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  • Treyert14
    Treyert14 Louisiana Posts: 924
    BinFrog said:

    For my first solo gig in a couple of weeks I am learning/playing 2 Beatles song per set: Come Together and Nowhere Man.

    That's awesome! You play acoustic shows?
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    I do. I've been in an acoustic duo since 2005 but just decided to strike out on my own. I'm still in the band, but since we both moved away from the condo complex we lived in, all we really do these days is play maybe 7-8 shows a year. I wanted to play more, so I'm giving the solo thing a shot.
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  • Treyert14
    Treyert14 Louisiana Posts: 924
    BinFrog said:

    I do. I've been in an acoustic duo since 2005 but just decided to strike out on my own. I'm still in the band, but since we both moved away from the condo complex we lived in, all we really do these days is play maybe 7-8 shows a year. I wanted to play more, so I'm giving the solo thing a shot.

    That's really cool. I have actually been wanting to do Somthing like that. What's some songs you play?
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    My approach is to have a mix of songs everyone knows with either obscure songs or lesser known songs from bands everyone knows.

    Some tunes in my list:

    Tom Petty - American Girl
    The Clash - London Calling
    Nirvana - Lounge Act, About A Girl
    The Kinks - Lola
    PJ - Black, Porch and teases of WMA sometimes
    The Ramones - I Believe In Miracles (both the punk version and the PJ acoustic version)
    Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman
    Phish - Wolfman's Brother, Suzy Greenberg, Heavy Things
    Neil Young - Act Of Love, Harvest Moon
    Talking Heads - Cities, Burning Down The House
    Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb, Breathe/Time

    ...but I can't give away all of my secrets ;)
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • Treyert14
    Treyert14 Louisiana Posts: 924
    BinFrog said:

    My approach is to have a mix of songs everyone knows with either obscure songs or lesser known songs from bands everyone knows.

    Some tunes in my list:

    Tom Petty - American Girl
    The Clash - London Calling
    Nirvana - Lounge Act, About A Girl
    The Kinks - Lola
    PJ - Black, Porch and teases of WMA sometimes
    The Ramones - I Believe In Miracles (both the punk version and the PJ acoustic version)
    Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman
    Phish - Wolfman's Brother, Suzy Greenberg, Heavy Things
    Neil Young - Act Of Love, Harvest Moon
    Talking Heads - Cities, Burning Down The House
    Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb, Breathe/Time

    ...but I can't give away all of my secrets ;)

    That's awesome! What a perfect set! Have you actually played any solo shows yet?
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    No, but I've played dozens of shows in my duo and over the past few years I've stepped into the lead role in a few songs that we play.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    brianlux said:

    So Treyert14, where are the other Beatles fans? You, me, BinFrog, hedonist- THAT'S IT?? Surely not!


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    Oo! Oo!

    Just saw this thread. The greatest band that ever was and ever will be. If you've known me on this board for the last 4.5 years or so, you'll know what a huge fan I am.
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  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    Sunday mornings are Beatles on vinyl for me lol

    This morning I go with this

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    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • Treyert14
    Treyert14 Louisiana Posts: 924
    smarchee said:

    Sunday mornings are Beatles on vinyl for me lol

    This morning I go with this

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    Great choice! Do you own all there albums?
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    There's an interesting poll/thread titled "No Code or Yield" going on over on the Porch and in it somewhere I said Yield with out No Code would be like Rubber Soul without Revolver. So just for fun, if you had to which would you rank above the other- Runner Soul or Revolver?

    It's a super tough call but I have to go with Rubber Soul because of Norwegian Wood and one of my all-time favorites, Nowhere Man.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Treyert14
    Treyert14 Louisiana Posts: 924
    Ahhh, very good question Brian. Sadly I have every Beatles cd except for Rubber soul so I don't really know. But Revolver is easily one of my favorite Beatles records so I would probably go with Revolver. Norwegian wood is amazing, But don't forget about "I'm looking through you." Man that's a great song!
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    "I have every Beatles cd except for Rubber soul"

    this is not a sentence that I can fathom.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    BinFrog said:

    "I have every Beatles cd except for Rubber soul"

    this is not a sentence that I can fathom.


