paul_5 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 I'm pretty picky about what I listen to, but on a gig I'll play anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 [quote name='Trueno' timestamp='1465998052' post='3072702'] I've always loathed playing "Merry Christmas, Everybody"... [/quote] Did it for a Christmas do in a function band years ago. It's actually not the easiest bass line to learn properly. Particularly if your band have no clue and don't listen closely enough. Once you start listening to it forensically, you realise that it is in fact a brilliantly-crafted pop song and deserved all the success it got. And is still getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troubadour Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 It's Layla for me. Just not a song I wanted to listen to for pleasure. Probably over-familiarity. But it's great to play. Well I think so anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Anything by Abba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtcat Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1466108709' post='3073468'] Anything by Abba. [/quote] Aww now you see I could play ABBA all night long as long as the singers were up to the job. I just can't bring myself to enjoy anything that falls into the classic rock category with the exception of black Betty which I hate listening to but love playing because it really sorts the men from the boys. If the drummer is decent it's so much fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Dunky Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 I love it when Andrew Strong sings it, but that apart, it does my tights in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) I have realised that I hate playing pretty much all of our set Time for a re hash! Edited June 17, 2016 by ubit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I hate playing Close to the Edge, but it fills the dancefloor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1466202739' post='3074182'] I hate playing Close to the Edge... [/quote] I'm sure Bono would disagree with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1466202930' post='3074185'] I'm sure Bono would disagree with you. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1466202739' post='3074182'] I hate playing Close to the Edge, but it fills the dancefloor! [/quote] I never found any of the yes numbers had much dancing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Hate hearing anyone else covering Brown Eyed Girl as they invariably screw up or over simplify the bass solo. Spent ages nailing it myself and really gets to me - my wife knows the expression to expect on my face at any function... Apart from that, love playing anything really, but have had a similar crap singer experience to early poster with a Crowded House number where the singer would always flatten out the intro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu-khag Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I hate listening to reggae . A couple of times I've had to play Bob Marley stuff and it's been so much fun. I guess it's the locking in with the drummer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I dep with a reggae band and a [u]good[/u] Jamaican born and bred drummer is a musical force of nature. It's an amazing playing experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd P Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 [quote name='RickyV' timestamp='1465983026' post='3072541'] Summer of 69. It was on our set list for quite a while early on and then removed as we were all fed up to the back teeth with it. But, people like it and always sing along. And if the Foo Fighters can cover it at one of their gigs then who am I to argue... [/quote] Don't you just hate this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Place Your Hands by Reef. Hate, hate, hate the song, the gruff vocal line, crap lyrics and the stupid rinky-dink melody. Quite enjoy playing it. WTF's that all about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassjim Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 was given "I wanna Dance With Somebody" Whitney Housten, in the set for a function gig next week. Once i stopped vomiting and had a go its really fun to play and I actually am looking more forward to playing it than I thought could ever be possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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