Monckyman Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Just hoiked Allright now out.No need, turgid rotting hoary old bollocks. Dakota... week 4.." So have you found a patch for the intro Miss keys player" "erm?" ffs Stuck in.. Come up and see me Brown sugar. I mean WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY? Maggie May. Gratuitous use of mandolin I`m a believer. Brown eyed girl. Why are we ALL playing the same sh*te old songs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 hang on tho - losing my religion. bass is nice to play, but it's such an insipid song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxxwj Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 [quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1328483619' post='1528008'] Why are we ALL playing the same sh*te old songs? [/quote] This made my freaking day. Well played, sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 It will depend how we play them, more than the song being this or that. If the band can do them and make it work, I'll mostly get on with it... if it doesn't, then I can hate a lot of things. I don't tend to do gigs like that, though..or not for long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 The only one I can think of is Seek & Destroy by Metallica. I had played it in at least 3 different bands before I actually ever heard the original (like many of the songs I played back then, I still haven't heard some of them and don't even know what some of them were called), but by then I already hated it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I've always hated 'hey Jude' can't stand the song. a few years ago when in a covers band that played gigs about once a week. we all hated the song and so never played it. Got asked as a special request from the person who booked us, so learnt it, played it once or twice during practice, played it once on stage for them and NEVER AGAIN. Ugh, horrible horrible and i'm surprised its not on more people's lists... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftyhook Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Eruption van Halen. guitar wazzo solo bollox, next to nothing to do for me n drummer.....oh and then I have to ask the audience to applaud him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thack Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 [quote name='Kes' timestamp='1328493660' post='1528126'] I've always hated 'hey Jude' [/quote] Yeh that song is brainless. Cant think of anything decent to sing or play? Just yell Na Na Na NAAAAAAA The band I used to play in did Murder on the Dancefloor by Sophie Ellis Bextor. If that song doesnt define purified evil , i dont know what does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftyhook Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 [quote name='eddiehoffmann' timestamp='1328483467' post='1528004'] Many, but the one I really hate is 'You Can Call Me All', by Paul Simon. I never liked Paul Simon, but the drummer in one of my bands is a massive fan and on top of it he wants to sing this song. I already told everybody I absolutely hate it, but I guess the more I say it, the more they want to play it, so I gave up. [/quote] with the bolloxy bass 'solo'. half reversed (or compressed to hell, cant remember). I used to play that one too. You poor bugger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 [quote name='leftyhook' timestamp='1328495189' post='1528130'] with the bolloxy bass 'solo'. half reversed (or compressed to hell, cant remember). I used to play that one too. You poor bugger. [/quote] As far as i know to record it they played the first half of it then reversed the recording of it.. never heard that song played live... will have a hunt on youtube now to see what I can find out of curiosity... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Desperado, or anything else by the Eagles. I think unless you have at least [i]thought[/i] about going to the states (or at least, out of East Lancashire) then you have no right to play anything 'Americana'. I also think the Eagles are sh*t, so I guess that doesn't help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurbs Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I couldn't give a toss what I play, however if I start disliking a song then I tend to add something to it so I get something from it. For example sex on fire, the challenge is to do the most insane licks when transitioning through the chorus. Summer of 69 I try and introduce as many chromatic runs as I dare without it sounding sh*t. Mustang Sally is all about playing with octaves and getting the transition right. Dakota I use a organ type foot keyboard thing to get some bass synth going to fatten out the sound whilst playing. Amazing how hard it is to play your feet, fingers and sing backing harmonies at the same time, and as a result what could be the most boring song becomes quite challenging. Some songs however you have to sit back and accept the song for what it is and just enjoy playing it in front of an audience. Chasing cars is one of these, as is With or Without You. Then the fun is to try and put your band mates off while they are concentrating.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Why do we play these songs? Easy, the punters love `em, and like it or not, we really are there for their entertainment. Give `em what they want, keep the bookings coming in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrenochrome Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 [quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1328483619' post='1528008'] Why are we ALL playing the same sh*te old songs? [/quote] we're not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Been years since I played covers but one I do remember, back in the day, was 'Take me to the river', the Talking Head's version of the Al Green number. Now, I was a BIG Heads fan back then but I grew to dread the 'doof chik, doof chik' as the drummer started the intro to the piece. 'Oh sh*t...' I would go and would relax a little as I began the bassline but I began to have the notion that 'THIS IS WRONG!!' every time I played it.Great song and it was a showstopper - in the [i]true [/i]sense of the word! I used to move about a bit more than this song commanded cos I didn't want the punters to see me cringing as we played it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender73 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 A mash-up of Born to be Wild and Day Tripper - affectionately (not by me) called Born Tripper. Hideous....just Hideous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 [size=5][sub]yep..was told to listen to the Al Green version by a very good harp player who thought we did it all wrong...!![/sub][/size] [size=5][sub]Why would I care...? if there is a track we do that I am not knocked out about, it is that one.[/sub][/size] [size=5][sub]It is one of those songs that is too easy to jam..and then you just don't get it.[/sub][/size] [size=5][sub]We do it as a dancey type thing in a pub..but I'd rather not bother.[/sub][/size] [size=5][sub]The way we do it does nothing for me.... and I don't think it fits the set either..!![/sub][/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamPodmore Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag The Darkness - I Believe In a Thing Called Lover Only 'cause we've played them both so many times, Stacy's Mom by Fountains of Wayne is also coming very close to that stage. Liam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monckyman Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I do think "Der Puntas" still enjoy a lot of the more mature odes. But, I reckon they would enjoy alternatives just as much. In my current band, my aim is to balance the set 50/50 with older classics and modern hits.,it`s still 70/30 classics yet. We just had a "bring two songs each by bands from the last ten years" type deal, and got 6 very good, instantly recognisable modern hits. Whether we will starve huddled in a corner of an un-heated rehearsal room through lack of work remains to be seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brick Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 [quote name='Dave Tipping' timestamp='1328483590' post='1528006'] OOooo I've just remembered an old pet hate .. *chasing cars* ... Wow what a dull song for a bass player [/quote] Not really a fan of the song but quite like playing it as can get away with some nice melodic lines over it my most hated song has to be Maggie May, boring song that doesnt really go anywhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) My MHS is 'Sympathy for the Devil'. Used to mind seeing an Edinburgh band murder an already awful song. I also remember being in a band where the two guitartists launched into an impromptu version of it, without telling the drummer or I. Shambolic! Edited February 6, 2012 by Stacker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Little wing. (I need to find a band with no guitarist) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Wishing - Flock of Seagulls You have never experienced dullness followed by massive panic when it gets to the changey bit at the end until you have played this mindless droney piece of sh1t song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 [quote name='Dave Tipping' timestamp='1328483590' post='1528006'] OOooo I've just remembered an old pet hate .. *chasing cars* ... Wow what a dull song for a bass player [/quote] Yup, probably the low point for a gig where covers are required - gets a good respnse though. Also not a fan of the Libertines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) My last (now defunct) band also had Dakota in the list. However I took on the lead vox for that so it seemed to go by fairly quickly and I didn't drag it out fully at the end. Our drummer was depping in another band and he was all for us chaging our version to how the other band did it - he said they based it on a live vs where the ending 'went all quiet and basic and then slowly built back up again' I took one look at him and said 'You mean it actually goes on even longer than the studio version?' The one that I never really got into was Zombie by the Cranberries. I'd already done it in a previous band and thought I'd escaped it for good. I came to despise Sweet Home Alabama but not done that in a band for 6 or 7 yrs now. Edited February 6, 2012 by KevB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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