Brown Sugar..yes I know..but read on.

[Dad3353]

Mid-'70s, the variety band I was drumming with had a 'Stones' segue, one part of which was 'Satisfaction'. At our first rehearsals, I play 'my' version, with accent splashes and dynamics. The band leader calls it to a halt, and asks me to play 'like the record' (but in French, of course. Do try to keep up... ). I query this, but the fellow insists. 'OK, you're the Boss' (In French, of course...). We go through it again, and I play what's on the record. I don't know if you've listened to it recently..? Mr Watts does a constant 'One-One-One-One' on bass drum, hats pedal and snare drum, all the way through, relentlessly, with no variation at all. The tiny 'lift' in there is only provided by the tambourine doing the 'chink-chink-chink' at the end of each phrase. It's dreadful; absolutely dreadful; boring as hell to play, and even more boring to listen to..! The band leader objected; I get him to listen to the 'real' track (not his memory of it...), and we all happily agree to keep [i]my [/i]interpretation, with its dynamics and accents an' all..! Playing like 'the original hit record' does not [i]always [/i]translate to a 'live' band.

[TimR]

Quite. It is the role of the musician to understand why tunes are as they are and to interpret the music and adapt to fit the occasion.

[Rich]

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One hate's to generalise but I've never remotely liked the Stones...
[/quote]
You and me both. Cannot stand them.

[DJpullchord]

How come all you guys play covers????

[thepurpleblob]

[quote name='DJpullchord' timestamp='1503747082' post='3360663']
How come all you guys play covers????
[/quote]

Never had the slightest desire to do anything else. A whole other discussion there

[Dad3353]

[quote name='DJpullchord' timestamp='1503747082' post='3360663']
How come all you guys play covers????
[/quote]

Someone has to, or folks would never get to hear 'em performed live.

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='DJpullchord' timestamp='1503747082' post='3360663']
How come all you guys play covers????
[/quote]
You can do both, there's no law against it

[chris_b]

It's all music. A good song is a good song no matter who wrote it.

[DJpullchord]

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Someone has to, or folks would never get to hear 'em performed live.
[/quote]

Fair point!

Apart from when I busked as a kid, I've never felt the attraction.

[EBS_freak]

I always thought this version sat better with the lyrics...

https://youtu.be/masNmZy5d6Y

[steantval]

[quote name='DJpullchord' timestamp='1503747082' post='3360663']
How come all you guys play covers????
[/quote]

Never had the slightest bit of interest in an originals band, thank goodness we are all different.