2022 Setlists

RocknRollDave

@Danny1969 I notice there are some tunes in your set with non-standard tuning (eg Kevin Carter). Do you play them in standard or do you have multiple guitars for different tunings?

Danny1969

RocknRollDave said:

@Danny1969 I notice there are some tunes in your set with non-standard tuning (eg Kevin Carter). Do you play them in standard or do you have multiple guitars for different tunings?

I generally pay everything in standard interval tuning but down a semitone. There are a few songs where I will drop the E string down a tone  which of course already being down a semitone puts it in C sharp
Kevin Carter is a difficult one I love the voicing he gets on that song with his non-standard tuning but I just play it in a way that’s not as good but it’s playable in standard tuning. 

I never knew how he actually tuned for that song until fairly recently when I discovered a great YouTube video where he sits down and shows you the tuning and the positions for quite a few of his famous songs

Lebarque

fastonebaz said:

I play Shut up and Dance too, in C#, with a splendid tapping guitar solo in the middle.  Really nice tune to play. 

That Sam fender Will we talk song I play to but it's so boring on guitar.

 

Surely Hypersonic Missiles is the Sam Fender track to do. The chorus is amazeballs. Or do the chicks not dig that one as much?

markslade07

Lebarque said:

fastonebaz said:

I play Shut up and Dance too, in C#, with a splendid tapping guitar solo in the middle.  Really nice tune to play. 

That Sam fender Will we talk song I play to but it's so boring on guitar.

 

Surely Hypersonic Missiles is the Sam Fender track to do. The chorus is amazeballs. Or do the chicks not dig that one as much?

I went to see him recently and Hypersonic Missiles was the one where it really kicked off, crowd wise (in a good way). I'd like to add that one in too

RocknRollDave

Danny1969 said:

RocknRollDave said:

@Danny1969 I notice there are some tunes in your set with non-standard tuning (eg Kevin Carter). Do you play them in standard or do you have multiple guitars for different tunings?

I generally pay everything in standard interval tuning but down a semitone. There are a few songs where I will drop the E string down a tone  which of course already being down a semitone puts it in C sharp
Kevin Carter is a difficult one I love the voicing he gets on that song with his non-standard tuning but I just play it in a way that’s not as good but it’s playable in standard tuning. 

I never knew how he actually tuned for that song until fairly recently when I discovered a great YouTube video where he sits down and shows you the tuning and the positions for quite a few of his famous songs

Yeah, I saw that video with JDB too...A few songs there in different tunings I didn't know he used!

I used to play Honky Tonk Woman at every gig, and to start off with I'd have a guitar tuned to Open G, but I soon realised it was too much faff and playing it in standard made no difference whatsoever to anyone else in the room, the rest of the band included.
There's been a couple of songs over the years I've HAD to do in a different tuning - e.g. Tenerife Sea by Ed Sheeran has something odd like the G tuned down to E, or summat like that, it's easier to just tune down that one string than to try and play it in standard - but generally, I tend to stick to standard.
It's like most of these things, if you worry too much about replicating the record accurately, no-one will care, notice or thank you for it! 

RocknRollDave

Oh, except I do Place Your Hands in Drop D, if ever I play it, which is rarely.

bloodandtears

RocknRollDave said:

bloodandtears said:

west said:

https://reactiongifs.me/kill-myself/

every reason i quit .... id rather fix shit for a livin

I'm with you there.. maybe half a dozen or so tracks in that list that I'd play.. the rest I find dreary and worthy of the label musical prostitution...

It pays well for sure I have no doubt, and loads of people love the radio friendly hits...

But I'm classic hard rocker and play those types of venues instead.. plenty of them around in the North West fortunately..

Ultimately, if I'm not enjoying playing it then why should I.

.. and yes.. my band's set is straight outta the 70/80s lol

Each to their own, innit.

Absolutely fella!!

digitalkettle

Danny1969 said:

 ...Sam Fender and Catfish are probably the only current-ish stuff we are doing ... what you all got ?

Peasy: anything 'DC pre-1980

p90fool

thecolourbox said:

Its mad that songs 10 or so years ago are still classed as modern/up to date, 

I used to worry about this, but actually nobody is more nostalgic than people in their early 20s for music from when they were 12. 

