Members Vito Corleone Posted October 26, 2012 Members Share Posted October 26, 2012 For us.... ...at weddings we usually start with "Celebration". Obvious. At "dance party" events it's usually "Boogie Oogie Oogie". Easily recognizable to most age groups and a good dance-floor filler without being too raucous or jarring for their ears. Plus the arrangement is a good one for the sound guy to get the mix happening. If it's a more rockin' or concert-type event, we'll usually start with either "Heartbreaker" or "Raise Your Glass" depending on the general age of the audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted October 26, 2012 Members Share Posted October 26, 2012 if its an early gig we start with something a bit mellower like Margaritaville, what I got, or Home by philip Phillips or something like that. If its a later start (9 or 9:30) depending on the crowd/place we may still open with something mellower or just something straight and non-cheesy/goofy like recently we have been doing one of these: * Hey Jealousy/Two princes * Drive-by * Animal/everybody talks *Inside Out/ What I Got * Laid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THX1138 Posted October 26, 2012 Members Share Posted October 26, 2012 Still of the Night - Whitesnake, Dr Feelgood - Crue, Love Removal Machine - The Cult, I Don't Wanna Stop - Ozzy.... all been standard openers for us. Ours is a straight rock deal, always. Prefer to set the tone from the get go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FitchFY Posted October 26, 2012 Members Share Posted October 26, 2012 We're a straight up rock cover band, going on about 9:30. We still start on the quieter side of our set most of the time, though: Black Crowes - "Hard to Handle" Spin Doctors - "Two Princes" Jet - "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" Lenny Kravitz - "Are You Gonna Go My Way" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimiv Posted October 26, 2012 Members Share Posted October 26, 2012 Here are the setlists for the next two gigs, a Halloween Party and a wedding. In both instances, an older crowd will be there so the first set will have more of the older classic rock than the middle set. Almost always start off with the first ones listed below except for weddings, the only change is Walkin on Sunshine is moved up to first with Smooth second. Set I 9:00 Hit Me with your best shot Smooth Jessies Girl Are You Gonna go My Way Jenny Jenny Bad Case of Lovin You Old Time Rock and Roll Hold On Loosely Hard To Handle I love Rock and Roll Honky Tonk Woman You Shook Me All Night Long Set II 10:30 Jump Workin For the Weekend Just Dance Billie Jean Don't Stop Believing Brickhouse Rebel Yell Rock N Roll Sweet Child of Mine Just Like Heaven Beat It Play that Funky Music Anyway you want it Your Love Firework Set III 12:10 Every Rose Has It's Thorn Pour some sugar on me Respect Walking On Sunshine Sharp Dressed Man Summer of 69 * R & R All Night Long Walk This Way What I like abt U/Medley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted October 26, 2012 Members Share Posted October 26, 2012 varies every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stdio Posted October 26, 2012 Members Share Posted October 26, 2012 Living After Midnight works great for us in our genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted October 27, 2012 Members Share Posted October 27, 2012 Originally Posted by stdio Living After Midnight works great for us in our genre. we used to always open our last set with it back when we played it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted October 27, 2012 Members Share Posted October 27, 2012 Lots of times we start with a Gear Daddies song (TIME HEALS or STUPID BOY) since they are still really popular around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 55fmj Posted October 27, 2012 Members Share Posted October 27, 2012 We are a country band with a somewhat "different" sound than the typical country bands in our area. Many times we start out with an old Waylon Jennings song called " Lonesome, Onry and Mean". It has a good driving beat with an attitude. Other times we will start with "Redneck Girl" or a more milder song like "some Beach." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Potts Posted October 28, 2012 Members Share Posted October 28, 2012 I have no idea why, but I seem to gravitate to 3AM by Matchbox for younger crowds or Slip Sliding Away for older crowds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpaceNorman Posted October 28, 2012 Members Share Posted October 28, 2012 Depends on the gig ... but in general, for bar gigs - we open with something on the "lighter" side of the list. More often than not we're starting as the crowd is transitioning from being a dinner crowd to being a drinking/dancing crowd. Start out too hard - and the dinner crowd tends to bolt. A couple of middle of the road tunes ... and we're up to speed. If the drinking/dancing crowd is there waiting for us to start ... we'll come out with both barrels blazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kmart Posted October 28, 2012 Members Share Posted October 28, 2012 Varies by gig. Last night it was Don't Change by