Uke blog

Here is a link to the Ukelele blog we use for Music.  The expectation is that all students visit, and comment on the blog at some time.
http://chukuleles.blogspot.ca/

Little Boxes by Walk Off the Earth - Room 209's Song Choice - by Gabby

This is the song that Room 209 chose for Rock of Ages/School of Rock! We chose this song because in the video, it reminded us about Cardboard City. I think the message of this song is, be your own person and don't follow everyone else. Because, "little boxes made of ticky tacky" means all the houses look all the same and it's good to be different. The song is kind of sarcastic, it's kind of teasing people for all trying to be all the same.

This song was written in 1962! Walk Off the Earth recorded it in 2012. It was 40 years old when they recorded it!

This is houses made of ticky-tacky.

-by Gabby

Here is the video and the lyrics.

little boxes on the hillside
little boxes made of ticky tacky
little boxes on the hillside
little boxes all the same

there’s a pink one and a green one
and a blue one and a yellow one
and they’re all made out of ticky tacky
and they all look just the same

and the people in the houses
all went to the university
where they were put in boxes
and they came out all the same

and there’s doctors and lawyers
and business executives
and they’re all made out of ticky tacky
and they all look just the same

and they all play on the golf course
and drink their martinis dry
and they all have pretty children
and the children go to school

and the children go to summer camp
and then to the university
where they are put in boxes
and they come out all the same

and the boys go into business
and marry and raise a family
in boxes made of ticky tacky
and they all look just the same

there’s a pink one and a green one
and a blue one and a yellow one
and they’re all made out of ticky tacky
and they all look just the same



UPDATE: If you want to play the ukulele along with the song here is the link to the chords with the lyrics. 
(Thanks to Fiona for finding one version of the chords and Owen for finding an even more simple one!)

Ordinary Day

"Ordinary Day"

I've got a smile on my face, I've got four walls around me
The sun in the sky, the water surrounds me
I'll win now but sometimes I'll lose
I've been battered, but I'll never bruise, it's not so bad

[Chorus:]
And I say way-hey-hey, it's just an ordinary day
and it's all your state of mind
At the end of the day, you've just got to say,
it's all right.

Janie sings on the corner, what keeps her from dying?
Let them say what they want, she won't stop trying
She might stumble, if they push her 'round
She might fall, but she'll never lie down

[Chorus]

In this beautiful life, but there's always some sorrow
It's a double-edged knife, but there's always tomorrow
It's up to you now if you sink or swim,
Keep the faith and your ship will come in.
It's not so bad

And I say way-hey-hey, it's just an ordinary day
And it's all your state of mind
At the end of the day, you've just got to say
I say way-hey-hey, it's just an ordinary day
And it's all your state of mind
At the end of the day, you've just got to say
it's alright

'Cause it's alright, it's alright
'Cause I've got a smile on my face and I've got four walls around me

Is Somebody Singing

Is Somebody Singing

Ed Robertson and Chris Hatfield

[Intro]

Em, D, Am, C, D

[Verse 1]

Em   D               Am

  On solid fuel and wires,

         C       D          Em

Turn the key and light the fire,

       D                Am   C   D

We're leaving Earth today.

[Verse 2]

Em      D              Am

This rocket's burning bright,

        C       D       Em

We'll soon be out of sight,

        D          Am   C  D

And orbiting in Space.

[Pre-Chorus]

D                 Am   

Pushed back in my seat,

            G    

Look out my window,

D          C

There goes home.

D                  Am

That ball of shiny blue,

       G         D         C        

Houses everybody anybody ever knew.

[Chorus]

               G          D

So  sing your song, I'm listening,

Am                     C

Out where stars are glistening,

      Em               D                 C 

I can hear your voices bouncing off the Moon.

(C)            G       D

 If you could see our nation,

         Am         C            D

From the International Space Station,

Em               D                C 

You'd know why I want to get back soon (Get back soon).

[Verse 3]

Em        D                  Am

Eighteen thousand miles an hour,

            C          D      Em

Fueled by science and solar power,

     D              Am   C D

The ocean's racing past.

