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Harold Dye Member From: Cullman, Alabama, USA |
posted 27 May 2005 07:23 PM
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We all have had to play what the band plays, but there are some songs that really get to me. I got to thinking about all the stuff I have had to play over the years and it really drives me nuts. I think the top three in this order has to be... Don't mess with my toot toot, Achey Breaky heart and Elvira. I know all these songs were mega hits and made gazillions of bucks but what in H**# do you play on these? I always put something there but I can tell you it was not good nor the proper thing to play at the time...it was panic....After a while when the song would start I would head for the head and wait until the spasm was over, but soon everyone thought I had a bladder problem. A steel just don't sound good on some things...i.e. Don't mess with my toot toot. I am glad Rockin' Sidney had a hit, but WHY.... |
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BobbeSeymour Member From: Hendersonville TN USA |
posted 27 May 2005 07:26 PM
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I hate any song with a 5511 intro! |
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b0b Sysop From: Cloverdale, California, USA |
posted 27 May 2005 07:28 PM
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leroy Brown, when I die, any song where the verse has the same progression as the chorus. Topic moved to "Music" section as it has nothing to do with pedal Steel. |
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Harold Dye Member From: Cullman, Alabama, USA |
posted 27 May 2005 07:31 PM
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I understand BoB, but it does if you have to play steel on it. |
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Craig A Davidson Member From: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA |
posted 27 May 2005 07:49 PM
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South's Gonna Do It-Cause nobody plays it right Adalida- Cause people want to race it Boot Scootin' Boogie- Cause after what seems like a million times of playing it I have run out of licks. Orange Blossom Special-Just because |
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Howard Tate Member From: Leesville, Louisiana, USA |
posted 27 May 2005 07:58 PM
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Groovy Grub Worm!Yech! ------------------ |
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Charles Dempsey Member From: The Cradle of the Stars. |
posted 27 May 2005 08:11 PM
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Proud Mary. As a (hopefully) ex-rhythm 6-stringer I gotta tell you, that is the most boring song created. Duh-duh-duh..........duh-duh-duh It wouldn't be quite as boring if Tina's tail was in the picture, but I didn't get that gig. Charlie |
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Les Pierce Member From: Goliad, Texas |
posted 27 May 2005 08:39 PM
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Well, no wonder, Charles...you're missing a "Duh". Makes all the difference. Les ------------------ |
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Leila Tuttle Member From: Wheat Ridge, Colorado, USA |
posted 27 May 2005 08:43 PM
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Raucous gospel. |
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Michael Breid Member From: Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA |
posted 27 May 2005 09:28 PM
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Any song that the singer doesn't know the correct words to and tries to fake them, or some of the members of the band don't know the correct chords and play whatever they want, and won't play the right ones when they are presented to them. "This is the way I play it by God. You either like it or I quit". We've all been there haven't we???? There should be a law that forbids you to play with self centered, mediocre, musicians and singers. Even if you do need the money. |
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Billy Carr Member From: Seminary, Mississippi USA |
posted 27 May 2005 09:34 PM
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It would probably be "Wipe Out". I like to play super fast sometimes but this song to me doesn't really open up for steel guitar. If I can get by with it I try to play fill in licks like a keyboard would do. But every once in a while I'll get surprised and it's off to the races we go at 100 mph. |
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Webb Kline Member From: Bloomsburg, PA |
posted 28 May 2005 06:16 AM
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Anything by Brittney Spears and The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Something about that song that makes me want to puke. Maybe it's because everytime I go to a carnival for ice cream, they have some oldies band there playing it. It's worn out. What's worse is the crowd always loves it, even though they have heard it 417,001,600 times, which is the number of melodic possibilities in the 12 tone scale. Variety is obviously not the spice of their lives. I HATE IT, I tell ya! I never could stomache any doo wop stuff. That stuff was the dumbing down of good 1,6,2,5 swing and jazz tunes. Rant,rant, rant |
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Barry Blackwood Member From: elk grove, CA |
posted 28 May 2005 07:03 AM
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All of the above ... playing songs of this ilk is like taking one step forward and two steps back. |
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Perry Hansen Member From: Bismarck, N.D. |
posted 28 May 2005 08:34 AM
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Charles. I agree with you. If a song could be classified as ugly, Proud Mary would be it. |
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Ray Minich Member From: Limestone, New York, USA |
posted 28 May 2005 10:17 AM
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"That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh, I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh" |
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Leroy Riggs Member From: High Country, CO |
posted 28 May 2005 12:52 PM
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Anything by Garth!! |
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Donny Hinson Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A. |
