Totally changing subject, me and some work colleagues are doing a charity gig

in 7 weeks time. Its called North East Business Talent and will feature 10 bands / artists to battle it out in a x-factor style showdown (crap i know)

Anyway the long and short of it is, we need a couple of songs to cover. General consensus is something from 60's, probably a Stones or Beatles or Dylan number. We were thinking of a lesser well known track that we might be able to add a different style to or just cover normally

The band is all workmates of varying ages and experience

Just wondered if you senior music moguls had any thoughts on what might make a good cover to incorporate the following

Female singer
Bass
Drummer
Keyboard
4 x guitars (too many i know but we are all up for it)

Any sensible ideas would be great

Cheers

 

Itchycoo Park

Crowd pleaser extraordinaire

 

wiars the female singer come into that one then??? nt

 

Well Stones & Dylan dont have female singers

& I like the idea of Itchycoo Park sung by a female. Why not?

 

what about a bit of Melanie or Joni Mitchell nt

 

Paved Paradise Put up a Parking Lot

sorta thing do you mean?

 

Dreams, Dont Stop, or Go Your Own Way

from Rumours... I'm on a roll now

 

If you want to focus the female vocal try Stevie Nicks

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KmQ_1sXZJxI

 

Thanks very much, funny you should mention Small Faces

coz i was thinking one of their numbers possibly

 

Eight Miles High - or generally anything by the Byrds, the songs are lush enough to occupy all the guitarists and a keyboard player and a female vocalist will be an interesting twist on the close harmonies of the originals.

 

again funny you should mention that, Byrds got mentioned.Thanks for your suggestion nt

 

Something by the Kinks?

Or There She Goes.

 

Thats called Big Yellow Taxi

 

you must have read that in the nme

 

good shout m8 nt

 

Rooms on fire

Fantastic track

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PEyUMNC1ujU&feature=related