Since Darren Percival’s duet with him on The Voice, Mr Surfer seems to have developed a tiny man crush on the suave Keith Urban.
Well actually, I exaggerate. It’s more of an admiration for the country singer’s gifted guitar and song-writing skills.
I’m the one who thinks he’s a hot babe…ahems.
I bought my husband a beautiful acoustic guitar for his birthday a few years ago. The main intention was to motivate him to play more music and write songs again.
The ulterior motive was to get rid of his old, twangy electric guitar with the worn out amp.
Anywhoo.
Once in awhile when inspiration takes over, Mr Surfer will randomly strum away at a song. Any song.
Which is great. Nothing more romantic than a man who plays the guitar. Well, to me, anyway.
But he’s yet to expand his repertoire and play some new pieces from beginning to end.
He tackles a new song and the opening bars are usually flawless. But then,when it’s time to take it to the bridge or the chorus…dead silence.
Rather than persevering through the difficult parts, he’ll just start all over again.
Like a little locomotive train, chugging along nicely but then suddenly gets stuck at the bend. Only to reverse all the way back to the station.
So, now that we have this sudden love for all things Urban, Mr Surfer has been diligently studying YouTube tutorials on how to play like Keith, particularly “Without You”.
With its soulful melody, flowing guitar riffs and moving lyrics, you can see that Nicole’s found herself a very nice catch, indeed.
(Take that, Tom!)
Yet, in his attempts to get this one right, Mr Surfer is back to being a broken record.
With the guitar on his lap, sitting in front of the computer, we find ourselves in a repeated scenario:
Play YouTube clip
Pause
Play guitar
Stop
Click back to the beginning
Repeat…
Aaarrgh!
It all got too much last Friday night.
As I was on my laptop anyway, I thought I’d take a shot in the Twitterdom darkness.
I made a plea to Keith…
Still awaiting response from Nashville.
Linking up with Jess for IBOT
Oh love it, I hope Keith replies soon!
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Me too, Catherine! Fingers crossed 😉
LOL, that is awesome. Stuff the husband, I think I need a private lesson too. And maybe one for Joel too. Rachel x
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Ooooh, Joel! Now there’s another babe…
Oh, wouldn’t that be awesome if he did!
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I haven’t given up hope yet, Debbie! 😉
Haha! Love it, nice work on the tweet!! Now c’mon Keith, get your (delightful) butt over to Grace’s place!!
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LOL! I haven’t lost hope yet ! 😉
hehe, what a great idea.
Sounds just like my hubby learning the Ukelele. Condolences.
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Thank you!
Mr Surfer tried playing my dad’s ukelele…disaster 😉 I ended up playing it better than him 🙂
My hubby has also developed a tiny man crush on the suave Keith Urban..and yes, I am also projecting 🙂
I never understood the whole Keith Urban ‘thang’ until “The Voice” but it’s nice to reclaim him as another Aussie spunk!
At least Mr Surfer is musically inclined. My hubby is completely tone deaf and leaves me running for cover when he sings!
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Oh, Mr Surfer is tone deaf too! I always have a good giggle when he sings along in the car. Then he has the audacity to correct me when I sing. Can you believe it ?? 🙂
So glad Australia now recognise Mr Urban’s fine talents.
Bwah ha ha. I hope you get a response. I don’t like your chances. If he does, let me know. I’d fly down to Sydney to watch. C’mon Mr Surfer, you can do it. Then I can watch you perform on Skype!
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Oh, Penny! Never say never 😉
Haven’t given up hope just yet !
ha ha ha LOVE IT! I hope mr urban replies soon – or your husby learns the song so its not all pete repeat driving you insane xx
#teamIBOT
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LOL! Yes, I do hope Keith understands my difficult predicament and answers my Tweet soon 🙂
oooh I hope you get that response..i shall be over! I admire anyone that can play a guitar as my husband bought me one a few years ago..and lets just say i am far from mastering it..in fact I would need a whole lot more that a youtube video to play anything that remotely resembled a song!
