Members New Trail Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 For us it's "Everybody Talks" by Neon Trees, "Forget You" by Cee-Lo, "She's so Mean" by Matchbox Twenty & "Dynamite" by Taio Cruz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 These work well with our crowd. YMMV Dynamite - Taio Cruz Tonight Tonight - Hot Chelle Rae Raise Your Glass - Pink Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO Calle Ocho - Pitbull Give Me Everything - Pitbull Good Feeling - Flo Rida She's So Mean - Matchbox Twenty What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction Everybody Talks - Neon Trees Drive By - Train Whistle - Flo Rida These are what we are working on for next gig: Die Young- Kesha Live Like We're Young- One Direction Good Time- Owl City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarguy19 Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 Everybody Talks - Neon Trees (also Animal we bring back every once in a while) Forget You - Cee Lo Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 Lonely Boy - Black Keys We Are Young - Fun Working on: Locked Out of Heaven - Bruno Mars Too Close - Alex Clare Jeff...One Direction huh? Interesting. Do those 12 year olds go over in the clubs??? Live While We're Young actually seems like a good choice for a club considering the lyrics and the sing-along style "oh oh oh's" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 Originally Posted by guitarguy19 Jeff...One Direction huh? Interesting. Do those 12 year olds go over in the clubs??? Live While We're Young actually seems like a good choice for a club considering the lyrics and the sing-along style "oh oh oh's" We've been doing What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction since the summer and it works well with our crowd. Yep, I was surprised too! That's why I don't knock anything anymore. If someone brings in a song they want to do we'll give it a shot- if it works it stays, if not its GONE! We all give it a lot of thought before we suggest something, we think about how our crowd will react and we don't think selfishly about the songs we want to play- (otherwise our singer would want to do Periphery tunes! HA!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarguy19 Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 Originally Posted by jeff42 We've been doing What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction since the summer and it works well with our crowd. Yep, I was surprised too! That's why I don't knock anything anymore. If someone brings in a song they want to do we'll give it a shot- if it works it stays, if not its GONE! We all give it a lot of thought before we suggest something, we think about how our crowd will react and we don't think selfishly about the songs we want to play- (otherwise our singer would want to do Periphery tunes! HA!) I hear you loud and clear. As far as we've come, and don't get me wrong we're playing songs now that we NEVER would've played a year ago, I still get the looks (and the responses) of..."ooh...really? That song? It's so gay. Come on. Blah blah blah." Not from everyone in the band, and not every song. Just some of us, some of the time.We still haven't TOTALLY dropped that dumbass attitude. Somehow, and it boggles my mind, but only certain cheesy lame songs are OK. We can do Take on Me or Don't You Want Me Baby, and those songs are somehow cool because they're 80s cheese. But Sexyback or I Like It by that douche Enrique Iglasias...that is somehow off limits because they're just too lame. And apparently Jessie's Girl is some remarkable musical acheievement. I just don't get it. Like I said we've come a long way and we're way out of the box we used to be in. But if we could (and I think we will eventually) just drop that attitude altogether, we'd be so much better off. It took me 3 months to finally get everyone to do We Are Young...now it kills. I'm not saying my song selections are ALWAYS spot on...but it's a wonder we all just don't go into EVERY selection with an open mind already. You never know what'll work sometimes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 Originally Posted by guitarguy19 We still haven't TOTALLY dropped that dumbass attitude. Somehow, and it boggles my mind, but only certain cheesy lame songs are OK. We can do Take on Me or Don't You Want Me Baby, and those songs are somehow cool because they're 80s cheese. But Sexyback or I Like It by that douche Enrique Iglasias...that is somehow off limits because they're just too lame. And apparently Jessie's Girl is some remarkable musical acheievement. I just don't get it. This went on for years with my full band "There & Back Again." With the Ostrich Hat its easier because of a few things, One is there is only three of us. If I can just get one of the other guys on board the 3rd guy almost has to go along with it or feel like a jerk... (sometimes the 3rd guy is me BTW) If there is resistance to a certain song It is never "UGGH I hate that song" though it comes from a position of "do you really think THAT is going to work with our crowd?" We all just want to make the bet setlist for our crowd.There is one rule with Ostrich Hat. If the song flops 3X it is GONE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarguy19 Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 Originally Posted by jeff42 If there is resistance to a certain song It is never "UGGH I hate that song" though it comes from a position of "do you really think THAT is going to work with our crowd?" Yes...this is it to a T. The reason for not believing in it though...is it's just too lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wheresgrant3 Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 Songs we've added in the last 6 months: We Are Young- Fun! (Killer) Good Feeling-FloRida (filler) Feels So Close-Calvin Harris (we do a smal part of the song in a medley... filler but works) Tonight is the Night-Outtasight (filler) YMCA- The Village People (we actually brought this back... but we haven't done this since 2006-KILLER) Gangnam Style-PSY (killer) Let's Go-Calvin Harris (filler) Crazy In Love-Beyonce (an oldie but we never have covered it. A great 1st set intro) N****z In Paris-Kayne, Eminem, JayZ (crowd sorta sits in awe... the scream out the 'Mary Kate & Ashley' part All I Do Is Win-DJ Khaled (great reaction from the crowd) Call Me Maybe- CRJ (crowd sings or we pull a girl from the audience) New York, New York-Sinatra (learned it for a wedding and we have done it as an encore every so often.) Shipping Up To Boston-Drop Kick Murphys (a little more than 6 months... added it for St. Pats-don't do it every show but when we do it gets a big reaction) Songs we've added and dropped in 6 months Drive By-Train (Filler) Payphone-Maroon 5 (singer was really reaching... wasn't comfortable so we bagged it) Fire & Rain-Adele (a noble attempt... actaully sounded good with a male