Saturday, January 10, 2009

Late Saturday Night's Alright...

....For Uke (Cover) Fighting!

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First, the (almost) original from The Velvet Underground....





Now, the cover in all it's goofy DIY glory from Uke Skywalker & Tuba Fett:







All of which brings that old Lester Bangs' line to mind about how only a thousand kids actually bought the first VU album.....but all of 'em then went out and started bands of their own.....


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And for those of you young 'uns that don't give a hoot'n heckfire about an old ink-stained wretch named 'Lester'......rent this....
That, and make sure you "Don't Take Tubas!" OK?





UkePegPhotoCredit: LosAngelino PhotoMaven EllenBloom.


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