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Location: NJ | help
my 16 year old nephew just called me. He has a pickup gig on Saturday afternoon and the guitar player he was using is not going to make it (apparently he is going to an iron madien concert) anyway the kid was begging me to fill in at the gig. I really don't want to do it but don't see any way out.
I am looking for some cool tunes to do with these kids hopefully easy ones to learn since we will have only one reheasal. (did i say the gig was saturday)
I need your suggestions
so far I have
sunshine of your love
gloria
purple haze
20th century boy
house of the rising sun
and my mind is blank.
remember these are teenage kids into classic rock. so I need tunes that are easy to do and good for on stage.
if you have any suggestions let me know and better yet if you have lyrics and tabs e mail them to me.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | You poor bastard ...
Here - go to this link. Top 500 Classic Rock songs with chords and tabs.
http://classicrock.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=cla... |
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White Room
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Sweet Home Ala(ugh!)bama
Get Back
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Location: Fairfax, VA | AC/DC? C'mon, there's nothing easier than Highway to Hell, Hell's Bells, or Have a Drink on Me.
Lynard Skynard is also a good choice, but you really want more guitars.
A little psychedelia? Pictures of Matchstick Men, some Small Faces, maybe some Animals. |
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Brown Sugar |
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Location: south east Michigan | Sweet Jane....
I know you know that one. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Ok, well maybe you'd need two rehersals for that one. |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Sweet Jane....
I know you know that one. not sure if my sister wants her sun to be exposed to the dark side .....yet |
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Location: ranson,wva | first song i learned was brown eyed girl..if i can do it anybody can..jason |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Seriously, Al - you've got to know a million of them. That rehersal might make for a long night but I've got to believe that you'll walk away with more than enough material when it's over. You'll have a blast - guaranteed.
Beatles - Get Back
GFR - I'm Your Captain; American Band |
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Location: Utah | Sympathy for the Devil |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Dare I say... Smoke on the Water?
Take It Easy
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I can almost tell how old you guys are by seeing what you think is "classic" rock.
How about Smoke On the Water or anything by Bachman, Turner Overdrive. If you want to jump ahead 10 years, do you suppose they'd go for any Eagles songs? |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | They might like Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Originally posted by alpep:
Originally posted by Slipkid:
Sweet Jane.... not sure if my sister wants her sun to be exposed to the dark side .....yet |
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Location: ranson,wva | if you wanna do something of cash's get rhythm is up beat..so is cocaine blues but thats probly not something for teens..jason |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Smokin In The Boys Room! - Brownsville Station
Don't Touch Me There - The Tubes
Get Rythme - Johny Cash
Roll Your Own - Various
Cowgirl In The Sand - Niel Young
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | The same thing happened to me a few years ago. My son asked me to sit in on a set in his band when one of their guitarists took ill at a club in San Diego. I knew none of their alternative (and all original) songs, but they stuck to the basic rock progressions which they jotted down for me during the pre-set break, and I managed to get by. Plus, the music was so loud and the audience was so stoned I doubt that it made any difference. |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Anything Eagles would be good, and easy.
John Mellancamp (is that how it's spelled?) - Jack & Diane. More on the "classic rock" side.
Or, if you're going way off the deep end, put on a scary black wig, crank your guitar past the safe zone, scream into the microphone, and pretend you're Steven Tyler. :eek: |
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Location: NJ | mustang sally
all right now
born to be wild
house of the rising sun
you really got me
wild thing
here are some of the tunes we are thinking of. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | Uh, Louie Louie, Gloria, Xanadu (for Cliff) |
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Location: Waurika OK | How about:
Johnny Be Good
Muleskinner Blues by the Fendermen.
Nighttrain
Big Boss Man
Honky Tonk
A little surf:
Pipeline
Walk Don't Run
see, I'm older, I was there when it started.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I think Al and I are talking about the same thing when we say "classic rock". It should be at least 30 years old. |
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Location: Tennessee | Most 16 year olds describe classic rock as Green Day, Pearl Jam, Jane's Addiction, Social Distortion, Stray Cats, Smithereens, etc. At least around my house. That other stuff everyone is mentioning here is referred to as "hippie music". :cool: |
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Location: Oregon | Mother by Danzig is a pretty god dang easy rock song. Although I hate them, I'd say Ac/Dc is the best bet.
Why not call him up and ask him what they know or something? |
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Location: Tennessee | Right, Blind Harp. I forgot the Misfits. ;) You are the demographic we're talking about here. |
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My Sharona (jeebuz, I think I could even play that!)
