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Post by Auf Kiltre on Feb 5, 2021 16:20:20 GMT -5
I know, I was just deliberately confusing the Beatles/Pink Floyd thing.
Carry on.
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Post by gato on Feb 6, 2021 9:24:34 GMT -5
I know, I was just deliberately confusing the Beatles/Pink Floyd thing. Carry on. Will do, my wayward son
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TBird
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Formerly Known As: greg1948
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Post by TBird on Feb 9, 2021 8:11:29 GMT -5
I don't think I sang in my first band in the late 60's, but my next band, a few years later, let me sing Johnny B Good.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Feb 9, 2021 16:59:28 GMT -5
I’ve never sung in public.
First song I played in front of a real audience? Pearl Jam’s “Alive” into Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In The Free World”, high school talent show, 1994.
The rest, as they say, is history.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Feb 9, 2021 19:28:27 GMT -5
I’ve never sung in public. First song I played in front of a real audience? Pearl Jam’s “Alive” into Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In The Free World”, high school talent show, 1994. That brings to mind a wedding I was playing around 1994 and the best man wanted to sit in and do Rockin' In The Free World. I handed him my Strat, he rejected the pick. He then proceeded to beat the peepee out of the guitar. The next day I removed the strings and cleaned off the blood from the pickguard and pickups.
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Post by Think Floyd on Feb 18, 2021 14:26:05 GMT -5
Since this thread is still going, and I've only ever sang 3 or 4 songs total in public, I'll tell the story of my last song. I left my last band long ago (maybe 8-10 years). While I was with them, they held an annual Labor Day outdoor party. One year during one of our sets, a friend running the PA made the announcement "Okay everyone, Think Floyd's going to sing this next song, so everybody put your earplugs in". As we started the song, a drunken female voice yelled out "You suck!" (It was my wife, and I have this recorded on videotape.) Everyone who knew us was aware of the fact that my singing voice was terrible so I was often the butt of jokes, but all in good fun. Even though my voice sucked, I liked singing once in a while. I started singing while playing when I was learning how to play my first song on guitar, so I was physically able to do it; it just sounded bad. I was able to sing a lot at band practices, especially if I was more familiar with a new song than the singer, since working on a new song was easier with vocals; even if those vocals weren't in key! While I was with them we never did any bar gigs, only a few private party gigs hired by friends or acquaintances of the band, so I guess the band figured it was okay to let me sing one tune in front of people who knew us. Now for the uplifting part of my post. The song I sang at that Labor Day party was "Love Is All Around" by The Troggs. After the set, some guy I didn't know came up to me and said "I haven't heard that song in ages... I love that song!" Now I'm a barely mediocre rhythm guitarist who can on occasion attempt a simple little solo. I know I'm not good and never will be, so I don't expect compliments on my playing. And, my playing is 1000x better than my singing, so I'll never have to worry about fighting off crazed fans. However, even though his remark had nothing to do with my playing or singing, it was the best compliment that I've ever received as a so-called musician. Why? Because I'm the one who wanted that song added to our set. I would always try to get the band to play songs from my youth, and with the bandleader/bassist being slightly older than me I sometimes got my wish. A few other song choices of mine also went over well with folks in my age group. For years in a few bands prior to this I kept trying to get songs added that were popular back in the day but are rarely heard on the radio anymore, but all everyone wanted to play was the same old worn-out over-played songs that every other band played. I was sick of those songs, and that guy's remark proved to me that there are folks out there who would love to hear bands playing more than just the regular same-old tired tunes. This is why if I ever find a new band, I won't settle for playing the same old songs... even if there's no audience and it's just for fun. I do understand that you have to play some of those big hits, but IMO a lot of other "forgotten" tunes would go over well due to the nostalgia factor.
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