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| 2697.1 | Sorry, it's one of those days... | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | My name is Victoria Winters | Thu Mar 25 1993 11:01 | 5 |
| If I'm in the band, the perfect set is:
o The Minute Waltz
Then I pack up and go home earlier. ;-)
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| 2697.2 | Exhausted just thinking about it... | KDX200::COOPER | Let The Light Surround You!! | Thu Mar 25 1993 11:36 | 16 |
| To me ??
The perfect set:
2112 Overture (Rush)
Temples of Syrynx (Rush)
Red Barchetta (Rush)
Pull Me Under (Dream Theater)
Surrounded (Dream Theater)
Operation Mindcrime (Queensryche)
Jet City Women (Queensryche)
Hanger 18 (MegaDeth)
Encore:
WarPigs (Black Sabbath)
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| 2697.3 | good grief..... | NAVY5::SDANDREA | Send lawyers, guns, and money! | Thu Mar 25 1993 12:02 | 1 |
| re: .2
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| 2697.4 | | NWACES::HICKERNELL | Back to your oar, 41. | Thu Mar 25 1993 12:09 | 3 |
| I dunno, man, but it would include some Seger.
Dave
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| 2697.5 | How about "none of the above" | GOES11::G_HOUSE | ThatsWhenIreachedForMyRevolver | Thu Mar 25 1993 12:27 | 9 |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd
Led Zeppelin
Seger
...woah. Wait a minute. Whew!
It was JUST A *BAD* DREAM!
gh
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| 2697.6 | | LEDS::BURATI | never gonna do it without the fez on | Thu Mar 25 1993 12:54 | 1 |
| Christy Brinkley's got a perfect set.
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| 2697.7 | Deja Vu | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | My name is Victoria Winters | Thu Mar 25 1993 13:20 | 6 |
| Boston - Foreplay/Longtime
Yes - South Side of the Sky
Elton John - Funeral for a Friend
Kansas - Point of Know Return
Kansas - Song for America
Styx - Come Sail Away
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| 2697.8 | FREEBIRD (NOT!!!!!!!) | CSC32::B_KNOX | Rock'n'Roll Refugee | Thu Mar 25 1993 15:07 | 23 |
| AJA - Steely Dan
SHE'S A WOMAN - Jeff Beck (cover of Beatles tune)
STRUGGLE OF TURTLE - Jean-Luc Ponty
TO THE SEA
(PTS. I,II,III,IV)
TAKE THE TIME - Dream Theatre
PSYCOBABBLE - Alan Parson's Project
I APOLOGIZE - Larry Carlton
BUBBLE SHUFFLE - Larry Carlton
CAUSE WE"VE ENDED - Jeff Beck (cover of Stevie Wonder tune)
AS LOVERS
And ... FREEBIRD (NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
/BillY_K
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| 2697.9 | | KDX200::COOPER | Let The Light Surround You!! | Thu Mar 25 1993 16:10 | 7 |
| Good call on Come Sail Away, db!!! And Foreplay/Longtime!!
jc (who'll stick with his though...)
PS - WarPigs, not because of it's techincal difficulty, but because its
SO DARN FUN to play!!
jc
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| 2697.10 | And you get a $1000 a night | GIDDAY::KNIGHTP | I'll get you with my disentigrating pistol | Thu Mar 25 1993 20:40 | 14 |
| fun to play perfect set
Little sister (presley/moore version)
Pokesalad annie
Liberty
Crosscut saw
Twenty flight rock
Shes got the jack
Come back again
Sultans of swing
Encore
Five beers and a really good chilli pizza,with roadie.
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| 2697.11 | | DABEAN::REAUME | light 2 dark,dark 2 light | Fri Mar 26 1993 07:04 | 6 |
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...twenty flight rock? MONTROSE?
