message)

Grah1 wrote:

Here's  my translation of a Greek song Treno fantasma  by Pavlos Pavlidis https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YPN7xeNRXCU

Great to see you joining in and entering one of your songs Grah1!   That was awesome, great guitar work and vocals as expected from you.  Perfect song as well for this months  theme.  Hope your still out there playing and entertaining people smile     

Peatle Jville wrote:

This   is  a song I put together called Ghost Phone Call. I wrote the lyrics around midnight at Easter when I was thinking about what to do on chordie  for this May. The song is a man reflecting in his head on a unexpected phone call from a lady that morning who he had been told had died. I tried to write it in a way that the listener can put all sorts of back stories to what had happened in this man and woman’s previous relationship. Also I wanted to create a sense of confusion and a haunted wondering the man has as to why this woman had decided to phone him  twenty years later after shooting through on him.     
https://soundcloud.com/eatleville/ghost-phone-call

Peatle, it was a truely hauntlng song, you created that well.  I liked the way you had put it all together, I could hear the reflection in the tone and lyrics, well done.  I liked the echo/reverb too, it added to it smile     

easybeat wrote:

Jan
you are doing a great job, 40 replies on last mths FSOM,its good to get so much support.
just jammed a rough quicky to get May up and running,i`ve gone with the man option.
as always looking forward to what other chordians come up with.
https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/old-mans-eye

Thanks Brian, its good to see so many joining in isn't it, I hope more will join in too and have a bit of fun with us all cause that's what its about, fun smile  Also I love that some people do covers, some do originals, its great to see and hear smile

easybeat, that guitar of yours does all the talking I am sure of it!  You should be in a band and playing your heart out!  Like I always say, your guitar skills are awesome, I wish I could do what you seem to do so easily!.  I would love to see the lyrics to this song as I couldn't quite hear all of the lyrics when you sang as your vocals at times were a bit quiet and I couldn't quite hear all the lyrics. Also you earn brownie points for being the first up!  Love it, awesome easybeat, if you find the time, please post the lyrics, what I could hear was great smile     

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Ok here is my LATE  and RUSHED entry for this months song with the word WORLD in it . https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/your-song

Hey everyone, for this JUNE, looking for SUGGESTIONS for SONGS with any day of the week in it.   So, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY and or course SUNDAY, you pick!   Any day or more than one day, cover as many days as you want! 

Also looking for SUGGESTIONS of SONGS with NUMBERS in it, so pick any SONG that has a NUMBER in it.

Once again, you can do COVERS, or you can do an ORIGINAL.

NOTE:  If you decide to do an ORIGINAL, feel free to post the lyrics and chords in with your SUGGESTION if you want too and if you would like others to attempt it.

READY!  SET!  GO! 

Wow MAY already!

This month of MAY looking for SONGS with the words GHOST or GHOSTS in the song.  The idea came when Chordie member beamer mentioned that word GHOST in a Chatroom conversation.
Also looking for songs with the words WOMAN or MAN in the song.

It can be an ORIGINAL or a COVER of a song.  You decide what you would like to do.

Some SUGGESTIONS made were the following:

Another Ghost – original written by Chordie member jets60.

Ghost Train – original written by Chordie member Richard Mortimer aka Neophytte and Neon Ceiling.
NOTE  both of these original songs by jets60 and neophytte can be found in the Suggestions for May topic.

But remember you can cover ANY song and ANY original you want including your own with the words GHOST, GHOSTS, WOMAN or MAN

READY!   SET!   GO! 

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Hope to record mine tonight even though its going to be late, blaming being away on holiday and trying to catch up around the house.     

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mojo01 nope perfectly ok to repost (psst I did too smile ) I thoroughly enjoyed relistening to this song and perfect for this months FSOTM.  As always, you nailed it with vocals, guitar and lyrics smile     

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Oh that was great zurf, I thoroughly enjoyed it.   I was singing along with you and tapping my foot.  You covered that song so well, no apologies needed to Cat Stevens at all.  Loved the visual too, it was great to see you in action and it was neat to hear about the guitar as well.  Loved it smile     

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I have been away on holiday again for 11 days so hoping I can put something together tonight or tomorrow.  Time is running out for this month it seems yikes     

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Roger Guppy wrote:

OK here is my contribution for this month. This song from 1964 by Karl Denver that has always been a favourite if mine. 'My World of Blue':
https://youtu.be/J8k0Q6Hw-V8

Roger

Roger I enjoyed listening to that one.  I haven't actually heard of the song before you covered it, so a new song to me.  I will try to find time to listen to the original at some stage but from just hearing your version, you did it well.     

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neophytte wrote:

I added a video for "All's not fair", which is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d-Plzd5RIs

It wasn't as successful as I would have liked; getting the video to match the guitar parts was hard (and having my 7yo doing the videoing was possibly not the best move), but I've put it up, warts and all ....

Cheers

Richard


Nice to watch visually in the woods neophytte, your son did well to put that together together for you at age 7 years!  Not sure what sound effects you had on with the vocals but it reminded me of the David Bowie era on some of his songs where he had a similar kind of effect on his vocals.  Well done.     

I had a listen to this the other night but didn't get a chance to comment on it neophytte.  I was very impressed with the guitar playing as well, you were showing up skills there.  Looks like you and your mates were having a blast together.