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my love, I am the speed of sound ([personal profile] newredshoes) wrote in [community profile] ukuleles2012-04-24 10:12 am

Daily Ukulele: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me...

It figures that Jake Shimabukuro would do a TED Talks event. And it also figures that he would blow us away with a cover of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." (FYI, the last few minutes of this video are a Rolex commercial.)

gorgeousnerd: A cartoon Batman from "Batman and Sons" holding his baby Terry, smiling and whistling. (Batman.)

[personal profile] gorgeousnerd 2012-04-24 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Just beautiful. The end of the song always makes me misty, but on ukulele, it was pretty much guaranteed waterworks.
gorgeousnerd: A cartoon Batman from "Batman and Sons" holding his baby Terry, smiling and whistling. (Batman.)

[personal profile] gorgeousnerd 2012-04-26 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
Instrument of peace? TOO TRUE.

("I should go practice now" was my exact reaction. :D)