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| 2697.12 | all my faves | GOOROO::DCLARK | I do believe I've had enough | Fri Mar 26 1993 08:29 | 14 |
| Cisco Pat Martino
Bluesology Joe Pass
Night Life BB King
All Over Now Bobby Womack
Eyes of the World Grateful Dead
Running Down a Dream Petty
Stir It Up Bob Marley
Powderfinger Neil Young
Georgia on my Mind ?
Sympathy for the Devil Stones
Encore:
White Room EC
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| 2697.13 | If I had my druthers... | NAVY5::SDANDREA | Send lawyers, guns, and money! | Fri Mar 26 1993 09:01 | 20 |
| Ok, I'll bite
old guy best set:
White Room Cream
Carry On Kansas
All Right Now Free
Feel Like Makin Love Bad Co
Rocky Mnt Way Joe Walsh
Can't Ya See Marshall Tucker (with Coop and Bulldawg
tradin' leads!)
Badge Cream
Long Way There Little River band
Heartache Tonight Eagles
encore:
Seven Bridges Road Eagles
Steve (who loves guitars and tight vocal harmonies)
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| 2697.14 | Too Tired To Rock | TECRUS::ROST | Louis Prima in a previous life | Fri Mar 26 1993 09:13 | 8 |
| Re: .11
>...twenty flight rock? MONTROSE?
Are you serious? You must be even younger than I thought you were,
Boom 8^) 8^)
Eddie C.
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| 2697.15 | once in a lifetime | 29633::STPALY::J_KUHN | Janitor of lunacy | Fri Mar 26 1993 10:16 | 10 |
| Marcella Beach boys
The Noonward Race Mahavishnu Orchestra
Uncle Remus Zappa
Endless Enigma ELP
Low Self Opinion Rollins Band
Santa Dog The Residents
Just to throw people. It would be worth it. It would also be a short
night.
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| 2697.16 | | KERNEL::FLOWERS | Quality is our No.1 goal... | Tue Mar 30 1993 08:08 | 9 |
|
Black Betty - American Ram Jam.
Young Lust - Pink Floyd.
That's all I can think of for the mo...
J
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| 2697.17 | R.E.O SPEEDWAGON | CSLALL::ONEILL | | Mon Apr 12 1993 11:39 | 6 |
| We recently got to put the band in front of some people
and the last two of the four we did were sympathy for the devil going
imediately into riding the storm out. It turned some heads.
Thanks again side effects.
Jim
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| 2697.18 | | GJO001::REITER | I don't talk to the military. | Mon Apr 12 1993 12:37 | 3 |
| What I wouldn't give for the chords to Ridin' The Storm Out.
Thanks,
\Gary
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| 2697.19 | In no particular order. | SUBSYS::GODIN | | Tue Apr 13 1993 17:22 | 15 |
| Flirtin With Disaster Molly Hatchett
Green Grass & High Tides Outlaws
More Than A Feeling Boston
Cowboy Song Thin Lizzy
Magic Man Heart
Cliffs Of Dover Eric Johnson
One Metallica
Crazy Train Ozzy
Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum (token slow song)
Rio Duran Duran
Won't Get Fooled Again The Who
Reelin' In The Years Steely Dan
Hocus Pocus Focus
Liar Queen
(That's about a set worth.)
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| 2697.20 | | KDX200::COOPER | Let The Light Surround You!! | Tue Apr 13 1993 18:43 | 6 |
| >One Metallica
Yike! I hope you have a good drummer!!
jc
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| 2697.21 | no problem | FRETZ::HEISER | nothing but the blood | Tue Apr 13 1993 20:41 | 1 |
| Pete can play it with 1 hand!
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| 2697.22 | | POWDML::BUCKLEY | It's nicer than Betty Monroe had! | Tue Apr 13 1993 21:59 | 1 |
| ...in his sleep!
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| 2697.23 | play something you know | CSLALL::ONEILL | | Wed Apr 14 1993 07:30 | 1 |
| As a rule, how many songs usually make up a set?
