Man On The Moon - R.E.M. (cover)

[julesmail67]

Great arrangement Ken, and love the recording of the voice as always. Great job my friend.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

@julesmail67 Thanks for watching.

[babymicrobe]

Well done!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

@babymicrobe Thanks.

[TheMrForster]

Every so often I have to come back here and listen. Timeless.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

@TheMrForster Thanks for dropping by again.

[Kubajs1891]

magic...

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[MrSailormon]

Love it - what changes do you make to the chords for low G tuning?

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

No changes at all.

[Sartak1977]

I am a REM fan but I have to say I prefer your cover over thiers! Ken you are a very skilled musician. Many thanks for sharing, can;t wait to see what is next. Still hope one day to here you sing some grateful dead, maybe Touch of grey. lol Thanks again

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks so much. I don't know anything by the Grateful Dead, I'm afraid.

[Aspartamkill]

Hey Ken, keep doing this great job.. ! Sounds really nice..

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[NutcrackerKuge]

Great! Would you happen to have the chords & lyrics in a pfd?

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Sorry, I just printed out the words.

[WhenDogsSing]

Very nice job Ken...!!!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[RollinUke]

I like it. My favorite REM song.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Mine too.

[chickenfarm09]

Sound is really good. I like that Uke too. It has an interesting design. :-)

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks very much.

[shefsus]

thanks

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you.

[TheAlcedo]

yeah! I like it!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[joeresort]

wow, that was great, my favourite!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you.

[SailQwest]

Great song, beautifully done!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks Kim.

[dbpjake]

I think that this is my favourite REM song and you played it very, very well !

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you.

[thumb1998]

Superb! I like this REM cover and your U2 "I haven't found ..." cover very much, your versions are GREAT! Extraordinary clear sound of your voice! Keep going! 5*

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you. I'll keep going.

[3baumm]

so nice.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[followingbreadcrumbs]

beautifully done

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you.

[fasterthanbolt]

This is cool Ken. Very gentle sound.

Paolo

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks Paolo.

[Ukenick]

Really like this one Ken, great sound. Excellent.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks Nick.

[LetsGoFeesh]

Perfect song for you Ken! Great job on it too. *****

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks very much.

[GrumpyCoyoteTunes]

Yeah yeah yeah indeed.

Very cool

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you, Coyote. It's a fun song to do.

[MrBarryMusic]

Absolutely fantastic! Your voice suits this song perfectly!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you Barry.

[UnluckyMum]

This sounds great Ken :)

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks Caroline.

[uke5417]

Thanks for catering to us low-G types (note defensively hyphenated compound modifier).

(I'm sure it'd have sounded great however you'd strung it.)

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

For some reason it sounded right for this song. I tried several ukes. Normally I really don't get on with low G tuning.

[errol4bz]

Nice Job, loved the moody black and white

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks Errol.

[waterdog226]

Really, really wonderful!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you, Lynda.

[deach69]

'92? Wow how time flies. Loved the "hey baby". Nice to see the old Kala in action. Excellent job Ken!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

I've used the "old Kala" a lot to record MP3s straight into the computer. But here it is recorded without the pick-up and sounds pretty good I think. Thanks again, Deach.

[krabbers]

ken , do you record straight on to the h2 or do you use it as a usb mic ?

also on second listen i noticed the slight elvis accent on the "hey baby"

excellent

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Also a barely detectable Presleyesque movement of the shoulders ...

If I'm next to my laptop I use USB straight into Audacity. Mostly nowadays (like yesterday) I record onto the H2 (or H4n). The sound quality is the same.

[casetone2514]

I never knew what most of these lyrics were. If nothing else, thank you for enunciating the words perfectly!

Seriously, though, Ken, this was a lovely version and a very different interpretation of a modern classic.

5 stars

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks Tony. It's always interesting when you find out what previously unknown lyrics are about.

[johncaudrey]

Very nicely done Ken, one of my fave REM songs to!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks for the comments, John.

[JCMcGee]

Sweet.

Lovely song.

The Andy Kaufman movie is ace is well...first time I watched it, didn't really like it....2nd time I loved it...discovering the uke may have helped!!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks very much.

