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01-15-2005, 11:33 AM
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Hey there
Anyone sugest the easiest song by The Police to sing.We are getting more pub gigs and need good covers and who doesn'y like the Police.Doesn't necessarily have to be a famous song.Cheers!
Mike
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01-15-2005, 11:50 AM
|  | Markbass fanboy | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Delawhere | | | Assuming your vocalist has a decent high register range, Walking on the Moon is a fairly simple song.
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01-15-2005, 11:52 AM
|  | TalkBass' resident Bongo + Cowbell player | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia, South A | | | My personal favorite is "So Lonely", but undoubtfully the most popular Police song is "Every Breath You Take", which I like a lot too. The first one is difficult because of the register, but the chorus is a crowd pleaser.
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01-15-2005, 11:57 AM
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"driven to tears" is great... it goes over well and not quite so over done. |
01-15-2005, 12:26 PM
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Next to you, Can't stand losing you, etc. Simple, easy, punk-esque. |
01-15-2005, 02:09 PM
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Secret Journey is another cool one without too much of a vocal stretch. |
01-15-2005, 06:16 PM
|  | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | | And, of course, you must play "Da Doo Doo Doo" and "Don't Stand So Close To Me."
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01-15-2005, 09:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: London, England | | Get your Police albums out, sing along and figure out which ones suit you.  |
01-15-2005, 09:33 PM
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hehehe...
actually "Can't Stand Losing You" is fairly easy and is a cool song. i really like "peanuts", "Driven To Tears" and "Shadows in the rain". They aren't too bad if you have a moderately high voice.
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01-15-2005, 09:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oaktown | | | Murder By Numbers is pretty easy to sing, as is When The World Is Running Down. |
01-16-2005, 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Munjibunga And, of course, you must play "Da Doo Doo Doo" and "Don't Stand So Close To Me." | Done for the former!Soo much fun.And thanks everyone so far for helping.Keep them comin
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01-16-2005, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by James Hart "message in a bottle", "spirits in the material world",
"driven to tears" is great... it goes over well and not quite so over done. | Are you kidding me?! I can't play Message In a Bottle with the right groove to save my life, and Spirits In the Material World is downrigh inhuman. That's some scary stuff to try to sing over.
As for me, my personal favorite Police song is I Burn for You - not exactly a show stopper, but it just sounds so nice! Hmmm.... I think Burnt Infant needs to cover that one... |
01-16-2005, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Benjamin Strange Are you kidding me?! I can't play Message In a Bottle with the right groove to save my life, and Spirits In the Material World is downrigh inhuman. That's some scary stuff to try to sing over. | You don't want to hear my drunkin tone deafness voice, but I've been known to grab the mic on "Message in a bottle" LATE in last set.... maybe it's the decades of jamming it, not to difficult for me.
but OK, Spirits' verse is a train wreck 100x over to get right. Once you internalize the bass line, the vocal part is pretty straight... not quite inhuman, but yeah, scary stuff to sing
"Driven to Tears" is still my fav... similar train wreck as Spirits but not as bad. |
01-16-2005, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by James Hart You don't want to hear my drunkin tone deafness voice, but I've been known to grab the mic on "Message in a bottle" LATE in last set.... maybe it's the decades of jamming it, not to difficult for me.
but OK, Spirits' verse is a train wreck 100x over to get right. Once you internalize the bass line, the vocal part is pretty straight... not quite inhuman, but yeah, scary stuff to sing
"Driven to Tears" is still my fav... similar train wreck as Spirits but not as bad. | Phew! For a second there, I thought I was going to have to start up a James Hart worship thread. Now I can go back to my comfortable existence knowing that only Sting can do those parts right. |
01-16-2005, 02:14 PM
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01-16-2005, 02:32 PM
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01-16-2005, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Woodchuck Noone mentioned "When The world is Running Down..."?! You should all be shot! | +1
It's my theme song.......
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01-16-2005, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A. What about "Roxanne"? | it's pretty difficult to sing. well, at least for a baritone like me.
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01-16-2005, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Woodchuck Noone mentioned "When The world is Running Down..."?! You should all be shot! | You try it in my tuning. |
01-16-2005, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by I-Love-Ratm Hey there
Anyone sugest the easiest song by The Police to sing.We are getting more pub gigs and need good covers and who doesn'y like the Police.Doesn't necessarily have to be a famous song.Cheers!
Mike |
Ok, after reading the last few posts, I think we should all re-read the thread starter. The dude is looking for an EASY Police song to sing!  sheesh.
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