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| 2697.24 | | TECRUS::ROST | Don't fry bacon in the nude | Wed Apr 14 1993 07:53 | 6 |
| Re: .23
Most clubs we play at expect 45 minutes to an hour per set. At some
gigs (like weddings) set length may be stipulated in the contract.
Brian
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| 2697.25 | | KDX200::COOPER | Let The Light Surround You!! | Wed Apr 14 1993 11:00 | 6 |
| Between 12-14 tunes .eq. SET
Most places I've played at here in Colorado want (3)45 minute sets, and
a (1) 60 minute set. Your mileage may vary.
jc
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| 2697.26 | | QRYCHE::STARR | in somebody else's sky.... | Wed Apr 14 1993 11:30 | 16 |
| > Between 12-14 tunes .eq. SET
For See No Evil, it tends to be 10 or 11 songs, maybe 12 sometimes. Most
rock songs seem to average about four minutes nowadays, so 11 songs at 4
minutes each = 45 minutes.
> Most places I've played at here in Colorado want (3)45 minute sets, and
> a (1) 60 minute set. Your mileage may vary.
Same here:
9:00pm - 9:45pm
10:00pm - 10:45pm
11:00pm - 11:45pm
12:00am - 1:00am
alan
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| 2697.27 | | LUNER::KELLYJ | submit to Barney | Wed Apr 14 1993 11:30 | 2 |
| My country band plays four 45 minute sets, with about a dozen songs in
each set.
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| 2697.28 | Options | GOES11::G_HOUSE | I came, I saw, I left... | Wed Apr 14 1993 12:43 | 11 |
| On the other hand, my friend's alternative band found that a lot of the
crowd would leave between their sets, so they played longer sets to
keep the crowd there and dancing. They'd play a normal one for the
first set and then two longer ones and end the evening, the long ones
were usually about 90 minutes each for the second and third set.
Worked real well for them, your mileage may vary. Seems like it takes
between 4-6 songs before you really get the crowd up for dancing, then
you play about 3-4 more and take a break and a lot of 'em leave.
Greg
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| 2697.29 | | KDX200::COOPER | Let The Light Surround You!! | Wed Apr 14 1993 12:53 | 6 |
| Always save your good stuff for later also...
And NEVER wait too long between songs. The best sets are ones where
you get 'em on the dance floor and don't give 'em a chance to sit down
between songs...
(IMHO)
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| 2697.30 | | USPMLO::DESROCHERS | | Wed Apr 14 1993 12:53 | 25 |
|
My old GB band was the same - 45 min with about 12 tunes.
But I think there should be less songs - more like 8. Dance
bands will groove a tune for 10 minutes and slowly turn up
the heat. I said before that I felt like George Harrison with
all the 4 minute max tunes. Soloist never get to stretch - just
state that melody and get back to the vocal.
Yuck City to me. The most fun I ever had with that band was a 10
minute jam after setup - and that happened just once. Other than
"Cause we ended as Lovers" and "Johnny B. Goode", there was no
stretching out.
Also, as a dancing audience member, why would I want a different
song/beat/style every 3 to 4 minutes? If it were a singles club,
why would I want that slow tune to end before I asked her what
her name was?
To me, we musicians should extend that solo a bit and groove that
outtro more. Heck, acts that are still in the basement could
conceivably come out with 25 or so tunes.
My 2 bits - Tom
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| 2697.31 | | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | My other PC is a Mac | Wed Apr 14 1993 13:55 | 4 |
| The owners usually tell us 3 or 4 sets and then we just end up doing
pretty much whatever we feel like doing.
We LOVE to play, so often we skip breaks.
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| 2697.32 | | GOES11::G_HOUSE | I came, I saw, I left... | Wed Apr 14 1993 14:13 | 4 |
| I don't think they care if you take less breaks then they ask for, it's
only if you take *more*.
Greg
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| 2697.33 | | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | My other PC is a Mac | Wed Apr 14 1993 14:40 | 9 |
| > I don't think they care if you take less breaks then they ask for,
> it's only if you take *more*.
