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  • Song suggestions for my band
  • zzjabzz
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    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjXdA4zYOmg[/video]

    Malvern Rider
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    [video]https://youtu.be/OMrNDnU6PPk[/video]

    Malvern Rider
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    Papa Was a Rolling Stone?

    (Presented here in the – ‘You think you can dance? Watch this. Now let’s ask again, you think you can dance?’ format:

    [video]https://youtu.be/0g7KawdsVSQ[/video]

    I’m paying attention – so also including the Pioneer’s version, more up yr band’s alley so to speak?

    [video]https://youtu.be/kASHeejYaFY[/video]

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    Malvern Rider
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    Anyone else think that last Bosstones one sounds like ‘Friends’ sitcom theme-music with ska sprinkles! Ah, the 90s.

    lucky7500
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    Young Americans by David Bowie would probably fit well. Bit of Bruce Springsteen, maybe Dancing in the Dark.

    aracer
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    Er, no I definitely didn’t 😆 – he’s a very good singer, just doesn’t do the falsetto needed for some songs.

    Thanks for all the suggestions – more good stuff.

    metcalt
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    How about a cover of a cover by Reel Big Fish?

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHpU0ZfXZ_g[/video]
    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuiJlRvN4_8[/video]

    prawny
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    I bloody love this, however the snare sound is at least 50% of the attraction.

    [video]https://youtu.be/CaMcvSQbn8s[/video]

    Good shout on all the reel big fish covers, also see Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

    edlong
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    There’s a few old Stevie Wonder ones might be worth a look. I’m thinking:

    Master Blaster
    Superstition
    Sir Duke
    Boogie On Reggae Woman
    Living for the City
    Uptight

    metcalt
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    Also

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhjSzjoU7OQ[/video]

    Not exactly a dance floor filler, just a song I like more than I should

    edlong
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    I see you’ve got a couple of Atlantic soul classics in there already, but you can never have too many, I’m thinking:

    Otis Redding (noted you already have Hard to Handle but you can’t have too much Otis)
    Sam & Dave
    Aretha? (dunno if you’ve got a vocalist that can do it justice, but if have, then do)
    Wilson Pickett
    Booker T

    edlong
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    And rather than covering someone else’s reinterpretation (thinking that Valerie in the style of Amy, why bother? someone else done did do that already) find something completely out of style and funk it up – I’m thinking northern soul takes on Marilyn Manson (he butchered Tainted Love so why not repay the favour) or the Prodigy.

    Not suggesting this one (cos Baby Charles beat you do it and did it) but here’s a good example of the kind of genre bending I had in mind:

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA-33KEETlU[/video]

    edlong
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    Closer to the 2-tone / ska feel, well kinda, well not really but Terry Hall (co)wrote it so the vibe’s there. Anyway, a criminally under-remembered song that deserves to be heard more…

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqQT3oKA3v8[/video]

    Gary_M
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    Might already have been done but hoe about Story of the Blues by Wah

    chakaping
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    Hey, I was gonna say Our Lips are Sealed!

    How about this one? Fun for the vocalist…
    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF92yOsv3Y8[/video]

    DezB
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    Song to the Siren, done in a ska-pop-Bad Manners style.

    edlong
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    Do you like Nile Rodgers? If so, you could build a diverse and funky set list that will get people’s asses moving just from stuff he’s played on or produced – open with Le Freak
    – close with Get Lucky

    in between you can have some fun:
    We Are Family / He’s the Greatest Dancer (could medley these Sister Sledge ones, if the singer can get anywhere them, maybe drop an octave and invent sludge-funk?)
    Good Times
    Upside Down
    I’m Coming Out
    Bowie’s Let’s Dance
    Duran Duran’s Notorious
    Lose Yourself to Dance (although the vocals are pretty high on that one..)

    Malvern Rider
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    Holy son of Fela! Just hit me that I’ve been waiting for a thread to share this tune!

    Enjoy the video on some big speakers it’s grin-inducing, gourd-shaking, afrobeat heaven. Drummer/beat is amazing, although props to Tony Allen for the original, he often nailed it *just* behind the beat in a way that made it indescribably danceable.

    Newen Afrobeat w/Seun Kuti playing ‘Opposite People’ by Fela Kuti

    [video]https://youtu.be/mFSRCG4DrmI[/video]

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