Members elbow Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 ..... and your band just can't pull it off? For example, you absolutely love a song and it requires a certain guitar part, rhythm/beat, or vocal harmony that is vital to the song.... and you or a band mate just can't do it. We've had that happen to us a few times and it can be incredibly frustrating so we just end up shelfing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lee Flier Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 I've been pretty lucky with this band - so far I haven't wanted to do anything that we couldn't do. The only exception is if a song really needs a keyboard part, since we don't have a keyboard player... but we do know an absolutely awesome one that we can always hire if we really need it (mainly for recordings) so... it's all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChordGirl Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 I have dreams about hooking up with a band who can/will do Suite Judy Blue Eyes in it's entirety. I really think it's more about finding people who want to put that kind of effort into 1 song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meatball Fulton Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 I usually have problems when covering tunes in a trio that sound naked without the horns, strings or keyboards on the recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rich4Once Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 We tried doing What It Takes from Aerosmith, and had to ditch it. Our vocalist has a fantastic range, but that one was beyond him. Steven Tyler is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cruciatus Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 What It Takes i think i can sing it, er, i have, "what it takes." can i sit in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cruciatus Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 just so i can add value to the thread, i'd love to do some Saved-era Dylan in my church but i don't have anybody who can begin to sing gospel style on the BGV's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhat Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 For us it was Everyday People .... sly and the family stones we had the harmony , we had the horns ,,, but it aways sounded too sing songy. We ditched it. Its about the only one i can remember we bit off that just didnt make it to the stage. rat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members New Trail Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 Most bands, and musicians, have their limitations. While a drummer might not feel that he can handle multiple drum parts like those in songs by the Allman Brothers, I couldn't play EVH or Yngwie Malmsteen stuff, so it's a wash. As for the whole band "Life During Wartime" by The Talking Heads. While we theoretically could play it, we sucked on it and dropped it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members corbind Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 NT, what's went wrong with Life During Wartime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gtrbass Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 Ahh Leah, by Donnie Iris... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wades_keys Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 Too many to remember - we're always testing (and exceeding) our limits. sometimes the only way to know is to try and listen to the playback. Even if it's not great immediately I always vote to try and fix the problems if we can and try again. Eventually I guess it becomes pretty clear which ones won't work; in fact we'll be discussing on wednesday dropping several of the tunes that just aren't working (mainly vocal-related). YYZ (Rush) comes to mind - it's rare to find a working cover band with the talent and inclination to pull this off, especially on drums and bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members srsfallriver Posted December 8, 2007 Members Share Posted December 8, 2007 I play for a band which is often contracted to and quite often has to play odd songs. Sometimes these are great songs but are difficult to replicate. Recently we had to do "God Bless The Broken Road" by Raskal Flats. Man, we buchered it. What a great tune...but we did it no justice. The arranging was the nail in the casket for us! We just couldn't come close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GCDEF Posted December 8, 2007 Members Share Posted December 8, 2007 We tried doing What It Takes from Aerosmith, and had to ditch it. Our vocalist has a fantastic range, but that one was beyond him. Steven Tyler is awesome. I'd love to do that too. I always end up with singers with lower voices. There are other higher pitched songs that may be fun that we can't do. I wouldn't mind some Boston stuff for example. Fooled Around and Fell in Love by Elvin Bishop is another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twinrev Posted December 8, 2007 Members Share Posted December 8, 2007 For us it's "Fooled Around and Fell in Love". We briefly had a singer who could do it justice. Another one - "Communication Breakdown" - and that includes most LZ stuff. We just can't sing in Robert Plant territory. Another one that we could kill it instrumentally but just can't sing - "Radar Love". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sharkbait Posted December 8, 2007 Members Share Posted December 8, 2007 For years I've wanted to play music besides American rock. So much challanging, mind-bending stuff out there- African, Central and South American- totally different rhythms, phrasings, everything. Would take intimidating amounts of study, and I never quite found kindered spirits to practice anything like that either. These guys did it, and are doing really well: Retro Cambodian pop covers! They scored big time when they found that singer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevilRaysFan Posted December 8, 2007 Members Share Posted December 8, 2007 "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls...and we could actually pull it off musically but the vocals in the chorus are deceptively high ...and, while I have nothing against transposing any song within a reasonable range, its one of those songs that really would sound like ass in a lower key (mainly because the verse lines are so low)....My hat is off to you, J. Reznick and envy to all with higher vocal ranges....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members S.L.B. Posted December 8, 2007 Members Share Posted December 8, 2007 "Have a Cigar" By Pink Floyd. We don't have a keyboard player yet but maybe soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nobody Told Me Posted December 8, 2007 Members Share Posted December 8, 2007 We've been working on Rush - Subdivisions. I don't know if it will ever make it to the stage. I hope so, because I'm really looking forward to clearing the dance floor with that one. Maybe we could tuck it right inbetween a couple of Creed songs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rockerdiva Posted December 8, 2007 Members Share Posted December 8, 2007 Bunch of Zeppelin I'd like to do, cause my bandmates rock on it - but there are only certain ones I can pull off vocally - I also wanted to do "Straight On" by Heart but couldn't place it in any key that was good for my voice while also having any semblance of normalcy, instrumentally. I can sing "Magic Man", which would seem more difficult than "Straight On"... go figure. Although the arrangement was tough and we had to beat it half to death before we got it ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted December 8, 2007 Members Share Posted December 8, 2007 My band sucks on all the songs I write. My home recordings sound better than what the group comes up with. Depressing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Casari Posted December 8, 2007 Members Share Posted December 8, 2007 My band would love to cover some Gallows, but that's extremely difficult with only 3 of us.Well, live anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notamachine Posted December 8, 2007 Members Share Posted December 8, 2007 I want to play 'Magic' by Pilot but my front man just isn't into it. It's one of my faves from my youth and I know we would nail it big time but he just doesn't feel the same. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreenAsJade Posted December 9, 2007 Members Share Posted December 9, 2007 Comfortably Numb. When I can play that solo, I will be in heaven. GaJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevilRaysFan Posted December 9, 2007 Members Share Posted December 9, 2007 Comfortably Numb. When I can play that solo, I will be in heaven. GaJ We do it, I sing it (even though its supposed to be two guys doing each part), and its one of the songs that make me not my mind my switch from bass to keys... I really enjoy playing the keys on this song, particularly doing the string parts that my two hands are capable of doing ( the 5-3-2-1 arpeggios in the chorus, which I have a layered string/fantasy pad variant combo that I made on my D-70), plus I have the oboe and the french horn as a split patch on my EMax.... My guitarist loves playing it as well...and, although not very romantical, it goes over rather well, even in the middle of all of our hi-energy dance nonsense .... "Do Ya" by ELO is another one we do that is out of our usual dance paradigm that I like to sing and handling all the string parts on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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