Rastaman Santa
It’s a reggae ukulele Christmas everyone! Ho Ho Ho! This little ditty was written by my friend, Doctor Sparkles, who recently made a tutorial video about how to play that reggae strum on your uke (he’s also got a new CD coming out soon!) . I’ll make this vid a YouTube response to that one.
Now, in the original CD version of this song on his Sail Away release, there were backing vocals not heard on the tutorial. Since I had custody of these puppets until tomorrow when they go back to the Thumbnail Theatre here in Snohomish, I thought they’d be perfect for the backing job. They don’t sing very well. And the kazoo part was horrible! Ugh. Not to mention that she only brought a bright green kazoo, which doesn’t work too well with the green screen effect. I’m not one to talk, I suppose, with my green-billed Merry Christmas baseball cap.
Enjoy!
Now, in case anyone was wondering why a person in recovery from addiction would sing a song glorifying weed for Christmas. I’m a recovering alcoholic, but I can’t smoke marijuana either. It would be too easy of a step to go from the latter back to the former and that would be disastrous. That said, I don’t think marijuana is necessarily a bad thing in and of itself. It’s just like any other drug, alcohol included. It’s only really dangerous for people for whom it takes over their lives and becomes a top priority. Unfortunately, that could be me, so I stay away from the stuff. Singing about it, that’s another story.
U’r very talented Joko! U should be on TV! American X Factor. Hey, seriously, that was some great fun and a pleasure to watch and to listen to.
Joko, love this!!! You have got some talent! Nothing wrong with weed, to each his own, not my cup of tea, but I do know some major weedheads! HA! But all they do is eat too much, no crime or violence!
LOL…that hat is just too weird. It makes you look like you have air for brains. Sorry….It cracked me up! I was so fascinated by the hat that I had to play the video a second time to listen to the words. hahaha… Great work, Joko. Hey…I think you should make a video where you where a green shirt. That would be rad!
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I don’t partake, but this video was funny!
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Loved it!
Great work Joko! Your overlay gave the green billed ball cap a very cool effect and a great hidden metaphor!(weed can really clear your mind) You are Zen Master Joko at making me laugh like hell,dude.
Weed rocks!
Happy Holidays to you and your family, Joko. 🙂
Hah! You remind me of my dad.. though he plays guitar and has a singing shark puppet… hehehe
Gave up weed when I was 18 and drinking when I turned 28. I know that sounds like I was young on both counts, but I started both way before that. There are times when I would give my right arm for a joint and my left for a drink….lucky for me I like giving my kids hugs with them more than I like drinking or smoking. I am loving the song though.
I don’t imbibe either, but that song is now gonna be stuck in my head. Well done!