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Jake Shimabukuro — While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Album: Gently Weeps
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Released: 2006
Length: 4:17
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Gipsy Kings to Jake Shimabukuro puts me into guitar heaven!
Posted 4 months ago by nelsonha    [ Reply ]
 amason wrote:



Rodrigo y Gabriela is a they (y means and).  They do a phenomenal version of Echoes as well.


Thanks for the Spanish lesson!  What I meant to post should be as follows:

"Followed up by Rodrigo y Gabriela with THEIR cover of Stairway to Heaven would be a great "mash-up" in my humble opinion."  
Posted 1 year ago by dandueck07    [ Reply ]
Beautiful rendition of. Play also Jeff Healy? George, who played in a band had nice things to say about his cover 😎
PS -- Jeff was a blind lapster 💚
Posted 1 year ago by ian.pretty784    [ Reply ]
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Jake Shimabukuro by ~escape-is-at-hand
Kyle Raven   ©2006-2010 ~escape-is-at-hand

at the Ottawa Bluesfest '06.
This guy is a ukulele virtuoso.




I sure hope I was wise enough to see him there.  There's always so much fantastic music, it's hard to keep track.
Posted 2 years ago by amason    [ Reply ]
 poetista wrote:

Not regarding this particular version in particular, but -- in general -- just how many version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" does the world need? Lovely song. I am fond of it. Kind of like I adore Cohen's "Hallelujah." But, you know, how many...oh, well. Can't stop the tide, I guess.


At least one more:
https://www.google.com/search?...
(Can't seem to post a direct Youtube link, but believe me, it's worth the extra click.)
The first half is nice enough, the second half is scorching.
Posted 2 years ago by amason    [ Reply ]
 dandueck07 wrote:
Followed by Rodrigo y Gabriela with his cover of Stairway to Heaven would be a great "mash-up" in my humble opinion.



Rodrigo y Gabriela is a they (y means and).  They do a phenomenal version of Echoes as well.
Posted 2 years ago by amason    [ Reply ]
 Randomax wrote:

nope - period outside is correct......period!

Not according to the internet...

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/gen...
Posted 2 years ago by amason    [ Reply ]
I can't wait for the Kazoo version
Posted 2 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 drwhy wrote:

OMG her voice is amazing.  A little bit like florence and the nightingales but with more range.



Uh, this is an instrumental. 
Posted 2 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
 mrgus wrote:

Let me see if I got this right-you spend time listening to a radio station you admittedly don't like, and you take time to write criticisms. Sounds like a fun way to spend the day.{#Beat}


Like a dog always finds something to sniff and bark at the trolls will walk into any private conversation and start sh1t. I can't say here what I usually tell them.
Posted 2 years ago by oscarvan    [ Reply ]
I admire the performance but i can't honestly encourage it.
Posted 2 years ago by Ptijoc    [ Reply ]
 mrgus wrote:

Let me see if I got this right-you spend time listening to a radio station you admittedly don't like, and you take time to write criticisms. Sounds like a fun way to spend the day.{#Beat}


hahaha

maybe his co-worker is forcing him to listen and all he can do is COMMENT on the songs "here"

kinda like i force my co-workers to listen - hahahaha
fuck em
Posted 2 years ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
 jp33442 wrote:

Sounds better then the Beatles song


Agreed: the Beatles' version had originality, but IMO, this is vastly more involving.
(Note: just my opinion - to each our own!)
Posted 2 years ago by IvanTheMediocre    [ Reply ]
Sounds better then the Beatles song
Posted 2 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
 mrgus wrote:

Let me see if I got this right-you spend time listening to a radio station you admittedly don't like, and you take time to write criticisms. Sounds like a fun way to spend the day.{#Beat}


Posted 3 years ago by steviedeant    [ Reply ]
 bluematrix wrote:

A long time ago, a young Jake uploaded a version of himself playing this sitting on a rock in a park somewhere. (link below) A fellow guitar player told me I had to check it out. I did. And  after I picked my jaw up off the floor, I watched it two more times. An amazing performance, much better I think, than his studio work (which is still great).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k


Holy crap, indeed.  The video frame rate can't even keep up with his dang hands!

