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Hi Phaedrus,

We cover quite a few of the same songs. We've wanted to do 'Killing in the Name' for a while but haven't because we've just thought it is a bit too much for a regular pub gig. I'd be interested to know what sort of reaction it gets.

cheers

elom

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RATM & general rock fans go ape for it. As soon as the big opening power strum sounds out (I strum my bass - obviously E is dropped to D - I damp my B and fret 5th on A & 7th on G, so all four strummed strings are ringing D - it's powerful) there's always a big roar.

Regular Joe punters usually look like the don't know WTF is going on, but by the end, everybody is leaping around roaring at their wife/boss/parents/police/whoever, "F*!K YOU - I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!"
It just seems to work so well.

We were dubious about doing it, but after seeing a big covers band (Blue Moose) playing it in a Dublin pup, and how well it went down, we just had to do it. Incidentally, at that gig, the manager/owner pulled the power in the middle of "f*!k you I won't do what you tell me!" cos things were getting quite hairy - like real pros, the band all kept roaring it and the punters picked it up and the whole pub was roaring that line for ages - honestly, it was a hairs-standing-up moment. It was such a middle-finger to "the man".

I do keep my eye on the bar manager/owner during all of the heavier songs - if things start to get a bit messy, we just don't play any more of the really heavy songs - these are just pubs, after all, and sometimes the language in KITN isn't appropriate.

The funniest time we played it was the first time. The singer's mam & dad come to some of our gigs (his dad was in a band when they were courting), and the singer could just barely bring himself to sing the "f*!k you I won't do what you tell me!" bit, but when the time came for "MOTHERF*"KER!", he turned round to me and shook his head - "I can't do it".

Me & guitarist want to throw in Bullet In The Head too.


Mark

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[quote name='elom' post='75372' date='Oct 17 2007, 12:27 AM']Hi Phaedrus,

We cover quite a few of the same songs. We've wanted to do 'Killing in the Name' for a while but haven't because we've just thought it is a bit too much for a regular pub gig. I'd be interested to know what sort of reaction it gets.

cheers

elom[/quote]

I know two bands around swindon that have in their set, one a tradition female fronted covers band (that really should become a blondie tribute act) and the other a high school band who play mostly and original set with a few covers thrown in - I've seen both bands on more than one occasion in more than one venue and the song always does down really well.

That said I can't say for certain if it's the contrast between singer and song that makes it work - i.e. 4ft 4st fem with an amazing voice or a 15 year old school boy belting it out

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[quote name='stewblack' post='72413' date='Oct 10 2007, 09:36 PM']Of all the covers we do the one that goes down an absolute storm is All The Things I've Done by the Killers. Dunno why but audiences at all sorts of different gigs really love it.[/quote]

Funny, we did it for the first time at a wedding on Saturday and it went down a storm too! (which was good cos a couple of the band were moaning/unsure about doing it).
Here's our current set (not in order):

She's Electric - Oasis
All These Things I've Done - The Killers
Hey Ya - Outkast
Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson / Alien Ant Farm
Hit Me Baby - Britney Spears
Money Money Money - Abba
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
Misirlou - Various
Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
Girls and Boys - Blur
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
Rock DJ / Love Supreme - Robbie Williams
Hard To Handle - Black Crowes
Mama Told Me - Randy Newman / Tom Jones
I Feel Good - James Brown
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
Word Up / Lady Marmalade - Cameo / Gun / Patti Labelle / Various
I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
Soul Man - Sam n Dave
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
It Must Be Love - Madness
Get Up (Sex Machine) - James Brown
So Lonely - The Police
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

(We're playing at Mr Lynch in Jesmond, Newcastle on Fri)

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Enjoying the setlists - keep 'em coming. Have already written down a few ideas to add to ours.

Here's what we do BTW:

Monster The Automatic
My Generation The Who
London Calling The Clash
I Predict A Riot Kaiser Chiefs
Chelsea Dagger Fratellis
Ever Fallen In Love The Buzzcocks
Town Called Malice The Jam
I Fought The Law The Clash
Somebody Told Me Killers
Every Day I Love You Less and Less Kaiser Chiefs
Teenage Kicks Undertones
Really Got Me Kinks
Down in the Tube Station The Jam
American Idiot Green Day
Rocks Primal Scream
Can't Explain The Who
Basket Case Green Day
So Lonely The Police
Rebel Yell Billy Idol
Back In The USSR Beatles
It Must Be Love Madness
Dani California Red Hot Chilis
Hard to Handle Black Crowes
Buck Rogers Feeder
Hush Kula Shaker
All the Small Things Blink 182
20th Century Boy T-Rex
Valerie The Zutons
Don't Look Back In Anger Oasis
Gangsters The Specials
Kids In America Kim Wilde
Jean Genie David Bowie
Rock N Roll Star Oasis
Golden Touch Razorlight
Eton Rifles The Jam

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[quote name='elom' post='75372' date='Oct 17 2007, 12:27 AM']Hi Phaedrus,

We cover quite a few of the same songs. We've wanted to do 'Killing in the Name' for a while but haven't because we've just thought it is a bit too much for a regular pub gig. I'd be interested to know what sort of reaction it gets.

cheers

elom[/quote]

Just checked out the youtube. Powerful stuff ...
Might cover that at a later date but I'd change the lyrics. I'm not quite ready to sing the end bit in a public place.
I'd add something about hearts and flowers; Moon, croon, spoon, june, dubloon, Lorna Doone ..
You're my pride and joy, etcetera ..
That sort of thing
:)

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These are what we have done / do now.

