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if you were in a rock band.....
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realmiddlename said on March 4, 2006 17:02:
if you were in a rock band........what song(s) from roxette would you cover?? it is very expensive to cover a song(copyrights and all) so we’ll narrow it down to 3 to 5 rox.......or even gyllene tider songs....you would cover? hmmm......i’m daydreaming about being a rock star again............
i’d pick....
1. crash,boom,bang
2. milk and toast and honey
3. you don’t understand me
4. fading like a flower
5. det over nu
damn, that’s harder than i thought.......so many good songs to chose from....#4 would rock..i could play my ricky 360!!!
cheers to everyone!!!!
Strest said on March 4, 2006 18:15:
“it is very expensive to cover a song(copyrights and all)”
No, it’s not.
zaine said on March 4, 2006 18:28:
substitute for the real deal (because we have already done it in my band :P ) does that count? its not rox, but still
She doesnt live here anymore
maybe How Do You Do
Vixzter said on March 5, 2006 08:13:
i’d be a drummer so i’d cover SIMC cos it has that cool drum bit in it
zaine said on March 6, 2006 11:46:
the first three years that I was learning to play drums i didnt have a kit.
i had to make do with biscuit tins n stuff :P
coyboyusa said on March 6, 2006 16:39:
if you’re gonna be cheap about it don’t cover singles :)
1.) crush: i’d do it the way they do it live with that nice rock guitar line and all energetic like marie
2.) spending my time....stripped down does wonders for this song ...too much production kills it
3.) breathe....remove the synths and use full orchestration with it
4.) the rain: it sounded a bit old even when it came out so I’d give it a nice fresh production move effective vocals and a bit heavier guitar...and the same intro they gave it live
ChrisWilliams said on March 6, 2006 16:44:
My band and I have a pretty diverse repertoire, so at a gig in April, we’re doing:
1. Coin-Operated Boy (Originally performed by the Dresden Dolls)
2. Salty Dog (by Flogging Molly)
3. Blackbird (by The Beatles)
and... drum roll please...
4. I Have A Party In My Head (I Hope It Never Ends), as performed by Son Of A Plumber :)
Outside of the band, I sing a lot of classical (or, to be more specific, baroque) pieces. In the band, however, I can just have fun, so I’m playing the recorder (instead of those panpipes) on Party In My Head, as well as singing the first verse and Helena’s little “laaa na-na” bit in the middle 8, before the last verse.
So there.
;-)
ChrisWilliams said on March 6, 2006 16:47:
@ Vix
I’m not a skilled drummer by any stretch of the imagination, but I can hold a steady beat... So far, that is:
I’ve only played the kit about 11 times, each being 10 minute slots. You should give it a go :)
Vixzter said on March 6, 2006 20:00:
i so want to learn drums as its ( i feel) the only way i’d ever express any musical talent LOL
Debora said on March 6, 2006 20:29:
- Listen To Your Heart
- Spending My Time
- Dangerous
- (Do You Get) Excited?
- A Thing About You
sommartider said on March 9, 2006 15:50:
- She doesn’t live here anymore
- Det är över nu
- Jefferson
- Spending my time
- Det är blommor...
Any of those song would fit perfectly because all sounds quite similar to my music (influences...).
Queen_Marie said on March 10, 2006 02:06:
Things Will Never Be The Same (Joyride version)
Run To You
Salvation
A Thing About You
Breathe
RobS said on March 10, 2006 08:22:
Seems to be alot of ballads being chosen.
for me...
Run To You
Sleeping In My Car
Spending My Time
She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
The Rain
Crush On You
Santi said on March 15, 2006 01:30:
With no doubt... “CRAZY ABOUT YOU” :DDD
Maybe also “Small talk” and “Keep me waiting”. I wouldn’t cover very well known super hits, what’s the point in that?
I’d like my fans to know wonderful songs of Roxette that they didn’t have the chance to listen to before because they’re not uncluded in the 11 GH compilations Roxette will have done when I finally have a band! :DD
If you give them an unknown song and they like it, they’ll find their way to all the rest of the wonderful musical world of Gessle.
ThePopHits said on March 4, 2006 18:02:
Sleeping In My Car
Fireworks - rock version
Neverending Love