Members JBJ Posted September 26, 2005 Members Share Posted September 26, 2005 what's yours? my bro and i were jammign tonight and working on a medley of kinda cheesy but cool tunes that starts with robert palmers addicted to love. my bro made the suggestion that if we're doing any student bars or youngish crowds we could get some inflatable guitars n get girls to come up onstage and pose like th ebirds from the addicted to love video. i think it's a pretty fun idea to be honest plus I get to dance about them which always helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ulank Posted September 26, 2005 Members Share Posted September 26, 2005 I bring a 20" dildo to every gig and break it out at the appropriate time. A ridiculously proportioned dildo ALWAYS brings life to a party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Botch Posted September 27, 2005 Members Share Posted September 27, 2005 I play my fiddle on "Devil Went Down to Georgia". During the "devil's solo", we kill the stage lights and turn on a strobe that points up into my face, I begin the solo, slowly open my eyes as menacingly as possible, and then slowly smile, baring my cheesy vampire fangs. Its a lot of fun, and disguises the fact that my devil solo doesn't sound too good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cassius Posted September 27, 2005 Members Share Posted September 27, 2005 Recently losing his capo has become our singers gimmick. "Can someone pass me my jacket, i think its in the pocket." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JBJ Posted September 27, 2005 Author Members Share Posted September 27, 2005 Originally posted by Cassius Recently losing his capo has become our singers gimmick. "Can someone pass me my jacket, i think its in the pocket." lucky you're not travis. you'd only be able to play 2 songs if he done that:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cassius Posted September 27, 2005 Members Share Posted September 27, 2005 Originally posted by JBJ lucky you're not travis. you'd only be able to play 2 songs if he done that:confused: Well actually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wikwox Posted September 27, 2005 Members Share Posted September 27, 2005 I'm resurecting a gimmick from the 80"s, a "keytar". Actually it's a Korg RK-1. Since I sing it also gives me a chance to get out front.Can't wait to annoy the guitar players! Now were are those parachute pants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JBJ Posted September 27, 2005 Author Members Share Posted September 27, 2005 another one we've decided to do is have a "competition" between the 3 uni's to see who can do the chorus of 500 miles loudest. come on caledonian lets hear what you've got.... bah bah bah bah..... right your turn strathclyde cheesy as {censored} but I'm pretty sur eit'll work since everyone turns into a raving uni zealot with a coupla beers in them. we're just about round to sorting out this campus gig btw cassius if you fancy catching it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Locke Posted September 27, 2005 Members Share Posted September 27, 2005 One gimmick that works everytime is for the lead singer to dress sexy (if it's a girl that is). Takes some of the attention away from the less-than-perfectly executed music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JBJ Posted September 28, 2005 Author Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 we used to have a sexy female lead singer and we were still tighter than a nuns {censored}. we coulda actually done really well from it to be honest but cest la vie. now i get to be the sexy front person who gets to look down cleavages from yonder on stage:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JacieFB Posted September 28, 2005 Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 Originally posted by ulank I bring a 20" dildo to every gig and break it out at the appropriate time. A ridiculously proportioned dildo ALWAYS brings life to a party. Agreed! The word, the object, and especially the concept of the dildo has to be among the funniest things on the planet. Related: Ever hear of a band called The Urinal Mints out of South Bend, IN? They had a song called, "Dildo". As you might guess, the song was like "DILDO! (slaps bass with an over-sized dong) you're a DILDO!! (Slaps bass with over-sized dong) etc. Classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Botch Posted September 28, 2005 Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 Of course, some of us old MP folks remember this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members XamendedX Posted September 28, 2005 Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 we dress up in suits...all black with crimson ties, except the singer, he wears a crimson shirt with a black tie to offset from the rest of the band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cherri Posted September 28, 2005 Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 I dress like Jessica Rabbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JacieFB Posted September 28, 2005 Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 Originally posted by Mr. Botch Of course, some of us old MP folks remember this: Coincidently, that pic was in the first thread that I ever read on the Harmony Central Forum. Ahem...do you have a bigger pic of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members babyfrank Posted September 28, 2005 Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 If we're doing a party-type gig (or at least, somewhere with a dancefloor) we have an air-guitar contest when we play "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness. We have a bunch of inflatable guitars that we pass out for that expess purpose. Sure, we lose a few along the way, but the reaction we get more than makes up for it. The "Prize" is usually one of our CD's too, so that helps to spread the word.... BabyFrank PS - Here's a pic from one of our gigs last year; I'm the guy at the back with my eyes shut, mainly so I don't burst out laughing at what's happening on the dance floor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edward Posted September 28, 2005 Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 Originally posted by cherri I dress like Jessica Rabbit. Come on now, you can't say that and not provide pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members unichord Posted September 28, 2005 Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 Might be a gimmick - but it works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted September 28, 2005 Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 I know, I know, Cherri, you're not bad, you're just drawn that way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cherri Posted September 28, 2005 Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 Dead on, Ted. At the Alpena Blues festival I wore a heavily sequinned dress, and it was abright sunny day. Some old fella comes up to me and asks "What size batteries does it take to light that dress up?" My husband - ever quick witted - said, "Two C-sized." Here's a link to that show - the photo is huge, so I won't post it here. http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/cherriblues/alpenasm.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JacieFB Posted September 28, 2005 Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 A band I used to be in did a lot of comical, "R-rated" and "NC-17-rated" songs. We had a couple of songs about panties. Knowing that we probably stood no chance in hell of having panties thrown at us, decided to give the audience a little help...we'd throw panties at them. Some folks loved it. Our peers, of course, thought we were lame. But it was a lot of fun. The closest we ever really got to having someone throw panties at is was a friend from a band that we played with a lot back then threw his jock strap at our guitarist. The guitarist promptly put the jock strap on his head. Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cherri Posted September 28, 2005 Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 jacieFB - that reminds me .... a friend gave me a lime green thong with decorative cherries as a gag-gift. Not a thong wearer myself, so for a long time I hung them on my microphone stand, especially when we played "My Baby Don't Wear No Panties". I retired them for good the night a old creepy dude walked up and sniffed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scafeets Posted September 28, 2005 Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 We're thinking of trying a Human Sacrifice. Perhaps a trombone player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Botch Posted September 28, 2005 Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 Originally posted by cherri I retired them for good the night a old creepy dude walked up and sniffed them. ROTFLMAO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joestanman Posted September 28, 2005 Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 god. these ideas are just awful. this place makes me sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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