Most of our audience are female, aged from 18-28, and they honestly mostly don't want to hear absolutely up-to-the-minute chart stuff. That said, a lot of our covers are from the last 3-5 years, but it seems they need to be at least that old to be part of a collective experience. 

west

RocknRollDave said:

bloodandtears said:

west said:

https://reactiongifs.me/kill-myself/

every reason i quit .... id rather fix shit for a livin

I'm with you there.. maybe half a dozen or so tracks in that list that I'd play.. the rest I find dreary and worthy of the label musical prostitution...

It pays well for sure I have no doubt, and loads of people love the radio friendly hits...

But I'm classic hard rocker and play those types of venues instead.. plenty of them around in the North West fortunately..

Ultimately, if I'm not enjoying playing it then why should I.

.. and yes.. my band's set is straight outta the 70/80s lol

Each to their own, innit.

I’ve done both: wedding band and Classic Rock covers (bike rallies, pubs etc).
In both cases, there have been songs in the set I’ve looked forward to playing and songs that made me cringe.

At a good gig, where the crowd are getting into it and it all sounds good, I’m happy playing covers others might consider cheesy.

I promise myself one day I’ll put together a band playing the kinds of music I like listening to, but it really won’t happen; nobody would come to the gigs!

Just to qualify .. i never meant to piss on dannys thread by my comment , ive done ALL these things to my detriment and the need at one point to pay the bills ... for the ones that it is  of no consequence good on yer ! but it made me ill .... even my steely dan tribute foray , one if not my fave band turned sour after a short while  ...   which envokes the paraphrase "to thine own self be true "  alternatively uncle morty would say " i will never play the Dane ... "

Roland

p90fool said:

thecolourbox said:

Its mad that songs 10 or so years ago are still classed as modern/up to date, 

I used to worry about this, but actually nobody is more nostalgic than people in their early 20s for music from when they were 12. 

Most of our audience are female, aged from 18-28, and they honestly mostly don't want to hear absolutely up-to-the-minute chart stuff. That said, a lot of our covers are from the last 3-5 years, but it seems they need to be at least that old to be part of a collective experience. 

That’s exactly what we’ve found. A lot of people like music from their early teens. On top of that there’s nostalgia for the 80s.

newi123

Danny1969 said:

fastonebaz said:

Can you play EVHs Ice cream man solo?!  

Kinda ... He actually picks every note of the fast bit which I can do if sitting down but onstage that stretch (as you know) is too big so I tend to tap it .... same notes but a lot easier to do 

Does he pick every note there?

I always thought it was tapped until I saw DLR band play it and the guys played the wide stretch - Joey Holmes I think?

Anyway - our last couple of gigs have been:

Hammer to fall
hard to handle
why can`t this be love
by the way
love in an elevator
in these arms
hold the line
pride
go your own way
wanted dead or alive
i want it all

boys of summer
only thing that looks good on me
i believe in a thing called love
dude looks like a lady
jump
power of love
walk this way
under pressure
crazy train
final countdown

under the bridge
pour some sugar
livin on a prayer


I know it`s all cheese - but it`s fun to play! :-)

Danny1969

newi123 said:

Danny1969 said:

fastonebaz said:

Can you play EVHs Ice cream man solo?!  

Kinda ... He actually picks every note of the fast bit which I can do if sitting down but onstage that stretch (as you know) is too big so I tend to tap it .... same notes but a lot easier to do 

Does he pick every note there?

I always thought it was tapped until I saw DLR band play it and the guys played the wide stretch - Joey Holmes I think?

Anyway - our last couple of gigs have been:

Hammer to fall
hard to handle
why can`t this be love
by the way
love in an elevator
in these arms
hold the line
pride
go your own way
wanted dead or alive
i want it all

boys of summer
only thing that looks good on me
i believe in a thing called love
dude looks like a lady
jump
power of love
walk this way
under pressure
crazy train
final countdown

under the bridge
pour some sugar
livin on a prayer


I know it`s all cheese - but it`s fun to play! :-)

Yeah it's picked on the original recording ... like this



Love you set, done all those over the years and all of them have gone down well. Used to do loads of Leppard stuff along with Pour some sugar like Animal, Rock of ages, Hysteria,  Photograph, Lets get rocked .... great fun to play 

bloodandtears

@newi123 ;  some great tunes in there...

our set list as of last gig...

