What songs are you learning?

flying_pie

Currently cramming Real Wild Child, Hammer To Fall and Rock'n'Roll - songs we all pretty much know but in my case need to be gig worthy as our (female) guest vocalist can't make our first gig in three years which takes place next weekend.  We need a few more last minute to fill in the gap. The only only challenge with Iggy Pop is making sure I've got the lyrics in my muscle memory as myself as it's dead easy to bash out 12 bar blues to a bunch of drunk punters with not much rehearsal.

Also revising Stand by R.E.M which is so much fun to play and sing at the same time in a perverse way. I only learned recently that I play a much more complicated part in the two key changes than Peter Buck actually played.

We've decided to tweak Electric Dreams to be much more rocked up so I need to find something appropriate that's easy to sing over, as well as brush up the solo seeing as our drummer normally has at speed metal tempo by the time it comes along! And talking of fast tempos I also need to work out some escape licks for the solo of Fool For Your Lovin' when it inevitably goes the same way.

nero1701

Sledgehammer, Power of love and Wicked game

Fez

For the band:
Try - Pink
Dakota - Stereophonics
I had too much to dream last night - The Electric prunes

For me: The Polaroid - Rikky Nadir

maltingsaudio

Another whizzbang from this bloody wedding, now wants Sweetchild of Mine at the service on an acoustic. To add to the problem Mrs M not comfortable singing in the original key wants it in C, After quite a bit of time worked out the riff based on open c position which I’m quite proud of and has passed scrutiny. 

RocknRollDave

Even Flow by Pearl Jam


Nice riff, open D tuning - which is new to me (except possibly from fumbling around  the Love Spreads riff back in the day.

stickyfiddle

Current band lists. Mostly pop & soul. We'll add some more rock stuff once half of these are ready

Main Focus

- Beggin

- September 

- Respect 

- Rescue Me

- Flowers 

- Watermelon Sugar 

- Gimme Gimme Gimme 

- Dancing in the Moonlight 

- Can’t Stop The Feeling

Experimental / Working

- I’m Coming Out 

- Wings 

- How Will I Know (pending Mike working out an arrangement…)

- Superstition

- There’s Nothing Holding Me Back

roundthebend

bobeffect said:

midiman1962 said:

Mansun - wide open space ( I play 1 little known song per gig) then blue Monday which is more complicated than it looks trying to sing a couple of verses then rip i5 up on the micro korg xl

Mansun~ Wide Open Space - What a great song - I miss doing this. 

My band mates have shot that tune down as "too depressing".
We're trying to do 90s indie and alt rock covers that aren't often played by pub bands - Bluetones, Shed 7, Blur, REM etc.

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

For the band:

Barefoot Baby - Janis Martin
Leave My Kitten Alone - Little Willie John
Bossman - Ruby Ann
Walking Blues - Fluffy Hunter
Break-a-way - The Detroit Cobras

For me:

Going Down To Big Mary's - The Paladins
Fat Mama's Daughter - Cherry Casino and the Gamblers 

RocknRollDave

stickyfiddle said:

Current band lists. Mostly pop & soul. We'll add some more rock stuff once half of these are ready

Main Focus

- Beggin

- September 

- Respect 

- Rescue Me

- Flowers 

- Watermelon Sugar 

- Gimme Gimme Gimme 

- Dancing in the Moonlight 

- Can’t Stop The Feeling

Experimental / Working

- I’m Coming Out 

- Wings 

- How Will I Know (pending Mike working out an arrangement…)

- Superstition

- There’s Nothing Holding Me Back

Some really nice choices in there. A couple I’d really like to do, but have side-stepped because I don’t reckon I’d pull them off vocally.

stufisher

Tracks that I play/practice:

Emerald - Thin Lizzy
Black Rose - Thin Lizzy
Time - Pink Floyd
Always with me always with you - Joe Satriani
The Vigil - Blue Oyster Cult
Astronomy - Blue Oyster Cult
Then came the last days of May - Blue Oyster Cult
Comfortably numb - Pink Floyd
Another brick in the wall - Pink Floyd
Cocaine blues - Dave van Tonk version
Last of the Mohicans theme - Trevor Jones version
Wanted dead or alive - Bon Jovi
Lagrima - Francisco Tarrega
Is there anybody out there - Pink Floyd 
April come she will - Simon & Garfunkel
Sound of silence - Simon & Garfunkel 
Children - Robert Miles
One - Johnny Cash version
Seagull - Bad Company
Bad penny - Rory Gallagher 
Simple man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Road to Hell pt 2 - Chris Rea
Ohio - Neil Young
Needle and the damage done - Neil Young 
Various jam tracks

Tracks I'm currently learning:
Sweet child o mine - Guns'n Roses
Beat it - Michael Jackson
Still got the blues - Gary Moore

Tracks I plan to learn:

Summer song - Joe Satriani 
Out on the Western plain - Rory Gallagher
Old friends - Simon & Garfunkel 

bobeffect

roundthebend said:

bobeffect said:

midiman1962 said:

Mansun - wide open space ( I play 1 little known song per gig) then blue Monday which is more complicated than it looks trying to sing a couple of verses then rip i5 up on the micro korg xl

Mansun~ Wide Open Space - What a great song - I miss doing this. 

My band mates have shot that tune down as "too depressing".
We're trying to do 90s indie and alt rock covers that aren't often played by pub bands - Bluetones, Shed 7, Blur, REM etc.

You'll have some good choices out of that lot still. We play some stuff from around then but lots of the audience don't recognise it due to their age so we try to be a bit careful not to slip too much into the sets.

bobeffect

@roundthebend ...You'll have some good choices out of that lot still. We play some stuff from around then but lots of the audience don't recognise it due to their age so we try to be a bit careful not to slip too much into the sets.

bloodandtears

Current learn list for my power trio

ACDC- Thunderstruck (singer/bassist to learn)

Heart - Barracuda

Mr Big - Green Tinted Sixties Mind (rest of band to learn)

Rush - Freewill (drummer to learn)

We don't rehearse, we soundcheck them or if we are feeling brave. playing last song of the night for a laugh..

mudslide73

Riverboat Song - very nearly done. Just needs a few run throughs.
Fame (Bowie, not Irene Cara) as above.
Pretty Vacant.

There Goes The Fear (Doves) - early stages at home.

FarleyUK

November Rain - Guns n Roses
Jump - Van Halen (the solo is killing me)

Also learning a load of original songs for this new band I've joined, which is very different to how I normally learn (i.e via tabs and vids).

ScreamingDave

I’ve been having an interesting time learning a song that’s totally different from my usual style.  My wife has a milestone birthday on Saturday and I’ve been practicing a version of Through the Barricades (Spandau Ballet), because it’s one of her favourite songs, accompanying myself on finger picked acoustic guitar.  You know that line in Money for Nothing, “… Maybe get a blister on your little finger ….”  Well, that’s me!

roundthebend

Blur - Charmless Man
Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It?

ESBlonde

More song for band E oki
careless whisper 
you give love a bad name
gimmie all your lovin
Whats up
black velvet
make you feel my love
ironic
who knew
is this love
feeling good
royals
warwick avenue
mac the knife
unchained melody
drift away
kingston town
feel
bed of roses
always

I sort of know about 5 of them, similar number are quite easy but after that I have to learn the song then how to play it. I’ve written up lyric chord sheets for everything which is the first step. Luckily I don’t have to sing lead on any of these so the job is relatively easy compared to our own set material.