Death Cab for Cutie"Talking Bird" on Ukulele

My instrumental cover of one of my favorite songs from "Narrow Stairs"

Ben Gibbard-
"Talking Bird' is probably my favorite song on the record because of the way that it came about. The demo that I turned in to the band was just myself and a ukulele. The song as it stands on the record, with the exception of one guitar, is completely live. The vocals are live, everybody is playing live, and I'm very proud of the vocal if only for the fact that I wouldn't have sang the song the way I did if I had a microphone and headphones, and was very conscious of what I was trying to do with the song."

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• Ukulele
• Death
• Cab
• for
• Cutie
• Talking
• Bird
• UAE20

[falconer333]

no singing...?

[Zakulele]

@falconer333 I'm not a good singer.

[schluppi]

better don't use a pick with your ukulele. it sounds better to just strumm it with your fingers imo

[Zakulele]

@schlupp agreed, I released after this that picks were a no go.

[411HowTo]

what are the chords

[Zakulele]

I recorded this before the EP was released.

[birdman3631]

never heard the original? Ohh, that explains the video, ya, this isn't exactly correct.

[Sulphrous]

it's on their new EP - The Open Door - if you want it

[matt20seven]

did you get hold of it before they took it down? they took it down at midnight last night :( haha. bad times.

I have it recorded now though, so if you want it on mp3 let me know!

i've been trying to learn how to play it for the last couple of days, but totally failing haha. I only just took up the uke and its my first instrument.