Moody Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 This might seem a bit odd on in the middle of October, but I need to get practising! We've officially been booked for our debut gig which will be a Christmas Party at a pub in Nottingham on 20th December. We'll be supporting a local covers band. Most of the stuff we do is nineties rock covers (Feeder, QOTSA, Pink etc). Anyway, we've been asked to do a Christmas song as an encore. We're thinking something a bit cheesy and not too serious. Any suggestions would be more than welcome! We have ruled out our drummers suggestion of “Wombling Merry Christmas”... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeefChief Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I like Bruce Springsteen's cover of Santa Claus is Coming to Town. You'd need a pretty tidy band to pull it off though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teej Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I've always wanted to do 'There's No Lights on the Christmas Tree Mother, They're Burning Big Louie Tonight'. I think it's an old ('40s) number, but I've only heard the Sensational Alex Harvey Band version. All about the electricity failing because some gangster is getting fried in the electric chair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 We are doing Fairy tale of New York, we have'nt a female singer so i dont know how its going to turn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 (edited) [quote name='beerdragon' post='306969' date='Oct 15 2008, 11:39 AM']We are doing Fairy tale of New York, we have'nt a female singer so i dont know how its going to turn out.[/quote] It'll be rather like Christy Moore's version then You just have to do this, how can you resist that bassline? Sadly the good youtube recording of the original ( by the waitresses) has disappeared .. There's the Spice Girls version though, but the bassline's been homogenised for public consumption Edited October 15, 2008 by OldGit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer61 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 We tend to keep things simple and play Jingle Bells and White Christmas punk stylie........although we start White Christmas with 1 guitar and mellow vocal for the 1st verse, get the groans out of the way then punk it to the end. Gets a laugh and when we last played it we had the hardest looking bloke pogo ing to Jingle Bells, was really quite funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I'd say Slade or Wizzard for maximum effect ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbass Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 We do Feed the World The bass part is quite good fun. Bizarrely we've been asked to play it as a special request at a wedding this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 How about Santa has a Mullet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peety Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 We have to learn a couple for a christmas party and are doing fairytale of new york ( we have a female vocal ) and santa claus is coming to town but the Mariah Carey type version and slade. As an option Travis did a decent cover of last christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 You could have a crack at Feliz Navidad. It worked out OK for [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OXSoeP-tWsc"]Voodoo Glow Skulls[/url]. Or Fishbone's "[url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gOhxEyPSEoY"]It's a Wonderful Life[/url]"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 [quote name='OldGit' post='306988' date='Oct 15 2008, 12:01 PM']Sadly the good youtube recording of the original ( by the waitresses) has disappeared ..[/quote] It's still there - just a different video............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 "Lonely this Christmas" by Mud. Classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 [quote name='Hamster' post='307043' date='Oct 15 2008, 01:14 PM']It's still there - just a different video............. [/quote] Yeah that's really cool (ha ha) but it ends half way throuh the tune Here's one with the ending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moody Posted October 16, 2008 Author Share Posted October 16, 2008 [quote name='OldGit' post='306988' date='Oct 15 2008, 12:01 PM']You just have to do this, how can you resist that bassline?[/quote] That is stunning! Gonna take this one to practise I think and see what the guys think. Took a crap version of My Chemical Romance doing All I Want For Christmas to practise last night, I think it's a good starting point, but I reckon we could change quite a bit, for a start we have Female vocals, and she can "slut" it up quite a bit. Some awesome suggestions here I'll defo look into, many thanks, honestly thought I'd be in for a pasting creating such a thread in October!!! Many thanks all!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 (edited) Definitely Slade - it's a party. You might get more fun out of something a bit unusual like Xmas wrapping but the punters won't believe me. Slade will go down well every time, guaranteed. And it's a pretty good bassline anyway, not just plonking on the roots by any means. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niIJ9Yb-xwQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niIJ9Yb-xwQ[/url] Edited October 16, 2008 by KevB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 How about "I saw Mummy ****ing Santa Claus"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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