fretmeister Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 If the landlord is paying he makes the choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 was having this same conversation with our local pub LL the other day. He said we had changed our set since we first started playing there and that we are now more commercial... We had the reputation for the being his best band and I hear that less these days as we do more pop dance singalong numbers.. I think it is just us in transition as we formulate our festival type set which loves the anthemic type songs against our initial 'players' cred. After we complete this summer..we should have 3 sets.. pubs..which are getting less appealing these days Parties/functions..altho, by no means are we a function band and a festival set. If you headline these..then you pretty much have to nail and close the show, so you need the crowd RIGHT into it... but then that set can miss the mark in certain pubs..funnily enough. It is a strange balancing act and one we aren't entirely happy with.. but the latest emphasis is on good punchy songs where thre band can stretch out as this is the only thing that will make our time in pubs interesting...as they are just too much work for the money Having said that..I dreaded the party last ..which went down a storm and was well paid ,and need to clear out the cobwebs in a new pub tonight.. weird................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Of course, I don't want to see the same set played by zillions of bands... but then you need to get a following ..and be popular..?? If the LL said certain songs are banned, then not a problem..that would help us out on our set choice..but then don't complain when he has to shell out top $ for his best bands and then they don't draw so well...????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 [quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1345978835' post='1783682'] Wishing Well's an amazing song! I thought my band was the only band that did it! Truckstop [/quote] ha ha ...it is a classic jam song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keving Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1345980150' post='1783708'] ha ha ...it is a classic jam song. [/quote] No, no, no. It's the Terence Trent D'arby song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 [quote name='keving' timestamp='1345981263' post='1783726'] No, no, no. It's the Terence Trent D'arby song. [/quote] or Free / Bad Company lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkin Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Whatever next? 'we don't sell Guiness Sir - the landlord doesn't like it. Pint of Drambuie?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Damn, well that's us down £80 then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gub Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Well I think the lord of the land is a little up his own ass ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1345972961' post='1783600'] Hardly a problem with 27 other songs still available to play. [/quote] Quite old-fashioned, but very funny as well. best, bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 A landlord at a pub we play told us his punters don't like Country ([i]and [/i]Western). So we dropped Folsom Prison Blues from the set. I don't really think it's an issue, there are plenty of songs to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 [quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1346003179' post='1783995'] Quite old-fashioned, but very funny as well. best, bert [/quote] Just the pedant in me objecting to the modern mis-use of the word "decimate". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1346005305' post='1784036'] Just the pedant in me objecting to the modern mis-use of the word "decimate". [/quote] Ah, I thought it was more tongue-in-cheek than that. Know where you're coming from though, and can be quite the pedant myself. Admittedly, I officially hate that languages develop "forward" by the help of people who don't know them. "Decimate" is a lost case though, and has been for centuries IMS + IRC. Now off to pay tithe to Ped. best, bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Never having to hear 'Sex on Fire' would be pretty good, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 [quote name='gub' timestamp='1345993122' post='1783877'] Well I think the lord of the land is a little up his own ass ! [/quote] Didn't know that he had a donkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 (edited) Good for him. But he should have added Allright Now, anything by Brian Adams & now and Brown Eyed Girl as well Edited August 26, 2012 by BRANCINI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1346005305' post='1784036'] Just the pedant in me objecting to the modern mis-use of the word "decimate". [/quote] [b] dec·i·mate[/b] Verb: [list] [*]Kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage of. [/list] What did I do wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 The original meaning is to kill one in ten (hence the "deci" part) which in my book isn't a large percentage at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1346049999' post='1784377'] The original meaning is to kill one in ten (hence the "deci" part) which in my book isn't a large percentage at all. [/quote] Ah point taken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 [quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1345921199' post='1783227'] Please make them ban Mustang Sally I think any covers band that does that should be taken into the street and shot [/quote] Small world, this IS 'band'd' from my local....or a large donnation to charity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 (edited) IMO, I think more venues/pubs should ban tired old cliche'd songs but that would wipe out half the sets of half the bands and make them work much harder for their money. But then there is no legislating for what is popular ..and the pubs sell beers on the back of how many people are in the bar...??? Edited August 27, 2012 by JTUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commando Jack Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 (edited) Funnily we were hired by a guy to play in his bar based on the fact that we didn't really do any country and the majority of our set was quite modern and alternative. He booked us for a string of gigs with strict instructions to play "no yee-hah!" The first couple of gigs were a struggle trying to explain to his punters that the LL didn't want any country, so we weren't playing any. After the first couple of gigs we had a skeleton crowd at best and when our term ran out we weren't asked back. In general though I am happy enough not to play certain songs. Over here in Northern Ireland there is the added malice of alternative lyrics, which are sung by certain paramilitary organisation members. A lot of pub owners ban those songs and quite rightly so. Edited August 27, 2012 by Commando Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 [quote name='Blademan_98' timestamp='1346049538' post='1784376'] What did I do wrong?[/quote] Nowt, but a few of us, me included, are so old that we both remember the original meaning of the word, and rode on dinosaurs in our youth. best, bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdreadful Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Len_derby' timestamp='1345919574' post='1783200'] I know, from conversations I've had with him, that he's a genuine music fan. [/quote] This makes no sense, anyone who appreciates music is a 'genuine music fan' and not all (or even most) 'genuine music fans' would necessarily like those songs, especially if hearing them over and over again with varying degrees of competance. Also, am I the only person who finds people who aren't teenagers even if you squint and the light's bad singing songs like [i]Teenage Kicks[/i] a little creepy? Edited August 27, 2012 by mrdreadful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapiro Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 [quote name='Len_derby' timestamp='1345919574' post='1783200'] A pub near to me has, over the last couple of years, become a regular venue for bands. The landlord has built the pub up nicely, with good ale on offer too. He's just put out a message on the pub's Facebook page saying that any band that attempts to play the following songs will be fined £40. Wishing Well, Sex on Fire, Teenage Kicks. I laughed when I read it and I suspect it's been done tongue-in-cheek. I know, from conversations I've had with him, that he's a genuine music fan. Maybe some of the regulars have been grumbling to him, I don't know yet. What do you think? How would you feel if the landlord asked you to knock certain songs out of your set? [/quote] We got told we had to drop a snow patrol song once, because it reminded the landlady of her child that died at childbirth. Fair enough in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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