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Jake Shimabukuro — Bohemian Rhapsody
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grant
Posted: Apr 11, 2013 - 19:37
 
hearing it played this way - it seems more operatic than the original. 

debobasu
(Crossroads of LIFE!)
Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 08:58
 
Say what you will, but I could not help but be compelled to sing the shit out of this song...

Beanie
Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 08:56
 
And now, for your Monday morning:  one big heaping helping of weird.

dwlangham
(Nowhere to be found)
Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 08:56
 
This walks a fine line between virtuosity and novelty side show attraction. Virtuosity wins out, imho.

matjcarter
Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 08:53
 
A moment of calm ahh

BarelyAble
Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 08:53
 
Whoa - Tiny Tim does Queen! {#Stupid}

Boy_Wonder
(Bath, back in the UK)
Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 08:52
 
 Toke wrote:
Had to come to screen to check out ,, Thought it might have been one of ''Bills'' hidden talents. Conjours up a roaring log fire with a snow storm blowing outside .. I can picture Bill sat at the hearth playing this... Come on Bill come clean ...
 
Nice idea... but I'd rather he kept it to himself!



solidair
(London)
Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 08:52
 

this is great!



paradisepig
(Inverness-Scotland)
Posted: Feb 08, 2013 - 00:11
 
Brave ...very brave {#Shifty}

zerosomething
Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 16:04
 
I like that RP is so brave to experement with such things, but no

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 16:03
 
So underwhelming, this reminds me of the "Rockabye Baby!" lullaby CD's.....  I'll give it a 5 though, good background music to work by.

k-man
(SCruz, CA)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 07:36
 
 Jelani wrote:
I dont think Wayne and Garth would be digging this....
 
That killed me, honestly laughing out loud ...

Dinges,_the_Dude
(below sea-level, N52°37', E4°88')
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 07:05
 
Apart from how I rate this song it's very RP-ish to play Queen (or another artist) after a song from Queen (or another artist) played by another {#Yes}

Toke
(Bournemouth UK)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 07:03
 
Had to come to screen to check out ,, Thought it might have been one of ''Bills'' hidden talents. Conjours up a roaring log fire with a snow storm blowing outside .. I can picture Bill sat at the hearth playing this... Come on Bill come clean ...

dave3ld
(What a great station!)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 07:03
 
It's nice to hear such a fabulous song in a new arrangement. It was a risk worth taking IMHO.

DrLex
(Belgium)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 07:02
 
I was working with RP playing in the background when a severe feeling of ‘WTF’ started to dawn upon me.

Gutter
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 07:02
 
Very funky!  I like it!
 

Dinges,_the_Dude
(below sea-level, N52°37', E4°88')
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 07:00
 
Rather not...{#Think}

iTuner
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 06:59
 
Just because you can do something, doesn't mean that you should.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 06:59
 
A great song is a great song.  Not saying one can't be ruined by the arrangement, but in this case this is fantastic.

mrgus
(Salt Lake City)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 06:59
 
 Sasha2001 wrote:
So, he's great at playing the ukelele. Isn't that like being great at kissing your 1st cousin?
 

Obviously, you haven't seen my cousin.

k-man
(SCruz, CA)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 06:58
 
I am impressed by the talent it takes to play this on a uke.

But I don't care if somebody plays this on a one-string wash tub bass or a 1,000-string harp, I still cannot stand this tune.

PSD for me.

FlatCat
(Chicago)
Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 12:28
 
 Poacher wrote:

Humour, you twat.
 
I thought that on the internet, nobody would know you're a twat. More fool me. In any case, it was funny for the first 30 seconds.



Moonflower31
(Flagstaff)
Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 12:25
 
With only 4 strings... that's a lot of sound!!

ottovonb
Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 12:24
 
I'd like to swat this song like an annoying fly.

madaxeman
(Scottish west coast)
Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 12:23
 
Sonic dynamite - in slow motion - it just blows me away. 10+.

beinder
(Port Coquitlam, BC)
Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 12:22
 
It is not complete without four ukes playing in harmony. 

buddy
Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 12:20
 
Even better than The California Guitar Trio version, which is saying a lot!

RazzCat
(Montréal, QC)
Posted: Sep 03, 2012 - 23:11
 
Thank you, Bill, for making me stop in my tracks, LOL and exclaim 'WTF is that???' ;)
Gawd, we miss Freddie Mercury...

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 12:19
 
I can hardly wait for the classical harp version or perhaps an all snare drum version.
I keep asking the same question I ask when I hear Bela Fleck play Moonlight Sonata...
why? 

(just because you can doesn't mean you should.) 

lindergr55
(Albuquerque, NM)
Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 12:11
 
Gosh, I really don't like it.  A chacon son gout (I have no diacritical marks on my keyboard)!

jen3005545
(Fort Worth, TX)
Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 12:07
 

I love it!!  {#Hearteyes}



5jotas
(Cadiz, Spain)
Posted: Jul 03, 2012 - 01:33
 
Muy bonito, no doubt. Never heard of before.
 

orquidea
(Baquería)
Posted: Jul 03, 2012 - 01:30
 
Escuchar esto es como escucharlo en cuatro, me hace viajar a Venezuela...

zitherica
(Rijeka, Croatia)
Posted: Jul 03, 2012 - 01:29
 
lovely!

lkovathana
(Chicago, Illinois)
Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 04:26
 
Really love this ...

orquidea
(Baquería)
Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 04:22
 
Es un cuatro? suena como un Cuatro....{#Eh}

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 10:59
 
 old_shep wrote:
Duh, Bohemian Rhapsody on a Uke?   Automatic 10.
 
...there's a really impressive accordion rendition floating around out there which puts this ukelele shame...

Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 10:54
 
Completely transforms the song.  Delightful.

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 10:54
 
I dont think Wayne and Garth would be digging this....

AvoidingWork
(Home of Big Boy #4004)
Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 10:53
 
 MiracleDrug wrote:

THIS guy was the Andrés Segovia of the ukelele...
 
"Was"??  I think he's still alive.

Decoy
(Milliway's, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 10:52
 
I could use a swaying hammock in the shade of a palm tree, while sipping a frosty beverage.  

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 10:51
 
Party on, Garth!

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 05:38
 
 nyccycleguy wrote:
wonderful ... and not only because it's on a uke (dig the picking on that middle section, yowza!) but because it makes you realize how sweet the melodies are. Of course it's not the original ... does it pretend to be?
 
THIS guy was the Andrés Segovia of the ukelele...

lazylemming
(City of the Angels)
Posted: Mar 29, 2012 - 17:19
 
"Physical violence is the least of my priorities."
Man sings ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ in police car after being arrested for public intoxication



smokey7
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 08:11
 
We all gather here for the wonderful eclectic variety music presented to us with thanks.
However, I was never a fan of this song and to hear it on a uke sounds like two sets of fingernails on a chalkboard.
That is OK I will just turn it down when I hear it again.

nyccycleguy
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 08:04
 
wonderful ... and not only because it's on a uke (dig the picking on that middle section, yowza!) but because it makes you realize how sweet the melodies are. Of course it's not the original ... does it pretend to be?

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 08:01
 
 Sasha2001 wrote:
So, he's great at playing the ukelele. Isn't that like being great at kissing your 1st cousin?
 
Upload your version when you've got it done, okay? No, really. We all want to hear it.

ITMT, this is an amazing display of musical craftsmanship.


hbs47
(SE England)
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 08:00
 
Even more tedious than the original, if that's possible.

rashad
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 08:00
 
Pardon my French but this is effing wonderful.
Simple pleasures, seeing superlative skill....