set list feedback

[pcollin]

Hi

I just wanted to ask what fellow TBers thought about my bands set list. We're a 5 piece (guitar, bass, sax/keyboard, drums, female vocals) straight ahead rock cover band with a few originals thrown in for fun. Wide range of ages/influences in the band (as you will see). Songs are in No particular order. thanks!

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Bobbie Magee (joplin)
3am (matchbox 20)
Black Horse/cherry tree (Tunstal)
Tangled Up in Blue (Dylan)
Harder They Come (Jimmy cliff)
Runaway (Bonnie Raitt)
Love Me Like A Man
Ah Mary (grace potter/nocturnals)
Into The Mystic (v. morrison)
What’s Goin On (M. Gaye)
Wild Nights (v. morrison)
Runnin Down A Dream (Petty)
On My Way (original)
Hurts So Bad (s. tedeschi)
Thrill is Gone (BB king)
Like the Way I Do (M. etheridge)
Mustang Sally
Saw "Him" Standin There (Beatles)
Twist and Shout (Beatles)
Can’t Buy Me Love (Beatles)
Signed Sealed Delivered (S. Wonder)
Listen to the Music (doobie bros)
Folsom Prison Blues (j cash)
One Way or Another (blondie)
Call Me (blondie)
Breakup Song (Greg Kihn)
I Won’t Back Down (petty)
Unchain My Heart (joe cocker)
Hurts So Good (melloncamp)
Bring Me Some Water (m. etheridge)
Fortunate Son (CCR)
Take Me To The River (Al Green)
Long Train Runnin (doobie)
Can’t You See (marshall tucker)

[cassanova]

I like a few of the songs, but I wouldn't come see those songs being played. Not saying the band would suck, just not really music I'd wanna hear in a club anymore.

[pointbass]

Depends on where you're playing ....

That's a decent commercial set list, lots of bands doing very similar things .... tunes that people recognize and can sing/dance to easily. That won't get you into any trouble and if the band is good you'll get work .....

[Deacon_Blues]

I'm completely unfamiliar to a lot of those songs on your list. On the other hand, I'm on the other side of the Atlantic pond and all what that means...... I don't know if I would call the it straight-ahead rock, but I like the mix of rock and soul, it works well with most audiences. We have a pretty similar approach, but perhaps with a bit more focus on rock.


Here's the setlist from my band's last gig, a party with 007-theme. We had to cut it down a bit but anyway:

You know my name - Chris Cornell
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
I wanna hold your hand - Beatles
Burning Love - Elvis
Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
Take it easy - Eagles
Blue Suede Shoes
Tutti Frutti
Stand by me - Ben E King
Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen

Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
The only thing that looks good on me is you - Bryan Adams
I shot the sheriff - Marley / Clapton
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
Ain't no mountain high enough - Marvin Gaye
Georgy Porgy - Toto
Route 66
Tush - ZZ Top
Proud Mary - CCR / Tina Turner
Jumping Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
Angels - Robbie Williams
A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum

Let me entertain you - Robbie Williams
Long Train Running - Doobie Brothers
Somebody - Bryan Adams
I feel good - James Brown
Suspicious minds - Elvis
Dancing in the dark - Bruce Springsteen
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
Born to be wild - Steppenwolf
Knocking on Heaven's Door - Dylan
Purple Rain - Prince

Extras (if they would have been needed):
Sweet home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Drive my car - Beatles (rather funky version)
Teddy Bear - Elvis
Beautiful Day - U2
It's probably me - Sting (slow funk, own version)
Wonderful Tonight - Clapton

We got a very good feedback from the gig and it was a blast to play. The song selection for a gig is based primarily on the expected type of audience and what I know I can sing. (By the way I removed some songs in my mother tongue Swedish that you wouldn't know anyway ). For this gig, they asked us if we could play some AC/DC, but since I know I can't sing that well, we replaced that part with some other raw rock songs and nobody missed the AC/DC songs...

[Phalex]

I'd pay a $5.00 cover to see you play that stuff.