Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Cream Calendar My So-Called Band: Season Two, This Saturday at Mercy Lounge
Posted by Ashley Spurgeon on Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:35 AM
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Season Two! Are you trying to make me cry?
Love the guesses, and the requests... we'll keep them in mind.
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You should play It's All about The Benjamins the rock version.
or better yet;
It's all about the Pentiums.
so 90s
Jamiroquai is definitely tops--love that band. "Feels just like it should" is a bad-ass track.
Oh! And Toadies... maybe Lisa Loeb. Or if you want to really be kick ass, Amy Grant. I know you know the lyrics to the Baby, Baby song, Sam.
+1 on spacehog. . . I think if i were in a band it would be a total spacehog/supergrass rip-off
Alice in Chains?!?
ps. if the 'Epic' you're referring to is the Faith No More song - it was released in 1989.
Album was out in '89, but the single and chart success came in 1990.
Also, I was in kindergarten. This I learned from research, not memory. Old man.
Alice in Chains are one of the greats, to be sure. "In the meantime" also damn groovy. I loved rock back then--I guess that makes me not cool; but damn, I loved/love that music.
I think you need a chick in your band ballsy enough to cover something off the first Hole album, some Babes in Toyland, Bikini Kill, and L7.
Damn Tobin! Blur also... Listing a lot of great stuff! I prefer parklife; but b & g was a cool track.
I am also requesting "Fantasy" by Mariah Carey, "No Diggity" by Blackstreet, and "Free Your Mind" by En Vogue.
All of those songs are so good! I am so excited.
I just want Dave Paulson to sing "It doesn't mean I don't like my strong black brothers."
"Unsung" by Helmet, "Sister Havanah" by Urge Overkill and "Last Time That We Talked" by Small Factory. And everything Archers of Loaf ever recorded.
Champagne supernova by oasis
Pets by Porno for pyros
mr Wendell by arrested development
All great suggestions people. Keep em comin and send more to twitter.com/mysocalledband.
Definitely need a Hole cover at some point... I agree with that one. And when you guys decide you're ready for Veruca Salt, you know who your girl is. If I catch any other girl singing my VS, I will go Courtney Love on you.
Wow, I saw 23 comments and assumed we were being ripped to shreds. Thanks guys! Anyway, yes, please keep the suggestions coming especially if you are willing to sing. We'll be doing more shows and always in the market for guest singers (and rappers), so STEP UP!
For the record, I like a lot of these ideas, especially Hole, En Vogue, Spacehog and Faith No More. We're pretty much just doing hits at this point, so don't hold your breath on archers of loaf.
We're pretty much just doing hits at this point
Boo.
So I guess Unwound, Hum, Superchunk, Tortoise, Built to Spill, Mogwai, Slowdive, Swervedriver, Pavement, Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr, Sunny Day Real Estate, Spiritualized, Kyuss, Magnetic Fields, Radiohead, Modest Mouse, Guided by Voices, Pond and Stereolab are out?
I'd also like to see a Coyote Shivers/Renee Zellweger comeback.... k, no more comments from me. I could go all night with 90s hits ideas.
one of the consequences of being an old guy is i had quit listening to commercial radio by the '90s for the most part. i've never even heard most of the songs mentioned here, although i'm aware of the band names. Tobin's list is much more what the '90s meant to me. whatever happened to the punk rock party band?
It can't be a whole set of "time to get a drink!" songs, Tobin.
I think the fun songs would be that much more 'fun' if they were balanced by those with more artistic merit.
Tobin:
We'll get there. It's our second show, and we're trying to play songs that a lot of people know. And of those songs, we're hoping to strike a balance and pick songs that are BOTH fun and at least somewhat artistically worthwhile. If people keep coming and we keep playing more shows, over time we'll add in some deep cuts and indie stuff. The first thing I realized when we sat down to look at songs is that there are a LOT of great ideas for songs to play. Far too many.
Doyle:
I hear ya, and all I can say is that I think you'd know a lot of our selections. But there's no getting around how fun it is for us, the band members, to play stuff we basically grew up with. Even if you don't know all the songs, hopefully they will all be fun to listen to.
I'll shut up now. Come out and enjoy.
Comments aside, Ashley's description sounds very similar to my own experiences before I had a driver's license. I remember using the dial up internet connection on our single phone line in rural Marshall County to download music. 20 minutes for a single song was blazing fast.
"Please don't play 'Brick'" sure, but feel free to play "Song for the Dumped, " for my part. That's still damn catchy.
I guess there weren't any hits on it, but in NC we were all about Ben Folds Five's first album. Don't forget Keith Sweat, Bush, Operation Ivy, Butthole Surfers, The Proclaimers... This is fun!
Obligatory pop rap suggestions: "Cantaloop" by US3, "If I Only Had a Brain" by MC 900 Foot Jesus and "Scooby Snacks" by Fun Loving Criminals. And "Smells like Nrivana" in honor of Weird Al's 50th Birthday.
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