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Songs you refuse to learn...
- Thread starter glocke1
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Any song with just root notes. Not meaning to sound arrogant pr anything, but I happen to have a shred of musical self-respect.
I always thought the guys in America were the poorest lyric writers in all of rock history, so I have never given it much thought.
I figured it just fit the rhyme scheme.
Are you saying it DOES mean something?
Because it feels like they took Jackson Browne style lyrics, put them to a George Harrison style song, and had a big hit, while they laughed all the way to the bank.
I have considerable doubt that ANY song by this band means anything at all.
I told my band when they asked me to join up that I would rather set my bass on fire than play a Bon Jovi song. Being from the Jersey Shore, I find Bon Jovi an embarrassment. I know, most people find this unreasonable and perhaps even unprofessional. Too bad, that is my one unbreakable rule. My wife and I have a tradition, we'll stay at a bar or club all night if we like it there, but whether we've been there for three hours or three seconds, when Bon Jovi comes on we're outta there.
The best musicians I've worked with have never objected to learning any song. The mediocre ones have always been vehement about what they will and will not learn (e.g., "I'll never play a country song!").
...And you would be correct. It was gibberish, and very little effort was put into making any sense lyrically. The assumption was that the zeitgeist of the era would provide "deep meaning" to the gibberish for any listeners that really wanted to find it.
Anyone remember when Kate from "Petticoat Junction" sang "Mares Eat Oats" in the Beatnic club? Same thing.
I won't play the most over-rated over-played song in the world (well, my world), ie The Song That Shall Not Be Named (Hint: it's not allowed to be played in many guitar shops. That which was denied in "Wayne's World"). Even if it's a firing offense... fine, fire me or I'll quit.
There's a few others I'd refuse to play, but might if it risked getting fired. Childish, selfish, unprofessional or whatever. I've played a lot of stuff others aren't willing to... Wagon Wheel, Mustang Sally, Brown Eyed Girl etc. No problemo. I play songs I don't like, I do what is asked of me, but for one song out of millions isn't too bad.
There's a few others I'd refuse to play, but might if it risked getting fired. Childish, selfish, unprofessional or whatever. I've played a lot of stuff others aren't willing to... Wagon Wheel, Mustang Sally, Brown Eyed Girl etc. No problemo. I play songs I don't like, I do what is asked of me, but for one song out of millions isn't too bad.
Fat Steve
The poodle bites, the poodle chews it.
So if you can't stand a tune you're obviously a hack? Got it. I'll remember that next time you guys rag on metal.
Missing the point by a mile.
This has nothing to do with what you like. This thread is refusing to learn a song.
Missing the point by a mile.
This has nothing to do with what you like. This thread is refusing to learn a song.
perhaps you should go back and read this page.
I didn't miss a beat.
Sober up and post again. 
Nothing you posted has anything to do with liking a song, it has to do with refusing to play a song.
Nothing you posted has anything to do with liking a song, it has to do with refusing to play a song.
Sober up and post again.
because we generally refuse to play songs because we love them?
I'm not too cool with taking the time and effort to learn songs that are going to send audience members to the restroom or out to the parking lot to smoke or leave. I'd rather invest my precious time and energy in learning material designed to do just the opposite, keep them in the bar, on the dance floor, and purchasing the products the venue needs to sell to stay afloat and keep booking and paying me to play music.
So, in that scenario, there are a lot of songs I would refuse to learn and play.
So, in that scenario, there are a lot of songs I would refuse to learn and play.
