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poeman33 · 09-14-2008, 12:13 PM

You'll laugh at this. It was "God Save the Queen" by the Sex Pistols. Not because it was technically difficult by any means, but because I didn't know it, and had to come up with the right energy and feel in an instant. We were booked in a place and word got out in town that we were a punk band, although we were not. We found out that the manager hires bands for the week, and then fires them on Mondays and kicks them out without paying them. When we went up on stage to play, the place was full of punkers (is that the term? ) Besides wanting to put on a great show to try and keep the job, I really didn't want to have a few hundred angry drunk people after me either. The rest of the band knew the song. I had heard it maybe once. I said just tell me the key and I'll play something. I just hammered out power chords and high notes on the old JCM 800 to try and match the energy of the song. It must have worked because the crowd went crazy and they loved the song, and the rest of our show that night. I don't think we ever put out so much energy on stage. We still go fired though so the bar manager couldn't care less how well the show went...

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poeman33 Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 143	Re: What's the most difficult song you had to face? You'll laugh at this. It was "God Save the Queen" by the Sex Pistols. Not because it was technically difficult by any means, but because I didn't know it, and had to come up with the right energy and feel in an instant. We were booked in a place and word got out in town that we were a punk band, although we were not. We found out that the manager hires bands for the week, and then fires them on Mondays and kicks them out without paying them. When we went up on stage to play, the place was full of punkers (is that the term? ) Besides wanting to put on a great show to try and keep the job, I really didn't want to have a few hundred angry drunk people after me either. The rest of the band knew the song. I had heard it maybe once. I said just tell me the key and I'll play something. I just hammered out power chords and high notes on the old JCM 800 to try and match the energy of the song. It must have worked because the crowd went crazy and they loved the song, and the rest of our show that night. I don't think we ever put out so much energy on stage. We still go fired though so the bar manager couldn't care less how well the show went... __________________ --------------- Marshall JCM2000 DSL50 Avatar Vintage 4x12 cab Fender American Deluxe HSS Strat Ash body Last edited by poeman33; 09-14-2008 at 01:19 PM.