Moderators isaac42 Posted February 2, 2010 Moderators Share Posted February 2, 2010 We've got Mustang Sally in our set because it's kind of a sure thing and we kept getting requests for it. But yeah, ya gotta draw the line somewhere. I agree with Ray Charles: there are only two kinds of music, good and bad. Overplaying a good song doesn't make it into a bad one, it just makes it overplayed. Me, I try to avoid playing bad music, but I'll play it if someone in the band really, really wants to do it. But Brown Eyed Girl, Freebird (neither of which I've ever played oddly enough), and Mustang Sally aren't bad music, and I wouldn't hesitate to play any of them. Same with most any other song that musicians seem to hate, like Stairway to Heaven and Smoke on the Water. I find that, while musicians may think they're overplayed, audiences don't agree. And I lubs to please an audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted February 2, 2010 Moderators Share Posted February 2, 2010 There's plenty of stuff that will fill the dance floor. I don't feel the need to play something I hate just because it makes people happy. Something else will also make people happy. If you like those tunes and they don't eat away at your soul to play them, have at it. For me, if I'm just there in that bar to serve, I'd rather waitress. It's not a 'f-you' kind of thing for me or a high and mighty thing. I'd just rather not do something I completely hate and I hate hate hate Sweet Home Alabama. Not my favorite, either, but "eat away at your soul"? I think that's taking things a bit too seriously. It's just a song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crescent Seven Posted February 2, 2010 Members Share Posted February 2, 2010 Not my favorite, either, but "eat away at your soul"? I think that's taking things a bit too seriously. It's just a song. We wouldn't expect you to understand this since you have no soul to eat in the first place. I asked Mustang Sally and she verified that she scromped the last morsel of it, the first time you played that song back when Gerald Ford was still a running back. C7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members basste Posted February 2, 2010 Members Share Posted February 2, 2010 I agree with Ray Charles: there are only two kinds of music, good and bad. Overplaying a good song doesn't make it into a bad one, it just makes it overplayed. Me, I try to avoid playing bad music, but I'll play it if someone in the band really, really wants to do it. But Brown Eyed Girl, Freebird (neither of which I've ever played oddly enough), and Mustang Sally aren't bad music, and I wouldn't hesitate to play any of them. Same with most any other song that musicians seem to hate, like Stairway to Heaven and Smoke on the Water. I find that, while musicians may think they're overplayed, audiences don't agree. And I lubs to please an audience.Thanks man. I feel less lonely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members georgestrings Posted February 2, 2010 Members Share Posted February 2, 2010 Quote:Originally Posted by Cpt. Spliff Any song that make the women shake loose is all right by me. I have to agree.Although I don't actively practice this theory, it's difficult for me to argue with the logic... - georgestrings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members coyote-1 Posted February 2, 2010 Members Share Posted February 2, 2010 That's why they go to the bar, and it's why the bar can afford to pay you. I despise that song. If I were in a classic rock cover band I would NOT play that song. On the the principal of the sheer faggotry it incites in the trailer trash chicks and the drunks at the bar.If I'm doing a set of originals there's no way I'll toss in a Mustang Sally. But if I'm playing a bar or wedding or party and it gets requested, of course I'll play it! Heck, more than once a chick with her clothes falling off has landed on me while we were paying that song.... of course that was when I was playing drums. Bassists and keyboardists don't get that pleasure, it's reserved for singers and lead guitarists and drummers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members basste Posted February 2, 2010 Members Share Posted February 2, 2010 perhaps cause they're more afraid by the bassist big neck than by the drummer little stick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LouSpaceMonkey Posted February 2, 2010 Members Share Posted February 2, 2010 We wouldn't expect you to understand this since you have no soul to eat in the first place. I asked Mustang Sally and she verified that she scromped the last morsel of it, the first time you played that song back when Gerald Ford was still a running back. C7 I hear souls taste like chicken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members matou Posted February 2, 2010 Members Share Posted February 2, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frunobulax Posted February 2, 2010 Members Share Posted February 2, 2010 Mustang Sally, when played well, has a good, slinky bass groove and a strong backbeat. which is exactly what people want to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members neilster Posted February 6, 2010 Members Share Posted February 6, 2010 i must be the only one here to like Mustang sally. And i like playing it. We played it with my ex band and this was always a great moment. We took it quicklier than the original. I will not play it anymore with the new band, which is more rock when the ex was funk soul. i dont have a problem playing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SelenaBassGirl Posted February 6, 2010 Members Share Posted February 6, 2010 I line dance to Mustang Sally, which is my reason for going out there and dancing to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L-1329 Posted February 6, 2010 Members Share Posted February 6, 2010 So, it's a Pavlovian (sic) response? Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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