Rudi, A Message To You
Introducing Blipalele, the ukulele house band of the world's greatest photo community.
Left to right, top to bottom, we are A Dog's Dinner, The fool on the hill, Tractor Factory Photos, Miss R Able, Joe Blogs, Herr Klantz Minds Map, Red, wingpig and The Beat Brothers.
Hope you enjoy our first song - it's been a hoot to produce. We're quietly confident it's going to be this year's novelty summer hit, so make sure you tell all your friends and don't forget to download the mp3 and iPod movie for listening by the pool!
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Brilliant, well done Joe for stringing it all together. This tune has been milling about in my head since the previews went out.
I love Bella's face paintage chowing away on the lolly throughout. Class.
~ TractorFactoryPhotos
Fandabby what a group of *****!
~ BB
Wow! Well done all of you! Well done Joe for putting it together so nicely! Thank you! It was great to be included in this! I´m ready for next one :)
~ MissRAble
Hilarious :D.
~ kdoes
Oh god I'm going to be singing this all day now!!
Well done all of you, it's fab!
~ Pinktwinkles
Just super! :) Such a cool video too.
~ farsidehues
Love it! Great job everyone.
~ SooB
Fantastic.
Nutters - the lot of you.
~ 42
The tune is not bad but this does insinuate you have too much spare time on your hands :p
~ aaronvanvalen
"If you want something done, ask a busy person," as the saying goes, aaronvanvalen!
...but then, I would say that.
~ Red
Now, at last, I´ve got some spare time = vacation, and I´m doing nothing. When we made this I had to do 60 hours a week at work... so I do believe in what Red says. I think we´re all quite busy persons.
~ MissRAble
Guys this is fantastic, you ave excelled with this production.
~ Cora
i love blip!! this is the funniest thing i have seen in a while! awesome job to all of you!!
~ pocho
Brilliant, a great idea. Thanks for doing it.
~ clickychick
Brilliant, get it on the TV quick.
~ brickmaker
hahahaha excellant
~ extremechemist
on a side note, I love the way it has been seamlessly woven into the Blip website fabric.
~ TractorFactoryPhotos
I love it! :))
~ photofiend
oh..my...god. this is fantastic. made me smile like i haven't the whole day, so thanks so much everyone. the song is definetely stuck to my head now. *goes away humming*
~ stine
Wow, what a production! impressive. You guys are incredible. I really love it.
~ joe_cool
FANBLOODYTASTIC!!!!!
Love it, worth the wait and it is definitely the sound of the summer. Well done to everyone.
~ Northern
Unspeakably brilliant! Congratulations and thank you to everyone who was involved in this :-)
~ sleepyduck
ha-ha-ha....raw like sushi!
#1 on blip top ten!!!
~ frozen
Hilarious.
Really enjoyed that. Anything else going to be coming out over the coming months?
Also a bit surprised toi see that the blip community finally gets to see Joe's face.
~ tourist
@tourist - lots more in the pipeline (both ukulele and more photography focussed), so watch this space. There are plenty Joe Blogs full-frontals around, if you know where to look...
~ Joe
Absolutely genius!
~ itchyblip
The two Wingpigs popping up to do the ah-ahh-ahhhh bit is comedy gold!
~ David77
i literally could not love this any more!
it's the sound of summer 09!
~ bananablip
You are all rock stars! Maybe with a sledgehammer I'll get this catchy tune out of my head now!
~ fiori
formby would be proud. great performances all round
~ Anonymoose
Genius, love this so much....
Album by autumn???
~ markcallaghan
ohhh - my internet isn't fast enough... Will have to patiently wait until Saturday!
~ Fi
You're all mental... I love it!! Well done band.
~ emilyclicks
Genius!
Red is a Rock God.
Whatever next??
~ MrSmith
Terrific and amazing! When you first mentioned doing this, I thought you were just kidding around, but you certainly weren't. Way to go, Group. You've got a hit here...and more to come. Wonderful!
~ Skip
that has put the biggest smile on my face :)
Excellent and well done all, fantastic.
~ SimonC
I LOVE blipfoto. Always expect the unexpected around here, I always say. (I've never actually said that before.)
~ debsthoughts
man...am so dying to see this...am still at work and this bloody firewall wont let me open any streaming video or download any mp3! I want to rush home right now. but have a marathon conference call starting in less than an hour. B U G G E R!!!
~ Adda
Just listened (and watched) again. To my nontechy mind, this is pure genius...and a lot of fun. Love your group name too.
~ Skip
Awesome!
~ brainfreeze
Brilliant - well done to all of you! You make us so proud of being members of this super community!
~ MissU2
THE BEST VIDEO EVER!!!
