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Post by RickW on Jul 25, 2011 21:53:32 GMT -5
While I think that it's changed, I have been told by more than few guitar store owners that these twos songs are the ones they have heard in their stores most often, way too many times. (That and of course bad, screaming heavy metal noodling.)
And yes, I confess, I know them both. I still love the simple beauty of Blackbird. STH, well, every now and then I have to return to my youth.
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Post by drlj on Jul 25, 2011 22:15:00 GMT -5
Blackbird is a cool tune and I refuse not to play it!
LJ
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Post by Cornflake on Jul 25, 2011 22:17:22 GMT -5
None of the above. When I bought my current guitar, I noodled originals.
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Post by t-bob on Jul 25, 2011 22:30:56 GMT -5
Also, none of the above. My two are Don't Think Twice and St. Louis Tickle.
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Post by Lonnie on Jul 25, 2011 22:46:38 GMT -5
Blackbird... ever heard Kenny Rankin do it?  |
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Post by John B on Jul 25, 2011 23:02:09 GMT -5
None of the above. Although I have given some serious thought to taking some lessons so I can get all of the Guitar Center licks down. After all, I'm going to be in the store 40 hours a week, and I will eventually test out every guitar and bass in the store as I set them up.
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Post by Dub on Jul 25, 2011 23:10:32 GMT -5
Not only have I never played either, I couldn't even hum them for you. How do you do at Saturday Night Shuffle? - Dub |
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Post by Russell Letson on Jul 25, 2011 23:45:27 GMT -5
Didn't anybody play those tunes?
Anybody?
Anybody?
Bueller?
(I don't play either, either--I'm also a Freight Train/Railroad Bill/Don't Think Twice fingerpicker.)
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Post by RickW on Jul 25, 2011 23:58:21 GMT -5
Wow, you guys all must a LOT older than me, that's all I can say.  |
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Post by Russell Letson on Jul 25, 2011 23:59:46 GMT -5
When I started, the six-string guitar consisted of two rocks. (You had to supply your own roll.)
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Post by RickW on Jul 26, 2011 0:02:03 GMT -5
Never heard that before, Lonnie. That's way cool.
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Post by Tamarack on Jul 26, 2011 1:00:03 GMT -5
Never learned Stairway to Heaven
Learned Blackbird during the year when I took formal lessons. For some reason I often play Alice's Restaurant and then segue into Blackbird.
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Post by Don Clark on Jul 26, 2011 1:08:57 GMT -5
Done Blackbird forever....STH sucks. Had no less than 3 students working on it at the same time.....and they all came the same day for lessons.
I was thinking STH and Smoke on the Water were the most overplayed. Along with Sweet Home Alabama.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2011 1:33:05 GMT -5
Puff the Magic Dragon. Anyone? Anyone?
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Post by frazer on Jul 26, 2011 3:05:56 GMT -5
I was sitting on our terrace a few evenings ago and a blackbird landed in our neighbour's tree and began to sing.
So I brought my guitar out and played Blackbird to it.
Very nice.
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Post by aquaduct on Jul 26, 2011 4:26:54 GMT -5
Knew/know STH, Smoke on the Water, 25 or 6 to 4, Sweet Home Alabama, and a few other obnoxious ones. Learned Blackbird for our duo. Did it maybe twice and I've forgotten it.
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Post by millring on Jul 26, 2011 5:18:03 GMT -5
I learned STH at one time. Ditto the intro to "Roundabout". Never learned Blackbird but always prefered the Rankin cover to the original. When I was of the age that would have played STH in a guitar store, I played "Anji".
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Post by brucemacneill on Jul 26, 2011 6:06:16 GMT -5
Puff the Magic Dragon. Anyone? Anyone? That's the song I get the most requests for, so I do it. The song everyone loves to hate and sings it anyway. The songs this thread is about came long after me. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2011 6:32:15 GMT -5
I like to test out a guitar with this old chestnut...
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Post by millring on Jul 26, 2011 6:44:47 GMT -5
I like to test out a guitar with this old chestnut... That's just a masterful bit of singing. |
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