posted 28 May 2005 01:09 PM
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Any song that starts out simple, nice, and smooth...and then throws in some weird chord that really serves no purpose. It's like, sometimes the writers must think..."This is a pretty simple 1-2-4-5 progression, so let's just throw in a 7b5th+11dim4th somewhere, so it will have a unique 'hook' sound." Ugh! Complex chords have a place, but only if they enhance the song. The "song" is everything, but if it's not memorable by virtue of a good melody and meaningful words, a weird chord that doesn't really fit ain't gonna help it! |
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Barbara Hennerman Member From: Rangely, CO, USA |
posted 28 May 2005 02:29 PM
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* [This message was edited by Barbara Hennerman on 21 August 2006 at 01:44 AM.] |
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Paul King Member From: Gainesville, Texas, USA |
posted 28 May 2005 02:33 PM
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I detest the song by Garth Brooks "Friends In Low Places". I prefer the country from the days of Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn,Ray Price and some of the older stars. One of the biggest reasons I prefer them is the quality of steel playing on their records. Anything today out of Nashville I have a hard time accepting. To me most of it is just not country music, including the not so "Grand Ole Opry". |
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David Cobb Member From: Chanute, Kansas, USA |
posted 28 May 2005 02:52 PM
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Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll". To hear it once in the next millenium would be one too many. Garth Brooks' "Friends in Low Places" and "Ain't Going Down Till the Sun Comes Up". Bleeeech. [This message was edited by David Cobb on 28 May 2005 at 02:57 PM.] |
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Larry Robbins Member From: Fort Edward, New York, USA |
posted 28 May 2005 02:54 PM
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Achy Breaky Heart! I have said it before and I'll say it again....no-matter how many times I vomit, I still feel the need to hang myself!....also Proud Mary, Louie,Louie, Wolly Bully, Disco, Country Rap=(CRAP) and anything by Toby Keith!  ------------------ Still Country after all these years.... [This message was edited by Larry Robbins on 28 May 2005 at 02:56 PM.] |
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Alan Shank Member From: Woodland, CA, USA |
posted 28 May 2005 03:30 PM
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"I detest the song by Garth Brooks "Friends In Low Places"." Have you heard Mark Chesnutt's version? I like it by Mark. |
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Rich Weiss Member From: Woodland Hills, CA, USA |
posted 28 May 2005 11:33 PM
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While I don't detest it, if I never have to play Johnny B. Good again, it won't be too soon.
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Jim Cohen Member From: Philadelphia, PA |
posted 29 May 2005 07:44 AM
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"Sleepwalk" and "Steel Guitar Rag" |
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ajm Member From: Los Angeles |
posted 29 May 2005 08:48 AM
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I have been playing for over 30 years. I have been a CCR fan ever since I first heard them in my early teens. I have NEVER played with a band or even heard one that did Proud Mary even remotely close to the record. (Or Ike and Tina's version either, for that matter.) I have no idea where some of these guys have heard the version of that song that they're doing. There must be a lot of versions that I'm not aware of though, because it usually sounds like everyone in the band is doing a different version at the same time. And when it comes to doing it in the original key, forget about it. Maybe these bands would have a better time if they learned the material first. Part of the reason that some guys won't like a song is because they are doing a crappy version of it themselves. I'm not saying don't do it your own way. I'm saying to learn it the original way first so that everyone has a common starting point as a BAND, so it sounds like you are all playing the same song, then change it if you feel the need to. You have to know the rules before you can break them. ------------------ |
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Archie Nicol Member From: Ayrshire, Scotland |
posted 29 May 2005 03:49 PM
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Jim. `Steel Guitar Rag`; How does that go again? Cheers, Arch. |
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Jim Phelps Member From: just out of Mexico City |
posted 29 May 2005 04:23 PM
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I have to agree with ajm about Proud Mary. CCR is/was basic, simple country-rock, just a few chords and a nice groove... kinda like the "traditional country music" all you diehard traditionalists are always talking about... Besides, I can't believe some people are still whining about Proud Mary. That was the song all musicians bi***ed about in the late '70's- early '80's.... I thought that was out of style by now. I also have heard very few bands that can manage to get the nice simple flowing groove that CCR had. If they were capable of it, no doubt they'd enjoy the song more. It's not a bad song when done right by a rhythm section that knows how to lay a groove. Some songs, on the other hand, just plain stink no matter what. Some of my own personal least-favorites which I feel have absolutely no value whatsoever are: "Don't mess with my Toot-toot" "Let's get drunk and screw" "Cheeseburger in paradise" and all the other similar worthless, stupid songs with no meaning. Seems like everyone's "playing it safe", not naming anything by anyone really big. Well, except for Garth, it's "in" to bash him. Everyone really likes everything all the other big names ever recorded? Not me. I know I'm going to ruffle some feathers, (gasp!) but there are a couple songs even by some country legends that have always driven me crazy. As much as I love the singers and songwriters of these songs, now and then they had one that I couldn't stand. Call that heresy if you like. My own idea is that a person doesn't have to like everything a particular artist does, but call me crazy. A couple of songs by "big ones" I can't stand are: "Amanda" and "Misery and Gin". Every band I've ever had the displeasure to play these songs with has done them so slowly and boring it was all I could do to stay awake, and Misery and Gin is such a downer (especially at slow, slow speed) that I want to take a sharp stick and gouge out my eyeballs and beg for mercy before the thing's halfway over. "You don't have to call me darlin, darlin'", or "You never even call me by my name" or whatever the #$%@ is the name of it, is another one I'd be happy to never hear or play again. Those who love those songs, fine with me. Maybe the bands I played them with just weren't good enough to do them so I'd like them. Could be. Nah, don't think so. [This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 29 May 2005 at 08:32 PM.] |
