Not such a Happy New Year…

Not a very cheerful post i’m afraid. I was excited about 2009, then things fell apart. I currently have no job, no partner and no social life, i just have my music at the moment so that what i want to concentrate on. College is such a bore as well, the same routine every week with more and more work piling up (although i shouldn’t complain, its the second year students i feel sorry for).

Listening to Radiohead probably isn’t helping my mood at the moment either.. its not the most cheerful music but i am totally addicted to their music and Thom’s beautiful voice. I’ve got to say people are wrong when they say OK Computer is their best album, The Bends is without a doubt a collection of some of the best songs i know. Fake Plastic Trees, High and Dry and Just for example.

 Anyway.. Oh yes tonight i was watching some youtube clips of a few scottish guys i discovered recently. It started when i got a Melodica for my birthday, so i wanted to see what kind of melodica clips i could find. So i typed in ‘Melodica’ and the first thing it came up with is this guy playing a ‘Tequila’ cover under the name of GUGUG, also featuring a Ukulele (my obsession at the moment).  So i fell in love with this clip and started checking out all these other clips, Gus and Fin then became top favourites on my Youtube account. I just wanted to share this clip with you:

 This is just Gus on his own, check out all their other stuff, its so good.

I think this is what i’ll do. Go round the world gigging, collecting instruments, posting vids on Youtube. This is a link to an interview i found with him on a ukulele website:

http://ukulelehunt.com/index.php?s=gus+gugug

There are interviews with Fin and Gus, if you read Gus’s ‘Long’ answer to his musical history, THATS exactly what i want to do =D

Right. Hopefully i will have better news on my next post.. or something more interesting. Cheerio for now.

~ by Craig on January 18, 2009.