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02-16-2007, 01:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Northeast, US | | | Recognizable Instrumental Cover Tunes
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I'd like to use this thread to build a list of
recognizable, instrumental cover tunes.
If you can dance to it, all the better, but as long as it is very recognizable, it qualifies.
We'd like to work up a set of material that doesn't require any singing - to give the lead singer breaks, and to allow for when sickness strikes.
1. Pick Up The Pieces
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02-16-2007, 01:46 PM
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02-16-2007, 04:47 PM
| | | | "Scorpio"-Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
"Soulful Strut"-Young-Holt Unlimited
"Out-A-Space"-Billy Preston
"Machine Gun"-The Commodires
"Cissy Strut"-The Meters
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02-17-2007, 01:47 AM
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Bumping - cmon, what else? 
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02-17-2007, 08:36 AM
|  | prefers electric miles davis | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Red Clay - Freddie Hubbard
Gentle Thoughts - Herbie Hancock
Tell Me a Bedtime Story - Herbie Hancock
Listen Here - Eddie Harris
The Girl From Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim (I know there's a vocal version too)
Angela (Taxi Theme) - Bob James (Great Tune)
The Chicken - Jaco, Maceo Parker, The JB's
that's just a bunch of covers my trio does. |
02-17-2007, 09:02 AM
| | | | Try La Villa Strangiato by Rush. People love the middle section, gets them going every time.
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02-17-2007, 09:03 AM
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02-17-2007, 09:42 AM
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Jessica by the Allman bros. is a good example but, not really dance-able
You might look into some disco from the 70's,there were a lot of instrumental songs from that era that were for dancing..a few that come to mind are "(do)the hustle" and a disco version of a Beetoven's 5th..look around,theres lots of stuff out there
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02-17-2007, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by stedtale  Chameleon | This is the first one that popped into my head. |
02-17-2007, 10:22 AM
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suicide is painless is a pretty recognizable piece |
02-17-2007, 10:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: San Francisco, CA (finally!) | | | well, let's see...
pretty much anything by Jeff Beck (Led Boots, Cause We've Ended As Lovers, Blue Wind, Freeway Jam, etc etc)
School Days, Lopsy Lu - Stanley
all the Satch and Steve Vai stuff
Losfer Words - Iron Maiden
then there's always 'Tequila' (you can make it an instrumental if you get the audience to sing it) |
02-17-2007, 11:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: bedford, england | | | pretty much agree with the other guys here...for me anything hebie hancock and the meters goes down nicely |
02-19-2007, 12:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: San Francisco, CA (finally!) | | | oh, and 'Mercy, Mercy, Mercy' and 'Take Five' | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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