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Harold Dye Member From: Cullman, Alabama, USA |
posted 29 May 2005 04:56 PM
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Jim, I know what you mean about songs by some of the biggies. My Zum told me if I did one more ride on Last Date, it was out of here. (The Sho-Bud don't seem to mind). I think the straw that broke the camels back was doing the verse instead of the chorus. I know Mr Huey did a fantastic job on the song, but I ain't Mr. Huey. |
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Harold Dye Member From: Cullman, Alabama, USA |
posted 29 May 2005 06:43 PM
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My sincere apologizes to Mr Hughey for mispelling his name. I guess that's what happens when one attends government schools. |
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db Member From: Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA |
posted 29 May 2005 07:42 PM
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Free Bird. The response, if requested, was to flip the "Bird-Sign"! Here is your "Free-Bird"! ------------------ Dan Balde U-12/8&5, S-7/D 3&1, S-6/E,A & G3 [This message was edited by db on 29 May 2005 at 07:44 PM.] |
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Donny Hinson Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A. |
posted 29 May 2005 08:51 PM
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quote: Not surprising. I think the last time Fogerty did it like his '69 hit record was about 1974! |
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Michael Haselman Member From: St. Paul Park, Minnesota, USA |
posted 29 May 2005 10:08 PM
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"Sweet Home Alabama" Been playing it since 1976, and I wish people would get tired of it but they don't. The thing is, it's a great song, but Alabama is not my sweet home. I just drove through it once. Then there's "Three Steps," "Mr. Breeze,"...get the picture?  ------------------ |
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David L. Donald Member From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand |
posted 30 May 2005 02:52 AM
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Feelings... Alone Again Naturally, Ackey Breakey Heart... a no brainer there Just about ANYTHING Ray Price di in the 60's and 70's... ( I LIKE the 50's and Time) Elvira.... |
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Bob Smith Member From: Allentown, New Jersey, USA |
posted 30 May 2005 03:45 AM
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Elevator music! |
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Charlie McDonald Member From: Lubbock, Texas, USA |
posted 30 May 2005 06:30 AM
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"I'm / too sexy for my ..." whatever. |
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Winston Street Member From: Laurel, Mississippi, USA |
posted 30 May 2005 07:29 AM
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Everytime a girl singer approaches the bandstand just go ahead and kick off "Crazy". How can one song get murdered so many times and still survive to be the great song that it is?????? Cocaine. Amanda, You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me LooseWheel!!!!!! |
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Jim Hinton Member From: Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
posted 30 May 2005 08:10 AM
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I worked in a saloon in Phoenix in the 80's six nights a week, and I had to play the Rodeo Song about a billion times. How can people want to hear that crap so much? Achy Breaky Heart is an absolute testimony to how poor some people's taste in music can be. I do have to admit it's very humorous and entertaining to watch the girls line dance to it though. I need another shot of tequila after seeing that! |
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ajm Member From: Los Angeles |
posted 30 May 2005 11:55 AM
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FWIW, I like Achy Breaky Heart. I would have no problems playing it every night. Just my tastes, I guess. It is IMHO a good S-O-N-G. Remembering back to the early 90's, it was that song and the rise of Garth that put country on the map and got everything started. It gave country music its moment in the spotlight, and it gets slammed for it. Of course, perhaps the most publicly "visible" steel song of all time (Teach Your Children) gets Jerry Garcia crucified all of the time too, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. By the way, I guess TYC hasn't been mentioned here yet. ------------------ |
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JW Day Member From: Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA |
posted 30 May 2005 01:27 PM
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one of the most boring I've ever had to set and listen to has to be amanda or rose colored glasses. not even good dance tunes |
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Leslie Ehrlich Member From: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
posted 30 May 2005 04:12 PM
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Sweet Home Alabama. Every band I've played in did it too #$@&%*! fast! If I happen to be performing I can come up with a good excuse not to play it. "We can't play Sweet Home Alabama. I didn't bring my Strat!" |
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