    Agreed. I almost had a mini stroke when I read that. That is a required album to have by anyone.
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  • Treyert14
    Treyert14 Louisiana Posts: 924
    Lol I guess I better pick it up then. And actually I'm missing yellow submarine also.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Treyert14 said:

    Lol I guess I better pick it up then. And actually I'm missing yellow submarine also.

    Treyert, you are in for one major treat when you pick up a copy of Rubber Soul! :-)
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    BinFrog said:

    ...but I can't give away all of my secrets ;)

    Here's last night's setlist:

    Set 1:
    Drifting (Trey Anastasio)
    Ball and Chain (Social Distortion)
    My Girl (The Temptations)
    Backwater (Meat Puppets)
    Nowhere Man (The Beatles)
    Wolfman's Brother (Phish)
    Mrs. Robinson (Simon and Garfunkel)
    Dollar Bill (Screaming Trees)
    About A Girl (Nirvana)
    Lola (The Kinks)
    Pink Moon (Nick Drake)
    Naive Melody (This Must Be The Place) (Talking Heads)
    Act Of Love (Neil Young)
    Straight Ahead (Original)
    Kiss Off (Violent Femmes)
    I Believe In Miracles (The Ramones)
    Free Four (Pink Floyd)
    Boogie On Reggae Woman (Stevie Wonder)
    Silent In The Morning (Phish)
    Indifference (Pearl Jam)

    Set 2:
    Come Together (The Beatles)
    Suzy Greenberg (Phish) -->
    Reggatta de Blanc (The Police) -->
    Run Like An Antelope (Phish)
    I Nearly Lost You (Screaming Trees)
    Lounge Act (Nirvana)
    Cities (Talking Heads)
    Black (Pearl Jam)
    Out Of My Mind (Pearl Jam)
    Crazy (Gnarls Barkley/Ray Lamontagne)
    If Only (Original)
    Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd)
    London Calling (The Clash)
    Jumping Jack Flash (Rolling Stones) -->
    Remedy (Black Crowes)
    Heavy Things (Phish)
    Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
    Porch (Pearl Jam)
    Loving Cup (Rolling Stones)
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • Treyert14
    Treyert14 Louisiana Posts: 924
    BinFrog said:

    BinFrog said:

    ...but I can't give away all of my secrets ;)

    Here's last night's setlist:

    Set 1:
    Drifting (Trey Anastasio)
    Ball and Chain (Social Distortion)
    My Girl (The Temptations)
    Backwater (Meat Puppets)
    Nowhere Man (The Beatles)
    Wolfman's Brother (Phish)
    Mrs. Robinson (Simon and Garfunkel)
    Dollar Bill (Screaming Trees)
    About A Girl (Nirvana)
    Lola (The Kinks)
    Pink Moon (Nick Drake)
    Naive Melody (This Must Be The Place) (Talking Heads)
    Act Of Love (Neil Young)
    Straight Ahead (Original)
    Kiss Off (Violent Femmes)
    I Believe In Miracles (The Ramones)
    Free Four (Pink Floyd)
    Boogie On Reggae Woman (Stevie Wonder)
    Silent In The Morning (Phish)
    Indifference (Pearl Jam)

    Set 2:
    Come Together (The Beatles)
    Suzy Greenberg (Phish) -->
    Reggatta de Blanc (The Police) -->
    Run Like An Antelope (Phish)
    I Nearly Lost You (Screaming Trees)
    Lounge Act (Nirvana)
    Cities (Talking Heads)
    Black (Pearl Jam)
    Out Of My Mind (Pearl Jam)
    Crazy (Gnarls Barkley/Ray Lamontagne)
    If Only (Original)
    Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd)
    London Calling (The Clash)
    Jumping Jack Flash (Rolling Stones) -->
    Remedy (Black Crowes)
    Heavy Things (Phish)
    Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
    Porch (Pearl Jam)
    Loving Cup (Rolling Stones)
    Wow.. That's really cool man.
    Was that all just you on acoustic?
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Yup.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • Treyert14
    Treyert14 Louisiana Posts: 924
    brianlux said:

    Treyert14 said:

    Lol I guess I better pick it up then. And actually I'm missing yellow submarine also.

    Treyert, you are in for one major treat when you pick up a copy of Rubber Soul! :-)
    Just ordered me a copy! Can't wait to listen to it!
  • Treyert14
    Treyert14 Louisiana Posts: 924
    Just got it in today! I'll let y'all know if it changed my life or not in a few.