ACDC - Back in Black
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Iron Maiden - Wickerman
Killswitch Engage - My Curse
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Pantera - Cemetary Gates
Trivium - Entrance of the Conflagration

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The Rusty Sheriffs set list, this can change slightly depending on the venue of course

VERTIG0, U2
TIE YOUR MOTHER DOWN, QUEEN
SUMMER OF 69, BRIAN ADAMS
BAD MOON RISING, CREADANCE CLEARWATER
SWEET CHILD OF MINE, G & R
YOU REALLY GOT ME, KINKS / VAN HALEN
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL, PINK FLOYD
PARANIOD, BLACK SABBATH
BLACK NIGHT, DEEP PURPLE
BREAKIN THE LAW, JUDAS PRIEST
AMERICAN IDIOT, GREENDAY
SATURDAY NIGHTS ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING, ELTON JOHN
TUSH, ZZ TOP
DANI CALIFORNIA, CHILLI PEPPERS
COMFORTABLY NUMB, PINKFLOYD
HOTEL CALIFORNIA, EAGLES
PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC, WILD CHERRY
LONG TRAIN RUNNING, DOOBIE BROS
BORN 2 BE WILD, STEPPENWOLF
WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE, BON JOVI
SUSPICIOUS MINDS, ELVIS
MY SHARONA, THE KNACK
SONG No 2, BLUR
FOXY LADY, JIMI HENDRIX
I PREDICT A RIOT, KIESER CHIEFS
I'M A BELIEVER, MONKEYS
ALRIGHT NOW, FREE
REBEL YELL, BILLY IDOL
GET YOUR ROCKS OFF, ?
CHASING CARS,
HEY JUDE, BEATLES
SHOULD I STAY OR GO, ?
SHE SELLS SANCTARY,
DAKOTA, ?11
ONE, U2
TOO HARD TO HANDLE, ?
RUBY RUBY, KIESER CHIEFS
CHELSEA DAGGER,


Suffering memory loss for a few of the artists !!!

(Old Age) :)

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[quote name='stingrayfan' post='75508' date='Oct 17 2007, 11:53 AM']Enjoying the setlists - keep 'em coming. Have already written down a few ideas to add to ours.

Here's what we do BTW:

Monster The Automatic
My Generation The Who
London Calling The Clash
I Predict A Riot Kaiser Chiefs
Chelsea Dagger Fratellis
Ever Fallen In Love The Buzzcocks
Town Called Malice The Jam
I Fought The Law The Clash
Somebody Told Me Killers
Every Day I Love You Less and Less Kaiser Chiefs
Teenage Kicks Undertones
Really Got Me Kinks
Down in the Tube Station The Jam
American Idiot Green Day
Rocks Primal Scream
Can't Explain The Who
Basket Case Green Day
So Lonely The Police
Rebel Yell Billy Idol
Back In The USSR Beatles
It Must Be Love Madness
Dani California Red Hot Chilis
Hard to Handle Black Crowes
Buck Rogers Feeder
Hush Kula Shaker
All the Small Things Blink 182
20th Century Boy T-Rex
Valerie The Zutons
Don't Look Back In Anger Oasis
Gangsters The Specials
Kids In America Kim Wilde
Jean Genie David Bowie
Rock N Roll Star Oasis
Golden Touch Razorlight
Eton Rifles The Jam[/quote]

This would make a great CD :) Hey Stingrayfan, how about knocking off a couple? :huh:

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Here are the tunes we play;

Acquiesce - Oasis
Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
Basket Case - Green Day
Big Me - Foo Fighters
Celebrity Skin - Hole
Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis
Country Girl - Primal Scream
Crash - The Primitives
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Don't Speak - No Doubt
Dreaming Of You - The Coral
Golden Touch - Razorlight
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
I Love Rock And Roll - Joan Jett
The Importance Of Being Idle - Oasis
Indie Rock And Roll - The Killers
Ironic - Alanis Morrisette
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Last Kiss - Pearl Jam
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
New England - Kirsty MacColl
No One Knows - Queens Of The Stone Age
Overload - Sugababes
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
Smile - Supernaturals
Soak Up The Sun - Sheryl Crow
Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
Standing In The Way Of Control - The Gossip
Stop Your Sobbing - The Pretenders
Stupid Girl - Garbage
Sunday Girl - Blondie
Teenage Kicks - The Undertones
Thorn In My Side - Eurythmics
Vertigo - U2
Video Killed The Radio Star - Buggles
Walk Away - Kelly Clarkson
What's Up - Four Non Blondes
Who Knew - Pink
Why Does It Always Rain On Me - Travis
Zombie - The Cranberries

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[quote name='MB1' post='77986' date='Oct 23 2007, 01:33 AM'][quote name='paul, the' post='74763' date='Oct 15 2007, 08:10 PM']
Does anyone do that "Who likes short shorts?" song? - Love that song.

MB1. :)

Or.......Billie Dont Be A hero!.....Paper Lace? :huh:[/quote][/quote]

Ah a fine punk classic

"Billie don't be a hero
Don't be a fool with your life
Billie don't be a hero
Don't become Evenses wife"

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[quote name='Phaedrus' post='74454' date='Oct 15 2007, 09:06 AM']Tinman - looks like we could nearly dep for each other at a moment's notice![/quote]

As long there were in the same key. i just had to get a Police song together and we had to drop a couple of keys to accomidate the singer.first i learnt in the original key and then i had to drop it a couple and pick it up again . right pain in the arse.

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