Love in Vain (Stones covered it, but that might be four or five chords)
Boogie Chillen (John Lee Hooker is classic, right? Isn't that only one-chord?)
Ooh!
Johnny B. Goode! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Here's that annoying new guy again...
Ultimate Guitar Tabs Archive. 200,000+ Guitar Tabs, etc.... This is where I get all kindsa stuff that I am not talented enough to play! They've got everything, almost.
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/
Looking at the list again... If you wanna be weird, put on an orange mullet wig, some leotard, and do Ziggy! (Stardust, not Marley) Ziggy went too far, but man, could he play Guitar! Or fall black into old Punk. Ramones!
"If you play more than three chords, you are just showing off!"
GangGreen, Samhain, Circle Jerks, Butthole Surfers, Holymen, Minutemen, Vasco de Gama, Echo & the Bunny-men. Good names, crappy bands. |
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Location: Oregon | Originally posted by edensharvest:
That's what punk is - great musicians with crappy voices. Actually (keeping with Danzig), Glenn Danzig from the Misfits has a really, really good voice. Even in the Misfits. His solo stuff was awesome voice and guitar wise... for the first two albums. Then he sucked it up hardcore. |
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Location: Houston, Texas | Originally posted by edensharvest:
That's what punk is - great musicians with crappy voices. Gosh, I was always of the opinion that punk was crappy musicians with even crappier voices. I must admit though, it is a small step up from rap, which is basically rappy musicians with even rappier voices.
I must have a few years on you I guess. |
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Location: ranson,wva | im 23..young by most of yous standards but i dont have any love at all for todays music,rap is crap,punk just makes me wanna beat my head against a wall. modern country is more pop that country. i grew up listining to 60's-70's rock with my old man and old country and bluegrass with grandaddy..maybe its just me..jason |
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Location: Oregon | WARNING: This post is Scatter brained midnight dribble.
It's not just you Jason. Let me start out with the only defense I've found. There are only two punk bands that're good, Misfits, and Ramones(both from the 70's). The only good rap song is Rappers Delight which is also from the seventies.
Now to my point; The punk today... is not punk. The Rap today, is not music. It's poetry to a beat probably created by pre school children pressing random buttons. Not music.
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Originally posted by 72tour:
WARNING: This post is Scatter brained midnight dribble.
It's not just you Jason. Let me start out with the only defense I've found. There are only two punk bands that're good, Misfits, and Ramones(both from the 70's). The only good rap song is Rappers Delight which is also from the seventies.
Now to my point; The punk today... is not punk. The Rap today, is not music. It's poetry to a beat probably created by pre school children pressing random buttons. Not music. That is one of the most succinctly put descriptions I've ever heard...how old are you again? :D
Actually, I have heard some "punk" musicians who have a lot of talent. I don't care at all for the voices or the lyrics, which do make me want to bang my head against the wall, while imagining myself as an angry 12-year old boy trapped in an older body...
I'm rapidly closing on 30, and even I can appreciate that most music these days sucks. Country, which I grew up on, isn't the same these days. When the top 5 a few weeks ago included Keith Urban (Australian pop-country), a horrible song from some red-neck wanna-be, and #1 was by Bon Jovi...let's just say that it's lost something in recent years.
Moreover, the "pop/soft rock" genre of the 80's and 90's is gone, replaced by cheasy teenage drama queens in slutty clothing pretending to be able to sing. Whatever happened to Gloria Estefan and Peter Cetera?
Hey, Al, back on topic, how about something from Chicago? |
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www.guitarsoffire.com |
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Location: Cicero, NY | So, Al, have you guys rehearsed yet? How'd it go? Feeling better about it than the other day (where and maybe it was just me but I sensed a slight panic). Again, my best is it's going to go over great. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I never thought that I would MISS punk rock. But my boss and I were riding in the work van, I was seeking music on the radio. And could find NOTHING worth listening to. Finally settled on the Country station. That bad! What happened to the Rock-n-Roll Legacy that we wanted to leave the next generation?
Uriah Heap - The Wizard's Birthday,(album) any song.
Bad Company
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Location: NJ | ". . I never thought that I would MISS punk rock . ."
C'mon out to NYC this week for the final week of operation for CBGB's
. . . lots of punk "notables" are supposedly making an appearance . . .
Personally, I always thought the place was a "dump" that shoulda' burned YEARS ago . . . |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
And could find NOTHING worth listening to. Hey, there's always KGON for 70's and 80's.