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You are more invited to come over for the private guitar lesson 🙂
Always nice to have a guitar. At least you know it’s there waiting for your moment of inspiration 🙂
Good luck! And one day I’m sure Mr Surfer is going to romance you playing the guitar wile enjoying a nice candlelight dinner with you! 😉
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Oh, he’s romanced me before with the guitar when we first started dating. I was so impressed. It’s now trying to get him to progress to a Keith Urban song…that’s our latest challenge 🙂
Oh I so hope he writes back!! Classic!!
You are a legend!xx
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LOL! Thanks, Jane! I have my fingers and toes crossed 🙂
I hope he gets back to you! You have my sympathies in the mean time.. I remember the learning new songs on musical instruments from my siblings growing up. Thankfully my hubby picks up new songs quickly so I don’t have to go through that anymore.
I never really got the whole Keith Urban thing until The Voice but I love him now!
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In all fairness, Mr Surfer’s pretty good on the guitar. He just has these moments when he just repeats particular songs that he’s trying to learn.
Fingers crossed that Keith replies my tweet soon…LOL!
lol wouldn’t that just be lovely, if he showed up come Friday night…
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Oh, now that would brighten up a Friday night for sure! 🙂
Honestly, I don’t know how anyone could pass up that offer.
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Exactly! He’s a married man. He understands that a woman can’t be tortured by her husband’s guitar playing 🙂
LOL good on you Grace! “Ask and ye shall receive” … !
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That’s exactly it, Janet! I am holding nothing back and asking away 🙂
I can’t beleive he hasn’t tweeted you back yet! Talk about rude! 😉
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LOL! It’s okay. I think he might be fairly busy…but I can always hope 😉
LOL! I hope the personal lesson comes through. For Mr Surfer’s sake and yours!
Ronnie xo
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Whatever it takes…I am doing my best to get him over and give us that lesson 🙂
Quite aside from the obvious good looks, I once heard him interviewed on radio and was so pleasantly surprised. He was hilarious, and incredibly down to earth and self-deprecating. Good luck with the celeb stalking!
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Yeah, I’ve heard him interviewed too. Way before “The Voice”. Such a lovely man. And he looks so approachable…hence the tweet 🙂
Oh yeah! How awesome would a visit be!
*Drool*
Ahem….
I mean for your hubby’s lesson of course! 😉
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A-ha! So you’re a Keith Urban admirer too, Tracey!
LOL! 🙂
Ha ha. Love it. My husband is the same- when I first met him, there was a continuous loop of ‘smoke on the water’! Thankfully now, he is quite accomplished, but not a singer at all 🙂
Oooooh, “Smoke on the water…” I can’t tell you how many times I heard that being played throughout high school Lucky for me, Mr Surfer doesn’t play that one 🙂
Fingers crossed, hope he replies soon!
We can only hope. 🙂
Well he is coming back to Aus soonish!
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I know!!! I have a chance, I reckon 😉
I must say I never paid much attention to Keith in the past but after watching him on the Voice, I must say I’ve a soft spot too. He’s just such a lovely man. Generous, sensitive, creative, not bad on the eye, an attractive package indeed! As to guitars, mine is sitting in the corner gathering dust. I never learnt properly but I intended to get to it. Ah well, one day.
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Oh, I didn’t know you played! I would love to hear you one day!!! Even if it’s just a couple of chords 😉
I’m not really familiar on Keith but when I hear this video, ohhh men! Let’s enjoy life..
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Great song and video, isn’t it ? 🙂
If he gives you a personal lesson I’m moving in. Seriously.
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You’re on! Come on over, sister 😉
I hope he will respond! But I agree with you: nothing is more romantic than a man who plays guitar!
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Grace, I could’ve written this. My husband is a guitarist who rocks out the first few bars (I accidentally knocked over his gorgeous acoustic and so I’m stuck with the electric – KRRRAANNNNGGG!) but never moves beyond that.
When you’re done with Keith, send him this way please?
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