Favourite moment in your current set

Placidcasual79

EricTheWeary said:

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EricTheWeary said:

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EricTheWeary said:

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vasselmeyer said:

We've got a couple of pieces that I love. We jump from Blondie's "One Way or Another" into "Teenage Kicks" and back again. That's great when the audience realises we've switched and catches the changes.

We also have another piece which I really love because IT'S ALL ABOUT ME! At the end of our first set we do "Tush" by ZZ Top which allows me to drag out a slide solo for as long as I feel like it. And often I feel like going on for quite a while...

Someone in our audience captured a bit a couple of gigs ago:

https://www.facebook.com/leetaylor2016/videos/1662715657278389/

Well butter my spuds, we do that as well. Works reall well.

My favourite is the version we do of Take on me by Ah Ha. The drums and me start it off with a boat load of distortion then it moves into a ska/punk version with trombone, sax and trumpet playing the very recognisable melody line. People start to leve the dance floor and immediately come back when they recognise it.

That is an excellent idea - how do you feel about sharing it.......

I'm guessing that's the inspiration? 
B-)

Yuk - who is that? The chorus is rank......

Reel Big Fish. 

Ahhh - this is Reel Big Fish...... I've heard of them but never actually heard them...... this is 3rd Gen Ska then.....

Yes, although I may just be answering now to get that weird effect of quotes within quotes. The only third wave US  band that stood out to me we're Sublime, although there's a lot of bands I don't know. Anyway, here's the classic Sublime track 

I like the clipped rhythm guitar part - and the solo is sweet, but it isn't for me, the production is too 'clean' and 'bright' sounding - it doesn't have any funk.........I'll stick to Toots and Prince Buster - just my opinion. 

Placidcasual79

Btw Eric thanks for taking the time to link these clips. Does your band have a website or FB page? I am doing some work in the Birmingham over the next 6 months. I'll try and catch a show. 

EricTheWeary

Placidcasual79 said:

Btw Eric thanks for taking the time to link these clips. Does your band have a website or FB page? I am doing some work in the Birmingham over the next 6 months. I'll try and catch a show. 

It should be in my signature although not if you're on the mobile site, but The 2Tone Automatics on Facebook or Twitter. 

Placidcasual79

Ta mate, I'll have a peek. 

EricTheWeary

I feel I should answer the original question and bring the Discussion back in line now "> We do Longshot ( kick de bucket) going into Liquidator which is a common 2Tone band thing. I get to do aimless widdling over Longshot and jump up and down playing two chords over Liquidator and it is how we close the set so signals a nice sit down.

ESBlonde

We used to do the KC and the sunshine band 'Thats the way i like it'
We started with the Do do do do do do do do do in full 4 part harmany and the band all in with brass as well. Starting the second set was stunning, literally! Going from quietly moving on stage to an 8 piece band at full chat in 1 beat would grab anyones attention and it was fun to see lots of heads swivel as we let lose.

RocknRollDave

EricTheWeary said:

I feel I should answer the original question and bring the Discussion back in line now "> We do Longshot ( kick de bucket) going into Liquidator which is a common 2Tone band thing. I get to do aimless widdling over Longshot and jump up and down playing two chords over Liquidator and it is how we close the set so signals a nice sit down.

Good lord, Liquidator is a controversial song to be playing in our area! Does it ever get nasty...?

EricTheWeary

RocknRollDave;1034946" said:

EricTheWeary said:

I feel I should answer the original question and bring the Discussion back in line now "> We do Longshot ( kick de bucket) going into Liquidator which is a common 2Tone band thing. I get to do aimless widdling over Longshot and jump up and down playing two chords over Liquidator and it is how we close the set so signals a nice sit down.





Good lord, Liquidator is a controversial song to be playing in our area! Does it ever get nasty...?

No. We have had issues with Woolly Bully though. As that's possibly my least favourite in our set I'm happy for an excuse to not play it but our singer is convinced people love it (I'm just convinced he finds it easy to sing).