~ cew
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
how bluddy wonderful
:)))))
I feel pissed on the joy of the ukele and hello all of you :)))
~ Flick
No 1 on spotlight
No 1 on rated
:)
~ MissRAble
PS - you missed lonely little petunia out of the vid credits. top driving / backing vox
~ Anonymoose
Mad, all mad.
But brilliant.
~ bri
awesome!! seriously. fantastic. aren't you all a talented bunch?! :)
(and it reminded me how much I love this song)
~ sprinkledwords
Is this on You Tube??? it's got to be on You Tube and then we can give it a 1000000000000000 hits and then you can get on the Oprah winfrey show and then Demi moore will be your freind and then go on britain's got talent .... and then all book yourself into the priory and then come out and make Millions ...the end
~ Flick
hahaha - what a summer surprise and a great idea!
This moves the Blip community into a different league.
Roll on the next rendition!
~ trabroun
So so so so soooooo goooooood!
Well done all - really impressed!
~ davejournal
britain's got talent, Flick? We´re a world wide web band! :)
~ MissRAble
HAHAHAHA. I love it!
~ secrets
haha and some of you didn't even do an SP before this, brilliant bit of work. I particularly like Bella's facial fancy dress. Awesome!!!!
~ hope
That was highly entertaining - congrats Joe on making this!
~ notgraham
absolute genius (said by many I see) - nice putting faces to names too, albeit in a surreal way
(agree with getting it on youtube - could be a viral global phenomenononon)
~ dailypost
oh I see it's on there now!!!!
~ dailypost
Very well done. just brilliant.
~ GordonB
just watched it again for like the 5th time.
bella rules in this vid.
she's so nochalant about appearing in the coolest music video ever.
~ bananablip
This is fantastic! I love it well done!
~ jude14
oops I meant Blipfoto's got talent sorr missy :)
~ Flick
Class!!!! This is just fab! Well done all involved! :o)
~ beckie
It is great to see famous blippers in a field other than photography. Keep it up guys.
~ faizan615
Oh my gosh this is 100 times better than I ever thought possible for such a collaboration. This sounds professional and the video is awesome. 1000/5!
~ laurgurl326
Super Cool! This is really great!
~ GemmoMC
Excellent. Looks and sounds great. Well done to you all.
~ oxygen
Oh Yay! I'm waiting for youtube to load it up... I'll just go and have a shower while I wait!
~ Fi
It´s already there triggerhappyfi!
~ MissRAble
fan flipping tastic - made my day - correction - week - no a lot more than that :)))
fantastic all of you :)
~ shedmonkey
In the words of the great Formby...
Of course I take no notice you can tell
For mother's sound advice will always stand.
She said "My boy do what I say and you'll never go astray
If you keep your ukulele in your hand, yes son
Keep your ukulele in your hand.
~ Megapixel
superb. it's a long time since i have enjoyed blip but this makes up for many months in the wilderness.
hats off to all those involved.
next big thing on you tube?
~ McDawg
AMAZING !
well done :]
~ Banana
That is, quite frankly, the nuts! GENIUS!
~ pinktulip
Marvelous !
~ stuff
SO good! I too like the fact that Bella is completely oblivious...
Top banana! The dog's dangly bits.....
~ Fi
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~ so-very-much
Awesome! When's the album coming out?!?!?
~ drcraig
This is fantastic! Well done guys and gals!
~ lhr
Awesome! I had a big smile on my face the whole time I was listening.
I can't believe young George from The Beat Brothers quit less than halfway through!
Well done blipalele.
~ gabbahey
This is so cool! Perfect. I am going to watch it again and again, well done!
~ Elmer
I am speechless.....just superb...well done to every one involved you all deserve a platinum disc.
~ hebsauntyval
Well, well, well, I am só impressed! This is just brilliant!! Luvvv it!
Checked it out, on You Tube, went back and backand back again!! hehehehe
This is an amzing achievement Joe et al!! Luvvvvv it more each time I go back!! ;-)
~ LuvU2
wow
~ Knightly
That is totally and ukelele BRILLIANT! It's so great to see all of you in action and the song is a classic. Well done you all - I've been following the thread on the forum from time to time but had no idea the result would be quite so fab! :)))
~ marypot70
OMG this is superb! Love the music AND the video. Well done to all of you. Great to see such a lovely talented bunch of people.
~ idea
haha quality - as we say round this neck of the woods THAT'S TIDY, THAT IS
~ sp33dway
haha i love it!
fabulous.
~ melua
MERHABA MY FRIENDS
WITHOUT A DOUBT...THE FIRST `HIT` OF SUMMER 09
EXCELLENT YOU GUYS & GALS
TURK
~ skyedog
That is quite simply an outstanding and very SPECIAL piece of work. I got a bit emotional seeing all the old gang together. Man, I miss blipfoto!
