SRV-Zeppelin Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Hey guys... for those of you who remember me, I know I haven't been on this forum for ages. I quit posting around this time last year because things just got too busy, and I never started back up again. ANYWAY... my band has been hired to play at the beer gardens for the Canada Day celebrations in my hometown, and we're trying to brainstorm good danceable songs. Keep in mind there's only 3 of us - guitar, bass, drums - and therefore we can't do a lot of the synth-filled 80s music like Bryan Adams or Whitesnake that would normally fit into a show like this. We'd also like to include some more recent songs (no Nickelback please) to please the young whipper-snappers. Not all of us grew up in the 70s, after all. here's our current proposed song list: (we need about 3 hours of stuff) AC/DC- You Shook me all night long - Highway to Hell - T.N.T. Alice Cooper- School’s out for Summer April Wine- Enough is Enough Beach Boys- Surfin’ USA Beatles- Twist and Shout - I Want to Hold your Hand Billy Talent- Surrender Black Sabbath- Iron Man Cheap Trick- I Want you to want me Cream- Sunshine of Your Love Creed- One Last Breath CCR - Have you ever seen the rain? - Proud Mary - Bad Moon Rising Finger Eleven- Falling On Guns N Roses- Sweet Child o Mine Jimmy Eat World- The Middle Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues Kiss - Rock and Roll All Nite Lifehouse - You and Me My Chemical Romance- Teenagers Nirvana - About a Girl Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Fishin’ in the Dark Our Lady Peace - Somewhere out there Ozzy Osborne - Crazy Train Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge - Scar Tissue - Californication - Otherside - Can’t Stop - By the Way - Dani California R.E.M. - The One I love Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman Shinedown - Second Chance Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy Three Dog Night - Jeremiah was a Bullfrog The Turtles - Happy Together Twisted Sister - We’re not gonna take it U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday - Vertigo - With or Without You Weezer - Beverly Hills - Pork and Beans ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man If you can think of any essentials that are missing or any songs above that would not fit in for an event like this, please let me know. we're open to suggestions. and we don't want to do any country... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 My Chemical Romance- Teenagers Wtf mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRV-Zeppelin Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 It was our drummer's idea. I don't want to play it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 It was our drummer's idea. I don't want to play it either. If your going to add that. Play some of this to scare the **** of the crowd. [YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 But in all seriousness, good luck man. Its a nice list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRV-Zeppelin Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 Thanks. It's tough to come up with well-known covers for a venue like this when you're short a 4th member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRV-Zeppelin Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 and... we're back on page one. more posts would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 "Them Changes" a la everybody who's ever done it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRV-Zeppelin Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 If we had a horn section backing us up then it'd definitely be on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 If we had a horn section backing us up then it'd definitely be on the list. Then do the "Band of Gypsies" version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 "Going Home" - Ten Years After Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Well... Ian Tyson did some nice stuff with Canadian overtones - from "Four Strong Winds" to some others. But he's even older than I am. <grin> I don't recognize even half of the stuff you have on the list 'cuz it's too "new" for where my music interests have been in the past 30 years. But from talking with young friends from the late teens up to 30 I keep getting the impression that an honest, rockin' set of any kind of rock will likely be fairly well accepted - especially if the pickers seem nice to the crowd and are honest about what they're pickin'. Heck, when I do some of the 20s and 30s and 40s stuff that I like to do and did a lot of in the 1960s, it seems sometimes like the ones who appreciate it most are the teens and 20s folks. Which of course endears me to them which goes over pretty well with them too. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff-7 Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Canada eh? [YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE] Good song for any venue if you want to get people up and on their feet. Or maybe wonderwall or champagne supernova. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 A beer garden...hmm... A lot of good ones already on that list ZZ Top Sharp Dressed Man is good, but what about Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers. As far as something a little more modern, how about Fake It by Seether? Can you say the F word at this event? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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