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Location: south east Michigan | Some songs just fit better than others. What song comes easy and natural for you?
The one that is right in your wheelhouse. A perfect fastball right across the plate. If your are peas, the song is carrots.
There are a few I've decided to just leave alone. When Brian does "Heart of Gold" it's better if he goes solo. I just can't seem to make the chorus sound natural. Brian also sings "Jenny Jenny" much better than I can.
For me, "Pretty Woman" and "Something" are fun, easy and I feel I can do them some justice.
And while we're at it....what songs do you have to struggle with? |
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Location: NJ | if you are talking about singing I struggle with all of them.
if you are talking about playing, any blues tune just rolls off my fingers. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Tuning. That one comes pretty easily and I can do it without getting nervous. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by cwk2:
Tuning. That one comes pretty easily and I can do it without getting nervous. That's my most requested piece. |
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Location: GA USA | I'm going to have to go with 1) "Pieces of April" and 2) "Fooled Around and Fell in Love". I bet nobody else was gonna name those. |
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Location: San Angelo, Texas | These days it's anything with an E-F#m-A-B run that I can do with the shorty capo... |
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Location: Nîmes, south of France | Without hesitation:
"Piensa en Mi" by Luz Casal (Spain) (well known in Pedro Almodovar movie "Talon aiguille")
I love bluegrass songs but they all come after this one. ;) |
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Location: south east Michigan | Captain...we expect to hear ya play those songs at the next tour.....be there! |
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Location: GA USA | I sincerely hope so. I've already been dropping hints around the house. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | What suits me best?
I think Blue Suede, my clients think verticle stripes.
My fan(s) seem to like an original (that the NW-OFC heard) called 'Don't Drink & Dial'.
For quiet reflection I like to play Leon Redbones "She Ain't Rose." |
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Location: NJ | The Next Song . . . |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | The last song. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by Weaser P:
The last song. YOU liked Edward Bear? |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Never heard of 'em. Why - did they like me? |
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Location: GA USA | Is he related to Max Baer? |
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Location: ITALY | BLACKBIRD, McCartney version - it comes so easy... |
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Location: Spain | Billy Joels "You May Be Right" Ilove to play it and it sort of covers who I am as well!! |
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | "Old Five and Dimers Like Me" |
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Location: south east Michigan | Seems like everyone plays Blackbird.
Some do it well.
It must be something genetic. I can't play it. |
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Location: NJ | I don't either, Brad.
Basically because . . . well, like you said . . . EVERYONE does . . |
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| A hoarse (with no pain). |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Shouldn't you be out playing "Corazones Del Fuego" somerwhere?!?
Or did that 10 year old trump you for the gig? |
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| That is sooooooooooo close to being true. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | For just playing, the Leo Kottke version of Jesu just comes out perfect.
For singing, my voice is pretty limited in range. A good song for me is "Crazy". |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I DON'T do "Blackbird".....same reason as Cliff said.
A song that came easy is one I started working on recently....Todd Rundgren's "I Saw The Light".
A song that I stuggle with, because I don't have the "correct" voice for it, is "Jumping Jack Flash".
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Location: Marlton, NJ | "Mood For a Day" ... at least as much as I can play of it. I pick that one because it was one of the most difficult songs I figured out by ear. I also like "Father Christmas" by ELP. |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Singing is just a sad story all the way around...
Playing...when I get tired I revert back to playing Toby Keith's "Should Have Been a Cowboy." (Yes, I grew up country :D )
Anything by Chris Tomlin just "feels" right, and right now I'm working on Steven Curtis Chapman's "I Will be Here," which I am supposed to sing at my brother's wedding in January. :eek: :eek: :eek: |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Ragin River of Fear by Captain Beyond |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Depends on the mood--a song called "Fear Not" when I'm loosening up my strum (lots of hammerin' on and pullin' off there), "Draw Me Close to You" for finger-picking, and "Roses in the Snow" when I'm in one of those "really-miss-Jack-now" moments (it was one of his favorite songs......)
--Karen and the crew
Gertrude, Jewel, Blanca, "Nonnie," Ivory, Sugar, Plink, Twang and Shriek |
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Location: Houston, Texas | "Wish You Were Here", when I think of my brother. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Nothing I do resembles a song anyone would recognize. But, if I *could* do one song well, and it had to fit "me," it would have to be "Just Checked In" by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition. |
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Location: Houston, Texas | I hope your condition is doing well. |
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Location: SoCal | "Counting Flowers on the Wall" |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | I haven't heard the 'last song' since grade school. Good times.
My version of 'Johnny B Goode' flys off my finger tips.
Santana songs are hard at first and take alot of practice but once I learn them well enough, they flow. |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | I'm not much of a guitar player, so I guess, my singing makes up for it. My playing's limited to some folk melodies, fingerpicking mostly, with the likes of Jim Croce and James Taylor. I'd avoid barre chords whenever I could, cos they hurt my hands and fingers a lot, after playing them for a while.
Then again, I just want to stand back, watch and listen to others playing, as I enjoy the music as well ... |
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Location: Tennessee | Ziggy Stardust. |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by stonebobbo:
Ziggy Stardust. didn't we play that way late one night at the last OFC gathering? or was I just too out of it???? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Ziggy played guitar... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I do 4 or 5 Croce tunes well and our vocal ranges match. Hard Way Every Time suits me and it was the easiest to learn. It helped that they actually showed his guitar on the video and he didn't use a capo like he apparently did on the recording. |
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Location: SoCal | gee, and I thought this was about my current mental state (Counting Flowers on the Wall).
so, a cappella |
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What song fits you best?