week 51 - Sting - Fields of Gold & The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year (Victoria Vox)

DOUBLE WHAMMY: This Will Be Our Year at 1m33s & Fields of Gold at 3m54s

Embarking on a personal challenge to learn 52 covers (one a week) for 2011. www.victoriavox.com/52songproject

My 52 Cover Songs Project rules: 1) Must learn it the week of (not before or after) 2) Must be memorized and 3) Must be performed live (no overdubs).

Please check out my project for 2012 at Kickstarter.com (search Victoria Vox)!

Week 51 is a double whammy with "Fields of Gold" written by Sting & "This Will Be Our Year" by the Zombies.

I am sponsored by KoAloha Ukuleles (high G uke) and Mya-Moe Ukuleles (low G uke). Here, I am playing my Mya-Moe.

thanks for listening ;) xo v.v. www.victoriavox.com

Week 1: I Think It's Going to Rain Today (Randy Newman)
Week 2: Rhythm of My Heart (Marc Jordan and John Capek for Rod Stewart)
Week 3: Three Little Birds (Bob Marley)
Week 4: the Long Ride Home (Patti Griffin)
Week 5: Houdini's Box (Jill Sobule)
Week 6: Happy Go Lucky Me (Paul Evans and Al Byron)
Week 7: The Luckiest (Ben Folds)
Week 8: Vacation (the Go-Gos)
Week 9: I'm Alright (Kenny Loggins)
Week 10: Ooh Child (Stan Vincent / Five Stairsteps)
Week 11: Everything (Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gillies, and Michael Bublé)
Week 12: Kids (MGMT)
Week 13: F*** and Run / Uke and Run (Liz Phair)
Week 14: Like the Weather (10,000 Maniacs)
Week 15: Blackbird (John Lennon and Paul McCartney)
Week 16: 'Till the World Ends (Kesha Sebert, Alexander Kronlund, Lukasz Gottwald, and Max Martin for Britney Spears)
Week 17: Chan Chan (Compay Segundo / Buena Vista Social Club)
Week 18: Private Eyes (Daryl Hall, Warren Pash, Sara Allen, and Janna Allen / Hall & Oates)
Week 19: Where I Stood (Missy Higgins)
Week 20: Invitation (Mike + Karen)
Week 21: Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)
Week 22: Bicycle Race (Freddie Mercury of Queen)
Week 23: The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades (Timbuk3)
Week 24: All I Want is You (U2)
Week 25: (Till) I Kissed You (Don Everly of the Everly Brothers)
Week 26: Waltzing Matilda (Banjo Peterson)
Week 27: Physical (Steve Kipner and Terry Shaddick for Olivia Newton John)
Week 28: Mother and Child Reunion (Paul Simon)
Week 29: I Don't Want to Be Your Friend (Diane Warren for Cyndi Lauper)
Week 30: Pumped Up Kicks (Mark Foster / Foster the People)
Week 31: Never There (Cake)
Week 32: To Bring You My Love (PJ Harvey)
Week 33: Picture in a Frame (Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits)
Week 34: Poison Cup (M. Ward)
Week 35: Not Pretty Enough (Kasey Chambers)
Week 36: Somebody That I Used to Know (Wally De Backer aka Gotye)
Week 37: For All the Wrong Reasons (Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne)
Week 38: I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen)
Week 39: Wise Up (Aimee Mann)
Week 40: Man in the Mirror (Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett for Michael Jackson)
Week 41: Why (Annie Lennox)
Week 42: Train to Salvation (Eric McFadden / James Hall)
Week 43: The Crying Game (Geoff Stephens performed Boy George)
Week 44: Je N'en Connais Pas la Fin (R. Asso and Marguerite Monnot for Edith Piaf)
Week 45: Ballroom Blitz (Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman performed by Sweet)
Week 46: Everyday (Buddy Holly and Norman Petty)
Week 47: Blood of Eden (Peter Gabriel)
Week 48: Benny and the Jets (Elton John and Bernie Taupin)
Week 49: Summertime (George & Ira Gershwin and Du Bose & Dorothy Heyward performed by Ella Fitzgerald)
Week 50: Everybody's Changing (Keane)
Week 51 DOUBLE WHAMMY: Fields of Gold (Sting) & This Will Be Our Year (Chris White of The Zombies)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Victoria Vox
• Sting
• Fields of Gold
• This Will Be Our Year
• The Zombies
• ukulele
• myamoe
• week51
• 52 cover song project

[seasidesandles]

Aah get well soon Victoria. Two lovely songs, I was hunting for a New Year song to learn and this one is very sweet. Can't wait for your next project. Well done and a Happy New Year!

[acecolvin]

Very nice! Happy holidays and happy New year.

[fourteentwelve]

Fantastic job with both of these Victoria. You sound wonderful even when you're sick.  I hope you're feeling better soon!

[ukejon]

Beautiful.



[MrJnobianchi]

Great job on both tunes! Happy New Year, Victoria, and feel better!!

[UkesterBrown]

Wow- you've milked 10 years out of your Christmas cow! Great job on the song- even when feeling puny... Happy New Year V.V. !!

[JChoneybell]

Excellent n Merry Xmas n hope ya feel better =•}

[niteowlet]

Thanks Victoria. I always look forward to your weekly videos and you always sound great regardless of you feeling under the weather. Get some rest and get better soon.

[npcarey]

Wonderful, as always!

[haptotrope]

you can play a mean mouth trumpet with a sinus infection and bronchitis!!!