The Low Spark of Plastic Toys - Traffic cover on Plastic instruments ft Leida

Traffic as played on plastic ukulele, stylophone, recorder, otamatone, drum, tam-stick and Color Roller. My German friend Leida is a professional vibra-slapist for the Berlin Philharmonic.

8 months in the making (as my beard growth shows)
The original song is about 11 minutes. I cut it a bit
(you're welcome)
LISTEN FOR THE OTAMATONE SOLO as I demonstrate its 3 - octave range! All the parts were recorded in real time - no edits - and videoed while I played.


LYRICS
If you see something that looks like a star
then it's probably - I think - just a star
And your head is spinning from a loud Otamatone
and you just can't escape from the sound
Don't worry too much it'll happen to you
We were children once, but we still play like boys
And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound
of us playing our plastic toys.

That uke that you're playing is too high priced
Besides you can't play it worth beans
And the man in a suit just bought a new car
from the Koa uke you bought off Ebay
But today you just read that the man was made deaf
by a stylophone that made too much noise
But it wasn't the music that laid him to rest
- was us playing our plastic toys.

If you had just a minute to live
and they granted you one final wish
would it somehow involve
Jell-O pudding and Megan Fox?
Or something similar as this
Don't worry too much - it can't happen to you
As sure as you're still unemployed
And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound
of us playing our plastic toys

If I gave you everything that I owned
and asked for nothing in return
How stupid am I on a scale of 1 - 10?
Please take me for a ride
I only live round the block - and then 8 miles more
But promise me my plastic uke you won't destroy
Cause the sound that I'm hearing is only the
sound of us playing our plastic toys.

BTW this is my Christmas gift to you. :/
Thank you for watching my silly videos this year!

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[colhead]

Mr Winwood must be pleased with this brilliant cover.

[UKISOCIETY]

@colhead Maybe he'll be so pleased he won't sue! :)

[cariboubill]

I just subbed to your channel. I'm doing a "Junk Yard Band" at a senior center next Tues. Too bad I didn't have some of your instruments. Keep playing!

...Bill

[UKISOCIETY]

@cariboubill Thank you! 

[ukecantdothat]

Nice. I'ven't seen a stylophone in ages! Is that the 350S model?

[UKISOCIETY]

@ukecantdothat No idea. It's a new one, sold on Ebay. Thanks!

[ruth7784]

Genius!!! :-) Love it! :-) X

[UKISOCIETY]

@TanteA Thanks so much for subscribing, Anette!!

[TanteA]

Oh I really enjoyed watching and listening. The lyrics are phantastic :-)

Anette

P.S. I will subscribe to your channel now because I love what you do.

[UKISOCIETY]

@epdowd54 Heh! Thanks!