Members Ryan. Posted August 30, 2010 Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 Just curious... It was in the Nike Ad, write the future or whatever... Anyone tried? [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted August 30, 2010 Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 Can you yodel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted August 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 Yes. Can I yodel well... no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted August 30, 2010 Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 I've loved that song since I was a kid and have always WANTED to do it. Would it work? Especially in 2010? I really don't think so. Even WITH the Nike ad. But of course, depends on when, where and who you're playing it for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted August 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 To be honest... I could see it being one of those songs, that if you just had it down pat, and busted it out in a crowded bar with no warning, I think the crowd would go nuts. You would have to be spot on though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted August 30, 2010 Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 It would depend on the crowd. Even WITH the Nike ad and a cover version or two done in the 80s, I don't know how many people under 45 would know that song. Done well you'd impress the hell out of the people who DID know it for sure, but you'd risk boring the rest. Like I said, I'd PERSONALLY love to play it, but the risk of it bombing might not be worth all the time and trouble it would take to work it up. But again, depends on the crowd and the venue. You've got a mostly over-40 musician-y type audience? It might work. A bunch of 20 and 30 somethings just there to party? Probably not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted August 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 It would depend on the crowd. Even WITH the Nike ad and a cover version or two done in the 80s, I don't know how many people under 45 would know that song. Done well you'd impress the hell out of the people who DID know it for sure, but you'd risk boring the rest.Like I said, I'd PERSONALLY love to play it, but the risk of it bombing might not be worth all the time and trouble it would take to work it up.But again, depends on the crowd and the venue. You've got a mostly over-40 musician-y type audience? It might work. A bunch of 20 and 30 somethings just there to party? Probably not. I guess I just think about the crowd that shows to our events... I mean if you think about this song, it might as well be a demo tape for System of a Down. I could just see all my friends going nuts over it. But you're right, could just end up confusing people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted August 30, 2010 Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 I guess I just think about the crowd that shows to our events... Well, that's all that matters. If you think your crowd would dig it, then go for it. I would. I could just see all my friends going nuts over it. Just be sure you're thinking about the WHOLE crowd and not just your friends. (Depending, of course, on how much of the whole crowd consists of your friends.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanlatte Posted August 30, 2010 Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 I think it would be hysterical I walked into a bar and heard somebody playing that. Probably get a lot of blank stares but if done well there will be a few that undoubtedly recognize it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3shiftgtr Posted August 30, 2010 Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 Chicks LLOOOVE to dance to that one! It really gets 'em going..... And they LLLOOOVE to sing along with the yodeling part..... "Yodehada dodehada dodehada dodehada dodehada dodehada doe, bum bum!" And Akkerman plays not one, not two, but THREE smokin solos that never fails to get chicks panties off and launched to the stage. And women are always talking about those drum breaks..... And rich women use the accordion whistling part in a loop during their weekly therapeutic massages.... Srsly tho, epic riff..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted August 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 Chicks LLOOOVE to dance to that one! It really gets 'em going..... And they LLLOOOVE to sing along with the yodeling part..... "Yodehada dodehada dodehada dodehada dodehada dodehada doe, bum bum!" And Akkerman plays not one, not two, but THREE smokin solos that never fails to get chicks panties off and launched to the stage. And women are always talking about those drum breaks..... And rich women use the accordion whistling part in a loop during their weekly therapeutic massages.... Srsly tho, epic riff..... dumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rangefinder Posted August 30, 2010 Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 Well... it would clear ME out of the venue real fast. Honestly I wouldn't even consider it if any significant portion of the crowd was under 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3shiftgtr Posted August 30, 2010 Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 Well... it would clear ME out of the venue real fast. Not me! Srsly, that is what would make me stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jwlussow Posted August 30, 2010 Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 Actually, it does go over big but we use it in a medley. We only do it when the guitarists brother, an actual accordion player, shows up for the gig. We do it with Frankenstein, Tell Me Something Good and The Night Chicago Died. Seriously. It works but it is weird...maybe that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted August 30, 2010 Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 Not me! Srsly, that is what would make me stay. Well, unless the entire crowd is made up of musicians around your age.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wades_keys Posted August 30, 2010 Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 Yes.Can I yodel well... no. Can you play those guitar solos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xrleroyx Posted August 30, 2010 Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 My band and I have turned it into more of a jam track, usually without the yodels or the yodels played on guitar. It's cool to play the riff and trade off drum and guitar solos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted August 30, 2010 Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 Do I like the song? Yep, since I was a kid I thought it was cool how strange it was... (the Helloween cover of it is pretty cool too BTW) Would my band cover it? Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted August 30, 2010 Moderators Share Posted August 30, 2010 An old band of mine used to bust into the main riff in the middle of open sections of existing tunes. Also the main riff to Carry On Wayward Son and DP's Burn. Lot's of songs that might not work for a dance crowd are great as spontaneous plugins to existing songs in your repertoire.. Learn the riff tight. Then... you can plug it in when ever. Fun to keep things alive onstage. Like the above mentioned Frankenstien. And Cat Scratch Fever or Wang Dang Sweet Poontang?!?!?! Funky town?!??!? Popcorn? Hit Me Baby. Genie In a Bottle. Iron Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members maxnew40 Posted August 30, 2010 Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 A local band plays that song, they just get all goofey during the yodeling part. It seems to work for them but as a three piece the arrangement is just too thin for me. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cooterbrown Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 I have always wanted to play that song.Closest I ever got was when my old rock band would cover "Frankenstein". We kicked around doing "Hocus Pocus", but our focus shifted more to the umm... "Def Leppard" side of rock n roll, since we had a large female crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3shiftgtr Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 Well, unless the entire crowd is made up of musicians around your age.... What? You mean everybody would leave? :lol: What if they followed it up with a smokin redndition of The Dreg's Cruise Control? Dude...that'd PACK the floor!! Or Peaches en Regalia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cooterbrown Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 What? You mean everybody would leave? :lol: What if they followed it up with a smokin redndition of The Dreg's Cruise Control? Dude...that'd PACK the floor!! Or Peaches en Regalia? Tarkus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members coyote-1 Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 A local band 20 years ago did it, and nailed it. They didn't do it full-length; they played about 4 minutes and omitted some of the goofier bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rvschulz Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 What? You mean everybody would leave? :lol: What if they followed it up with a smokin redndition of The Dreg's Cruise Control? Dude...that'd PACK the floor!! Or Peaches en Regalia? if it was done right, i'd demand to join the band immediately - Hocus Pocus then Cruise control ... wicked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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