Tony Penultimate – I Made You Love Me

Tony Penultimate
I Made You Love Me

Boy I was thrown for a loop with Tony Penultimate which is actually the pen name for Peter Brooke Turner who plays in the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain and the Ukulele Kings. Apparently the Ukulele Orchestra is of some reknown across the sea though I’ve never heard of them. A whole fleet of ukuleles is something I have to hear.

But this isn’t straight up ukulele music (though Tony did write most of the songs on one). This is some campy Elvisey lounge music that hiccups through various genres in a matter of two and a half minutes. The song available on his website is “I Made You Love Me”. In fact I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry or cringe with this music which takes the macaroni and cheesey feel to a new level. The coolest thing is that he’s singing the song with a completely straight face. Somehow that made it just too good to be bad, if you know what I mean.

As a honest to goodness 50-60s crooner stuck in the 00′s, Tony Penultimate makes the most of his musical lot in life and really brings life to the party with his album Soppy & the Sentimentals. You could put this on at your latest shindig, and great hilarity will undoubtedly follow…

Sample tracks from Tony Penultimate
I Made You Love Me – Soppy and the Sentimentals

by Tyranosaur