Nightclub players - share your set list?

The first set or so will probably go like this tonight;

- Would I Lie to You? - Eurhythmics
- Little L - Jamiroquai (then they usually want another dose of that, so it goes right into......
- Main Vein - Jamiroquai
- Freakshow on the Dance Floor - Bar-Kays
- Dressed Up to Get Messed Up - Lil Ed and the Imperials
- Super Freak - Rick James
- Walk the Dinosaur - Was Not Was
- Lady Marmelade - Labelle (hasn't worn thin yet )

Different crowds, different sets, though. When college people are off, it gets more contemporary.

 

At least you don't have to "The Macerena"

 

That would be time to get a new gig, no doubt.

 

Here is an email I recieved with some of the songs we play, I apologize for the caps, but I did not want to retype the whole thing.


1. Highway to Hell- AC/DC
2. Fight for your Right- BEASTIE BOYS
3. Small Things BLINK 182
4. Old Apartmaent BARENAKED LADIES
5. SONG 2- BLUR
6. Stuck in the middle- STEELER'S WHEEL
7. SUMMER OF 69'- BRYAN ADAMS
8. DAMMIT- BLINK 182
9. All along the watchtower- DAVE MATTHEWS VERSION (A-G-F)
10. Laid-JAMES
11.Talk dirty to me POISON (1/2 STEP UP FROM RECORDING)
12.Shimmer FUEL
13. She-GREEN DAY
14.LIT- MYOWN WORST ENEMY
15.LInKIN PARK- ONE STEP CLOSER (1/2 STEP UP)
16. Limp bizkit- FAITH
17. ROCKIN IN THE FREE WORLD- NEIL YOUNG
18. BETTERMAN-PEARL JAM
19. LAST RESORT-PAP ROACH
20. LITTLE BLACK BACKPACK- STROKE 9
21. MACHINEHEAD- BUSH
22.SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT- NIRVANA
23. KILLING IN THE NAME OF- RAGE
24. LITTLE BLACK BACKPACK- STROKE 9
25. WHAT I GOT- SUBLIME
26.SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO- THE CLASH
27.BREAK ON THROUGH- THE DOORS
28. I WANNA BE SEDATED- RAMONES
29. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU- ROMANTICS
30. KRYPTONITE- 3 DOORS DOWN
31. AMERICAN GIRL- TOM PETTY
32. 867-5309- TOMMY TUTONE
33. GLORIA- VAN MORRISON/DOORS
34. BLISTER IN THE SUN- VIOLENT FEMMES
35. HAShPIPE-WEEZER
36.WANT YOU BAD- OFFSPRING
37. 99 BALLOONS- GOLDFINER
38. Add it up -Violent Femmes
39. Possum Kingdom-Toadies
40. Brian Wilson Barenaked ladies
41. Drowning pool Bodies
42.Foo Fighters Everlong
43. Sum 41 Fatlip
44. Sublime Santeria

 

Here are some that I play and played in various bands:
Them Changes - Buddy Miles & Jimi Hendrix
Lovely Day & Grandma's Hands- Bill Withers
High Times & Journey To Ahrmeland - Jamiroquai
That Girl - Stevie Wonder (Try slapping this one!)
King's Lead Hat - Eno
Guns of Brixton & Spanish Bombs - Clash
Don't Slander Me - Roky Ericson
Proverbial Mindspread - Primus
Riddles Are Abound Tonight - Sausage
Harmony in my Head & Why Can't I Touch It - Buzzcocks
One Day at a Time - Willie Nelson (sped up and rocked out)
Psychologically Overcast - Fishbone
We The People - Groove Collective
Return of the Pimpmobile - Issac Hayes
Dragon Attack - Queen

 

Here is the short version, the rest are usually originals.

Fade to Black - Metallica
Holy Wars - Megadeth
Modernday Cowboy - Tesla
What If - Creed
Domination - Pantera
Lucretia - Megadeth
Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson
Layla - Derek and the Dominoes
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica

Stuff like that.

