dave_bass5 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Stylon Pilson said: Great story! So what happened, did you basically communicate the changes on the fly? S.P. No, I went over it with them in the dressing room. It was all good on the night. They still play that version to this day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Yep same name different artists and different versions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 On 20/01/2019 at 12:08, gary mac said: I was in Tenerife last week and watching a band, their bass man committed the same sin and then played slap bass during the solo Ahh, now I understand why we need Brexit! 😮 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 6 hours ago, ubit said: In our band, the guitarist, who is my mate, thought he was the band leader and tried to be in charge of everything. Resorting a lot to passive aggression to get his way. I’ve known him all my life, so I would flat out argue with him if I disagreed and sometimes just because I was sick of him being so bossy. The drummer and rhythm guitarist used to call us Mummy and Daddy. One of my biggest annoyances was when we all agreed to do a song, if he didn’t want to do it, we didn’t do it. He just wouldn’t learn it. Next rehearsal, we would ask, have you learned such and such? No, but I have learned this! Then he would produce a song that he wanted to do, but we hadnt agreed on. Made me realise that I didn’t want to play with him anymore. It sounds like three of us have had similar experiences. Was he also a lazy fokker who would never help carry gear in & out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, dmccombe7 said: Good topic for another thread methinks. Songs with same name but different. ? That's different songs, rather than a cover of a song that the covers band fondly believes bears a strong resemblance to the original? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 minute ago, tauzero said: It sounds like three of us have had similar experiences. Was he also a lazy fokker who would never help carry gear in & out? Nah, I’ll give him that. He pulled his weight there. Look, at the end of the day, he is my mate, but I just got sick of being in a band with him. I’ve played alongside him all my life, but it just got too much. My job means I can’t play just now, but if I manage to get a rotational position, I will get back to playing and I’m determined that I’ll find another guitarist. It was him that decided we would play trad songs and brought in the accordion player who played on all our rock songs. It was him that brought in another boy that played acoustic. Many times folk would ask , what does he do? You can’t hear him. We should have played as a three piece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnyman Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 8 minutes ago, tauzero said: That's different songs, rather than a cover of a song that the covers band fondly believes bears a strong resemblance to the original? Completely different songs as in Doctor, Doctor by the Thompson Twins and the different song of the same name by UFO. Not to be confused with the different song by Robert Palmer with a different name but the words "Doctor, doctor" featured prominently in the chorus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Jump - Van Halen, Pointer Sisters Best of My Love - Eagles and The Emotions Power of Love - Hughie Lewis, and some drippy 80s ballad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Paul S said: Jump - Van Halen, Pointer Sisters Best of My Love - Eagles and The Emotions Power of Love - Hughie Lewis, and some drippy 80s ballad. Jennifer Rush was it? 😊 (If correct - that's memory not Google!)... and Frankie goes to Hollywood!? Edited January 23, 2019 by Ricky 4000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Think it was. Had a serious overbite and thick knees as I recall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Paul S said: Think it was. Had a serious overbite and thick knees as I recall. Haha, I'll look it up! Quote The Power of Love Jennifer Rush · 1984 The Power Of Love Helene Fischer · 2015 The Power of Love Laura Branigan · 1984 View 10+ more 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnyman Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 31 minutes ago, Paul S said: Jump - Van Halen, Pointer Sisters Best of My Love - Eagles and The Emotions Power of Love - Hughie Lewis, and some drippy 80s ballad. I'd forgotten about Huey Lewis. That's another of the beggars.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Quote Other songs of the same title in 1985[edit] This was the last of three singles in the British top 100 with the title "The Power of Love" in 1985. The other two were "The Power of Love" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, which peaked at No.1 in December the previous year, and "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News, which peaked at No.9 three weeks before this song hit No.1. Three different "The Power of Loves" in the charts during 1985 alone! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Going off thread a bit. When i suggested this I meant start a full new topic. Didn't want to hijack someone else's thread. Anyone want to start it off ? Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said: Going off thread a bit. When i suggested this I meant start a full new topic. Didn't want to hijack someone else's thread. Anyone want to start it off ? Dave Sorry Dave: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Steve Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 13 hours ago, tauzero said: It sounds like three of us have had similar experiences. Was he also a lazy fokker who would never help carry gear in & out? mine wasn't exactly lazy in an obvious way, but he was the least punctual band member I have ever meet (and I've met a few) - supposedly he always set off on time for gigs and rehearsals...but for some reason completely beyond his control he would get lost, or have to follow a detour, or his satnav was sending him on a route on the other side of town where the traffic was bad (i.e. he lied a lot, and we knew it, he set off late and lied) so he was conveniently never there for the load in, only the load out. And because he was always late the rest of the band would help him in with his gear... ...so actually, yes, lazy fecker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 14 hours ago, Skinnyman said: I'd forgotten about Huey Lewis. That's another of the beggars.... Huey! Thought it didn't look right when I wrote it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 On 24/01/2019 at 10:27, Paul S said: Huey! Thought it didn't look right when I wrote it. Shug Lewis to his mates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudpup Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 On 20/01/2019 at 09:54, ubit said: I think as long as a band is tight, they can get away with quite a lot. If a band has a good sound and is really tight, little things like playing everything exactly like the original can be forgotten. Exactly this We take a few liberties with some popular covers and frequently get compliments after the gig about what we've done with them 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el borracho Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 I played with a guitarist who would learn the songs OK but then set about 'improving' them! Problem was he wouldn't mention it to the rest of the band. He was of the opinion that if a chord was used somewhere in a song, you could randomly substitute it for any other chord because the song was still in the same key. He would also change the order of the chords as "I like to do my own version". Amazingly he was 60 and had played in bands since he was a teenager - I left... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 I was a bit disappointed in my band today... We do 1 cover - "Don't Dictate", the punk classic by Penetration. So far I've managed to get the bass line from Cameo's "Word Up" into the intro, and to play the guitar line from Nirvana's "Come as you are" as the bass line during the verse. But when I tried to get the guys'n'gal to start it with the riff from "My Sharona" they said it was silly... It's a shame as next I was ready to shoe-horn Parliament's "Flashlight" in as a break. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steantval Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 This will be the next new one to learn for our set, can’t wait to get cracking on with it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E sharp Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 16 hours ago, ubit said: Shug Lewis to his mates He he - only the Scots here will get that one 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said: I was a bit disappointed in my band today... We do 1 cover - "Don't Dictate", the punk classic by Penetration. So far I've managed to get the bass line from Cameo's "Word Up" into the intro, and to play the guitar line from Nirvana's "Come as you are" as the bass line during the verse. But when I tried to get the guys'n'gal to start it with the riff from "My Sharona" they said it was silly... It's a shame as next I was ready to shoe-horn Parliament's "Flashlight" in as a break. Oh aye, the drums is exactly the same already... Do you know your sex is on fire? 😁 Edited February 4, 2019 by Ricky 4000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 7 hours ago, Ricky 4000 said: Do you know your sex is on fire? 😁 It's singed me trousers... Still, the smell of burning has stopped them noticing that the slow break I've put in the middle of our new song (to be debuted in Leominster, 2nd March) is actually Death Disco... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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