maxrossell Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 My guitar player and I are looking at sorting out a pub-rock standards set because we've been offered some fairly serious revenue from it. What do you guys think are good rock standards of the sort that your average pub audience (and crucically pub landlords) will want to hear, and that could be pulled off well with two acoustics and one vocal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 [quote]....The Standards - What are they?....[/quote] A ropey old pub band by the look of things. Better hurry, they're breaking up after Christmas!! www.thestandards.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 (edited) [quote name='maxrossell' post='660912' date='Nov 21 2009, 12:19 PM']... good rock standards ... with two acoustics and one vocal?[/quote] Tough call. Based on a similar exercise I'm conducting, I'd recommend stuff that's got an 'acoustic-y feel' and can stand a smidge of re-arrangement to accomodate the absence of amps and a rhythm section. Or something that was probably originally written on acoustic. So, example of 'No' - The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again, Baba O'Riley. Example of 'Yes' - The Who - Behind Blue Eyes, Squeeze Box. Crunchy riffs on an acoustic sound fine in your mind's ear, but sound odd to the audience. I've tried "The Boys Are Back In Town' but it only really works as a half-speed, elegaic strum. Not 'Up' at all. Many contemporary indie outfits sound acoustically-driven. Maybe that's a good starting point. And about contemporary stuff, I know nothing, so Adios and good luck Edited November 21, 2009 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Buy all the compilation albums ever released to coincide with fathers day, CDs of 'driving music', that sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tait Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 [quote name='maxrossell' post='660912' date='Nov 21 2009, 12:19 PM']My guitar player and I are looking at sorting out a pub-rock standards set because we've been offered some fairly serious revenue from it. What do you guys think are good rock standards of the sort that your average pub audience (and crucically pub landlords) will want to hear, and that could be pulled off well with two acoustics and one vocal?[/quote] wonderwall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='660993' date='Nov 21 2009, 01:55 PM']Buy all the compilation albums ever released to coincide with fathers day, CDs of 'driving music', that sort of thing.[/quote] Ha ha good call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 My acoustic duo do loads of rock stuff, its just in the way you put it over and how adaptable you are as musicians to make the songs work. (I am fortunate to have an ace guitarist with me who can play virtually anything on his Taylor electro-acoustic though!) Our set list includes :- Another brick in the wall Living on a prayer Baby when you're gone Sweet Home Alabama Honky tonk Woman Have a nice day Losing my religion Purple haze Sweet child of mine Just try and capture the feel of the song and you'll be amazed at what works in an acoustic format - and the audience will think its great for having a go too! If you need to change anything (with us its often the key!) then make sure you keep the recognizable parts of the song if at all possible. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 We play pretty much no covers, but we do "A day in the Life" (the Beatles, for you youngsters) on acoustic and fretless and it always goes down amazingly well. Shouldn't really work, but it does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Go to your target venues and see what works. Search for Dad Rock on Spotify. Loads of stuff there. For humour add kazoos for horn section stuff, get the crowd to sing along to fill in bits, hand out percussion to friends in the crowd... David Bowie did Space Oddity just him and a 12 string. I used to do River Deep, Mountain High as a bass + Acoustic duo .. There's loads of scope if you are adventurous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witterth Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 You could dine out(handsomely) on nearly all of Dire Straits's back catalogue and most of Bryan Adams's too. though with a whole band playing it if you see what I mean. recent contenders are owt by "Razorsh*te" an "The kings of Leon" BTW oh yeah, and frikken, Owassiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 There's a ton of good Kinks tunes you could do. And Blur by extension. Radiohead maybe, but that might be getting too clever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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