"You Really Got Me" (1964)
"All Day and All of the Night" (1964)
"Tired of Waiting for You" (1965)
Posted on 06/21/2018 7:01:33 PM PDT by Mariner
I have a theory about rock ’n’ roll bands that I haven’t really expressed to many people, but I will offer it here.
I think any rock ’n’ roll band that wants to consider itself serious needs to be able to competently perform a certain set of standard rock songs. If they can’t play these songs, they should just stop the music and get day jobs.
I’m talking about classic songs that are basic to the genre.
Let me explain.
Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi were not blues musicians. However, they knew enough about music to know any band worth its salt had to be able to perform certain standards at any time.
Thus The Blues Brothers were born. The idea led to a hit album called “Briefcase Full of Blues,” which contained the standards, and a hit movie. The song “Soul Man,” was immortalized thanks to The Blues Brothers.
So it should be with any competent rock band. If you want to be good, if you want to entertain, there are certain basics which must be mastered.
But which songs are the songs that must be part of any competent band’s repertoire.
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PDRR does BB as BB sounded in Surf era (1961-1965), before age, wear, drugs, alcohol, and smoking took their toll on the band members.
Starting with Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys evolved enormously. Their middle period (1966-1973) has some extraordinary, unique music that almost never gets airplay (since they were effectively boycotted from emerging FM radio in the late 60s, and so are left off classic rock playlists now), but was highly influential to classic rockers like David Crosby, Graham Nash, Tom Petty, Elton John, Ann & Nancy Wilson, as well as later acts like Yo La Tengo, REM, etc.
Brian’s singular genius, his drug use, Van Dyke Parks vs. Mike Love, Carl Wilson’s conscientious objector status, all contributed to the dissension in the group, which led to two critical choices that changed their status:
Brian pulled the plug on SMiLE in early 1967, and pulled out of headlining the Monterey Pop Festival in Summer 1967. Both of those were huge blows, and they lost a lot of fan and critic support.
Had SMiLE preceded Sgt. Pepper’s, as planned, and had they headlined at Monterey, their later music would certainly have been better received.
Financial needs essentially forced them to become an Oldies act in 1974.
The original Capitol SMiLE tapes were finally released in 2011 on CD and LP. (Prior to that, it had become one of the most heavily bootlegged albums in rock history.)
But you are correct: Papa Doo Run Run is an excellent cover band.
>>Louis louis, Gloria, Wipeout, and that slow song.
Rumble?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHEmDLQKrrk
The hokey pokey. Because THA is what it’s all about.
It depends on the style, but:
Heavy Guitar: Stairway to Heaven
Vocal Harmony: Good Vibrations
Power Pop: Go All The Way
Too Drunk To ****?
>>Seven Nation Army
Heard here with W.S.Fluke (Johnny Cash’s drummer) sitting in with Knox and Walter Lure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5pxLuaL8xo
Lola
Good choices - maybe add “Wild Thing” just for giggles.
“Tarkus” by ELP. Once a band masters that, they can play just about anything ever composed.
Pls excuse my age, back in the late 50’s if an up and coming doowop group could sing ‘Sometimes when I’m all alone” acapella, Danny + Juniors flip of “At The Hop”, they had a lot of potential. Just sayin.
Nobody wants to hear some no account wedding band play their own stuff. It will be crap for sure.
Slow Ride
Mustang Sally
Gimme Back My Bullets
La Grange
Ace of Spades (Because it’s awesome)
Can’t you See
Proud Mary
Should I stay or Should I go
You Really Got Me
Radar Love
Dang... this is a pretty good set list
That cracked me up. The DJ at the skating rink of my youth would play Whipping Post for Couples Skate.
I agree with you on Clapton. Not that he wasn’t a great player in his day. But Duane Allman was better.
Thanks for that info. My understanding is that The Beatles took the harmonizing of the BB and incorporated it into their songs.
Interesting like the original Beatles were called The Golden Beatles in the beginning.
Actually it was the Silver Beatles. ;)
Golden Beatles — The Beatles | Last.fm Listen free to The Beatles - Golden Beatles (I Saw Her Standing There, Love Me Do and more). 28 tracks (77:49). http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Beatles-Japan/dp/B001M1UQ46 Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm.
The Silver Beetles - The Beatles Wiki The Silver Beetles was one of the earlier band names before The Beatles. John Lennon wanted a name that sounded English. He wanted The Crickets, but Paul McCartney, laughing, said, "I think that's already taken."It was Stuart Sutcliffe who suggested they call themselves The Silver Beatles.
This is all so confusing.
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