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[bedlamsbard]

So tell me, were "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Gimme Some Lovin'" meant to be played by a high school pep band?

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[mentalhygiene.livejournal.com]

*sprains something laughing*

*wheeze*

... rhetorical question? I'm sorry. *hug* No, no they were not.

however, I've heard an excellent symphonic version of REM's "Stand" that *desperately* needs to be played at a football game.

[weisy.livejournal.com]

We played "Gimme Some Lovin'" in my High School Marching Band for a drill.

And yeah, we played it for Pep Band. Lmao.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

... rhetorical question? I'm sorry. *hug* No, no they were not.

"You Give Love" isn't half-bad played by a band, actually. It sounds pretty cool - but the bari part on "Gimme Some Lovin'" is the most boring thing ever, and that's saying something, once you look at the bass line for "The Hey Song."

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

It doesn't sound so bad, but the bass line is...pretty much the same through the whole song. As in, the same note over and over and over again, except for maybe eight measures, where it's different notes over and over again! Joy.

[mentalhygiene.livejournal.com]

Well, "You Give Love" kind of, uh, has a distinct melody. I'm guessing that-- and I really would have no clue-- that songs with really strong melodies, ones that won't get devoured by lots of instruments, work better.

"Gimme Some Lovin", isn't that the one with the weird bass-beat-thingy at the beginning? Kinda... repetetive. *blink*.

"The Hey Song". I don't want to know.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Well, "You Give Love" kind of, uh, has a distinct melody. I'm guessing that-- and I really would have no clue-- that songs with really strong melodies, ones that won't get devoured by lots of instruments, work better.

I think so (and actually, I have no clue either, so we can be clueless together).

"Gimme Some Lovin", isn't that the one with the weird bass-beat-thingy at the beginning? Kinda... repetetive. *blink*.

Uh-huh. And it's not just the beginning, either - I have that bass line through the whole - friggin' - song. *headdesk*

"The Hey Song". I don't want to know.

Apparently, when the artists that recorded it came in to do so, they were so drunk they forgot all the words, so all that came out was "HEY!"

[mentalhygiene.livejournal.com]

Apparently, when the artists that recorded it came in to do so, they were so drunk they forgot all the words, so all that came out was "HEY!"

... ... Oh! That song? That's what it's called?

Fuck, I'd always wondered if it had lyrics. Guess not.

[weisy.livejournal.com]

That's just like "Long Train Runnin'". We have the same part over and over again. The only part really in the instruments that change is the trumpets because my director adores them.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh. No lyrics. We added a pro-Ellensburg part in, though, that we have to sing. Unless that's Land of A Grand. I don't actually remember. Could be both. Man, and it's raining, and we're supposed to play. We could not have to play!

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Aw, man. It's pretty much my least favorite part about playing the bassline, the same thing over and over again. Not that it's much better depending on the song - but at least on flute you had some general variation.

[mentalhygiene.livejournal.com]

Ahh. I see.

Rain sucks. :(

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Indeed it does. I got to band and the first thing I hear is the student teacher yelling, "You can all go home!" I turn around and my mother has already driven away. I call her cell. It's off. I call home. Twice. Nobody answers. I finally call my dad and tell him to tell Mom to turn around and come back as soon as she gets home. I hang out in the band room for half an hour as people flurry in, realize they don't have to stay, and realize that their parents have just left.