aww bless

[steve-bbb]

our fantastic young singer, only just sixteen, pipes up at rehearsal last week that she has a song she has chosen and would like to sing

we are now adding the song about the car and the girl to our set list

to be fair she does sing it rather well

[HowieBass]

... is her name Sally?

[SpaceChick]

I'm sorry but no matter how good her voice, she must be taken into the street and shot!

[steve-bbb]

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1398281584' post='2432514']
... is her name Sally?
[/quote]

no sadly not

but we do do Ironic

Edited April 23, 2014 by steve-bbb

[discreet]

I expect all she wants to do is ride around.

[Count Bassy]

Good for her!! It's a cracking song and the crowds love it. Spot on.

[yorks5stringer]

Song about cars and girls..isn't that Prefab Sprout?

[HowieBass]

Another song about a girl and a car...

http://youtu.be/CcH_Duxyyp8

[Bassman Steve]

I like the idea of this being the musical version of Ham.... oops the Scottish play.

[steve-bbb]

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1398285752' post='2432598']
Good for her!! It's a cracking song and the crowds love it. Spot on.
[/quote]

yes i agree - its a great one to play imho mcton ymmv blah blah etc

and i have the added bonus of not being forced to make the difficult decision of whether to play it on a P or a J because i have 2 J's so a J it is then

[steve-bbb]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1398292400' post='2432696']
Song about cars and girls..isn't that Prefab Sprout?
[/quote]

you read my mind sir

i keep noodling this at rehearsals trying to drop subtle hints - no luck yet though so please keep your fingers crossed y'all thank you

[Dave Vader]

I remember being young, and thinking it would be a great song to do, and really enjoying it, and all the older guys in bands I was in, sighing and shaking their heads.
But dagnammit, the commitments had just come out, and everybody loved that song.
20-something years later I am also sighing and shaking my head...
i understand now,

[karlfer]

I keep noodling the start of Maiden's Phantom of the Opera. That gets ignored as well!

[chaypup]

I thought you were talking about the Grace Jones song

[Bilbo]

Even I know the start of Phantom of the Opera, karlfer. You'll be playing 'The Chain' by Fleetwood Mac next

I remember playing 'Peaches' at a jazz rehearsal once before realising that no-one else in the room had actually been BORN when the Stranglers had originally released it!!

Ref: the 16 year old singer. No-one that young should be allowed to make decisions about repertoire. No-one.

[discreet]

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1398329197' post='2432850']
I thought you were talking about the Grace Jones song...
[/quote]

Any excuse to post a Robbie Shakespeare bass line!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc1IphRx1pk&list=RDTc1IphRx1pk

[chaypup]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1398329445' post='2432858']

Any excuse to post a Robbie Shakespeare bass line!


[/quote]

Not bad for a 450 year old man.

[lemmywinks]

Our singer (another young 'un) loves that song as well, tried explaining to her that we were all sick of it but in the end it's easier just to do the damn song. Annoyingly it [i]still[/i] goes down really well.

At least it's not Summer of '69....

[discreet]

[quote name='lemmywinks' timestamp='1398335330' post='2432987']
At least it's not Summer of '69...
[/quote]

It isn't?? Ah, where does the time go..?

Edited April 24, 2014 by discreet

[HowieBass]

"Pull Up To The Bumper" is a great song - and not even about cars

[discreet]

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1398335617' post='2432995']
"Pull Up To The Bumper" is a great song - and not even about cars
[/quote]

Neither is Mustang Sally!

[seashell]

[quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1398322536' post='2432777']
I like the idea of this being the musical version of Ham.... oops the Scottish play.
[/quote]

I think you'll find Ham.. is the Danish play!

But yes, I like your thinking

[discreet]

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1398335936' post='2433004']
I think you'll find Ham.. is the Danish play!
[/quote]

That's right - 'Macbeth' is the Scottish play - D'OH!!

[steve-bbb]

[quote name='lemmywinks' timestamp='1398335330' post='2432987']
Our singer (another young 'un) loves that song as well, tried explaining to her that we were all sick of it but in the end it's easier just to do the damn song. Annoyingly it [i]still[/i] goes down really well.

At least it's not Summer of '69....
[/quote]

yes this

and to answer Bilbo, our young singer doesnt have any major creative input into the set list contents - considering she has to be familiar with 70+ songs in our set list as either lead vox or back vox it is small consellation to let her pick a tune she likes and wants to sing

[seashell]

Even though I'm old enough to be your singer's granny, I can relate to her on this one.
It's all very well for you old hands to be terribly bored of playing the same old classics all the time. But some of us who are new to this lark have not had the pleasure of belting out some of these old gems.

I'm not a massive fan of Mustang Sally tbh, but that's just my personal taste. But I would really love to do some of the other old chestnuts such as Sweet Home Alabama, All Right Now.. even Sex on Fire. In fact I aim to do just that some day, just need to convince the rest of the band!