BTW, at the beginning he says he's in Central Park at the Strawberry Fields area.
Posted 3 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
insulting segway from g Harrison song just played
Posted 3 years ago by baylees    [ Reply ]
A pleasure. A rare cover that complements the original.
Posted 3 years ago by merobreno    [ Reply ]
A little "Rockman" effect would help.
Posted 3 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
While my Ukulele kinda sobs
Posted 3 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 rhlrstn wrote:
I'm quite enjoying this... but thinking, maybe it should be "While My Ukulele Gently Weeps"? 
 

D'oh! I was going to say that!
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
Really enjoyable instrumental cover of the Beatles song
Posted 4 years ago by Oxen1morale    [ Reply ]
I'm quite enjoying this... but thinking, maybe it should be "While My Ukulele Gently Weeps"? 
Posted 4 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
 Alexandra wrote:
I'll bet George would've liked this. (Unless it was out before he passed away and he DID hear it)
 
Sadly, he didn't - he died in 2001, and this cover is from 2006.
Posted 4 years ago by Sofa_King    [ Reply ]
 flyboy wrote:

I believe your period should be inside the quotation marks.
 
nope - period outside is correct......period!
Posted 4 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
This one's a little Classically Gassey
Posted 4 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
 dwlangham wrote:

It's its, not "it's".
 
I believe your period should be inside the quotation marks.
Posted 4 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
 bluematrix wrote:
A long time ago, a young Jake uploaded a version of himself playing this sitting on a rock in a park somewhere. (link below) A fellow guitar player told me I had to check it out. I did. And  after I picked my jaw up off the floor, I watched it two more times. An amazing performance, much better I think, than his studio work (which is still great).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k
 

Holy crap. At what point does it burst into flame?
Posted 4 years ago by Triquel67    [ Reply ]
follow this with Luna Lee


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwTfZ-A_RI
Posted 4 years ago by rascal    [ Reply ]
A long time ago, a young Jake uploaded a version of himself playing this sitting on a rock in a park somewhere. (link below) A fellow guitar player told me I had to check it out. I did. And  after I picked my jaw up off the floor, I watched it two more times. An amazing performance, much better I think, than his studio work (which is still great).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k
Posted 4 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
I agree.  What a knob. Lets see him pick up a uke and play like this guy.. mrgus wrote:

Let me see if I got this right-you spend time listening to a radio station you admittedly don't like, and you take time to write criticisms. Sounds like a fun way to spend the day.{#Beat}
 

Posted 4 years ago by Silvervanman    [ Reply ]
 gmichaelt wrote:
You have to be good if you're going to play the ukulele! In public, anyway.
 
If you have the opportunity to see Jake perform in person, it is well worth the price of admission.
Posted 4 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Good selection to follow a George Harrison track :) It's an 8 for me

LLRP!
Posted 4 years ago by BigCountry98    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
Our buskers are much better than this
 
Sometimes.

Posted 5 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
Our buskers are much better than this
 
Maybe you didn't stick around till the end....Jake kicks ass on this....though a few Monday's ago at work, one of the customers (an older Hawaiian dude) took out his Ukulele and serenaded the entire building with true Aloha spirit, so based on that memory and how bad as Jake gets on this, I'm going +1 to 8...LLRP and Aloha!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
If you didn't stick around till the end, you missed it.
Posted 5 years ago by meatmike    [ Reply ]
Saw him do this live a few months ago. Wonderful! If you ever have a chance ...
Posted 5 years ago by Tana    [ Reply ]
No gentle weeping here for crying out loud!
Posted 5 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 dandueck07 wrote:
Followed by Rodrigo y Gabriela with his cover of Stairway to Heaven ...
 
