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Location: North Carolina | The Stairway thread reminded me that I have never played that song, nor wanted to. I have never played American Pie or Brown Eyed Girl. A lot (most all) of the solo/duo acts in my locale play these tunes and I just never have, no special reason. There are probably others, but they don't come to mind because they, well, just don't come to mind.
Anyone else have some otherwise popular tunes that just don't make it to your personal radar screens? |
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Location: south east Michigan | I think you're asking for those songs that seems like everyone plays, and plays, and plays, and plays. Brian & I are always looking for the songs you never hear any else do. We do a very passible version of "Wonderful Tonight" but we don't play it very often because it seems like everyone else does. Other examples are, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" & "Behind Blue Eyes".
Folks here might be surpised to learn that I don't know how to play "Pinball Wizard" and I'm perfectly fine with that. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Stairway to Heaven & Free Bird |
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Location: Omaha, NE | I've never performed Stairway, but played it plenty.
Even today, Brown Eyed Girl really goes over, so we play it.
Never touched American Pie. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I play what I like and have time for. I don't play a bunch of songs that I like, but whether or not it is popular or everybody else does it or doesn't do it, fortunately, has nothing to do with what I play. That just means I have to keep my day job for awhile longer. |
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Location: big island | amy
tiny bubbles (i wish!) |
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Location: SE Michigan | Anything by Foreigner. I would rather quit playing the guitar and take up the accordian first.
Also I proudly boast that I have never played Free Bird. Once during a drunken jam session I came close. But I swooned, ran to the bathroom and vomited and the mood passed. |
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Location: NJ | margaritaville.
although I have played it when I sat in and it was called by the leader.
sue always told me the look on my face while playing it was worth millions. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Sudbury Saturday Night |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Brown eyed girl, Margaritaville, Amy, If You were OK I just might, those wind up getting played with regularity down here and if you're with guitar when they come up, you play them.
Actually I want to learn Davis's version of Free Bird, all Maj7 chords played to a pseudo south-american rhythm. It works at the Ritz here on the island. |
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Location: CA | On the other side of the coin, I had daughters. They had friends. They had Moms. And all any of them ever wanted to hear was Puff the Magic Dragon. I'm being good in this life because my vision of hell is playing Puff the Magic Dragon even one more time.
You guys all sound pretty cultured. I haven't been in a band for 30 years but we played American Pie, Brown Eyed Girl — pretty much all the stuff you hate. We had great fun doing it. Well, except for that freakin' Puff song.... |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Played:
Ploud Mary
Arices Lestaulant
Blown Ayed Gull
Anything the crowd would dance,drink, or smoke to;
"I'm not here for my own enjoyment, where's my money?"
The only reason I never played the above noted (sudbury) is,
nobody asked for it.
OH! Wait!
There was a time I refused to play
Take Me Home, Country Rhodes.
but I'm over that sense of self-importance now..
....with good reason |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Long time ago, when I first joined last year...
there was a thread about songs people never wanted to be requested to play again.
The top of the list were, Free Bird, Nothing Else Matters, and Knockin' On Heaven's Door...
Coincidentally, these are the first songs that I learnt how to play.
As far as Stairway to Heaven goes... It is not on my First Song list.
The first song that I Really wanted to learn well was/is "Wish You Were Here"
"Was/is" because I am still trying to perfect it to my satisfaction. |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by fillhixx:
OH! Wait!
There was a time I refused to play
Take Me Home, Country Rhodes.
but I'm over that sense of self-importance now..
....with good reason Funny... that was the first song I ever learned. I was 6 or 7. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | kIDS!
and drunken replies to same....
...typed using only one eye....
(lool fprward to teaching you ro drink like a
Canajun
(seeing as certain other members can't stand the drive.
(but I intend to bring some SERIOUS drinkers I know)
(whom M & L have not ye t met)
(but just as fun!!!!!) |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Woooooops!
I may be as thimk as I drunk I am! |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | Jammed Freebird last night as a joke. Was hilarious as the audience loved it despite the fact that everyone playing hated it. Fun times.
Mustang Sally is top of my "I'd rather eat my own feet than play ever again" list. For ever.
JB |
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Location: NJ | Any Springsteen/Most GratefulDead. |
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Location: Maple Shade, NJ. | Lately we have been getting a ton of requests for Journey & the Stones, we have never played anything from either band (at a gig) so,....
"Wheel in the sky" & "Sympathy for the devil"
Are now on our "to do" list. |
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Location: Michigan | :mad: This one...
:D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N_jlF-sRqk :D GWB. |
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What Song Have You NOT Played?