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Lisa Hannigan performs "Knots" on the ukulele

Mark Frauenfelder at 7:38 am Thu, Sep 22, 2011

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[Video Link] Lisa Hannigan performs "Knots" on the ukulele. (Thanks, @funnelbc!)

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  • Toby

    Uke-kkake?

    edit: My stupid joke aside, I’m listening to her album right now on Spotify, and it’s great.

    • Guest

      That was supposed to be a ‘joke’?

       I could swear you were just sexualizing a woman, even though she is PLAYING A FRACKING UKELELE.

      FTP.

      • Toby

        You’re right, I guess it was more of a pun than a joke.

      • bwcbwc

        Actually, I think he was sexualizing the paint. My own reaction was similar, but with an overriding sense of “they can’t REALLY be trying for that imagery can they?”

  • BarBarSeven

    The joyful sounds of a ukulele triggers indiscriminate squid sperm distribution? Who knew!

  • waetherman

    A combination of fetishes that almost seems designed to make the front page of BoingBoing. But I’m actually really glad for that; despite the fantastic but distracting video, the music is really good – sort of Neko Casey/Cat Powery (but more upbeat). $8 for the album at Amazon – I’m buying it.

    • Guest

      Seems like that’s all some people see some other people as: ‘a combination of fetishes’. 

      FTP.

  • Hank

    I just knew that the appearance of the banana fan meant that a uke video couldn’t be far behind

  • Grim Beefer

    This seems heavily influenced by the “Baby Doll” video from Tapeheads…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnTUSgHzZx0

  • http://artdonovan.typepad.com Art

    This fine song and terrific performance was strong enough not to require the silly spray paint routine.

  • subhan

    I watched a little while, trying to figure out what that thing at the bottom of the screen was – it looked like she was being sexually assaulted by a muppet.  I watched some more, and realized it was a hand.  I watched even more, and realized that she was apparently being sexually assaulted by a *whole bunch* of muppets.  

    • jeligula

      Yeah, those hands playing around like that were annoying and did have a vague assault-like vibe to them.

    • bwcbwc

      Rule 99: ukelele bukkake.

  • http://nelc.livejournal.com/ NelC

    I’d kind of like to hear the live take on that video, just to hear how well she kept up while being drowned in paint.

    Also, not enough banana.

    • http://www.legrandbazart.com sigismund

      yep, will Cory ever find a banana ukulele ?

  • EH

    There’s a uke bubble if that lip sync’ing is supposed to pass muster.

  • Paul Bryden

    Very cool video indeed. BTW Mark, where has that lovely chanteuse Clara Belle got to? I see that many of her songs and videos have been subject to take-down notices and she no longer appears to have a web site. If memory served me correctly she was on the cusp of releasing an album.

  • Sockeater

    I’d like to buy this directly from her site but I can’t because “This product is not available in your region.” Classic.   

  • http://www.kmoser.com kmoser

    She really should have worn a face mask to prevent the spray paint from entering her lungs.

    • http://twitter.com/nialldebuitlear Niall de Buitlear

      It’s not spraypaint. the paint is being squirted. If it was real spraypaint her lungs would be the least of her worries as her skin would badly burnt all over.

      • bwcbwc

        It looked to me like the stuff going on her skirt was spraypaint. The stuff on her upper body was “squirt paint” as you say. (to coin a phrase).

      • Chevan

        There were a couple hands holding cans of spraypaint at the bottom of the screen.

    • Guest

      So concerned…

  • http://oneofme.ca Paul Turnbull

    The album is also available on eMusic for ~$5. I am intrigued so I got it. :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Stewart/100000007064250 Jim Stewart

    Knots by Gentle Giant

    http://youtu.be/mI8dBOIuG9I

    for those who have not been exposed to this amazing 70′s progressive band.

  • manicbassman

    talk about being buried in the mix… you can barely hear that Ukulele… anyway peeps… let’s turn you on to another Ukulele talent:

    Miss Sophie Madeleine

    http://www.youtube.com/user/misssophiemadeleine

    she’s on tour over in the US very soon

    • manicbassman

       meh… she’s in the list of other Ukulele related articles… how did I miss that… :(

  • allybeag

    I’d guess they were using some sort of vibrant food colouring mixed with something like custard to give it body. Great fun, and I did like her singing too!

  • Paul Renault

    Was the song written by RD Lang?

  • jeligula

    What a beautiful, talented young lady.  I wish her well.

  • pjcamp

    I especially like the way the ukelele kept playing while she wiped the goop out of her eyes.

    Not everybody can do that.

  • http://twitter.com/mjfgates Michael Gates

    The spray-paint hands were linked to a spray-ish sound in the soundtrack… somebody playing a cymbal with a brush, I think?… Anyway, that’s why they were there. The other paint things were not quite so, er, closely linked with particular sounds. I think.

  • Fang Xianfu

    How hard is it to get paint out of hair? The impression I get is that it’s quite difficult. And that’s a lot of paint.

  • opmaroon

    Meh.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3ES53REY9Y&feature=related

  • quipling

    Charlotte Hatherley did this backwards and still managed better miming! http://youtu.be/brS8pYY2dnY

  • andyhavens

    Nice song, lovely voice, fun video. Bought album.