Members Faber Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 I did last saturday when I was playing with the cover band . I got through the intro and the first stanza, came to the chorus and t was just gone, never managed to find the way back in that song after that, it wasn't there, even as muscle memory. This is a song I've played 100-150 times at least. Freaked me the hell out as I've never had something like that happen to me before. And just to top it off I got so nervous I started he next song a half step sharp Yeah, I had a splendid nght Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 Lyrics more often than music. And my own lyrics more often than covers. (It's because I don't have the 'original' playing in my head as I sing ...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 yup. twice, in over 15 years of playing live, i've completely forgotten wtf i was supposed to do. i remember both times very clearly. one was in front of almost 3,000 and i fortunately clicked and recalled it all after what was probably only 2 seconds but felt like 20 minutes ... the other was a crappy bar gig and i completely blew it to the point we just stopped even though i'd played the song a thousand times. sometimes these things happen. don't sweat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 Yes, I completely forgot the lyrics to a song once. My band members weren't too impressed. The audience had a good time no matter what... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flatspotter Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 I once completely forgot the intro to an original song that started with just me playing. The singer introduced the song, and then turned to me, and I was in a panic. Luckily, I remembered that it started with an arpeggiated Am, so I just strummed an Am slowly, and it came back to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members newbuilder Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 Yes, and thank goodness it was a gig that was also the drummers birthday, so we weren't getting paid. Someone was passing out special brownies and a song we had practiced about 10 times that week was just gone...it didn't come back either. So the rest of the band played on and I stood there blushing and learing a new song in front of the crowd. No-one seemed to notice or care, but it was really strange to me that I had to relearn something that I had played just the day before and had no recollection of it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members headfilter Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 We were playing Love Song by the Cure one night. I was playing bass and at the very beginning of the song, I lost the groove. It just left me and the song fell apart. We had to stop after the first verse. It was a trainwreck. The whole band was trying to lead me, but I couldn't pull it together. I was sweating and had a death grip on the neck. Stupid fingers just wouldn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A_Gitarman Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 'Hotel California'. 2nd solo (Walsh). Though I've played that part hundreds of times, I totally forgot it halfway through... picked it up before the harmonized bit, though.In fact, I lost it so completely that I had to go back to the recording to re-learn it The muscles knew the shapes, but I just couldn't find the right frets/ strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted June 21, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 Heh, good stories, and nice to hear I'm not the only one. Afterwards I'm not that worried about it - first time in almost 20 years of gigging I've had that happen. In the situation I was seriously out of it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesnapper Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 The first live performance I ever did - at a school charity night in front of several hundred people. We were only playing one song and I forgot the first line... cue an improvised keyboard solo while I scuttled to the back of the stage and asked the drummer what the words were! This was a portent for every single gig I've played since. Something always goes wrong. And it's pretty much always my fault! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dparr Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 If you play enough gigs, you will have a brain fart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 I've got a pretty goo track record, actually. Worst thing that ever happened was with an old band. We did covers occasionally, and decided to do Social Distortion's Don't Drag Me Down. Bass comes in before guitar and the bassist did it in the wrong key. I started on bass and had just switched to guitar, so I was still shaky about lead bits, and that song has lots of lead that I was too nervous to transpose. It just sounded like {censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members caveman Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 If you survive long enough, brain farts become the norm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Strat87 Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 Yup, happened once. We finished our set and the venue said we could do one more. I didn't want to because we always practice a set, and we hadn't played this particular song in a while. The song starts with me, I blanked, then thought I remembered it. Started it, and as the band came in I realized I was in the wrong key. Did. Not. Recover. We don't add songs on the fly anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dega500 Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 You know it's bad when the rest of the guys all turn and look at you and you don't know why for a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marc G Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 oh hell yeah.... it doens't happen often but I've had a brain fart or two over the years.... just go along and then BAM...WTF how does the bridge go again!!!???!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 You know it's bad when the rest of the guys all turn and look at you and you don't know why for a second. Heh, yeah that's a moment I strive to avoid. Usually I'm the asshole that's looking right at whoever {censored}ed up. Our bassist will mess up on purpose then he'll be looking right at me when I look up at him. Goofy look on his face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Agitator Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 Yes, but I went back and got it the next day. (rimshot) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 Yes, but I went back and got it the next day. there ya go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poker99 Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 Yes, it happens. Its like the whole world stops. Even time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lowbrow Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 You know it's bad when the rest of the guys all turn and look at you and you don't know why for a second. Hahahaha! I call that "getting the eye". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ej Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 I had a problem with one of my old bands song. The chorus started on a Gmaj and sometimes I'd play a C2maj chord It worked though. I was the only guitar player so the G in the bass worked and the melody worked over the C too. Which is probably why I kept doing it. I don't think anyone ever noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Agitator Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 I had a problem with one of my old bands song. The chorus started on a Gmaj and sometimes I'd play a C2maj chord Then there's the whole "Remember the song, forget what key it's in" problem, which probably deserves its own thread. "What? Oh, that 'B'!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ballhawk Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 Hell yeah it's happened to me a few times over the years. There's nothing worse than standing on stage looking at your mates and saying "what key is this in?" even though you've done the song 9 million times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 Sure I have. As a result I usually keep a cheat book sitting on the floor. In the band I front, which does my originals, the cheat book has lyrics. In the bands where I'm a side man and we're doing others' originals, the book contains the chord changes only. So far I haven't had a problem remembering the chord changes to my own songs, or my backing vocal parts in my side bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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