I was going to suggest Senor Coconut's Smoke on the Water, but Orbit's Via Caliente was spookily cha-cha-cha-ish when it followed!
Posted 5 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
 TerrorGovernor wrote:
That's pretty dumb. Ho Hum at it's finest
 
It's its, not "it's".
Posted 5 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
Our buskers are much better than this
Posted 5 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Followed by Rodrigo y Gabriela with his cover of Stairway to Heaven would be a great "mash-up" in my humble opinion.
Posted 5 years ago by dandueck07    [ Reply ]
That's pretty dumb. Ho Hum at it's finest
Posted 5 years ago by TerrorGovernor    [ Reply ]
OMG her voice is amazing.  A little bit like florence and the nightingales but with more range.
Posted 5 years ago by drwhy    [ Reply ]
The song that started a revolution. 
Posted 5 years ago by hughtwg    [ Reply ]
This guy plays like a eunuch sings
Posted 5 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
You have to be good if you're going to play the ukulele! In public, anyway.
Posted 6 years ago by gmichaelt    [ Reply ]
Saw him at the Byron Bay Blues Fest in Australia last year it was fnatastic. A great act and he did a guest spot with Devon Allman and his band
Posted 6 years ago by Robjonsco    [ Reply ]
this is great
Posted 7 years ago by Carlsracing    [ Reply ]
 IMGoph wrote:
Check out Regina Spektor's recent cover of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoujdXqptnc

 
Thanks for reminding me about that!  I caught some of it while working on Kubo/2 Strings (I think)... and it wasn't yet available for purchase/listen yet anywhere.
Posted 8 years ago by DocGuy    [ Reply ]
Check out Regina Spektor's recent cover of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoujdXqptnc
Posted 8 years ago by IMGoph    [ Reply ]
Oh wow.... that's nice.
Posted 8 years ago by grahamdillabough    [ Reply ]
 ngunnell wrote:
Please please PLEASE no more.   While My Guitar Gently Weeps comes on just about every time I tune in.   It's doing my head in because it's not THAT good, and it's driving me away.  Only pop stations play the same songs so often.   Pleasey please tone the rate down!{#Arghhh}

 
{#Chillpill}
Posted 8 years ago by kanga311    [ Reply ]
The fall-winter catalog for the University Musical Society finally arrived this morning.  Jake is playing venerable Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor on Nov. 19.

The blurb promoting his appearance says that Jake collaborated with Alan Parsons on this album. Good company.
Posted 10 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
that's a wild twist on this..{#Guitarist}
Posted 10 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]

@ngunnell

Dito!!!


Posted 10 years ago by BMTR    [ Reply ]
Please please PLEASE no more.   While My Guitar Gently Weeps comes on just about every time I tune in.   It's doing my head in because it's not THAT good, and it's driving me away.  Only pop stations play the same songs so often.   Pleasey please tone the rate down!{#Arghhh}
Posted 10 years ago by ngunnell    [ Reply ]
If I have to hear this song, this is the version I would prefer.  I just don't like the overplayed Beatles.  I have to hear them played every single day here at work.
Posted 10 years ago by baddog8it    [ Reply ]
 lasker98 wrote:
Tiny Tim was ahead of his time.

 
Ironic, considering that his was a throwback schtick. 
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Why can I not rate this higher than 10?!?

WHY?!?
Posted 10 years ago by stromdal    [ Reply ]
Tiny Tim was ahead of his time.
Posted 10 years ago by lasker98    [ Reply ]
A lovely, quiet interlude.  :)  Well done.  
 
Posted 10 years ago by cbazinet    [ Reply ]
seeing Jake in Seattle in April with my 16-yr old, who plays this nonstop on his uke. may be the best song ever written--and certainly an amazing version. and...4 strings?!! 
{#Notworthy} 
Posted 10 years ago by pollyh    [ Reply ]
four, count them four strings....
Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Quite likable.  
Posted 11 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
Virtuoso performance.......
Posted 11 years ago by MirageRF    [ Reply ]
PSD time.
Posted 11 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]

Posted 11 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
Used to feel the love for this one but its getting old fast.

The percussion and other stuff that joins halfway through ruin it compared to him playing it solo in a park somewhere (where I first saw it on youtube).

7 -> 4 
Posted 11 years ago by bushrat    [ Reply ]
A very likable remake. Adds a lot while still respecting the original. 
Posted 11 years ago by islander    [ Reply ]
It's very nice and enjoyable. I'm rather over the original. This is a nice remake, fun, and the recording is excellent, great dynamics, sounds  great. And a great change of pace to listening ears. The composition is nicely formed. Hard to understand the negative comments, but to each their own. Then the next song... SRV Sky is Crying! Again, you have to appreciate the change of pace, particularly on the ears (and soul). RADIO PARADISE IS HEROIC - LOVE YOU GUYS!
Posted 11 years ago by Peter_Paul    [ Reply ]
The only thing that helps this song is your PSD button.
Posted 11 years ago by number7    [ Reply ]
 tiggers wrote:
This style of playing is always about demonstrating how good the player's technique is whilst forgetting about entertaining the listerner with a cohesive tune!

