Who's playing bass on it?

[Ostie]

This is probably a separate thread but here's a list of songs I refuse to play:
Gimme Three Steps
Elvira
Swinging'
Too Fat Polka
Anything by Yoko Ono

I actually don't mind Mustang Sally, and it's a crowd pleaser, so why not? Not sure about Love Grows where Rosemary Goes. Depends on how much goes in the tip jar, I guess....

 

[azureblue]

a band I was in took much delight in messing with the standards - Like Mustang Sally, which we figured out we could play "Poppa's Got a Brand New Bag" but with the Mustang Sally chords and lyrics. Stairway became a Sinatra style jazz tune. etc.

 

[Pdaddy1978]

Just rattle the tip jar at them.......

 

[Hahaha]

A few times I've joked that we should play a song really fast so we can get to the end sooner.

 

[Beej]

This is probably a separate thread but here's a list of songs I refuse to play:
Gimme Three Steps
Elvira
Swinging'
Too Fat Polka
Anything by Yoko Ono

I actually don't mind Mustang Sally, and it's a crowd pleaser, so why not? Not sure about Love Grows where Rosemary Goes. Depends on how much goes in the tip jar, I guess....

Elvira, LOL gawd pleeze no...

 

[2saddleslab]

It usually goes like this: [audience member] "how about some Eagles?" BL points at me and says "his contract says no Eagles." My response is a quote from The Big Lebowski.

 

[Warpeg]

When a band member offers an idea that I do not like, I usually come back with a sarcastic, "Okay. Cool. Does anyone have an idea that isn't terrible and worthy of shame?" Works every time.

 

[JimmyM]

I've never been too picky on the job. I've always been more likely to ask "what's it pay" than "who's playing bass"

If you got more picky on the job and used "What's it pay?" the way I use "Who's playing bass on it?" then you could be as passive aggressive as me!

This thread could use more of it. Most replies aren't PA in the least. Some are downright aggressive. That doesn't make anyone deflate, and that's half the fun. Anyone can get someone else angry. But to make someone deflate right in front of you, that's a gift from God.

 

[Richland123]

Not a typical thread with that title. Not asking who played on what song. This is serious gigging stuff.

"Who's playing bass on it?" was my signature statement of utter disdain when someone suggested doing a cover song I hated. Never said it when playing any original tunes, but used to say it plenty when a suggested cover was what I deemed a piece of crap. Passive aggressive to the breaking point, but it was fun to say, especially if someone was really excited about doing a song I hated. Watching them deflate was fun!

I'd only rate it about 65% effective. Worked a lot in the older days, but when I was making decent money on gigs, it worked a lot less. I got used to it but I sure have had to play some crap because of it. I got paid but it wasn't easy to play "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes" only because the drummer had a girlfriend who told him she loved it.

In the past couple years, the bands I was working with actually did cool songs for their genres, and it's been a year since I did my last gig. So for the past 2 1/4 years, I have nobody to ask "Who's playing bass on it?"

I miss being able to say it but I miss the reasons why I had to say it way less. And I have other jokes. And that's what she said.

She really did say that. I promise!

My last band covered "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes" and it went over very well. We were a 3 piece guitar, bass, and drums band. I doctored up the bass lines and added things to it to make it fuller and more interesting to play. Plus, I had to sing the high harmony parts. If you ever heard The Grass Roots cover of that song, the bass lines are even more simplistic than the Edison Lighthouse (a bunch of studio musicians) version.

 

[JimmyM]

My last band covered "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes" and it went over very well. We were a 3 piece guitar, bass, and drums band. I doctored up the bass lines and added things to it to make it fuller and more interesting to play. Plus, I had to sing the high harmony parts. If you ever heard The Grass Roots cover of that song, the bass lines are even more simplistic than the Edison Lighthouse (a bunch of studio musicians) version.

That's nice.



Yes, it does fill the dance floor. Yes it's catchy. But when I play it, I can feel testosterone leaking out of my body at a rapid pace.

 

[2saddleslab]

That's nice.



Yes, it does fill the dance floor. Yes it's catchy. But when I play it, I can feel testosterone leaking out of my body at a rapid pace.

Now that's funny!

 

[Richland123]

That's nice.



Yes, it does fill the dance floor. Yes it's catchy. But when I play it, I can feel testosterone leaking out of my body at a rapid pace.

That is hilarious!

I just found that "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" was originally recorded by British singer Geoffrey Turton under the name Jefferson but it was not released.

 

[jdthebassman]

I play in a full time wedding GB band and get requests all the time for music I dont care for. I approach it a different way by going in with an open mind and realize that we are there to entertain and make the bride and grooms big day special. We play everything from lap top music ( 4 chords going on and on) to stuff our parents liked. I get satisfaction knowing we did our job and made the clients happy and hopefully we will get some other clients.

 

[LBS-bass]

That's nice.



Yes, it does fill the dance floor. Yes it's catchy. But when I play it, I can feel testosterone leaking out of my body at a rapid pace.

That's kind of a weird response to a song where the entire chorus is about an erection. Am I allowed to say that here?

 

[Spidey2112]

That's kind of a weird response to a song where the entire chorus is about an erection. Am I allowed to say that here?

I shrink so.

 

[Rich Fiscus]

If you got more picky on the job and used "What's it pay?" the way I use "Who's playing bass on it?" then you could be as passive aggressive as me!

This thread could use more of it. Most replies aren't PA in the least. Some are downright aggressive. That doesn't make anyone deflate, and that's half the fun. Anyone can get someone else angry. But to make someone deflate right in front of you, that's a gift from God.

A guitarist who wanted me to join his band (of forever basement jammers) suggested we could play some Metallica. I asked him "For who?" The conversation just sort of died there.

A favorite in one band where the singer liked to pick oddball songs was "Show me how you dance to that."

 

[DaveDeVille]

"Who's playing bass on it?" was my signature statement of utter disdain when someone suggested doing a cover song I hated. Never said it when playing any original tunes, but used to say it plenty when a suggested cover was what I deemed a piece of crap. Passive aggressive to the breaking point, but it was fun to say, especially if someone was really excited about doing a song I hated. Watching them deflate was fun!

I'd only rate it about 65% effective. Worked a lot in the older days, but when I was making decent money on gigs, it worked a lot less. I got used to it but I sure have had to play some crap because of it. I got paid but it wasn't easy to play "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes" only because the drummer had a girlfriend who told him she loved it.

 

[BucketOfFish]

Elvira, LOL gawd pleeze no...

Try Elvira as an instrumental with a 13 piece big band. It gets the old folks moving...right on out the door. Very cringeworthy but, thankfully, none of my friends are there to witness and it doesn't last forever.
Next up, American Patrol, then Jada! I guess one had to be there when the last two songs first aired on the radio.