Dubs Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by the Proclaimers. Got a wedding on Thursday and they've asked us to learn this. "I'll busk it on the night", I thought... It's taken me over an hour to nail the note placement 😐 As far as I'm concerned, those boys can go 500 miles and multiply, and they can go 500 more. Honestly don't know why I've bothered - a Thursday wedding during school summer hols means a dancefloor full of kids and sober parents, we'll see... Anyone else struggled with this one? 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 A mate of mine worked with them a couple times. Apparently they hate each other. Arrive at the venue separately, separate dressing rooms, don't speak to each other and leave separately. 1 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Your bothering because the Bass Player Code and your sense of professionalism demands that you get it right. It's my experience that only guitarists, keyboard players and singers wing it because they can't be bothered to learn songs. It's only verses and choruses. Three chords with extra chords chucked in at the turn around in the last verse. I love 3 chord songs. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howdenspur Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 25 minutes ago, Dubs said: I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by the Proclaimers. Got a wedding on Thursday and they've asked us to learn this. "I'll busk it on the night", I thought... It's taken me over an hour to nail the note placement 😐 As far as I'm concerned, those boys can go 500 miles and multiply, and they can go 500 more. Honestly don't know why I've bothered - a Thursday wedding during school summer hols means a dancefloor full of kids and sober parents, we'll see... Anyone else struggled with this one? Ha, same! We have a wedding on Saturday (singer's nephew, our first gig for nearly 4 years) and we've been asked to do this. It is a tricky blighter to get right🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, SteveXFR said: A mate of mine worked with them a couple times. Apparently they hate each other. Arrive at the venue separately, separate dressing rooms, don't speak to each other and leave separately. And they’re twins so either they are actually sick of each other or are so similar that they’re actually sick of themselves Edited August 22, 2023 by Geek99 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Not that one. But Natasha Bedingfield's "I'm a Bomb" So damn simple bit for some reason it took me ages to get the proper dance music feel to it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Paranoid by Sabbath is the dead easy song that gets me. It's one of the first songs beginners learn but I can fork it right up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfrasho Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 I genuinely wouldn't even try to play it as it is on the record. This is a very easy one to busk along with and change the structure and feel as you go dependent on the crowd participation. half time bits, double time bits, double choruses, etc.... crowds absolutely go nuts for it. Well maybe drunk scottish crowds 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Do the Scottish drink? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 1 minute ago, SteveXFR said: Do the Scottish drink? Only to excess.. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 (edited) We did a Social club in Corby recently. We (I and the singer) thought it a good idea to do this song, as it went down well a few months ago when me and the drummer played (busked it) it for a guy that kept on asking. The whole place were up and doing that funny dance they do. I said we should do it properly this time. Well, we never got to play it, and if we had it would have been embarrassing. The guitarists couldn't play it straight enough, and the bass player couldn't figure out where the C# F# E bit goes, so at rehearsals he would play it a few times 🤨 Edited August 22, 2023 by dave_bass5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Edge Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 You’ve got me worried now. We play this regularly and I found easy, but I’ve never actually really listened to the original. What have I missed. Bugger I’ll have to go listen to it now. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Not that one, but something arguably even easier had me stumped. I was in a band that wanted to cover Walk like an Egyptian and for the life of me I just couldn't nail the groove. It should be the easiest song in the world. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 19 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said: Only to excess.. shoorely that shood read, 'only two exshesh'. Shplendid. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misdee Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 I've had loads of simple songs that turned out not so simple after all. Anyone who is dismissive of so-called three chord songs and so-called three chord bands should try playing the songs in question and making them sound good. A classic example would be Status Quo and AC/DC. The songs aren't as simple as some folks presume, and making it swing like those respective bands do is another thing altogether. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 22/08/2023 at 16:58, Dubs said: I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by the Proclaimers. Got a wedding on Thursday and they've asked us to learn this. "I'll busk it on the night", I thought... It's taken me over an hour to nail the note placement 😐 As far as I'm concerned, those boys can go 500 miles and multiply, and they can go 500 more. Honestly don't know why I've bothered - a Thursday wedding during school summer hols means a dancefloor full of kids and sober parents, we'll see... Anyone else struggled with this one? What i got a lot of problems with - not quit 3 note song, but such a mess for me - The eagles - Hotel California. I could even say - Donna Lee was easier. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 1 hour ago, snorkie635 said: shoorely that shood read, 'only two exshesh'. Shplendid. What a Splendor ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 I’ve had it many times, especially with some of Flabba Holt’s basslines, listen to the song and think it’s easy until you try it , most of the time it’s getting the feel and rhythm , shows how good some of these players really are 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 22/08/2023 at 15:20, SteveXFR said: A mate of mine worked with them a couple times. Apparently they hate each other. Arrive at the venue separately, separate dressing rooms, don't speak to each other and leave separately. Used to see one or other of them pretty regularly in a south Edinburgh supermarket. At least - I assumed it was one of them, could well have been both, studiously avoiding each other. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 3 hours ago, nilorius said: What i got a lot of problems with - not quit 3 note song, but such a mess for me - The eagles - Hotel California. I could even say - Donna Lee was easier. HC's a deceptive one. It's such a looooong sequence, and if you land on a root instead of a 5th (or vice verse) it sounds so wrong. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 8 hours ago, nilorius said: What i got a lot of problems with - not quit 3 note song, but such a mess for me - The eagles - Hotel California. I could even say - Donna Lee was easier. I find it gets tiring on the fretting hand as you're holding down root, 5th and octave (basically a power chord) for almost the entire song - the outro is the worst part for that. 500 miles - I hate the bloody song so it just gets root notes from me, haven't found any problem with it except for hating it. Walk like an Egyptian - I found it could catch me out now and again. None of us could whistle so I did the whistle solo on kazoo. Have I mentioned that I hate 500 miles? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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