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What to play (Hopefully the right forum)

Unread post by coyoteguy » Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:28 am

Like many of you guys here, I can play quite a few DMB songs on the guitar. The other day, I was at a Christmas party for work and a friend brought his guitar since he is learning how to play and wanted me to show him a couple of songs. Now of course I played a few Dave songs, mainly Crash, Ants, and WWYS becasue most people I think know those songs. In fact they did but didn't know the lyrics and I understand that. But the problem was is that I really don't know songs to play that are popular with people in which everyone can sing along. For example, people sitting around a campfire and there is a guy playing a guitar and everyone is singing along, that is probaly the classic example. The question is: Does anyone have any suggetsions of songs that I can learn that almost everyone will know?

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Re: What to play (Hopefully the right forum)

Unread post by czech » Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:32 am

coyoteguy wrote:Like many of you guys here, I can play quite a few DMB songs on the guitar. The other day, I was at a Christmas party for work and a friend brought his guitar since he is learning how to play and wanted me to show him a couple of songs. Now of course I played a few Dave songs, mainly Crash, Ants, and WWYS becasue most people I think know those songs. In fact they did but didn't know the lyrics and I understand that. But the problem was is that I really don't know songs to play that are popular with people in which everyone can sing along. For example, people sitting around a campfire and there is a guy playing a guitar and everyone is singing along, that is probaly the classic example. The question is: Does anyone have any suggetsions of songs that I can learn that almost everyone will know?
there are 100 threads about this, try a search under campfire and a search under open mic setlist.

some off the top of my head

redemption song
american pie
blvd of broken dreams
brown eye girl
no woman no cry

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Unread post by Mikey » Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:58 am

jumper - third eye blind
good ridance (time of your life) - green day
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Unread post by Speenis » Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:12 am

Any popular Oasis songs...Wonderwall, Don't Look Back in Anger, etc...
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Unread post by czech » Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:15 pm

Speenis wrote:Any popular Oasis songs...Wonderwall, Don't Look Back in Anger, etc...

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Unread post by bpongo09 » Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:13 pm

sweet home alabama, iris, slide, HOTEL CALIFORNIA, jumper, hows it going to be, motorcycle drive by.... these work for my age group (high school-college)

how old are your coworkers?
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Unread post by markTR » Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:58 pm

if you're looking for Dave songs, i'd pull out WAYG, Crush, or Grace is Gone (Crash works the best, but you said you already played that). you'll usually get a nice response with those from any women in the crowd that are even sorta into DMB
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Unread post by Kukini » Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:05 pm

Diggin' A Ditch with Ad libbed lyrics on how you dug a ditch and are going to put one of your friends in it. I did that and got some of the best responses/laughs ever.
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Unread post by paulaitchison » Wed Dec 21, 2005 10:11 am

-the rising sun, wonderwall, 36#... they get the honey honeys quick. my sweet child of mine accoustic is the song -12 frets. easy.
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Unread post by acusticdude » Wed Dec 21, 2005 12:04 pm

Heart of gold by neil young
With or without you, one, by u2
Every rose has it's thorn by *cough* poison
Pinball wizard by the who
Southern Cross by CSNY
Time after time by cindy lauper
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Unread post by czech » Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:53 pm

what's that Seal song he is singing in that new commercial?

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Unread post by jellyfish » Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:57 pm

czech wrote:what's that Seal song he is singing in that new commercial?
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Unread post by acusticdude » Wed Dec 21, 2005 4:00 pm

czech wrote:what's that Seal song he is singing in that new commercial?
I believe it is a rendition of that song: "but we're never gonna survive, unless we get a little crazy" Is the song called crazy? My cousin who is a excellent guitar player used to be neighbors with seal and he worked with him on some tunes. said he is a really cool guy, loves to mountain bike.
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