Actually, it depends on what you're talking about.
Clubs, according to what I'm told, WANT you to take breaks because
that's when people order the most drinks.
At weddings, they're happy to have you play all night.
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| 2697.34 | | GOES11::G_HOUSE | I came, I saw, I left... | Wed Apr 14 1993 14:48 | 9 |
| > Clubs, according to what I'm told, WANT you to take breaks because
> that's when people order the most drinks.
Hmm...my observation would say that's also when most people leave.
They won't be buying drinks on their way out, and certainly won't be
buying drinks after they're gone. I'd be interested in seeing which
approach produced the best result.
Greg
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| 2697.35 | | KDX200::COOPER | Let The Light Surround You!! | Wed Apr 14 1993 14:58 | 7 |
| My cut is:
Make 'em dance till they puke, then they'll buy drinks to wash it back
down and dance some more. Make 'em buy the BAND drinks!!
:-)
jc
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| 2697.36 | | TECRUS::ROST | Don't fry bacon in the nude | Wed Apr 14 1993 15:01 | 7 |
| I still think the ultimate is in "Animal Crackers" when Groucho Marx
asks pianist Chico how much money it would cost to have him not play
the piano at all.
Chico says, "Ahhh, you don' have that much money".
Barfo
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| 2697.37 | W.C. Fields? | ZYMRGY::sam | Idiots Rule | Wed Apr 14 1993 15:07 | 7 |
| Or:
"Excuse me sir, can you tell me how to get to Carnege Hall?"
"Practice, my boy, practice."
-- Sam
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| 2697.38 | | GOES11::G_HOUSE | I came, I saw, I left... | Wed Apr 14 1993 15:27 | 7 |
| > Make 'em buy the BAND drinks!!
There ya go, help the house sell drinks by beggin the audience to buy
ya some...
:-)
gh
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| 2697.39 | Do Oh what a night-gets em everytime | GIDDAY::KNIGHTP | get me a gin and pentatonic | Wed Apr 14 1993 18:03 | 27 |
| This is an interesting rathole
It seems that about 40-45mins is the universal set length,same
here. One thing I dont particularly agree with is leaving your
good songs till last. This is not really a good idea. Think about it
possibly the reason you leave your best material is so that
(unconciously) you finish the gig on a high note. I used to do
this and on a 4 set night,the first set would start slow,second warmup
third kick and fourth take off, problem is at most of my gigs during
the last hour (4th set ) people seem to have that one drink that sets
them over the edge and it really doesn't matter what you play (within
reason).
One thing I need to have is within the first 2 - 3 songs I have to
do something that kicks or I just find it hard to get going.(its this
reason I don't like playing weddings or function gigs). The best gigs
for me are where I get to do a full sound check, have a shower (o'night
gigs are the best) then have a couple of drinks and go on and start
with "All fired UP" then "Early Warning" then "Summer 69" or whatever.
If I have to play "Moondance" "Romeo and Juliet" "Step In Step
Out" etc Its hard to get going.
One thing which always seems to happen I call the third set blues
I start to go off the boil a bit, things start to sound funny,
motivation drops a bit and I don't feel comfortable, It passes within
a couple of songs but always seems to happen.
P.K.
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| 2697.40 | | KDX200::COOPER | Let The Light Surround You!! | Wed Apr 14 1993 22:42 | 7 |
| Ahhhh... See, there you have it !!! You cannot have ANY weak tunes
in your set !!! period!!!
It's true though.... With four people in your band, if one guy
thinks it's lame, then it's probably lame. Can It !!!
jc
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| 2697.41 | Put the pedal to the metal | LUNER::KELLYJ | submit to Barney | Thu Apr 15 1993 07:39 | 3 |
| Yeah, Goldrush used to use the first set to warm up the crowd, but no
longer. We just come out and crank to the best of our ability from the
moment the first set starts.
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