Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: Twinfan on September 10, 2007, 11:43:08 AM
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A mate of mine has asked me if I'll play a few songs on an acoustic during the signing of the register at his wedding in November. I'm honoured but cacking myself as I've never played solo for an audience :oops:
Any ideas on tunes I can suggest to him? So far I've suggested:
* Blackbird - The Beatles (cracking tune)
* Stairway to Heaven - Led Zep (nice long gap filler ;))
Both of those are well known, which is good (or is that bad?) He suggested Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton but it's a bit morbid for a wedding???
Please, please guys help me out. What's fairly easy to play that would go down well in this situation??????
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More Than Words by Extreme (sickly, I know, but it'd work)
To Be With You by Mr Big.
Maybe you could find an arrangement of (retch) Angels by Robbie Williams... although I think it gets played more at funerals than weddings, I don't know what the hell the lyrics are about.
Even worse... [cough] You're Beautiful by James Blunt [/cough].
I don't think Stairway is going to work - too long for a start.
Do you have to sing as well, Dave, or does it need to work as an instrumental?
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Me? Sing? What are you trying to do to me? It's bad enough just playing!!!!! :lol:
They'll need to be instrumentals. Couple of good suggestions there Phil.
That Extreme track's got me thinking. I've got the tab somewhere for a Nuno version of "Love of My Life" by Queen. That could be a good 'un if I can learn it in time???
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Lick my love pump :twisted:
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That's a song by Spinal tap BTW, not an insult aimed at Twinfan... :)
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wonderful tonight - eric clapton ... although i don't think it'd work too good without the lyrics..
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Played "properly" with the fingerpicky parts wonderful tonight would be excellent. There is a youtube video of him playing it live and the main picky-chord sequence would work a treat.
I despise the song though. Sentimental shitee that my Dad used to sing along with while playing, he can't sing. Dreadful.
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Tommy Emmanuel's stuff ;)
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I've got the tab somewhere for a Nuno version of "Love of My Life" by Queen. That could be a good 'un if I can learn it in time???
Weird!! :o I was thinking of that song when I posted above, but I thought it would be a toughie to sing (had you been singing).
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Babe I'm Gonna Leave You by Led Zeppelin? Its not an instrumental but its fairly easy to play (unless you're fingerpicking) and sounds more complicated than it is :P How about some Roderigo y Gabriella? :lol:
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:D Trust me here : K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Stupid !
Play stuff you can relax to whilst playing. Go for all the old cheese as you`ll be playing for various age groups. Make sure all the songs are strummy types as if its to picky you`ll run risks of your nerves helping you to make mistakes & if it starts to sound awfull you`ll just make it worse for yourself.
Song suggestions : Pretty Flamingo [ G C D ] simple as F**k to play & sing
Wondefull Tonight - G C D Am again easy to play & sing
Need Your Love So Bad -
you can transpose all of these songs really easily
good luck matey !
:D 8)
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BEP lady humps :?:
the corrs, would be good :P all the love in the world, breathless
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Lick my love pump lol! :lol:
Babe I'm gonna leave you would go down like a led zepplin at a wedding Tom!
What about crazy little thing called love, it's a strummy one, so no sweating over finger picking something like Blackbird, unless your're a demon fingerpicker! Nice tune though.
Personally I'd be inclined to plump for giving out carnations for button holes!
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You Shook Me All Night Long
I have a wonderfull accoustic version of it on a bootleg CD. AC/DC was playing it in a radio studio after an interview. Hilarious!
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Beatles "And I love Her"-not too challenging.
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Just thought of another; "Baby Can I Hold you Tonight" (Tracey Chapman)-you should be able to do a fingerpicking version of it.
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Every Breath You Take - The Police
:lol:
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Bon Jovi - Always
Everybody knows it, and it's fairly simple to strum along too!!! I got a live version somewhere if you want it...
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Wondefull Tonight - G C D Am again easy to play & sing
lol, shows how wrong i was playing it, i was using G Gb/D C D .... woops
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ooo and babe i'm gonna leave you is a great song to just play around with because of the chords, i never play it right, so if you are fingerpicking i'd use that, but not have it so similar to LZ that people think that they're splitting up already lol
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsD6uEZsIsU and/or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Igb5Yors4
Possibly both since they're in the same tuning, but the first would be my first pick. Something slightly more original and interesting if you don't sing, anyway.
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I thought of another one today at work. Here Comes The Sun by the Beatles. You could include the melody of the vocals as the guitar almost follows it. It's nice happy uplifting tune and everyone should recognise it too. Nevr tried to play it though, knowing them it could be tricky.
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At my wedding 2 years ago I got my best man to hide my Larrivee acoustic in the room where we were having the reception, and then when I had to do my grooms speech I got my best man to grab the guitar.
I sang and played "I will always be right there" by Bryan Adams to my wife right there in front of all our relatives and friends. It's got THE most perfect lyrics for a wedding, and for a couple starting out together.
.........wasn't a dry eye in the house :wink:
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I must add my fave americana folksinger songwriter Todd Snider's song "Just In Case..."...it explores the idea of prenuptial agreements...you MUST hear this one...
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"just in case...just in ca-aaase..this morning I stopped by my lawyer's
pla-aaace..
I didn't think that you would mind,...here,dumplin'..sign on this dotted line
whats yours is yours and what is mine
will alwayyys be-eee mi-iiinnneeee....just in case..."
-always a hit with the newlyweds!
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Further to Johnny's suggestion about "Here Comes The Sun" (great idea btw Johnny)-don't forget a capo which will need to go on the 7th fret.
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Great tip Steve!
So Twinfan, what's it gonna be?! :)