Rosie Can You Read This
Response to my first lo-fi uke videos within my Facebook community has been positive, so I thought I'd take a deep breath and release one to the world at large.
After experimenting with a couple of instrumental covers on the uke I thought I'd double the stakes and do an original, then double again and do a vocal.
This song was inspired by the area around Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and an untrue story that never happened there, but the catalyst was a bit of graffiti in the washroom at the Free Times Cafe in Toronto reading "Rosie Can You Read This."
This is the first arrangement I've found for this tune on the uke that works for me - possibly because I'm playing one that's tuned ADF#B, putting it a little bit closer to my proper range.
Funny, I've performed on stage in front of some very big crowds, but the simple act of doing a one-take web-cam ukulele video somehow makes me a little nervous all over again. What's with that?
Labels: canadiana, Lunenburg, original, performance, rosie, songwriting, uke, ukulele
posted by David Newland at 10.2.09
3 Comments:
Very nice David. Love the imagery.
There must be a "Rosie can you read this stalker" as I saw this written on a Timmies washroom at Lakeshore and Leslie. Thought you should know that Rosie is or has a stalker. Aside from that irony I really enjoyed your lyrics and the dreaming room this song allows for. Because you keep it general the listener can go any place they please. Nice.
this is my favourite DN original, and this version is lovely. thanks for sharing!
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