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my band's currently looking at extending our set list....Nothin Compares 2 you has been suggested...(Sinead version) and some of the band have queried if this is what your average pub punter would be happy to listen to....What do the more experience covers band members think? To put it in perspective we do play a quite extensive range of covers but all really twisted in a rock sort of way.
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What sort of version are you proposing - straight cover of Sinead's version? And how does it sit with the rest of your set in terms of style etc?
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:-O Well fix that immediately !!!!!
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have you ever played a gig in a pub in Wales? It's much the same thing.
I think one song per set where the audience goes 'Ooh that's a bit different' works very well. I'll gaurantee that post gig it will be the song you get asked about. People tend to recall what happens first and last and anything out of the norm.
Don't forget that having the females wanting to attend your gigs can have a dramatic effect on the totals involved after a while. Playing 'rock' for middle aged blokes is one thing, but having a dance floor full of wimmins will pack a venue faster than most things.
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well, if I really knew I'd be a rock star and not sat in an office with a view of the wheelie bins. I think generally people like to be surprised but not confused. My oft quoted example is going to see Robert Plant and he did a Kylie cover. This was surprising and memorable. I saw Van Morrison once and he didn't play any Van Morrison songs ( did a set of blues standards, fine for me as it happened) which was confusing for the audience.
Personally I'd avoid playing anything like that in pubs. Unless the audience are eating out of your singers hand, they will probably just want upbeat songs to entertain them.
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