[Verse 4]

Em    D            Am

At half a thousand tons,

          C       D      Em 

Ninety minutes, Moon to Sun,

   D               C        D

A bullet can't go half as fast.

[Pre-Chorus]

D                 Am

Floating from my seat,

              G

Look out my window,

D            C

There goes home (There goes home).

D                       Am

That brilliant ball of blue,

     G                 D              C       

Is where I'm from and also where I'm going to.

[Chorus]

               G          D

So  sing your song, I'm listening,

Am                     C

Out where stars are glistening,

      Em               D                C 

I can hear your voices bouncing off the Moon.

(C)            G       D

 If you could see our nation,

         Am         C            D

From the International Space Station,

Em               D                C 

You'd know why I want to get back soon (Get back soon).

[Bridge]

A              E                   D

All black and white just fades to gray,

          A           E              D

Where the Sun rises sixteen times a day (Day),

A              E                   D

You can't make out borders from up here,

           A           E              D

Just a spinning ball within a tiny atmosphere (Atmosphere).

[Pre-Chorus]

D                  Am

Pushed back in my seat,

               G

Look out my window,

D            C

Here comes home (Home).

D                         Am

What once was fueled by fear,

           G             D             C         

Now has fifteen nations orbiting together here.

[Chorus]

                G          D

So  sing your song, I'm listening,

Am                     C

Out where stars are glistening,

      Em               D                 C 

I can hear your voices bouncing off the Moon.

(C)            G       D

 If you could see our nation,

         Am         C            D

From the International Space Station,

Em               D                C 

You'd know why I want to get back soon (Get back soon).

 [Outro]

You'd know why I want to get back soon (Getting back to you, getting back to you),

You'd know why I want to get back soon (Getting back to you, getting back to you),

You'd know why I want to get back soon (Getting back to you, getting back to you),

You'd know why I want to get back soon.

Singing Stompa..... By Serena Ryder!

These are all of the junior classes singing Stompa! We really sang that song with talent!

By Millie :D

Stompa!

Here are the lyrics to the song presented by the students of Room 308.
The artist is Serena Ryder.  She was born in Toronto, grew up in Millbrook (near Peterborough), and started writing songs when she was 10 or 11 years old.
Her big break came from performances she did at the Black Sheep Inn, in Wakefield Quebec, not far from Churchill Alternative (and Ottawa).
Billboard named her the most promising songstress 2009.
Her songs have been on Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, and Gossip Girl.
She is performing at a sold out show this weekend (Friday, February 22nd) at Mavericks in Ottawa!!!

"Stompa"

People, working every night and day
Never give yourself no time
Got too many bills to pay
Slow down, nothing’s gonna disappear
If you give yourself some room
To move to the music you hear

Gotta get up, listen to me
Clappa your hands, stompa your feet

People, looking for the great escape
Looking for the greener side
Trying to find a better way
Slow down; open up your big brown eyes
Feel the rhythm in your heart
You don’t even need to try

Gotta get up, listen to me
Clappa your hands, stompa your feet
Nothing is wrong, if you move to the beat
Clappa your hands
Stompa your feet
Stompa your feet

When you can’t seem to shake off all the feelings that are breaking
Little pieces of the music that’s in you
All the pain that you feel
I can prove it’s not real
There’s just one thing you gotta do

Gotta get up, listen to me
Clappa your hands, stompa your feet
Nothing is wrong, if you move to the beat
Clappa your hands
Stompa your feet
Stompa your feet

Stompa your feet, stompa your feet

 

Second sing-along

We sang Takin' Care of Business.

We noticed:
-going to work reminds us of going to school
-we were able to visualize what was happening
-you can buy a second hand guitar and be successful
-people pushin', people shovin'
-going to your slave job to get your pay means you go to work and it's really hard
-the first part and the second part of the song are really different
-in the first part of the song, we know the person is slaving at their job just for money, they don't like their job
-in the second part of the song, the singer is trying to influence the listener (look at me, I'm self employed)
-just a-layin' in the sun is far away from slavin' away