razze06 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 somebody that i used to know - Gotye Never was a dancefloor emptied as quickly as the one in the venue we were playing when we started playing this. And it's utter sh!7e to play. What were we thinking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrenochrome Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Unas Slayer of The Gods by Nile would probably work. Excellent piece of music but impenetrable to the uninitiated. You never know though - we did a decent version of Going Under by Evanescence in 2005. It fitted our style very well but cleared the dance floor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1484600096' post='3216756'] How about Bee Gees and late Cliff stuff? [/quote]if it's good enough for the Ramones it's good enough for me (Lets Dance and Do You Wanna Dance) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 You can never second guess an audience. Some tunes that work with one lot don't work with another lot. It's painful if you're playing with musicians who have no ability to stop a song at an appropriate place. Playing a 13 minute ABBA opus medley is bad enough without having to do it to an empty dance floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushbo Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 [quote name='Rich' timestamp='1484610006' post='3216895'] If i hated a crowd, my set list would be: 1. Metal Machine Music, Parts 1 and 2. 2. 4'33" 3. Metal Machine Music, Part 3. 4. Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree. 5. Uruguayan national anthem, played at 1/2 speed. 6. Metal Machine Music, Part 4, twice. [/quote] That. Sounds. Brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 If I really hated the crowd I'd go into an extended version of Bowie's Sense of Doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 [quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1484638969' post='3216974'] Nah, it's about what would be bad on the setlist, whatever the reason. Most Stereophonics songs is my worst thing to have on a set list. I like Stereophonics to listen to, but not to play. BTW, I like Agadoo. introduced the niece to it at Xmas & she loves it. [/quote] If you read the op he says "Songs you would have on your set list if you hated the crowd" Sounds to me like songs that would empty the room. I love 21st Century, and Thick as a Brick etc, but play them at a pub/club gig and watch the tumbleweed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Are we going to compile this list so that we can argue over the order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 [quote name='mikel' timestamp='1484662876' post='3217263'] If you read the op he says "Songs you would have on your set list if you hated the crowd" Sounds to me like songs that would empty the room. I love 21st Century, and Thick as a Brick etc, but play them at a pub/club gig and watch the tumbleweed. [/quote] You're right. I still wouldn't play Stereophonics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropzone Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Dakota - Sterophonics. Good song but I once played a cover band festival and literally every band played it, apart from us as we are metal!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 We briefly did Bowie's "Oh You Pretty Things" and it was a total dance floor emptier. People just looked slightly panicked and confused when we started playing it. We dropped it after about two gigs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 My guitarist loves come together by the Beatles and wants to open shows with it. People just stared blankly at a festival when we opened with it. I'd rather not play it at all, or anything that gets wheeled out on X factor every year without fail, including Chris Cornell's Billie Jean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 [quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1484665702' post='3217296'] My guitarist loves come together by the Beatles and wants to open shows with it. People just stared blankly at a festival when we opened with it. [/quote]I think that happens in every band, you just have to except that no matter how much you personally like a song it just doesn't work, We've had the same thing with the Ramones Bonzo Goes to Bitberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 [quote name='mikel' timestamp='1484604527' post='3216837'] Thick as a Brick. Jethro Tull. [/quote]I think you'd find your audience really wouldn't mind if they sat that one out. Coat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 [quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1484663773' post='3217274'] You're right. I still wouldn't play Stereophonics. [/quote] Agreed. You are a man of taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 [quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1484665702' post='3217296'] My guitarist loves come together by the Beatles and wants to open shows with it. [/quote] Great song, but I wouldn't class it as an opener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 We opened with it the last gig (we are trying to move things around). It went down very well, I guess it depends on the location, its only on our occasional list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 [quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1484593104' post='3216650'] Would depend on the crowd. Osmonds covers for bikers, Megadeth for the local old peoples' home and so on... [/quote] Mrs Zero and I did a Metallica song in our set at the local old people's home, which went down well. The song suggestions so far are actually the set you'd put together if you were about to quit a band you really, really hated. To which I'd add Red Red f***ing Whine. All Right Now, and Ma Baker by Boney M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 There's not a lot by Can, Amon Duul or Burnin' Red Ivanhoe (all favourites of mine) that would be easy/possible to dance to (maybe some of Can would OK, come to think of it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skb558 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 'Tonight, Ladies and Gentlemen we'll be playing Trout Mask Replica in its entirety.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winny Pooh Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I would have to be something I'd enjoy too like King Crimson's Thela Hun Ginjeet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Anti-Procrastination Song by Stormtroopers Of Death repeated for the whole set. Should be able to do it 2400 times in a two hour gig. If that's not your thing then any set made up of prog rock should piss off an audience, and rightly so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 (edited) It's a fantastic song and historically quite important (as pretty much the perfect protest song), but... http://youtu.be/m57gzA2JCcM ... probably won't go down that well at your average jam night. Edited January 18, 2017 by Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivansc Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I can sing and play it and have done so at a jam! You're right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 [quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1484764495' post='3218273'] I can sing and play it and have done so at a jam! [/quote] All 20 odd minutes of it? Hat doffed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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