TheGreek Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Set lists are normally dictated by guitarists or singers. So what tracks would you choose to add to your set list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Good Times. And... Inna Gadda Da Vidda. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 Inna Gadda Da Vidda: I didn't know the track so went to YT where I found this: John Bolin 3 months ago I'm 65 years old. Heard this on the radio in 1968, blew me away. Inspired me to learn guitar. The lead guitar player, Erik Brann is playing a Mosrite Ventures guitar. At the time, you could order a Mosrite guitar off the back of a Ventures album. My parents refused. Instead, they took me down to the local music store ....I came home with Gibson SG and a sworn promise to them and myself that I would never give it up. I learned this song in 1968 when I was 12 years old. Wasn't very good.....but I got better......... and still play it ( on the SG ) to this very day.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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musicbassman Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 This would be on that list. Mind you, I normally just do dep gigs, and if I turned up to do a dep and I saw the band had this on their set list I might need a change of trousers.......... 😬 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBunny Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 1 hour ago, musicbassman said: This would be on that list. Mind you, I normally just do dep gigs, and if I turned up to do a dep and I saw the band had this on their set list I might need a change of trousers.......... 😬 Stonking number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) - Edited March 16, 2022 by Jus Lukin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Supper's Ready. Tin Soldier Bouree Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 I'm not in a band ATM but if I was I'd be pushing hard for Transfusion by Nervous Norvous. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 I'd have loved to get Motorcycle Emptyness into my old band's (mostly indie) set list. Singer just didn't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 (edited) I've been trying for ages to get Dancing Queen into the Destroyers party set. There's a brilliant horn section part hiding in there somewhere just waiting for our MD to devise it and write it out and it'd be a 100% cast iron guaranteed floor-filler. And as a bonus, that gorgeous bassline. Edited December 3, 2021 by Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Why do I feel like the luckiest guy in the world when I say that in our covers band everyone has a veto on songs but rarely uses it? We're up for most things and as long as we can all play it (or it doesn't sound too weedy in a single guitar setup) we usually do. We play songs we don't like for the good of the gig. I've got most of the suggestions I've put in on the books - I tend towards the 90s, indie side of things (think Song 2, Just a Day) and right now I'm just waiting on Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out" to be added to the repertoire, that's been parked while we lay on the Christmas cheese songs that we play a couple of times a year then forget - The Darkness, Slade, Shaky, you know the ones I mean Also I would say that our set list is primarily driven by the audiences, rather than a couple of mad band dictators - what works, what gets folk dancing. Different venues have different crowds - some lean towards the more classic rock, some you need to have a mix of more modern songs and the older stuff has to be so well known (think Don't Stop Believin', Livin' on a Prayer, Summer of '69 etc.). A rocked up Waterloo seems to go down well wherever we play. Songs get ditched because they're not doing well at gigs, not because one of us doesn't like them. I dislike Don't Stop Believin' with a passion, but it's a sure fire winner at gigs so at the gig I just get on with it. At least we play it that often that it rarely gets played at rehearsal these days I don't think this thread was meant for me and my relatively idyllic band situation, sorry. TL:DR - Franz Ferdinand, "Take Me Out". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Edwards69 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 (edited) Tragedy! Or pretty much any funky Bee Gees song. Cheesy as hell, but absolute bangers. Oh, and... "December 63" - Frankie Vallie "My Girl" - Temptations "Parklife" - Blur "Common People" - mash up of Pulp's original and William Shatners epic cover. Edited December 3, 2021 by Greg Edwards69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 1 minute ago, Greg Edwards69 said: Tragedy! Or pretty much any funky Bee Gees song. Cheesy as hell, but absolute bangers. Oh, and "Oh what a night" - Frankie Vallie, and "My Girl" - Temptations. I'm guessing you have either a female vocalist or someone with a really good falsetto? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Edwards69 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Just now, Happy Jack said: I'm guessing you have either a female vocalist or someone with a really good falsetto? Both! Female and male lead singers. He and I can both do pretty decent falsetto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 1 hour ago, neepheid said: Songs get ditched because they're not doing well at gigs, not because one of us doesn't like them. I've been in bands where I have veto'd on the basis that I just can't stand the song and therefore when playing it I rarely play it well or because it's musically inappropriate for the set list. (Notable examples Purple Rain - dull, All Right Now - in an Indie set?????). Take Me Out never got boring to play even though it's not a challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 3 hours ago, Nicko said: I'd have loved to get Motorcycle Emptyness into my old band's (mostly indie) set list. Singer just didn't get it. Ooh! Add that to my list, along with Another Girl, Another Planet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Edwards69 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 3 hours ago, neepheid said: A rocked up Waterloo seems to go down well wherever we play. LIkewise. Rocked up versions of disco era songs seem to work well for us too. Mama Mia, September, Le Freak, Disco Inferno, Love Train etc. All guitar driven covers that guarantee people on the dancefloor. It's picking the right ones that is the challenge. I can remember clearing the dancefloor with Boogie Oogie Oogie, Let's Groove and Everybody Dance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 (edited) - Edited March 16, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_L Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Would love to do this but our singer is not convinced that his wife would appreciate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Ideally, I'd like to do a full set of just doing 4'33" over and over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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