Members toneforhire Posted July 18, 2011 Members Share Posted July 18, 2011 no...but it gets requested 2-3 times a night by some some...its getting to where we are gonna wear "no cee lo" t-shirts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted July 18, 2011 Members Share Posted July 18, 2011 no...but it gets requested 2-3 times a night by some some...its getting to where we are gonna wear "no cee lo" t-shirts Great way to respond to the needs of your audience. Just get all in their face with the bull{censored} THEY'D like to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted July 18, 2011 Members Share Posted July 18, 2011 no...but it gets requested 2-3 times a night by some some...its getting to where we are gonna wear "no cee lo" t-shirtsif you aren't that typew of band and are trying to create an actual band personality, I wouldn't play it either. Doesn't get you anywhere but backwards if you gain 3 fans for the night and lose 5 for good because they want to go see bands that don't play the same stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 if you aren't that typew of band and are trying to create an actual band personality, I wouldn't play it either. If you're (general "you") not the type of band to play that song but find yourself getting 2-3 requests a night for it at the venues you're playing, then you might want to spend your time finding other solutions to your problem besides finding t-shirts declaring what songs you won't play. Like finding gigs more appropriate for your band. You're obviously at the wrong gig. It isn't the audience's fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 Having said all that, I'd probably get a laugh if I saw anybody wearing a "{censored} CEE LO" t shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 If you're (general "you") not the type of band to play that song but find yourself getting 2-3 requests a night for it at the venues you're playing, then you might want to spend your time finding other solutions to your problem besides finding t-shirts declaring what songs you won't play.Like finding gigs more appropriate for your band. You're obviously at the wrong gig. It isn't the audience's fault.not really. If you have followers there, they will probably be happy with what you gravitate towards for songs. Its all about the big picture. I've seen it many times where a small group of people that you've never seen at a show will come up one by one each requesting their same pet song of that party week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lassy Posted July 20, 2011 Members Share Posted July 20, 2011 I play in an original folk/rock band and we did a cover of this at a classy acoustic music night... Imagine a really chilled out, folky vibe, everyone's sitting around on rugs, very intimate venue. We started off doing the 'radio' version and people seemed pretty into it, then launched into the full on '{censored} You!' version, replete with perfect 'ain't that some {censored}' backing vocals - the only concession to decency was changing the n-word to 'ginger', as two of the band have red hair. The audience looked pretty shocked, but we got a big cheer at the end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Mojito Posted July 21, 2011 Members Share Posted July 21, 2011 This song, above all other songs, kills. Seriously...play it. What's interesting is, the back up vocals say, "oh {censored} she Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dan88z Posted July 21, 2011 Members Share Posted July 21, 2011 We sing "oh she's a gold digger, just thought you should know" and no one even notices it, they are more rhythmic backups than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Mojito Posted July 21, 2011 Members Share Posted July 21, 2011 My drummer drives a beer truck and he asked when of his black friend coworkers of his opinion. He said, "it's art man...go with it." I think we're thinking too white. I think black people actually like that part of the song but I'm still uncertain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rangefinder Posted July 21, 2011 Members Share Posted July 21, 2011 My drummer drives a beer truck and he asked when of his black friend coworkers of his opinion. He said, "it's art man...go with it." I think we're thinking too white. I think black people actually like that part of the song but I'm still uncertain. Well IMO there is virtually no impact to leaving it out or substituting another word, so I'd rather not take the chance that somebody might get offended, or that it might make a singer uncomfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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