INXS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jw10 Posted October 28, 2012 Members Share Posted October 28, 2012 i got mine-black keys no reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members n9ne Posted October 28, 2012 Members Share Posted October 28, 2012 For one band, it's usually The Killers' When You Were Young. We open with it because it's a pretty good opener, but whenever we tried putting anywhere else in the set, it never felt like a good fit. So it's kinda become our opener by default. For my other band, it's usually Nothin' But a Good Time. We like to open with a good, uptempo rocker, and it features a decent amount of backing vocals, for fine-tuning the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted October 28, 2012 Members Share Posted October 28, 2012 Originally Posted by Potts I have no idea why, but I seem to gravitate to 3AM by Matchbox for younger crowds or Slip Sliding Away for older crowds... 3AM is a really good opener! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted October 28, 2012 Members Share Posted October 28, 2012 about 6 months ago we usued to open with a medley that had 3am in it. Remedy- jason Mraz>>Hey Girl-OAR>>3AM-MB20 maybe we should bring it back for a few shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roamingbard13 Posted October 28, 2012 Members Share Posted October 28, 2012 We used to open with 3AM every show...good dynamics for us, and it allowed us to hone in our mix because everyone sings in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roamingbard13 Posted October 28, 2012 Members Share Posted October 28, 2012 We used to open with 3AM every show...good dynamics for us, and it allowed us to hone in our mix because everyone sings in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stratotastic Posted October 30, 2012 Members Share Posted October 30, 2012 Who Says You Can't Go Home - Bovi. Local band, and good soundcheck tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim_7string Posted October 30, 2012 Members Share Posted October 30, 2012 Originally Posted by n9ne For one band, it's usually The Killers' When You Were Young. We open with it because it's a pretty good opener, but whenever we tried putting anywhere else in the set, it never felt like a good fit. So it's kinda become our opener by default.For my other band, it's usually Nothin' But a Good Time. We like to open with a good, uptempo rocker, and it features a decent amount of backing vocals, for fine-tuning the mix. I might try putting that song by The Killers' in front. We do that one too, but it always seems to go nowhere fast. Maybe if we started the night with it, the response will be different. "Nothing But A Good Time" would be a great opener. My impression of a band that would start with that song is that of a decent rock band and that I'll be hearing a good night of solid rock tunes. Unfortunately, I don't think our band would get hired in a lot of the places we play if we just played rock all night long. Most of the bar owners I called lost interest when I told them we're a rock band until I mentioned that we do some country as well. It's just the way it is in our little bar circuit. Maybe if we played different places, we could flex our wings and be more rock (which is essentially what the three of us are, rock/hard rock/metal guys).Most of the time, we've been starting with "Memphis" (Johnny Rivers style). It's kind of deceptive, because people then think we're a mellower band, but we'll gradually amp things up throughout the night, closing with Judas Priest and Poison. I like to start with it because it's easy on my vocals which I need to warm up with for a few songs. I might start with "Tired Of Waiting For You" from now on (which we just learned), since that song is perfect for my vocal range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members New Trail Posted October 30, 2012 Members Share Posted October 30, 2012 We've been starting set 1 with "Cissy Strut" (John Mayer version). It's our only instrumental, and it kinda eases us into the set, and lets our lead singer go out front and be sure the mix is okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twostone Posted October 30, 2012 Members Share Posted October 30, 2012 "Machine Head" Bush"Loser" 3 Doors Down "TNT" AC/DCWhich are no brianers for us to warm up being we really don't have to think about the songs unlike doing Zack Wylde's Pride and Glory "Losing my mine" which drummer still have a slight prolem with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted October 31, 2012 Members Share Posted October 31, 2012 We've opened a lot of gigs with Allison Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FitchFY Posted October 31, 2012 Members Share Posted October 31, 2012 Originally Posted by twostone Which are no brianers for us to warm up being we really don't have to think about the songs unlike doing Zack Wylde's Pride and Glory "Losing my mine" which drummer still have a slight prolem with. That is a GREAT song... what's the drummer's problem with it? Pretty straight ahead if I recall. Brian Tichy laid some great beats in that band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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