In the Kingdom of Fools (ukulele version)

A meditation on pride, greed, arrogance, power and the kind of unenlightened self-interest that sucks the heart and soul out of a man and leaves him the kind of empty, corrupted creature who can only gain pleasure, of the most fleeting nature, by crushing the dreams and hopes of others and declaring themselves, "the winner."

The ukulele here is sort of a poor man's uke... a tenor guitar with a ukulele tuning... well, actually, it's a poor man's tenor -- actually a 3/4 size classical with the 3 lower strings removed and a high string added where the 4th would normally be. And then capo'd up.

Read more at the blog/podcast page that introduced this song: http://www.ayearofsongs.org/ayearofsongs/2005/09/kingdom-of-fools.html

Category:

Music

Tags:

• one blue nine
• money
• power
• fool
• fools
• greed
• arrogance
• hubris
• pride
• dominance
• winner
• wealth
• selfish
• narcissism
• egotism
• egocentric