Living After Midnight

Just Like Paradise

Love Walked In

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Tie Your Mother Down

Synchronicity 2

Since You Been Gone

Photograph

The Chain

Distant Early Warning

Whole Lotta Rose

Separate Ways

If Looks Could Kill

Crazy Train

Owner of a Lonely Heart

Stone In Love

Breaking The Law

Wasted Years

Kiss Me Deadly

Panama

Rock n Roll

2 Minutes to Midnight

Spirit of Radio

Sweet Child Of Mine

newi123

Danny1969 said:

Yeah it's picked on the original recording ... like this

Love you set, done all those over the years and all of them have gone down well. Used to do loads of Leppard stuff along with Pour some sugar like Animal, Rock of ages, Hysteria,  Photograph, Lets get rocked .... great fun to play 

Yep - I can`t do that! You can actually hear its picked from his attack when you think about it........

We did Photograph and Animal up until last year when the 2nd guitar player left - actually Animal is a song I really miss playing!

bloodandtears said:

@newi123 ;  some great tunes in there...

our set list as of last gig...

Living After Midnight

Just Like Paradise

Love Walked In

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Tie Your Mother Down

Synchronicity 2

Since You Been Gone

Photograph

The Chain

Distant Early Warning

Whole Lotta Rose

Separate Ways

If Looks Could Kill

Crazy Train

Owner of a Lonely Heart

Stone In Love

Breaking The Law

Wasted Years

Kiss Me Deadly

Panama

Rock n Roll

2 Minutes to Midnight

Spirit of Radio

Sweet Child Of Mine

Played a few of those too! 

Where you guys based - love to come and see those? I keep angling for Just Like Paradise to go in, and I do miss playing Panama. 

markslade07

This will be our set for this weekend. Stuff gets swapped in and out as we go but along these lines (we’re a mod/ indie band btw)

Set 1

Start 

I Can't Explain 

Louis Louis 

Keep On Running 

Changing Man 

Travellers Tune 

That's Entertainment 

Lightning Bolt 

Substitute 

Peacock Suit 

Day We Caught The Train 

Going Underground 

17 Going Under 

Behind Blue Eyes 

Set 2

Rock And Roll Star 

Gimme Some Lovin

Hard Days Night 

Wonderwall

Parklife 

Disco 2000

She Bangs The Drum 

Eton Rifles 

Do Anything You Want To Do 

You Really Got Me 

Tube Station 

Not 19 Forever 

Jumping Jack Flash 

Lucky Man 

Encore 

Dakota 

Town Called Malice 

Don't Look Back In Anger

bloodandtears

@newi123 Lancashire pal... Bit of a trek for you no doubt...

Roland

For variety, here’s our pop covers set list. We’ve recently dropped some of the 70s numbers, such as Superstition and Long Train Running

Power of Love

Hungry Like the Wolf

Good Thing

Brass in Pocket

Black Velvet

Maneater

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Faith

Africa

This Love

Can’t Get You Out of My Head

Beggin’

Locked Outta Heaven

Call Me Maybe

Rolling in the Deep

I’m Outta Love

Break my Heart

Get Lucky

Its My Life

My Favourite Game

Love Machine

Don’t Upset the Rhythm

Domino

Cops n Robbers

Take Your Mama Out

Love Shack

RocknRollDave

Next gig’s set. Along with key signatures, as I can’t be bothered to edit it.

Set 1

WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL - E

DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT - C

HAPPY - E

CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED…- D

SHOTGUN - F#

VALERIE - D

SUPERSTITION - E

HIGHER AND HIGHER - D

TOWN CALLED MALICE - D

I'M A BELIEVER - G

YOU REALLY GOT ME - A

I LOVE ROCK 'N' ROLL - E

TEENAGE KICKS - D

ALRIGHT NOW - A

BROWN EYED GIRL - G

TWIST AND SHOUT - D

DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER - C

                 Set 2

DON’T STOP ME NOW - F

I GOTTA FEELING - G

PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC - E

MUSTANG SALLY - C

SHUT UP AND DANCE - C

GET LUCKY - BM

DAKOTA - E

TEENAGE DIRTBAG - E

I PREDICT A RIOT - C

MR BRIGHTSIDE - D

CHELSEA DAGGER - G

SEX ON FIRE - E

ALL THE SMALL THINGS - C

SUMMER OF '69 - D

LIVING ON A PRAYER - E

WALKING ON SUNSHINE - A

500 MILES - E

ANGELS - E

Stratavarious

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