tonybassplayer Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 Not quite sure how it happened but we decided to try out Survivor's mid eighties chart hit Eye of the Tiger ( the one from the Rocky film ) and it went down a storm in both our rocky pub set and our party/function set but is it a "mid eighties rock classic" or "total cheese" ?? I was definitely in the "total cheese" camp until I saw the audience reactions the last two nights and I think it is going to be in the set for a long time although I think it may have the potential to be a future "Mustang Sally" in the playing stakes Any thoughts ?? Quote
thepurpleblob Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 [quote name='tonybassplayer' post='603331' date='Sep 20 2009, 08:30 AM']Not quite sure how it happened but we decided to try out Survivor's mid eighties chart hit Eye of the Tiger ( the one from the Rocky film ) and it went down a storm in both our rocky pub set and our party/function set but is it a "mid eighties rock classic" or "total cheese" ?? I was definitely in the "total cheese" camp until I saw the audience reactions the last two nights and I think it is going to be in the set for a long time although I think it may have the potential to be a future "Mustang Sally" in the playing stakes Any thoughts ??[/quote] Think of it as 'ironic' and your cool credentials remain unharmed! That's what you tell yourself anyway Quote
JimBobTTD Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 Both. It is classic rock, but its total association with Rocky makes it cheese. Quote
WHUFC BASS Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 I love it and don't care if its cheesey or not - its simply a brilliant song. Quote
The Funk Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 (edited) Cool song. Cheesy video! Great fun though. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPg-CjUGkcM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPg-CjUGkcM[/url] Edited September 20, 2009 by The Funk Quote
witterth Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 you know what you should try?... a band I was in used to do Kings' "love and pride" segued into kangaroopoos' "too shy" I kid you not, the disproportionately good response was something to behold on a regular basis. and a good bit of bassage fun to boot! sorry if this is off your topic. ATB Quote
tonybassplayer Posted September 20, 2009 Author Posted September 20, 2009 Encouraging stuff, it certainly ticks the box when it comes to bringing smiles to the audiences faces when we start up Quote
ahpook Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 [quote name='JimBobTTD' post='603339' date='Sep 20 2009, 08:49 AM']Both. It is classic rock, but its total association with Rocky makes it cheese.[/quote] classic roquefort ? Quote
witterth Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 If you have a girly singer ( as we did once ) Dean friedmans" lucky stars" segued into "ariel" was(is) a total camenberet/brie moment. No amount of Jacobs can...... I REALLY did these things,...... for money! Quote
spike Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 I think you could segue from Eye Of The Tiger into The Final Countdown and then into Rosanna Quote
iamapirate Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 it was only a matter of time... dunno what you class THAT as... Quote
witterth Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 [quote name='spike' post='603662' date='Sep 20 2009, 04:31 PM']I think you could segue from Eye Of The Tiger into The Final Countdown and then into Rosanna [/quote] to my shame, Ive done exactly that! '88/89 covers turn luckily the (girl) singer was , Very good, so blushes were spared! Quote
leschirons Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 [quote name='iamapirate' post='603973' date='Sep 20 2009, 09:34 PM']it was only a matter of time... dunno what you class THAT as...[/quote] That is f***ing brilliant. I love the way the whole audience walk past at 1.45. Whatever happened to Bontempi keyboards anyway? Quote
benebass Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 Well, if you're talking about the Final Countdown, check this out... Quote
Bilbo Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 Its cheese: the voice of corporate America. Has nothing whatsoever to do with the creative energy behind rock as an expressive art form and has everything to do with the tin pan alley, 'line 'em up and pick em off', 'tell me what you want and how much you can pay' method of songwriting. The eighties was full of this watered down stuff, the rock equivalent of ready meals. High on sugar content and short on nutritional value. Me no like. Quote
Cat Burrito Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 I think audiences respond well to stuff they know. So it's classic cheese. We do a bunch of Neil Diamond stuff that goes down great - I've never heard anyone else do this in pub gigs but the reaction is incredible. Quote
Zombywoof Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 [quote name='iamapirate' post='603973' date='Sep 20 2009, 09:34 PM']it was only a matter of time... dunno what you class THAT as...[/quote] This is possibly the best thing I've ever seen! Are they all playing different songs? Quote
Killstarz Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 [quote name='bentdice' post='604073' date='Sep 20 2009, 10:37 PM']Well, if you're talking about the Final Countdown, check this out... [/quote] That is all kinds of awesomness! Quote
Golchen Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 It's classic rock. A genre that goes down much better than all that jazzy twaddle, Bilbo. Quote
bassbloke Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 [quote name='bilbo230763' post='604303' date='Sep 21 2009, 10:26 AM']Its cheese: the voice of corporate America. Has nothing whatsoever to do with the creative energy behind rock as an expressive art form and has everything to do with the tin pan alley, 'line 'em up and pick em off', 'tell me what you want and how much you can pay' method of songwriting. The eighties was full of this watered down stuff, the rock equivalent of ready meals. High on sugar content and short on nutritional value. Me no like.[/quote] Yeah, that's the bits I like. Quote
NickH Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 In my old originals band the three of us rhythm section guys would mooch on unobtrusively, crank everything up loud, and blast into the opening riff to Eye of the Tiger. Then our big-ego, prima donna vocalist would stride onto the stage like he owned the place. Crowd loved it. We craftily worked a way to segue the riff into two or three of our most-common set opening songs. Sounds cheesy (and it was) but hey! that's showbiz, and it worked a charm... Quote
Owen Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 [quote name='bilbo230763' post='604303' date='Sep 21 2009, 10:26 AM']Its cheese: the voice of corporate America. Has nothing whatsoever to do with the creative energy behind rock as an expressive art form and has everything to do with the tin pan alley, 'line 'em up and pick em off', 'tell me what you want and how much you can pay' method of songwriting. The eighties was full of this watered down stuff, the rock equivalent of ready meals. High on sugar content and short on nutritional value. Me no like.[/quote] And things have changed? Quote
The Funk Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 [quote name='owen' post='605097' date='Sep 21 2009, 10:31 PM']And things have changed?[/quote] They're even worse now. Quote
cetera Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 [quote name='bilbo230763' post='604303' date='Sep 21 2009, 10:26 AM']Its cheese: the voice of corporate America. Has nothing whatsoever to do with the creative energy behind rock as an expressive art form and has everything to do with the tin pan alley, 'line 'em up and pick em off', 'tell me what you want and how much you can pay' method of songwriting. The eighties was full of this watered down stuff, the rock equivalent of ready meals. High on sugar content and short on nutritional value. Me no like.[/quote] You're right, it's GREAT! Quote
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