help me please!

[HereLiesTheFire]

I am in a bassist in a band full of seniors in high school. (this probably isn't the best place to post this ) me and the rest of them (the band) are graduating soon. We want to play during our graduation ceremony, but we can't find a song that meets the criteria, please help suggest a song.

The Criteria-

*Appropriate (no swearing, racial terms, vulgar meanings ect.)

*Metal or Hard Rock genre (no country or jazz just Metal or Hard rock)

*THE HARDEST PART TO MEET: Inspirational (has to leave the audience with a "Good" message to remember us by)

any help would be appreciated.

[tangentmusic]

"School's Out" by Alice Cooper

[HereLiesTheFire]

an okay idea but "No more teacher's dirty looks".... i know the principal of ours wont approve that

[tangentmusic]

Change a couple words.. Make it "no more teacher's pretty looks".. That'll make Mrs. Krump smile

[HereLiesTheFire]

well we dont have a singer so a recording of the original track's vocals will be played through the speakers in lue of a vocalist

[musicman7722]

Originally Posted by tangentmusic

"School's Out" by Alice Cooper

oh yes

[musicman7722]

Originally Posted by HereLiesTheFire

well we dont have a singer so a recording of the original track's vocals will be played through the speakers in lue of a vocalist

huh, move on people nothing to see here

[HereLiesTheFire]

[Doctor Dirt]

I'll assure you theres a really good singer in your school. Go to your music department or just spread the word that a singer is needed. Then sit down and wood shed ideas about the pluses that school offered to all of you, put it together with a beat your drum knows very well. Find the correct key for your vocalist and see if you can write some chords out that are interesting as opposed to a base crap progression. Possiblly adding a minor chord???? If you have plans to be a musician on any level your gonna need to be able to wood shed ideas even a cover band needs to show artistry. Try it!!! Doc.

[ga_edwards]

Originally Posted by HereLiesTheFire

well we dont have a singer so a recording of the original track's vocals will be played through the speakers in lue of a vocalist

Eh? Good luck with that!

Anyway, Van Halen - Hot for Teacher.

[Zooberwerx]

Smokin' In The Boys' Room - Brownsville Station

Takin' %^&#$* to the Zoo - Dead Milkmen

Riis

[T-Bird]

Hi.

Originally Posted by tangentmusic

"School's Out" by Alice Cooper

^This.

If the teachers mind, they must be really, really uptight.

I won't even comment the "no singer" part .

Originally Posted by Zooberwerx

Smokin' In The Boys' Room - Brownsville Station

^Or this.

Thanks for the reminder as well, I'm still waiting my last bands guitarists brother to hand me over the 1'5 l of DrPrpper he lost on a bet. He really thought it was a Mötley Crüe tune, enough to make a bet .

Regards
Sam

[edbass]

Originally Posted by HereLiesTheFire

well we dont have a singer so a recording of the original track's vocals will be played through the speakers in lue of a vocalist

Whaaaaat??? So this "performance" is basically jamming to a CD at your graduation ceremony?
Why not just go all the way and "Ashlee Simpson/Milli Vanilli" the the instruments too?

[HereLiesTheFire]

thanks everybody, we went with Wish You Were Here by Incubus. Schools Out by Alice Cooper, believe it or not, was not approved even with substitute lyric changes i made within the song. (yeah our principals ARE that snooty)

Really wish our first song was approved. but oh well

[Rockmusician]

Originally Posted by HereLiesTheFire

thanks everybody, we went with Wish You Were Here by Incubus. Schools Out by Alice Cooper, believe it or not, was not approved even with substitute lyric changes i made within the song. (yeah our principals ARE that snooty)

Really wish our first song was approved. but oh well

How did you plan on changing the lyrics if you do not have a singer and were just going to play along with the cd?