[krabbers]

AFTP was an awesome album

great job Ken

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks K, I agree. Some of REM's songs are really tricky to sing though.

[krabbers]

i think its because the are not written as songs he just seems to ramble on , which he does do very well

[puremarkska]

My favorite REM song! My favorite Jim Carey movie,too. And one of my favorite covers by my favorite uke player in the UK!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

I think it is probably my favourite REM song too. There are so many good ones though. Thanks for the comment.

[kennymelodica]

very awesome indeed!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you muchly.

[theBradlands]

Great song choice and masterful playing Ken!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you, Brad.

[idrnoel]

Nice singing buddy. I've always loved your vocals... I need to do a bit of research on REM now.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

REM are a very original band.

[kc8afw]

Excellent cover! Like the archtop, too.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

I won it earlier this year.

[CallsThunder]

Great job on the song. Would you please talk a bit about playing low G, high G. I am using a high G string but I keep running across songs that require the low G. Thanks.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

This song doesn't require low G. I just decided to use that uke, the only one I have tuned that way. To me, low G sounds wrong. And besides that the re-entrant string is so useful.

[ken6675]

excellent Ken this is one of my all time fav songs. and you knocked it out of the park.

cheers

Ken G

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks very much, Ken.

[DearOldNutjob]

What a really great performance. I'd even say I liked it better than the original.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Nice of you to say that, Don.

[UkeTubeUK]

Another cracker. I've wanted to ask you about low Gs before....now I know that you approve!!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

No, I personally don't like like low G's. I keep that uke tuned to low G to give me a few more notes for playing melodies. However, it did seem to work on this song.

[KYOTOZOOM]

Excellent Mr,Ken.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks Tsutomu.

[tux325]

great job

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you.

[irvingjohn]

Awesome cover of an awesome song Ken.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you, John.

[reapefer]

Brilliant ! R.E.M. is a great band !

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you.

[wwelti]

Wonderful, this was excellent, Ken!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks very much, Wilfried.

[Gcow55]

Very well done.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you.

[kendrakorshak]

So great! Love REM!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[floydbluethereal]

That's nice!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you, Ralf.

[russbuss415]

this is great Ken! really enjoyed your take on it.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you, Russ.

[Sheepstar15]

REM are my favourite band of all time. Love this song. Great job on a great song, Ken :)

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you, Anna.

[franulele]

What a nice interpretation & performance! I really enjoy the variety in your strumming, especially the occasional fan strokes for added spice.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you. Yes, as you probably know, I'm not a big fan of strumming patterns.

[chrisg14mac]

You have a nice voice for REM songs. Well done.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you.

[BaronK69]

Great take on this classic song. Even my cool 13yo daughter  Agnes, who is a die hard punk rocker said "wow he's sooo good!".

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks R. And thank you, Agnes.

[TheMrForster]

First thing I had to do was take my uke and strum along. Love it.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

You're quite welcome.

[pearmanator]

So very good!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you, Steve.

[seeso]

Wonderful interpretation, Ken.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks very much, Seeso.

[StubyStubyDoo]

Ken - I really do your  classic rock/pop covers - this was no exception. Excellent!

Congrats - up there with your Cure covers!

[StubyStubyDoo]

.....I missed out the word ...".Like/love/appreciate/enjo­y"....take your pick or substitute them all Ken!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks very much, Stew.

[ukeshale]

I love this song, I love REM and I love Andy Kaufman. Just brilliant

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

I no idea who Andy Kaufman is, Shane. I 'll have to look him up. Thanks.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Ah, he was the guy with the strange accent in Taxi.

[UKISOCIETY]

Thanks for this, Ken. It's the first time I've understood the lyrics. Well, I mean *heard them clearly*.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

In an English accent, you mean? Except for the "Hey baby" bit - that sounds like I've been injected in the mouth with Novacaine.

[okvolleyball]

nice job

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you, Stephen.

[ruth7784]

Feeling stalkerish again :-) I honestly don't hang around waiting for you to upload something :-) I'm kinda freaked out that I was listening to the album just before finding this! :-O This is so much fun Ken! Has made me smile, I did chuckle at the at the "hey baby" bits, excellent! :-D Favourited! :-D All the stars in the universe :-) X

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

That's just spooky. Thank you Ruth.