Members steve mac Posted January 8, 2015 Members Share Posted January 8, 2015 I am sure that I am, like most here, in that if a gig is in need of an injection of audience participation, I have a bunch of songs I can go to that will all but guarantee the crowd joining in by singing along, I am thinking about songs like HighHo Silver Lining etc. but what I don't have is songs to encourage folk to get up on their feet and have a dance. I am not precious about using BTs or a looper, stomper etc. and would love to include a "drunken woman who should know better" encouragement section in my set. Any and all suggestions gratefully recieved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted January 9, 2015 Members Share Posted January 9, 2015 Puzzled. You want a song about the woman, or the woman herself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted January 9, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 9, 2015 No, I think what he wants is something like 'Mustang Sally', where every drunken woman in the room will not only get up and slosh around the dance floor, but also sing the 'Ride Sally, Ride' parts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve mac Posted January 9, 2015 Author Members Share Posted January 9, 2015 It's just that although I am all about audience participation in relation to singing along, positive heckles etc. and I do get the odd (very odd) person or two getting up and jigging about to my songs, I don't have any in my set where I would expect this behavior and I would like some. Preferably sixties or early seventies but would consider any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted January 9, 2015 Members Share Posted January 9, 2015 simple... all you need is a musician that plays drums... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shaster Posted January 10, 2015 Members Share Posted January 10, 2015 I'm not sure about solo guitar, danceable stuff but Brown Eyed Girl and Mustang Sally almost always work with a drummer or beat box. Sweet Caroline is the official anthem of drunk women the world over - well maybe not in countries where they don't allow alcohol - or women... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted January 10, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 10, 2015 Try "I Am Woman"... Songs I have seen the type of reaction you are looking for [singalong]: Chain of Fools, 'R-E-S-P-E-C-T', Mustang Sally... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted January 10, 2015 Members Share Posted January 10, 2015 I wasn't being facetious... people don't dance to songs, they dance to drums... i can play guitar all night long and get the occasional dancer... then pick up a djembe, with the same crowd, and get them up on their feet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted January 10, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 10, 2015 well, obviously, you need a beat to dance to...unless you're a drunk middle aged woman... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted January 10, 2015 Members Share Posted January 10, 2015 and the best rendition of I am woman, that I have yet heard, was by a huge brute of a pianist I have worked with off and on, forever... drunk and disorderly at a local watering hole... the hilarity was monumental... pick any page at random and then just put your finger down and that's the song I'll sing... some memories are priceless... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members senorblues Posted January 12, 2015 Members Share Posted January 12, 2015 I saw a group recently where a vocalist and singer were joined by another guitar and bass. Dancers got up immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted January 12, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 12, 2015 a vocalist and a singer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members senorblues Posted January 12, 2015 Members Share Posted January 12, 2015 A vocalist and a guitar player . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted January 12, 2015 Members Share Posted January 12, 2015 No singer, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted January 12, 2015 Members Share Posted January 12, 2015 For our group, "Old Time Rock And Roll", "Happy", "Love Shack", "Mustang Sally", "Oh! Pretty Woman", "Electric Boogie", "Blurred Lines", "Takin' Care Of Business" will get them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted January 12, 2015 Members Share Posted January 12, 2015 I saw a group recently where a vocalist and singer were joined by another guitar and bass. Dancers got up immediately. ive played for the same bunch of drunks before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members moogerfooger Posted January 23, 2015 Members Share Posted January 23, 2015 No singer, then? perhaps the vocalist doubled as a singer. : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members senorblues Posted January 23, 2015 Members Share Posted January 23, 2015 I was hoping to find another useful synonym to further confuse things, but this is all I got, courtesy wikipedia. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer orvocalist. Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in a group of other musicians, such as in a choir of singers with different voice ranges, or in an ensemble with instrumentalists, such as a rock group or baroque ensemble or as a soloist In many respects human song is a form of sustained speech, and nearly anyone able to speak can also sing. Singing can be formal or informal, arranged or improvised. It may be done for pleasure, comfort, ritual, education, or profit. Excellence in singing may require time, dedication, instruction, and regular practice. If practice is done on a regular basis then the sounds are said to be more clear and strong.[1] Professional singers usually build their careers around one specific musical genre, such as classical or rock. They typically take voice training provided by voice teachers or vocal coaches throughout their careers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted January 23, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 23, 2015 well, anyone can be a singer [even a sewing machine!], but you gotta be special to call yerself a vocalist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members senorblues Posted January 24, 2015 Members Share Posted January 24, 2015 well, anyone can be a singer [even a sewing machine!], but you gotta be special to call yerself a vocalist! I think that's true. Anybody can sing, but we often see "vocalist" used as a chair in a band, as in "piano", trumpet", "vocals" (or "vocalist"), etc. There . . . that settles it. ( yeah, fat chance. You could easily site the Beatles . . . . "Molly is the singer in the band". But that's a syllables issue.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members STM86 Posted February 18, 2015 Members Share Posted February 18, 2015 Footloose works great, Wake Me Up Before You Go Go... I'm stuck. But a few things like that to set that tone, and then your upbeat singalongs become dance floor numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted February 18, 2015 Members Share Posted February 18, 2015 Used to be -- almost anything by the Rolling Stones. Don't know if that works anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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