singer) Mr Saxobeat- (added it too late) Young Wild & Free (we just couldn't pull it off. too mellow a tune) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wesg Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 PLEASE post a video of your band doing Gangnam Style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim_7string Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 Originally Posted by jeff42 There is one rule with Ostrich Hat. If the song flops 3X it is GONE. This is a great rule. I think I'm going to implement it in our band. Some songs on that list include Lonely Boy, All I Wanted Was A Car and When You Were Young. My drummer loves playing that last one and my cousin sings it, but it just never goes over. So I guess I will have to be the bad guy and eliminate it. 867-5309/Jenny has been close, but still has a bit of life in it as does Jessie's Girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim_7string Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 The only newish song we do that goes over is Pumped Up Kicks. From the past 7-8 years, we do Hicktown, Doesn't Remind Me, Dani California and Beverly Hills. BH still goes over 7 years later as does Hicktown, but the other two not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 Originally Posted by tim_7string 867-5309/Jenny has been close, but still has a bit of life in it as does Jessie's Girl. If the gig crowd is mostly 20 somethings they hear these two songs and the reaction is... meh. If the gig crowd is mostly 30 somethings or 40 somethings they fair better. We usually don't even play them unless we know the crowd will really enjoy them and more and more they don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EightString Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 "Rehab" seems to be working for me. Also, "Don't Stop Believin'" is an older one that no matter what age, women seem to sing along with at the tops of their lungs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wesg Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 Lonely Boy flopped? Seriously? Did you forget to do the dance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jw10 Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 I would second shipping up to boston and Everybody Talks. We used to do California gurls where the drummer would rap some of the snoop part but it was really like a beastie boys type thing. Hit or miss so we dropped it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jw10 Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 Also B. hills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim_7string Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 Originally Posted by jeff42 If the gig crowd is mostly 20 somethings they hear these two songs and the reaction is... meh. If the gig crowd is mostly 30 somethings or 40 somethings they fair better. We usually don't even play them unless we know the crowd will really enjoy them and more and more they don't. I would have thought this would be the logic here too. Not so much. I had a crowd of twentysomethings screaming for CCR and Johnny Cash, not for bands like fun. or any other newer bands like that. They definitely didn't like The Black Keys or other newer songs we were playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim_7string Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 Originally Posted by wesg Lonely Boy flopped? Seriously? Did you forget to do the dance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kramerguy Posted October 23, 2012 Members Share Posted October 23, 2012 Originally Posted by wesg Lonely Boy flopped? Seriously? Did you forget to do the dance? Clearly, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MikeyParent Posted October 24, 2012 Members Share Posted October 24, 2012 Originally Posted by wheresgrant3 Gangnam Style-PSY (killer) LOL AWESOME!!!!So your singer learned Korean phonetically? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MikeyParent Posted October 24, 2012 Members Share Posted October 24, 2012 Originally Posted by wesg Lonely Boy flopped? Seriously? Did you forget to do the dance? Heh heh indeed. It seems to work for us - even without the dance. But if they are also not responding to the other newer songs maybe they are just not that kind of crowd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted October 24, 2012 Members Share Posted October 24, 2012 "Call Me Maybe" has been pure gold for us all summer. "Moves Like Jagger" appears to have some serious legs. As does "Sexy and I Know It" Still getting good mileage out of: "Raise Your Glass" "Dynamite" "Forget You" "California Gurls" "Low" "We Found Love" "Party Rock Anthem" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted October 24, 2012 Members Share Posted October 24, 2012 I'll also add: "Dynamite" is a seemingly never-dying-gold-tune that all-ages respond to. It has become our "go to" song: The one we immediately jump to if we're having trouble revving up the crowd and need a killer tune to immediately pack the dance floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wheresgrant3 Posted October 24, 2012 Members Share Posted October 24, 2012 I've had this footage around for a while if anyone's interested in watching it. I don't have Gangnam Style on video yet.... but Sexy And I know It, Party Rock Anthem and Dynamite... just part of a long flowing medley we cover that's about 15 minutes long and full of modern dance stuff. The footage is terrible, unedited and the cameras all over the place. But it's uninterrrupted and it gives a peak into modern dance music played by a band (no backing tracks, sequencing involved) the energy level and the crowd response. We wedged Gangnam in between Sexy and Party Rock Anthem. I'd skip around through the video... but these songs and others mentioned here have been pure gold for us. It helps to have the additional lighting and players on board to help sell it too. We're also playing this stuff faster than the recordings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted October 24, 2012 Members Share Posted October 24, 2012 If we had the ability to rehearse more, we'd no doubt have many more modern dance tunes in our songlist. We just aren't in a very good position to transition a lot of current songs that are only going to be hot for a few weeks in and out of the songlist, so consequently, the number of newer songs we do is relatively small and we instead rely a lot on older "classic" tunes. I've become gun-shy about calling a rehearsal to learn songs that might not stick. I'm pretty certain, for example, that we'd be getting a great response with something like "What Makes You Beautiful"---or at least we would have a few weeks ago. But "how long will it last?" always seems to be the million dollar question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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