 
Hmm. I was just thinking about how lovely I find this. So sweet. I have an errand to run and I can't leave while this is playing.
Posted 11 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
I think I like the original better.
Posted 11 years ago by allenrudd    [ Reply ]
This style of playing is always about demonstrating how good the player's technique is whilst forgetting about entertaining the listerner with a cohesive tune!
Posted 11 years ago by tiggers    [ Reply ]
This is now officially my favorite version of the song. I love the way it works on the uke, like a music box. Sweet.
 
Posted 11 years ago by pamorama    [ Reply ]
Ukelele chops are great...but no point in this cover.
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Once the swing/jazz section starts, it all makes sense, even the ukulele virtuoso label.
Posted 11 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Not regarding this particular version in particular, but -- in general -- just how many version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" does the world need? Lovely song. I am fond of it. Kind of like I adore Cohen's "Hallelujah." But, you know, how many...oh, well. Can't stop the tide, I guess.
Posted 11 years ago by poetista    [ Reply ]
 bentonian wrote:
Hit PSD so fast I didn't have time to rate it. Had to come back while Van Morrison was playing to give it the richly deserved 1!
 
How can you rate it if you haven't heard it?  Should I judge you without meeting you?
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
No...just no.
 
Posted 11 years ago by Greendragon00    [ Reply ]
Well, I duuno.  I like covers, but ...  wait a minute, it picks up here ... maybe this will turn out OK.
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
it sucks! just decent in the first minute
 
Posted 11 years ago by mrwais    [ Reply ]
Excellent Set Bill!!!       {#Cheers}
Posted 11 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]
 number7 wrote:
Nothing will help this one, cow bell, nothing.
Sorry Bill, really dislike the Uke stuff.
PSD is such a great feature, thanks!
 
Now that's just plain unmutual. Whose side are you on? No matter--No. 2 wishes to see you post haste. The green dome.
Posted 11 years ago by knowsrain    [ Reply ]
Nothing will help this one, cow bell, nothing.
Sorry Bill, really dislike the Uke stuff.
PSD is such a great feature, thanks!
Posted 11 years ago by number7    [ Reply ]
 sssterling wrote:
A song about a guitar being played on a ukelele - the very definition of irony! Love it!

 
That makes me wonder if there is a version done by a tuba quartet.
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I dig this version more and more, it grows from 4 to 6 and that's not the finish.
Posted 11 years ago by whomhow    [ Reply ]
His guitar doesn't weep at all. George Harrisson would if he heard what has become of his song.
Posted 11 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
that sure is a weeping guitar
Posted 11 years ago by mostling    [ Reply ]
Extraordinarily nice!
Posted 11 years ago by jkhandy    [ Reply ]
extraordinarily ordinary!
Posted 11 years ago by turks13    [ Reply ]
More cowbells {#Ask} 
Yes
Posted 11 years ago by petarsubotic    [ Reply ]
Hit PSD so fast I didn't have time to rate it. Had to come back while Van Morrison was playing to give it the richly deserved 1!
Posted 11 years ago by bentonian    [ Reply ]
I appreciate the cover, but I don't know of a song that really, really needs a sweet breakdown in the middle of it.  {#Stupid}  7  —>  5
Posted 11 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
It was going to be a 6, then a 7, settling at 8. One of my few.
Posted 11 years ago by q4Fry    [ Reply ]
what´s this supposed to be? Very painful...........
Posted 11 years ago by Disti    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:

HAHAHAHA - Joke of the year!

I prefer the spanish-guitar version of  "MY GENERATION".

Unbelievable, what some folks play and others listen to.

 

Ninty (90!!!!!) 10-votes for this "crime-of-a-song" confirm that RP-music is made for the wrong crowd!

No wonder that Floyd, Queen and other retirement-boppers are so popular here.