Placidcasual79

Excuse my totally ignorance - I do not mean to offend - but why would these songs be contravesial

EricTheWeary

Placidcasual79 said:

Excuse my totally ignorance - I do not mean to offend - but why would these songs be contravesial

There's a long, complex history with Liquidator . Used as run out music for several clubs including Chelsea and the Wolves and West Brom. As I understand it the song became associated with football violence and is never played at the Wolves anymore, only occasionally at West Brom. Woolly Bully played in celebration of Steve Bull of the Wolves. As he has been retired from football for about 25 years it's men of a certain age who tend to have that association. I live deep in Baggies territory so if we play a local gig it's almost guaranteed to piss off somebody. 

stickyfiddle

I'm not giggin atm but in my last we did James' Sit Down into Blur's Girls & Boys into Pulp's Disco 2000 which was always a great 13 minutes or so. 

Placidcasual79

EricTheWeary said:

Placidcasual79 said:

Excuse my totally ignorance - I do not mean to offend - but why would these songs be contravesial

There's a long, complex history with Liquidator . Used as run out music for several clubs including Chelsea and the Wolves and West Brom. As I understand it the song became associated with football violence and is never played at the Wolves anymore, only occasionally at West Brom. Woolly Bully played in celebration of Steve Bull of the Wolves. As he has been retired from football for about 25 years it's men of a certain age who tend to have that association. I live deep in Baggies territory so if we play a local gig it's almost guaranteed to piss off somebody. 

EricTheWeary said:

Placidcasual79 said:

Excuse my totally ignorance - I do not mean to offend - but why would these songs be contravesial

There's a long, complex history with Liquidator . Used as run out music for several clubs including Chelsea and the Wolves and West Brom. As I understand it the song became associated with football violence and is never played at the Wolves anymore, only occasionally at West Brom. Woolly Bully played in celebration of Steve Bull of the Wolves. As he has been retired from football for about 25 years it's men of a certain age who tend to have that association. I live deep in Baggies territory so if we play a local gig it's almost guaranteed to piss off somebody. 

Ah - thanks for the insight. It seems probable that I wont offend in North Wales then!

Bellycaster

Probably OCS - 100 Mile High City and Suede - Beautiful Ones.

And the gaps between songs when I can take a glug of Ale.

Placidcasual79

Bellycaster said:

Probably OCS - 100 Mile High City and Suede - Beautiful Ones.

And the gaps between songs when I can take a glug of Ale.

100 mile high city - never covered that - bet its good to do.....

thecolourbox

I played the Liquidator at a church fete once! Had the recurring bass and rhythm on a looper, then rocked the organ over the top. Went down extremely well but then again I too am deep in Baggies country where there were no Wolves fans who dare to admit it. There was slightly less swearing on this occasion than is customary though

Bellycaster

Placidcasual79 said:

Bellycaster said:

Probably OCS - 100 Mile High City and Suede - Beautiful Ones.

And the gaps between songs when I can take a glug of Ale.

100 mile high city - never covered that - bet its good to do.....

It is @Placidcasual79 I like to do the less obvious(but equally good) tracks from certain bands. 100 Mile High beats Riverboat song or TDWCTT anyday to me.

We are a 2 Guitar band so it works well.

EricTheWeary

thecolourbox said:

I played the Liquidator at a church fete once! Had the recurring bass and rhythm on a looper, then rocked the organ over the top. Went down extremely well but then again I too am deep in Baggies country where there were no Wolves fans who dare to admit it. There was slightly less swearing on this occasion than is customary though

Just made me think about this .

p90fool

Our singer told someone on Facebook that she could rap and she knew all the words to My Name Is, so on a prearranged signal the rest of us break into it in random places at gigs and force her to do the first verse.

It fits seamlessly into things like Price Tag, but is more fun when you shoehorn it into a Sam Cooke ballad. She never knows if or when it's coming, but she's a good sport luckily.

ICBM

A band I used to be in did Johnny B. Goode, but with a middle section that consisted of four times round the main riff from In The Mood with a key change up a minor third every time to get back to the original key but sounding like it had shifted up a gear. Always got everyone going! Admittedly we were mostly playing working men's clubs and the like where In The Mood was probably the first record most of the punters bought .

Phil_aka_Pip

Not gigging right now. There was one band I played for where the favourite moment was either the end of the last set or that moment during the load-out when the Man comes round with the money.