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Any slow dance song ideas?
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Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:37 pmby TheDownLow
I play in a vintage rhythm n' blues band, mostly toe-tapping stuff. We have an upcoming gig which will require us to play 3-4 slow dance songs per set. Any of you gigging musicians out there have any ideas we may be able to explore? Any help is greatly appreciated.--Floyd
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Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:58 pmby philbymon
Waste - Phish (easy one)
Still Crazy After All These Years - Paul Simon (Always wanted to do that one! It's a toughy, though)
Warm Love - Van Morrison
The First Cut Is The Deepest - Cat Stevens/Rod Stewart.Sheryl Crowe (super easy)
True Colors - The Hooters/ Cyndi Lawper (easy)
Time After Time - The Hooters/Cyndi Lawper
Fields Of Gold - Sting
If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody - Bonnie Raitt
Guilty - Randy Newman (easy blues, but you'll hafta extend it)
Missing You - John Waite
Just about ANY Tears For Fears...LOL
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:40 amby philbymon
Slip Sliding Away - Paul Simon
American Tune - "
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - "
Take Me To The Mardi Gras - "
Moonshadow - Cat Stevens
Sad Lisa - "
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:51 amby HowlinJ
I've been loving you to long to stop right now -Otis Reading (Dion Warwick)
Faithless love -J.D. Souther (Ronstant)
Tears on my pillow - Smokey Robinson
Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
Slow song - Joe Jackson
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Willie Jean - Hoyt Axton
Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:22 amby J-HALEY
If you play blues or classic rock the ultimate slow dance songs are;
And drum roll please!!!!!!!
"Heart Of The Matter"
"Wonderful Tonight "
"Deperado"
"Lady In Red"
"When A Man Loves A Woman"
"A Man This Lonely"
"Neon Moon"
"Alone Again"
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:14 amby fisherman bob
No, anything but "Wonderful Tonight".
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:21 amby J-HALEY
I agree F.B.
everytime we play Wonderful Tonight it packs the dance floor, down here in Texas we call it belt polishing music.
Or you could call it belly rubbin music!
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:17 amby Hayden King
I PUT A SPELL ON YOU = CREEDENCE
Slow tempo / Long / Jam your ass off any way you like lead!
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:20 pmby jw123
Wonderful Tonite
Turn The Page
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
We even get people dancing slow to Simple Man or Cant You See
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:52 pmby pusMonkey
"Whiter Shade of Pale" Procol Harum
"Let It Be" the Beatles
"Something" the Beatles
"Without You" Badfinger (version)
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:22 pmby Kramerguy
fisherman bob wrote:No, anything but "Wonderful Tonight".
Yeah, not just a slow song... more like a slow death. Nothing kills my buzz more than hearing that song (as a patron)... Makes me want to leave the bar, go home and kill myself.
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:53 pmby pusMonkey
fisherman bob wrote:
No, anything but "Wonderful Tonight".
Yeah, not just a slow song... more like a slow death. Nothing kills my buzz more than hearing that song (as a patron)... Makes me want to leave the bar, go home and kill myself.
that and "Knocking on Heaven's Door" I'd rather dig up that gun if I have to play that song again.
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:19 pmby Kramerguy
haha true
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Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:18 amby fisherman bob
As bad as Wonderful Tonight and Knocking On Heaven's Door are somehow a lot of people like those tunes. In the past we've had similarly crappy songs in our repertoire that people loved. Unfortuneately sometimes you have to play what people like even if you can't stand them. Even some of our originals I get tired of but people like them so we keep playing them.
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Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:59 amby Hayden King
fisherman bob wrote:As bad as Wonderful Tonight and Knocking On Heaven's Door are somehow a lot of people like those tunes. In the past we've had similarly crappy songs in our repertoire that people loved. Unfortuneately sometimes you have to play what people like even if you can't stand them. Even some of our originals I get tired of but people like them so we keep playing them.
I have to diss on that one Bob.
I believe you can find "other" song's that they will like just as much (and maybe more) and not do what has been DONE TO DEATH!
Give the audience the benefit of the dought that they have some musical taste, and would maybe enjoy something they dont often get to hear, even more than the same ole same ole.
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http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/6039/
http://bandmix.com/hayden-king/
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