Members jkg Posted March 30, 2008 Members Share Posted March 30, 2008 Can you help me choosing some classic rock songs for a woman singer???? I already have: Heartbreaker- Pat benatarCrazy on you/ barracuda- HeartZombie-cranberries (not too classic)Piece of my heart- Janisi love Rock and roll/ Bad reputation/ hate myself for loving you- Joan Jett Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreenAsJade Posted March 30, 2008 Members Share Posted March 30, 2008 Hit Me With Your Best Stuff (Pat Benatar) Black Velvet (Alanah Myles (not exactly classic rock, but ...) Bring Me Some Water (Melissa Etheridge ... hmm again, is that rock or what is it?) Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (Fleetwood Mac) Gold Dust Woman (Fleetwood Mac, but listent to Hole version to get a whole new take ) Walking On Sunshine (Dang, is that classic rock or somefink else?!) Hey! What's "classic rock"?! GaJ (Zombie is a classic in its own time ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 12Pack Posted March 30, 2008 Members Share Posted March 30, 2008 Our female singer does: Eagles - Take It Easy - Heart Ache Tonight Fleetwood Mac - Landslide Janis - Want Somebody To Love Lynard Skynard - Sweet Home Alabama I wouldn't limit to just female songs - It's pretty cool when she does songs known by male singers and covers them too. I guess it depends on what your looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smitty0069 Posted March 30, 2008 Members Share Posted March 30, 2008 Personally.....I wouldn't limit myself to just classic rock, or songs from woman singers only. There is a couple local bands w/ woman singers & they're doing some Zepplin, Journey, GnR, etc. for bands w/ male singers as well as popular country, rock, top40, etc., etc., from woman singers & they're all incredibly popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members way2fat Posted March 30, 2008 Members Share Posted March 30, 2008 Somebody to Love, White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane White Bird - It's a Beautiful Day Listen, My Friend - Moby Grape Look at the Wood - Grace Slick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axepilot Posted March 30, 2008 Members Share Posted March 30, 2008 Plenty of great Heart tunes for the choosing if she has the chops................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dezmoduo Posted March 30, 2008 Members Share Posted March 30, 2008 Don't limit a good female vocal to just the gurl songs. If shes comfortable enough to tacke the guy hits she should go for it. Many, many songs are not gender specific, songs about love, heartbreak, lust, what ever. Its the same story just being told by a woman and not a man. SOmetimes that shift of gender, puts a great new twist on a classic song.I always wanted our vocalist to do "What is and should never be" (zep) Starting off all coy and quiet like, then crashing into the chourus full steam ahead.... Have fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MickeyKeys Posted March 31, 2008 Members Share Posted March 31, 2008 Don't limit a good female vocal to just the gurl songs. If shes comfortable enough to tacke the guy hits she should go for it. Many, many songs are not gender specific, songs about love, heartbreak, lust, what ever. Its the same story just being told by a woman and not a man. SOmetimes that shift of gender, puts a great new twist on a classic song. Hell yes. A couple that I used to back a female on were: Hot LegsYou Shook Me (All Night Long) I was never a particular fan of them, but they NEVER tanked, and she kicked major butt on 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted March 31, 2008 Moderators Share Posted March 31, 2008 Avoid Black Velvet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3red Posted March 31, 2008 Members Share Posted March 31, 2008 AC/DC by the sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators BATCAT Posted March 31, 2008 Moderators Share Posted March 31, 2008 How about some Pretenders? Joan Jett? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cherri Posted March 31, 2008 Members Share Posted March 31, 2008 Bring Me Some Water (Melissa Etheridge ... hmm again, is that rock or what is it?) Rock or not, we did it last weekend and it went over fantastic. I'm always on the lookout for 12 string tunes to play. Joan Jett? Her cover of "Everyday People" is fun to play. A suggestion (just my opinion): don't have your vocalist do vocal gymnastics on every song. It creates aural overload for the audience. Sometimes the softer bits are more emotive (and tougher to pull off well) than belting. Try Dog & Butterfly instead of Magic Man. Then back to a rocking dance tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dparr Posted March 31, 2008 Members Share Posted March 31, 2008 Baby It's You - A Group Called Smith [YOUTUBE]hCD5GpmFHUg[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members S.L.B. Posted March 31, 2008 Members Share Posted March 31, 2008 Can you help me choosing some classic rock songs for a woman singer????I already have:Heartbreaker- Pat benatarCrazy on you/ barracuda- HeartZombie-cranberries (not too classic)Piece of my heart- Janisi love Rock and roll/ Bad reputation/ hate myself for loving you- Joan JettThanks guys You're No Good - Linda Rondstat is a good cover I've done in the past. Like the Way I do, by Mellissa Etheridge is killer. White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane works sometimes too. Just find whatever songs she sings well and do them guy vocal or girl.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jkg Posted April 2, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 2, 2008 thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members b1ackie Posted April 2, 2008 Members Share Posted April 2, 2008 My wife ( keyboard /vocals) killed them on the weekend with Midnight Special, (John Fogarty version)These Boots ( out into the crowd with long, tall black boots and attitude) and Sharp Dressed Man, where she nabbed some poorly-dressed sucker and got him up into a cape, a cane, and top-hat. She got him to strut around which was a big hit with the ladies. Crowds love this stuff. She also did, Poison Ivy (always big) and Whiter Shade of Pale. Be creative ( skip the girl stuff) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OverdrivenEL34s Posted April 3, 2008 Members Share Posted April 3, 2008 heart: white lightning and wine, crazy on you, barracuda, magic man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted April 4, 2008 Members Share Posted April 4, 2008 "Middle of the Road" by the Pretenders always goes over great when my band plays it, and we don't even have a female vocalist. Works best if you have a harmonica player, though. If you're playing for crowds that like 80's stuff, try the GoGos and the Bangles (their version of Hazy Shade of Winter rocks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members F.D. Neighbors Posted April 5, 2008 Members Share Posted April 5, 2008 I played with a chick who could flat out nail Geddy Lee's voice. There is alot of kick ass old Rush tunes out there!You could even try Judas priest if you are in that same range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChordGirl Posted April 5, 2008 Members Share Posted April 5, 2008 I'd ask yourself the opposite question: Which songs could a woman absolutely not get away with singing? (Assuming she's a rocker) I don't recommend 'Killing in the name of,' although there's probably some woman out there who could get away with it. I do Mother's Little Helper and Life ain't so {censored}ty (blind melon), but only for selected audiences. I wouldn't feel comfortable doing those songs at the brewaries/wineries, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scafeets Posted April 5, 2008 Members Share Posted April 5, 2008 Wow...Just looked over our list and realized that our female singer has been largely responsible for the new stuff, while the male singer does more classic rock. She does do a few classics, but they're not really "girl singer" songs:Hard To HandleAddicted To LoveUse MeTumblin' DicePoor Poor Pitiful MeI Want You To Want MeDancin' With MySelf ..although Linda Ronstadt, Lindsey Lohan and the Donnas have done a bunch of these too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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