Mike

 

Here are the set lists from our last gig.. yeah, 4 sets in one night. We've since made this 3 longer sets.

THIS IS THE SUPER COOL EDITED VERSION WITH COMMENTS...

Our crowds are generally 30-something and up.

Set 1
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Down to the Nightclub - Tower of Power
Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat, & Tears
Late In The Evening - Paul Simon
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
Shake Your Tailfeather - Ray Charles
Bahia Funk - Lee Ritenour <--- people love this song for some reason... and it's a pretty obscure tune with no vocals. go figure.
La Grange - ZZ Top <--- always a crowd pleaser
Mambo Swing - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
What is Hip? - Tower of Power <--- well.. people crazy-go-nuts for the Tower tunes, this one especially.

Set 2
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Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel <--- ALWAYS gets a good response, people dancing and singing along
Brick House - Commodores <-- duh.. standard dancable tune. We can play this for 3 days and people would still be dancing to it.
The Letter - Joe Cocker
Gimmie Some Lovin' - Blues Brothers version
Boogie Down - Al Jareau (althought we play it nothing like the original...)
Cruisin' - Smokey Robinson <-- for the ladies... and we always get people slow dancin' to it
Messin' with the Kid - Blues Brothers
Spanish Moon - Little Feat
Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group <-- people go nuts for this
Vehicle - Ides of March

Set 3
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Birdland - Weather Report <--- this always gets a good response, which really surprises me
In The Stone - Earth, Wind, & Fire
Waitin' For The Bus - ZZ Top
Jesus Just Left Chicago - ZZ Top
Souled Out - Tower of Power
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
Hold On, I'm Comin' - Sam & Dave
Goin' Back to Miami - Blues Brothers
Jumpin' Jack - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Hey Bartender - Blues Brothers

Set 4
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Down to the Nightclub - Tower of Power
Come On, Come Over - Jaco Pastorius <-- we played this at a gig in Miami, people were pointing at me and yelling "JACO!!!!" when we got done. Yeah... whatever, I'm no Jaco man.
Drop It In The Slot - Tower of Power
Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band <-- always a crowd pleaser. People like to dance to this.
Gotta Get You Into My Life - Earth, Wind, & Fire arrangement
Go Down Gamblin' - Blood, Sweat, & Tears
Mary Had a Little Lamb - Stevie Ray Vahaugn
Live - Lenny Kravitz
Sweet Home Chicago - Blues Brothers
Get Down Tonight - KC & The Sunshine Band <-- bigtime crowd pleaser, dance tune... same with the next tune
Soul Man - Blues Brothers

 

That would be a fun set list!

From the looks of it, you must have a full horn section.

 

Yep. 9-piece band. Guitar, keys, bass, drummer, lead-singer, 2 saxes, 2 trumpets. One of the sax players switches between bari and tenor, the other sax player switches between tenor and alto. One of the trumpet players will occasionally play flugelhorn as well.

We keep adding more material to the "big ass list of songs we know". Currently, we're working on "Some Skunk Funk" by the Brecker Brothers and "Squib Cakes" & "Give Me The Proof" by Tower of Power.

 

Beermonkey, I'd love to see you guys play. I grew up in an era of large bands with horn sections. To me, THAT'S a band!

 

Its been a long time since my band played covers but when we did these all got good responses:

Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
Come Together - The Beatles
Layla - Clapton unplugged
Break On Through - The Doors
Come As You Are - Nirvana

Im especially proud of our take on Dylans 'Blowin In The Wind' It would be the first song of the set and we would get the spotlight on our singer so the rest of us couldnt be seen. He would strum his acoustic and sing the first verse and chorus, and as the audience was going 'what the...?' we would light the whole stage up and the bass, electric guitar and drums would come in, and we would play an awesome hard rock version. The audience used to go crazy!

 

All the songs we do are listed here www.montiscrew.com , under "songs".

Disclaimor: this is my part time job, my heart and soul belong to The Nerve!. I have nothing to do with the creation or contents of this site. There would be more, and better pictures of me if I did .

