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09-26-2011, 10:49 AM
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Hopefully soon I'll find out how well Shakira's "Ojos Asi" goes over. She does it on tour, but few people can cover it because most of the lyrics are in Spanish and I think the rest is in Arabic. And then you have the sitar part and the violin solo...
So, that got me thinking. What's some material that crowds love, but few bands do because most can't pull it off? The kind of stuff you should definitely do if your band is one of the few who can make it sound right.
I'm guessing Barry White would be near the top of the list.
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09-26-2011, 03:10 PM
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09-26-2011, 04:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: northeast Ohio | | | I was going to say that too, except for the obvious "easy" stuff like Tom Sawyer. I'd like to see someone attempt YYZ and pull it off!
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09-26-2011, 04:14 PM
|  | A figment of our exaggeration | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Way Out West | | | Obscure later Beatles stuff like off the White Album : Glass Onion, Happiness is a Warm Gun and the like. Songs many people know, but no one really plays them. |
09-26-2011, 04:15 PM
| | | | I would say there's quite a few songs not usually done by cover bands because they require an unconventional instrument, such as a sitar or violin. Although most unusual instruments can typically be covered by a guitar or keyboard, it's still a rare day when a cover band plays one of those songs. |
09-26-2011, 04:16 PM
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09-26-2011, 06:58 PM
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09-26-2011, 07:04 PM
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09-26-2011, 07:44 PM
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09-26-2011, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Vic Winters  I rarely see people do anything by Rush. | I actually played in a band that covered YYZ, Tom Sawyer, Spirit of the Radio, and Limelight lol. It does happen, but I'll agree that it's rare. |
09-26-2011, 07:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pennsylvania | | | We did several Rush songs including 2112 Overture/Temples of Syrinx...hadnt heard any other cover bands tackling that. |
09-26-2011, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by runmikeyrun I was going to say that too, except for the obvious "easy" stuff like Tom Sawyer. I'd like to see someone attempt YYZ and pull it off! | alexeydrummer's Channel - YouTube
come on. if an 8 year old can cover yyz how hard could it be! 
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09-26-2011, 07:55 PM
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And, it's going so well, I've decided to resurrect Synchronicity 4, my Police Tribute band! To paraphrase Sting in the movie Dune, "I AM Going To Kill My Voice"!!! 
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09-26-2011, 07:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Windermere, FL | | | A friend of mine has a Rush Tribute band in Austin, TX. They are really good. They do nothin but RUSH. And the guy sings it to a T. All top notch players too.
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09-26-2011, 08:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO | | | My band does "My City Was Gone" by The Pretenders. It's not a difficult song but it's one I've never heard another cover band do. Especially one that doesn't have a female singer!
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09-26-2011, 08:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Alexandria, Virginia | | | My first band back in the day covered a couple of Rush songs, Tom Saywer and I think we did Limelight. We used to do YYZ and Red Barchetta in practice when we were messing around but we never gigged those tunes because we only wanted to so the stuff that was popular on the radio. We also used to do some VH and Ozzy and such. Rush is challenging stuff to learn, but not impossible, it's just that it's not super popular in the general club-going public.
ETA: We didn't have a keyboard player, either, which limited the Rush tunes we could play. When we did need keys for a song, I got stuck with the job and the rythm guitarist would play bass, but he was winging it and couldn't do Geddy stuff, and I can't play 2 or 3 instruments at the same time like Geddy can, so that was pretty much that!
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09-26-2011, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by bwoodman Steely Dan. My band does several Steely tunes (Peg, Josie, Reelin') and we're only bass, guitar, drums, lead vocal. Sure, I'd love to have a cat on keys and sax, but we keep it a 4 piece to make more bread. I can't even remember the last time I heard a band do a SD song. | We do a fee Steely Dan tunes - My Old School, Peg, Josie. Not always the best, but people keep requesting them so....
I'd love to do a SD cover/tribute/whatever band. Such great writing and so fun to play. |
09-26-2011, 08:13 PM
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09-26-2011, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by tangentmusic Obscure later Beatles stuff like off the White Album : Glass Onion, Happiness is a Warm Gun and the like. Songs many people know, but no one really plays them. | Phish coveted the white album in it's entirety for halloween one year | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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