 
Let me see if I got this right-you spend time listening to a radio station you admittedly don't like, and you take time to write criticisms. Sounds like a fun way to spend the day.{#Beat}
Posted 11 years ago by mrgus    [ Reply ]
..with the ranging detours, one wonders why he even needed to cover anything..good playin, but just sayin'..
Posted 11 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
It´s just like listening this song played in "Cuatro"  one of the three national instruments from Venezuela, my contry. the others are maraca and arp "Arpa, cuatro y maracas"....
 
Posted 11 years ago by orquidea    [ Reply ]
Just saw Jake Shimabukuro at the Music Instrument Museum last night 11/15/2012.  If you EVER have an opportunity to see him THEN DO IT!!!  It was a breathtaking performance.  He is an absolute Master on the instrument.
Posted 12 years ago by xenarocks    [ Reply ]
A song about a guitar being played on a ukelele - the very definition of irony! Love it!
Posted 12 years ago by sssterling    [ Reply ]
I like it.
Posted 12 years ago by TJS    [ Reply ]
Painfully irritating.
Posted 12 years ago by BalesBub    [ Reply ]
Pales in comparison to the original.
Posted 12 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
Would rather hear the original but still a cool treatment of a classic
Posted 12 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:

HAHAHAHA - Joke of the year!

I prefer the spanish-guitar version of  "MY GENERATION".

Unbelievable, what some folks play and others listen to.

 

Ninty (90!!!!!) 10-votes for this "crime-of-a-song" confirm that RP-music is made for the wrong crowd!

No wonder that Floyd, Queen and other retirement-boppers are so popular here.

 
Look up crass in your Funk and Wagnell's, or if you prefer: Dictionary.com:

crass

   <kras> Show IPA
adjective, crass·er, crass·est.
1.
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid: crass commercialism; a crass misrepresentation of the facts.
2.
Archaic . thick; coarse.



Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
JUst because you can doesn't mean it is a good idea,,  uughh.  Yeah the guitar weeps to hear this covered on a uke.  Sucks...
Posted 12 years ago by midigitguy    [ Reply ]
After the ten thousandth time hearing this, I feel the urge to change my 7 to a 4.
Posted 12 years ago by Fredrikson    [ Reply ]
Better than it could have been, but I still don't endorse it. Minus a point for the gratuitous handclapping midway through.
Posted 12 years ago by jbunniii    [ Reply ]
While my broom silently sweeps!
Posted 12 years ago by Ghiaap    [ Reply ]
 hippiechick wrote:
Nice version of this song.
 
says a Hippy Chick from Topsy-Turvey Land 
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]

Lo siento... ponganle el nombre que le pongan... ese instrumento en mi pasi sellama "cuatro"... y es el instrumento típico... junto con el arpa y las maracas...
 
Posted 12 years ago by orquidea    [ Reply ]

HAHAHAHA - Joke of the year!

I prefer the spanish-guitar version of  "MY GENERATION".

Unbelievable, what some folks play and others listen to.

 

Ninty (90!!!!!) 10-votes for this "crime-of-a-song" confirm that RP-music is made for the wrong crowd!

No wonder that Floyd, Queen and other retirement-boppers are so popular here.


Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 midreaming wrote:

got any bedroom recordings of stairway to heaven laying around?

 
See if this works… Rodrigo Y Gabriela; it's one of my favs. (Watch to at least the middle, if you think it's tedious at first; also, this isn't the best video of them doing this, but it's the best I could find amidst all the wannabees that dilute YouTube content now.)
Posted 12 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
heartbreakingly beautiful!
Posted 12 years ago by Catecaneverall    [ Reply ]

Ooooo… nneat!! ‘got any bedroom recordings of stairway to heaven or freebird laying around? My total favorites are covers of Barry Manilow’s Copa Cobana. MMmmyea.. B.M is a dreamboat … I guess Robert Plant kinda gets my panties in a bunch too


Posted 12 years ago by midreaming    [ Reply ]
needs to be 4 mins. shorter
Posted 12 years ago by leonswiatek    [ Reply ]
You might not like this cover version —  but Harrison probably would. He loved the ukelele. The Concert for George Clapton cover is good too. 
Posted 12 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Very nice.  {#Daisy}
Posted 12 years ago by jen3005545    [ Reply ]