Members Vito Corleone Posted March 27, 2013 Members Share Posted March 27, 2013 We were looking for a new song to anchor a dance medley at rehearsal yesterday and this one came up so we started messing around with it. Sounded great---the new singer nails Rihanna, and both girls sounded great on it together--and while I'm thinking this one should work well, I'm wondering if it being a few years old has put it "off the radar" (although it seems I still hear it on the radio quite a bit.)Also, does anyone do the obvious thing and do more of "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" besides just the bit already in the Rihanna tune? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Old Fart Rocker Posted March 27, 2013 Members Share Posted March 27, 2013 This tune has been on our radar, but we haven't got to it yet. I think it will go over pretty good. Still gets plenty of airplay and seems to be on the DJ rotation. We really don't do any medleys or mashups, but I think the song will go over either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted March 27, 2013 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2013 Old Fart Rocker wrote: We really don't do any medleys or mashups, I really like doing do medleys when dealing with the modern pop stuff. It's so easy to find a bunch of them that have a similar beat/tempo and most start to get kinda boring after a chorus-verse-chorus anyway. We get much better response out of doing 5-6 of these songs in 8-10 minutes than we do with only playing 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted March 28, 2013 Author Members Share Posted March 28, 2013 Yeah of course. But what else is new? That's been the story with pop/rock music for the last 60 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members modulusman Posted March 28, 2013 Members Share Posted March 28, 2013 guido61 wrote: Yeah of course. But what else is new? That's been the story with pop/rock music for the last 60 years. Yeah but it is seams alot more common now days. Someone posted this on face book the other day. http://pandawhale.com/post/10596/freddie-mercury-vs-beyonce pretty much somes it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted March 28, 2013 Author Members Share Posted March 28, 2013 Because every pop artist in the 70s was Freddie Mercury and every single released was Bohemian Rhapsody? Hardly. And yes, it'd be just as easy to put together a 50s rock or Motown or 80s rock medley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted March 28, 2013 Members Share Posted March 28, 2013 guido61 wrote: And yes, it'd be just as easy to put together a 50s rock or Motown or 80s rock medley. Speaking of Mercury, we have a "sort of" 50s rock medley that gets a BIG reaction every time we play it. its not all 50s rock but it all has that "feel" we call it- "The Crazy Little Medley" Crazy Little Thing called love Run around Sue Only the good die young Wake Me Up (before you go-go) Build me up buttercup Shout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sweatpat Posted March 28, 2013 Members Share Posted March 28, 2013 Originality can be overrated. Currently working on an obvious superfreak/can't touch this medley that I am pretty sure is can't miss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted March 28, 2013 Members Share Posted March 28, 2013 sweatpat wrote: Originality can be overrated. Currently working on an obvious superfreak/can't touch this medley that I am pretty sure is can't miss! did you play in my last band? LOL we did this for years. It worked very well with our crowd! Actually we did a Brick house-superfreak-cant touch this-superfreak medley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted March 28, 2013 Author Members Share Posted March 28, 2013 sweatpat wrote: Originality can be overrated. Currently working on an obvious superfreak/can't touch this medley that I am pretty sure is can't miss! When in doubt, keep things simple.One thing I always try to keep in everyone's mind when we're working out these medleys and mashups is the need to make sure the audience is going to go along for the ride. Especially with my band, which isn't playing for repeat audiences much that can "learn" our arrangements. A good medley or mashup is like telling a story, and if the audience loses track of where you are with it, you've lost them. It's tempting sometimes to get too clever with the arrangements and if the audience doesn't know what the hell you just did, then what's the point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sweatpat Posted March 28, 2013 Members Share Posted March 28, 2013 Ooooh already doing brick house, definitely adding it to the medley! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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