"On the Street Where You Live" from My Fair Lady (Roctober 2025 #4)

Definitely not a “rock” song but it’s still Rocktober. :wink: An ukulele student asked me to arrange this for her using a cover by Broadway singer Laura Benanti (and, coincidentally, I met her producer yesterday) but Benanti inexplicably changed the lyrics to “On the Street Where I Lived,” which I thought nonsensical and a bad choice – so after giving an arrangement to my student, I changed the lyrics back to the original and recorded it myself.

I culd never have imagined this as ukulele song. What a great arrangement and vocal performance. A treat to listen to.

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I think one could play this, “scream”, Metal and work (or just Metal) - good stuff. (Makes me think of the 1v1g acoustics of some of the KISS stuff, when they unmasked. I think many were “surprised” at how the “singer songwriter demo” track, of “it” sounded : ) lol! )

Anyway, I heard in my head, mind pictures, as leather bound rock, as you sang it - again, good stuff : )

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I labor under the illusion that anything could be a ukulele song. :wink:

I also am intrigued by the idea of this being “scream” metal – would love to hear that!

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what a choice. so lovely…. top film/songs

…”.with luck the bloodhound wont find out!!”:smiley::smiley:

top work

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i really enjoyed the way you sang and played this. i dound it more in the shirley jones than the julie andrews style. although i love both those singers, the former is more down to earth. if a person nows how to use the ukelele, then any song is worthy of its accompaniment.

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Ah, takes me back to high school - we sang several songs from “My Fair Lady” for our spring concert. Nicely done! Beautiful!

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Thank you all! Bill, I love Julie Andrews’ voice and delivery but find her “cool-toned” and almost arch in a way I cannot emulate well. That is NOT a criticism of her. I really like her style.