What I loved most was how you were all in your blipfoto-character (if you know what I mean).
Joe, you must surely have directed; you are, after all, a British Film Director (sorry, saw him in a magazine and instantly thought of you).
Looking forward to the next one!
Well done folks.
CJ
~ LLCoolJim
Fantastic. I love it. It's going on my pod NOW!
~ Xtine
This is awesome you rudeboys (and girls)! Love the Scanian rap part by HerrK! Very cool!
~ Sfinx
This is just stupendous!!! You are all quite talented and funny and I just love it. I'm sneaking a peak at work and when I get home, I'll be downloading it. Bravo, standing ovation and all of that!!
~ bugsman
Can't get enough, cheers guys, done wonderfully!
~ stephanie
BRILLIANT.. loved it...absolutely brilliant...well done, all.
~ White
Don't ever grow up you lot.
We loves ya.
What a star Bella is BTW, that lolly never stood a chance.
~ sheilaM
I think you all have done something that has never been seen before. Incredible. The song really is catchy. Well done!
~ rainproof
I love this! Seeing it has made my day. Well done all!
~ impoftheyard
Absolutely fantastic, so well put together.
~ Jude
Fantastic.... really enjoyed the first song..WE WANT MORE !!!
~ Orchid
Top banana!
Ur ukulele gods.
~ linuxgamer
Absolutely amazing! Well done to all of you!
~ Non-accidental
100 comments! Yaaay!
~ MissRAble
OMG!!!!!! This is amazing!!! Wow! Now how do I get the silly song out of my head?!!! ;)
~ Dolcezza
speechless...very very good!
~ DrD
Absolutely brilliant!
Next one: Ever Fallen In Love???
~ buzzcocksfan
TOP SUGGESTION!
~ Red
Excellent guys, so good.
~ missing
Well done, a fantastic first of many I hope.
great fun putting it all together
~ Jaxter46
I somehow went to the youtube link before seeing this so that's why I'm comment 108. The whole thing has been expertly put together Joe. Fantastic job and I've never had so much fun with people I've never met but feel I know!
~ mooncoin
Really love this it's so much fun! Bravo! Encore!
~ mr_chips
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it. It's brilliantly put together and just so hilarious and fantastic and fun. I thought we were going to get a 30 second soundbite of a few folk playing a ukelele. I never expected this. But it's also really, really really, weird seeing these blippers moving rather than just the occasional SP or profile pic.
And it even caused LLCoolJim to comment!
I'm away to watch it again, and again.....
~ MAiT
Errr wow. What tuneful silliness. And the video? Outstanding. Genius.
You might actually have leve cyclops speechless, which as MrsCyclops will tell you doesn't happen often...
~ cyclops
brilliant effort you lot , could be the next numa numa - sorry (o;
~ Tone
Oh, gosh,,,it's just fantastic :D !! Thanks so much for making this for all of us...but WE WANT MORE !!
~ Maunkuvat
This is Craaaaaazy, I mean crazy awesome. I love Bella and George!
~ mats
I just re-listened to the preview copy. Joe you tweaked it since didn't you. The harmonica comes out more clearly on this version.
Someone in my office sent it round our department and you could quite clearly hear it being hummed within about a 5 metre radius in various tones.
~ TractorFactoryPhotos
Just brilliant! Awed really. Will eagerly watch this space for more.... There is much we can do as a community!
~ farsidehues
Classic and fantastic!
~ Laurinha
That is so freakin amazing, and cracy! Simply freakin awesome! Am I being ignorant in asking who Rudi is?
Oooh, I can see a global "ninetept" - what is the word!
~ pixelsmiths
Brilliant! That's put a big smile on my face today. You guys could go far!
~ squirk
Absolute classic. Brightened up a chilly evening in Christchurch.
~ Canterbury
I didn´t hear the harmonica either in the first pre-edit. It´s great!
(...and so, at last, the one-voter came... 29 x 5 + 1 )
~ MissRAble
GREAT fun ... can't wait for the cd!
~ Pixelmeier
We've made it to the front page of Ukulelia The World's Greatest Ukulele Weblog and the home planet of the fabled Craig Robertson. The dude in the hat.
~ G
You're the best!
~ timefragments
Splendid. Truly splendid collective performance. You guys rock (with Ukuleles, but still, you rock!).
A beautiful example of what happens when perfectionists mess around: a beautifully captured and edited "messing" video.
PS: Is George in breach of contract? Did he read all the small prints before quitting half way through?
~ raheny_eye
He's just got an instinctive feel for rock'n'roll behaviour...
