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09-19-2007, 05:35 PM
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Mine was "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears. We were pretty good at it. The bassline is pretty easy, pretty much all D...
Honorable mentions:
You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
Losing My Religion - REM
Black or White - Michael Jackson
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09-19-2007, 06:38 PM
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Builder: Valenti Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Staten Island NYC | | | We've played Meat Plow by Stone Temple Pilots and every time we played it at any bar, club, backyard, etc, everyone in the place would be totally into it, dancing and singing. |
09-19-2007, 06:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Dakota | | | We do a lot of hits. People seem to like most of them. DMB, John Mellencamp, Tom Petty and Billy Joel go over quite well these days.
I actually played a cover tune with the original singer once. I played in a band that backed Al Wilson for a gig. We did his big hit from 1974 titled "Show and Tell" that sold over 3 million copies and was number one on the Billboard charts. Great bass line that I played note for note as recorded. |
09-19-2007, 07:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NY | | | My cover band does a Boston medley to start off our second set, encompasing "Foreplay -> Longtime" and then going into "Smokin'". These songs always get the crowd incredibly pumped. |
09-20-2007, 07:09 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Avondale Estates, GA, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Nino Valenti  We've played Meat Plow by Stone Temple Pilots and every time we played it at any bar, club, backyard, etc, everyone in the place would be totally into it, dancing and singing. | The first gigging band I was in performed "Plush" while it was still a big radio hit. It got a huge reaction. Way bigger than any of our originals, which ticked me off. I guess you gotta give the people what they want.. 
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10-19-2007, 08:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bristol, England | | | I think one of the biggest I covered was hey joe, that got a pretty good reaction.
Also covered Bad day by daniel powter for some reason :S turned it into a william shatner style song with a walking bass line, and slow spoken lyrics. They LOVED that one it was the funniest thing I think I've played live |
10-19-2007, 08:36 AM
|  | My favorite songs were never heard on the radio | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tulsa, OK | | | We once did "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas. Since we had three singers and a killer drummer, we nailed it. The crowd loved it. |
10-19-2007, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by OKStateBass66 We once did "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas. Since we had three singers and a killer drummer, we nailed it. The crowd loved it. | Awesome. I love Kansas. They were truly under-rated. We actually used to do Closet Chronicles and Song for America. Not very popular.
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10-19-2007, 07:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Georgetown, IN (Louisville KY) | | By far our best is "Hotel California" by the Eagles.
Once we get a video of it I will post it . Then you will see what I mean.
Second is "Heartbreaker" by Pat Benetar. Talk about power of ROCK!!!!!!! This song is so heavy when we play it. I'll post this one too when I get the video.  |
10-19-2007, 07:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Georgetown, IN (Louisville KY) | | Quote:
Originally Posted by xgabriele My cover band does a Boston medley to start off our second set, encompasing "Foreplay -> Longtime" and then going into "Smokin'". These songs always get the crowd incredibly pumped. | +1 for "Smokin" that song gets me so pumped up. It's a great opener, my old played it. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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