...and KKSN (KISN) - they're STILL playing the 60's! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Be here now.
There's still good music, most of it's just not on the radio, it's on the net! OK Go
Dust Poets (formerly das Macht Show!)
Kris Demeanor & the Crack Band
T.O.F.U. (will change how you feel about rap...a little)
THREE CHORD ROCK
(Definition of country music, "Three chords and the truth." Harlan Howard)...so we're talkin' three chords and an erection maybe?
Get Offa My Cloud
Come On Down To My Boat
I'm A Believer
Saturday Night (bay city rollers-don't hit me, just pack the dancefloor)
I saw her standing there
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Location: cincinnati, ohio | "Helpless" by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
D - A- G progression-- over and over and over and over and.........
And for all of its almost(?) mind-numbing simplicity, it's still one of the greatest songs ever written. |
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Location: NJ | ok
we had a rehearsal tonight. I was under the impression we had bass drums keys back up chick singer.
well we were a power trio LOL.
we settled on
20th century boy t rex
wild thing troggs
purple haze hendrix
gloria van morrison
sunshine of your love cream
all right now free
we sounded oK and my sister told me I passed the audition LOL.
the gig is tomorrow at 11 am
I will let you know how it goes |
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I remember The Police openned for some local acts there. They stank then,too. I went for the Ramones. Great 2 minute songs. Say yer peace, then move on. At Gilley's Pub (Bleeker St & 5th Ave.) John Lennon, playing with David Peel & the Lower East Side, (bought us a coupla quarts of Ballentine Ale). And I'm surprised that CBGB's didn't burn down too... But Vomit and Beer don't burn well. Classy place, two blocks from the Bowery Mission. YIPPIE Headquarters, two blocks the other way. Good Location. Damn, I'm old...
So "alpep", did you try Ultimate Guitar? Time's a-wastin'
Hey you typed your song list while I was typing this. It looks real good. Rock the House. |
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Sloop John B
Act Naturally
Freebird
Mr Tambourine Man
City of New Orleans
If you got the money, I got the time
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Location: NJ | we did the gig today.
it was a blast.
totally unorganized. played on the top of a flatbed truck that still had a ton of mortar residue on it. No one thought to sweep it off.
The generator was almost louder than the PA LOL.
what fun.
we played
20th century boy t rex
wild thing the troggs
purple haze hendrix
girl singer sang along to
Let's give em something to talk about
killer voice I told my nephew she needs to be in the band
came back did 2 more
all right now free
sunshine of your love cream
here are some pics
me with my hamer monaco superpro which is currently my main guitar.
here is how we looked on the truck
Tim my nephew on bass and vocals and Vinny on drums. Vinny is a great drummer he will be killer in a few years.
solo shot of timmy and his Hamer import velocity bass. A killer value for this korean made bass.
some kid was wearing a gorilla costume with the first band so we decided to call our band "we don't need no stinkin gorillas"
no current future gigs scheduled.
oh I forgot to mention. the crowd loved us. |
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I recognize the drive-thru sign in the background... |
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Location: Waurika OK | With the proper cap, longer hair and a beard, Vinny could be the next Alpep!
Great that you helped out your nephew and that you all had fun. He will remember that for the rest of his life. |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Barrington Harvest Festival... I remember those days. What a Hoot!
I recognize the drive-thru sign in the background... oops almost edited your post by mistake
you are correct it was the Barrington Harvest Festival |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Nice, we got pics... Glad you had fun! And, of course a female singer would be good. If given a choice a looking at a few ugly dudes.... Nice clear day. Good choice of songs. Happy for you. Nice wood on that git-fiddle. |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Cool, maybe people will think I said sumpin really nasty and had the law come down on me... why would anyone think that of you jeff????? |
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Location: Midland, MI | I think it's great that you helped them out, Al. Sounds like it came off OK, too. Congrats and kudos. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Looks like it was a lot of fun. Nice that you could help the boys out. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | I knew you guys would pull it off, Al. And sometimes the panic just seems to add a little adrenaline - which isn't always a bad thing. Glad you guys had fun. |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by Weaser P:
I knew you guys would pull it off, Al. And sometimes the panic just seems to add a little adrenaline - which isn't always a bad thing. Glad you guys had fun. I was laughing the whole time we did the gig. My only concern was that we played songs that were easy and we could all pull off at a moments notice.
it worked out well. |
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OT 3 chord rock