Covering “Friday” on the Saturday of Yet Another War
This is a follow up to the blog I wrote yesterday about the Rebecca Black phenomenon. I got inspired this morning to cover her song on uke and make a video out of it. I thought this might be a novel idea.
Boy, was I wrong. I thought my ukulele cover of Rebecca Black’s Friday might be the first uke cover…When I uploaded it just now, I found out I was like the 791st person to cover her song on uke.
Still, I’m kinda proud of my little video below.
I just shake my head and wonder why. Do we need distraction from what is going on in Japan and Libya so badly that we long to latch onto this unsuspecting girl’s song?
I dunno. Maybe it’s all about the SuperMoon.
Right now, the USS Barry, a US Navy destroyer in the Mediterranean, is launching missiles at the Libyan coastline. I’m as confused about what we’re doing in Libya as I am about Rebecca Black. I happened to have done my taxes today. That made me realize even more that some of my money paid for the Tomahawk missiles killing people thousands of miles away.
Of that, I am not proud. Maybe, if it all works out and the Libyan people are liberated from Gaddafi’s rule and someone in Tripoli sends Barry a can of tuna or something, I’ll feel better about all this. For now, it seems like once Western powers (can you believe the French are actually fighting?) get involved in this whole Middle East uprising, we have crossed a line that cannot be undone.
As you might have noticed in the video, Seattle has beautiful blue skies today. It’s really starting to feel like Spring. It’s my first full day of Spring Break and making this video felt like the first day of the video making season.
Happy Springtime! My thoughts go out to families of the Libyan soldiers that my tax dollars are killing today.
I gather a few missiles were fired but haven’t been able to get any good info. yet. My guess is Gadhafi pushed his luck and his declaration of a cease fire was bollocks. This isn’t just the West by the way. The Arab League and the Pan African congress support this and it is legalised under a UN mandate. For all that though if they start hitting civilians the tide will turn very quickly.
Thanks for the video and sharing your thought with us again. And here I though tax dollars only paid for slacker cheats. You mean they use that money for the military too? Who knew.
It only appeared for a second in the video, but did you happen to notice you were in the middle of the front seat?
Howdy Joko, Yep.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could choose where the bulk of our tax contribution could be spent? Not exact items, but maybe just the main sections of the budget.
BTW, I purposefully adjusted the “View Counter” for this blog just because I know how.
Just when I finally had that music out of my head. JOKO!!!!!!
I am eagerly waiting for your you tube peer reviews.
Nice one mate.
And I read USA is planning on buying a new plane at a cost of $90 million dollars each. Eventually after buying over 2000 of them; the final bill will end up costing the USA more then to buy Australia.
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/03/the-f-35-a-weapon-that-costs-more-than-australia/72454/
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