Norris Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 I'm currently at a wedding reception. We are doing a guest spot later as we've known the groom for years. The reception is in an ex-RBL (Royal British Legion - a bit like a working mens' club for you younger readers) where he was entertainment secretary for a long time. There are a lot of acts on before us - all singing along to backing tracks. Anyway the first singer up opens with (and remember the occasion) ... Cry Me A River. Hard not to laugh! Quote
xgsjx Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 2 I hear often at weddings are Band of Gold (a song about breaking up) and Every Breath You Take (a song about a stalker). Quote
Norris Posted May 29, 2015 Author Posted May 29, 2015 (edited) It's like a club shop window and I'm wondering what the hell I'm doing here. (Insert blasphemous statement) Edited May 29, 2015 by Norris Quote
discreet Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 Love Will Tear Us Apart. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now. Another One Bites The Dust. Used To Love Her (But I Had To Kill Her) (That's enough songs - Admins) Quote
Norris Posted May 29, 2015 Author Posted May 29, 2015 Someone has just sung a selection of songs from Les Mis. Great voice, but at a wedding?! Quote
ambient Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 My friend married a Chinese girl a few years ago. There were lots of jokes about the choice of music, Wok this way by Aerosmith for example Quote
Bassman Sam Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 [quote name='ambient' timestamp='1432935652' post='2786489'] My friend married a Chinese girl a few years ago. There were lots of jokes about the choice of music, Wok this way by Aerosmith for example [/quote] Just as well they didn't play Turning Japanese. Quote
deepbass5 Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 We played knees up mother brown on one gig, and Mrs Brown who happened to be dancing dropped dead on the dance floor. After the ambulance left and it was decided we should play for the last half hour to ease the tension. But every number we played had some morbid connotation. most songs seem to have heaven in the lyrics or I would die for you, I think by the fourth attempt we were told to call it a day as nobody was in the mood for dancing by then. It's a good thirty years ago but still one we would rather forget. Quote
yorks5stringer Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 There's the Peter Kay routine about playing "Annie, I'm not your Daddy.." Quote
BassBus Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 Ivan Brackenbury usually hits that spot just right. http://youtu.be/36a-jueRUBg Quote
Painy Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 After my sister's mother in law passed away, one of the grandchildren 'innocently' suggested disco inferno to be played at her funeral which was to be a cremation. Quote
Norris Posted May 29, 2015 Author Posted May 29, 2015 [quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1432939581' post='2786532'] We played knees up mother brown on one gig, and Mrs Brown who happened to be dancing dropped dead on the dance floor. After the ambulance left and it was decided we should play for the last half hour to ease the tension. But every number we played had some morbid connotation. most songs seem to have heaven in the lyrics or I would die for you, I think by the fourth attempt we were told to call it a day as nobody was in the mood for dancing by then. It's a good thirty years ago but still one we would rather forget. [/quote] You couldn't make that up - classic! Quote
Norris Posted May 30, 2015 Author Posted May 30, 2015 [quote name='Bassman Sam' timestamp='1432932786' post='2786454'] D.I.V.O.R.C.E. by Dolly Parton. [/quote] The bride requested that - none of us knew it Quote
alyctes Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 My old band played a Friday night at a Con club, all OK; our usual mix of pop+rock, 50s-90s. So they rebooked for a Saturday. Cool Nobody told us that Saturday was the night the punters danced. And by "dance" I mean "waltzes". We were not well received. Quote
PTB Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 I've always thought "Who's sorry now?" Would be a good opener for a wedding band. 😆 Quote
pete.young Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 It should have been me. There may be trouble ahead .. Quote
leftybassman392 Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 (edited) Some oldies but goodies: Leaving on a jet plane. Don't take your love to town. Lazing on a Sunny afternoon. The thrill is gone. By the time I get to Phoenix. etc., etc. Edited May 30, 2015 by leftybassman392 Quote
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