~ Red
What a tonic! Superb effort - looking forward to the next one.
~ shy
Absolutely ace, I love it! More please :)
~ Dazed
Fantastic, well done to all.
~ EcoDad
Congrats to reaching the Ukulelia blog! I'm really enjoying the tune!
Who´s doing the drum intro and the uke solo, both superb! If I may ask, that is?
~ Sfinx
sfnx - Drums by Mr Blogs - uke solo by Herr Klantz
~ G
Mouth organ by Fool on the hill, superb too!
~ MissRAble
What fun! I had a good laugh. Downloaded it for my iPod to use as winter blues therapy.
Well done, all of you.
~ cabbagetree
HAHAHHAHAH! Now its in my head and on the playlist! Keep it coming, please!
~ RogersDay
You're mad the lot of you. But I love it.
Miss Bella has to be the star of the show!
~ mackintosh
PURE GENIUS!
Had me giggling away in my PJs this morning :)
~ seaurchin
so rad
~ daysindecember
I've shared this on Facebook and have a had a couple of people who have no experience of blip coming back and saying they love it!
~ impoftheyard
Imp well done! can you send me the address?
~ G
A rough looking bunch!!
Not only are you making us take pictures every day Joe, but now we have to sing this bloody song!!!
Haven't stopped for 24 hours, for gods sake do another one!
~ jonstorey57
World famous.
World class.
Outstanding.
Fabulous piece of work there blipteam.
Next stop Glastonbury?
~ ADsPhotos
Yes, we have to do another one!
~ MissRAble
Sheer brilliance, am singing it now!
~ annekingston
Beautiful
~ emma
Fanbloodytastic..
~ treegonk
On YouTube listening to this I refound the Blipfoto celebration play that Red did with 44 photos from Blipfriends as he posted his 1000th! If you haven´t seen it, you´ll have to go there :)
~ MissRAble
Greetings from an old blipmate:
Thanks for sending me the link.. everyone looks great and we loved the tune.. POppy kept saying "I want to hear it again.." a great one for the summer..excellent feelgood factor, laid back and one of my all time favourite songs as well.. give everyone involved in this masterful production my best wishes for a wonderful summertime ahead.. :)))))
Thank you Croz for those words and I hope some day you will be back here.
~ MissRAble
Fantastic! Magnificent! Heart-warming! Amazing! Divinely madcap. Great craic.
Congratulations and a huge well done to everybody. I'd watch out for The Beat Brothers, though: they could get notions of themselves when the show goes on the road.
~ dublinshooter
Wow, thats cool!! AWESOME!
~ katzmeow
I've just been listening to The Specials doing A message to you, Rudi at Glastonbury. Nearly as good as Blipalele.
~ mooncoin
Hey, me too! Er. on the telly, that is.
~ Red
OK you all have gone Hollywood on us now ;-P
~ donnaflores
I watched The Specials doing a cover of this on the BBC Glastonbury coverage. But it's not as good as you lot.
~ MAiT
Outstanding! Hit of this summer!
~ missnoway
Have had great idea for your next one, what about Young at heart - the Bluebells song?
~ MAiT
well done to you all
~ queenie
Get off, you're rubbish!
Big pats on the back for all concerned.
I suggest you do 'Take the skinheads bowling'
by Camper Van Beethoven next.
~ hiraeth
Great blipalele, sorry to hear about the car.
~ Tiger
Magnificent. Thank you all - aren't you CLEVER!
~ grace
Fantastic...took me a while to get here as we have only just started blipping again after a 2 year gap...sorry.
~ vicanddarren
coooooool. nice to meet you =))
~ psmidka
Brilliant, loved this
~ PollysPics
Wow, love it.
~ CanCarrier
wow amazing guys, good work!
~ gabbypacitti
Oh my oh my oh my, you just made my day :D
~ mly
Tuned in a bit late...but geezz... thanks for making me smile again. This is magnificent! Am in anticipation of your next song!
~ dutchie
catchy and quite fun
~ dogwoodpuddle
What can i say.. Nice to meet all of you..
I'm bewitched..
~ rena
MrsCyclops missed this, and didn't believe it existed until I showed it to her. She is still confused...
~ cyclops
This was awesome!!
I loved the song, the action, the total package. Your time in production of this was well appreciated.
How did you do the audio? I wanted to add a "sound byte" to a bird blip I took and thought I couldn't -- I realize I just need to know how.
~ LovePopcorn
Oh this is just fantastic! Made my day For Sure! :D
~ HERE
oh WOW! i just saw this one and watched the video! BRILLIANT! LOVE IT!
~ chocolatelover
Excellent!
~ Katherineellis
Ha ha, that's so funny. Will you reform the band? Post another?
~ jayman888
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