Western Jam 2020 - Song List Discussion

Brocco · March 2020

This is the place where tracks can be proposed & debated, and volunteers can step forward to request a particular "band" role for the songs they would like to play on, remembering that songs with strong support can be played more than once, with as many band line ups as is required, to ensure that everyone who wants to play on a particular track has the opportunity to do so. It follows that less popular tracks will inevitably get dropped along the way, for example where we do not have volunteers for all key "band" roles, or are outside the range of the vocalists, etc.

Play nicely...

spark240 · March 2020

Snow Patrol - Your all I have ( cause some of us know it ) .
Lizzy - Boys are back in town ( or any other Lizzy really )...Nice Bass line and harmony guitars.
Joe Jackson - Is she really going out ( nice pop song;-))
The Cars - Just whats I needed.

@Brocco - is this sounding familiar ;-)

Brocco · March 2020

@spark240 - it certainly is and there is nothing (well, very little) wrong with that!

stratman3142 · March 2020

spark240 said:

Snow Patrol - Your all I have ( cause some of us know it ) .
Lizzy - Boys are back in town ( or any other Lizzy really )...Nice Bass line and harmony guitars.
Joe Jackson - Is she really going out ( nice pop song;-))
The Cars - Just whats I needed.

@Brocco - is this sounding familiar ;-)

I've played the Thin Lizzy and Joe Jackson tracks in previous bands. Do we assume original keys and structures unless otherwise stated?

I'm happiest with fairly standard (old git) pub pop/rock and funk stuff.

Deleted my original list because too many.

spark240 · March 2020

Unless the vocalists are really stretched Id avoid detunes or capos by a semitone or so, it tends to lead to tons of tuning issues on the day...That said...my Kemper seems fine with it ;-)

Brocco · March 2020

@stratman3142 - hope you are up for a Superstition teach-in in room 2!? Also, Slade did a version of Janis Joplin's Move Over, which I know bits of but not the whole thing, & wondered if you would be up for learning it ahead of the jam in the hope we can get a full band compliment together to perform it on the day?

stratman3142 · March 2020

Brocco said:

@stratman3142 - hope you are up for a Superstition teach-in in room 2!? Also, Slade did a version of Janis Joplin's Move Over, which I know bits of but not the whole thing, & wondered if you would be up for learning it ahead of the jam in the hope we can get a full band compliment together to perform it on the day?

I'm up for learning any tunes provided they're not super complicated and there aren't masses of them.

What would the Superstition teach-in entail? I can predict a (hopefully friendly) discussion about what the actual chords are in the chromatic movement section

Or, to create another debate, perhaps we can get into a discussion about how Alright Now is actually played

Brocco · March 2020

@stratman3142 - literally showing me how you play Superstition is all I would need

Move Over has a good bass line, riff & solo (the last being beyond my current playing ability), but don't believe it to be an overly complicated arrangement for an experienced ear!

mrkb · March 2020

How many are people allowed to propose? I suggest a maximum of three or you end up with too many songs to filter out.

I'd like to propose/play:-

Personal Jesus - Marilyn Manson style

Nightrain - GnR

Dani California - RHCP

stratman3142 · March 2020

mrkb said:

How many are people allowed to propose? I suggest a maximum of three or you end up with too many songs to filter out.

Seems sensible. Ignore my earlier post. I'll think of three.

stratman3142 · March 2020

I'll propose three obvious candidates.

Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites
Word Up - The Gun Version

Brocco · March 2020

It would be very helpful if some kind soul could create and maintain a Spotify playlist for the songs proposed/agreed so we are all clear on the version the proposer has in mind (from experience it is not always 100% crystal)!

spark240 · March 2020

We did google sheet last time didnt we . ?...with all the songs on then you put your name in for it...no names = song doesn't get played

Brocco · March 2020

Yep, so we also need someone to run with creating, populating & sharing such a sheet

Funkfingers · March 2020

spark240 said:

We did google sheet last time, didnt we?

That is how the process began.

spark240 said:

then you put your name in for it. no names = song doesn't get played

This was what caused some suggested songs to fall by the wayside.

The whole event depends upon some attendees being willing to learn and play songs of which they are not necessarily fond. The reward for this selfless act is that others return the favour and play whatever minority interest song you proposed.

When this idealistic state of affairs breaks down, the old standards are invoked. Teenage Kicks, Paranoid, Rockin' In The Free World, all the titles that shops used to ask customers to refrain from playing.

mrkb · March 2020

Having done at least 10 of these over the last three years, there’s always a good selection of songs that people are happy to learn. No need to learn something obscure for the “greater good”. I’ll get a google sheet and Spotify playlist up and running later this evening.

stratman3142 · March 2020

The whole event depends upon some attendees being willing to learn and play songs of which they are not necessarily fond...

Happy to play/learn anything I can handle, apart from Brown Eyed Girl, which I never want to play again in my life

Brocco · March 2020

@mrkb - thank you Mark

mrkb · March 2020

@spark240 - do you want to trim your suggestions down to three?

Heres the googlesheet link for currently suggested songs:-
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/169T_e4XsRXzwqt_srOJGTLw-W9zzC_GWws0R-sj56zQ/edit?usp=sharing

Spotify playlist:-
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0wbH9N4uw9vElNQ9jjK3pe?si=CA7h4CFFQCCbEpAjKth16w

Lets please have three suggestions from the rest of the paid up attendees.

octatonic · March 2020

stratman3142 said:

I'll propose three obvious candidates.

Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites
Word Up - The Gun Version

All good.
Battleship Chains by Georgia Satellites is my go to for jams because you don't have to deal with the tricky singing in KYHTY.

spark240 · March 2020

mrkb said:

@spark240 - do you want to trim your suggestions down to three?

Heres the googlesheet link for currently suggested songs:-
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/169T_e4XsRXzwqt_srOJGTLw-W9zzC_GWws0R-sj56zQ/edit?usp=sharing

Spotify playlist:-
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0wbH9N4uw9vElNQ9jjK3pe?si=CA7h4CFFQCCbEpAjKth16w

Lets please have three suggestions from the rest of the paid up attendees.

Doc is read only....can you remove Joe Jackson for now please?

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