 

Rickbass1, I would love to hear you do "Walk the Dinosaur!" That song rules! I always wanted to learn "You Can Call Me Al" -- that bass doodle around the 4:30 or 4:40 mark is awesome!

 

No Woman No Cry Bob Marley
I Shot the Sheriff Eric Clapton
Tears in Heaven " "
Feelin Alright Joe Cocker
Superstition Stevie Wonder
Handyman James Taylor
Fire And Rain "
Whats Goin on Marvin Gaye
Theme from Peter Gunn/ Pink Cadilac
Black Magic Woman Santanna
Smooth "
Evil Ways "
Spain REturn to Forever
Elektric City Chick Corea Elektric Band
Constipated Duck Jeff Beck

 

I just joined a band and this is what we plan on playing for our covers when we gig. I figure one or two per set with the rest originals.

Metallica-One, Master Of Puppets
U2-Sunday Bloody Sunday, With Or Without You
Eagles-Life In The Fast Lane
Matthew Good Band-Hello Time Bomb, Apparitions, and maybe Suburbia
Operation Ivy-Jaded
Green Day-When I Come Around

 

Here's our current song list:
1. Ain’t Too Proud to Beg – Temptations
2. All Shook Up – Paul McCartney
3. American Girl – Tom Petty
4. Back In The U.S.S.R. – The Beatles
5. Before You Accuse Me – Eric Clapton
6. Bitch – Rolling Stones
7. Blues Power – Eric Clapton
8. Burning Sky - Bad Company
9. Cracking Up – Rolling Stones
10. Dead Presidents – J. Geils Band
11. Devil With The Blue Dress/Good Golly Miss Molly – Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
12. D'yer Maker - Led Zeppelin
13. Fool For Your Stockings – ZZ Top
14. Gel - Collective Soul
15. Goin' Down - Jeff Beck
16. Hot Rod Heart - John Fogarty
17. I Shot the Sheriff – Eric Clapton
18. I’m Ready – Muddy Waters
19. I'd Love to Change the World - Ten Years After
20. It All Went Down The Drain – Boz Scaggs
21. It's Only Rock and Roll - Rolling Stones
22. Knock on Wood – Eddie Floyd
23. Listen To Her Heart – Tom Petty
24. Locomotive Breath – Jethro Tull
25. Low Budget – The Kinks
26. Messing With The Kid
27. No Other Baby – Paul McCartney
28. People Get Ready – Jeff Beck/Rod Stewart
29. Pump it Up – Elvis Costello
30. Shaky Ground – Delbert McClinton
31. Sick and Tired – Boz Scaggs
32. Southbound - Allman Brothers
33. Stone Free – Jimi Hendrix
34. Superstition – Stevie Wonder/Jeff Beck/SRV
35. The Authority Song - John Mellencamp
36. The One I Love – REM
37. This Will Be the Last Time – Rolling Stones
38. Too Many Ways – Buddy Guy
39. Too Rolling Stoned – Robin Trower
40. Tore Down - Eric Clapton
41. Travelin’ Light – Eric Clapton
42. Try Not to Cry – Paul McCartney
43. Wang Dang Doodle – Savoy Brown
44. Where Did Our Love Go? – The Supremes (by way of J. Geils)
45. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet - BTO
46. You Can’t Do That – The Beatles
47. Youngblood – Bad Company

 

yeah, a band i played drums in called "Slit Wrist" played a few night club gigs - not for very long, tho HahAHaHha here was our set list.

"F*cked With a Knife" - Cannibal Corpse
"Transfixion" - Meshuggah
"Breathe Out" - Nothingface
"Dodging Bullets" - Pissing Razors
"Her Ghost In The Fog" - Cradle of Filth (i hate drumming to this song. it's hard )

it was just one of those weird re-occurring things how we'd _always_ get boo'ed off one minute into that last song
don't play metal to a crowd of kids pepped up on pills and anxious to dance and screw, men!



~toebee