[Wheres-The-Love]

just like to shout out that im an intermediate guitar player who can play such songs as paradise city, sweet child of mine, sweet home alabama, hey joe, over teh hills n far away, stairway to heaven ect.. My question is i need a song to impress my freinds/chicks. I have already played these ons around tehm and i need a new one to grasp their attension. any sugestions would be great. Thanks alot.. p.s. im thinking somehing bluesy.

Michael

This post has been edited by Wheres-The-Love: 02 March 2005 - 06:31 PM

[billy16]

You just want to impress?

If you really care about playing, just play something. Going out and trying to impress people isn't why most people play guitar. If that's why you do, you shouldn't be playing a guitar, because to play, you have to have feeling behind that, not people's attention.

[SmoothD]

You just want to impress?

If you really care about playing, just play something.    Going out and trying to impress people isn't why most people play guitar.      If that's why you do, you shouldn't be playing a guitar, because to play, you have to have feeling behind that, not people's attention.

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That reply was impressive Billy!

Play from the heart, yo!

[ctshaynes]

blah.. don't let the guitar snobs scare you off! While I understand their sentiment, and feel similar about my guitar playing, not everyone is the same, and there's no such thing as a "Bad" reason for playing guitar!

[bagpipeboy]

try classical gas

[BaasLian]

blah.. don't let the guitar snobs scare you off!   While I understand their sentiment, and feel similar about my guitar playing, not everyone is the same, and there's no such thing as a "Bad" reason for playing guitar!

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Ditto

Back on topic: Fingerpick some songs - I can't think of anything better sounding than an acoustic guitar being fingerpicked (Probably a fetish of mine )

[dadfad]

The tune "Embryonic Journey" by Jorma Kaukonan isn't terribly difficult but very impressive sounding. Blues-rags are fairly impressive. Blind Blake's "West Coast Blues" ranges from moderately difficult (for a pretty nice version) to extremely difficult (played "like Blake"). The Reverend Robert Wilkins tune "No Way To Get Along" (covered by the Stones as "Prodigal Son") is only moderately difficult. All of these tunes depend on the player's ability to use alternating-thumb fingerstyle. The old Skip James tune "Hard Time Killing Floor" is not difficult (and has a eerie beauty to it) done in open-tuned Dm (DADFAD) or Em (EBEGBE).

[mlmcc47]

Hey Man, to pick up the chicks; "Drive" by Incubus works 70 percent of the time, EVERYTIME!

[mrbreeze]

Hey Man, to pick up the chicks; "Drive" by Incubus works 70 percent of the time, EVERYTIME!

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sounds like a Yogi Berra quote.

[dadfad]

Hey Man, to pick up the chicks; "Drive" by Incubus works 70 percent of the time, EVERYTIME!

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sounds like a Yogi Berra quote.

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Yes, it really does.

[ibanezdude70]

Who's Yogi Berra? Wasn't he a baseball player? (Forgive me if that is horribly wrong! )

[mrbreeze]

Who's Yogi Berra? Wasn't he a baseball player? (Forgive me if that is horribly wrong! )

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Yogi Berra was a legendary catcher for the New York Yankees (40s,50s, and part of the 60s). He was usually quoted or had quotes attributed to him that had redundancies and such. He quite a quotable guy.

some classics:

"half of this game is 90% mental"
"it's like deja vu all over again"
"it aint over til it over"
"it gets early late out here"
"you can observe a lot by watching"


Just type in "yogi berra quotes" into google and you'll come up with loads of them.

[wannalearn01]

try classical gas

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Doesn't work, only Clapton fans know that...and there aren't too many of them in the "new crop" of kids...they like punk

NOTE TO ALL:
See people who play to impress end up looking dumb and feeling ashamed they can't play more...and give it up relatively soon, people who play b.c they have music in them...well you know

T^roy

[SmoothD]

try classical gas

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NOTE TO ALL:
See people who play to impress end up looking dumb and feeling ashamed they can't play more...and give it up relatively soon, people who play b.c they have music in them...well you know

T^roy

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Amen, bro!

[ibanezdude70]

Who's Yogi Berra? Wasn't he a baseball player? (Forgive me if that is horribly wrong! )

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Yogi Berra was a legendary catcher for the New York Yankees (40s,50s, and part of the 60s). He was usually quoted or had quotes attributed to him that had redundancies and such. He quite a quotable guy.

some classics:

"half of this game is 90% mental""it's like deja vu all over again"
"it aint over til it over"
"it gets early late out here""you can observe a lot by watching"


Just type in "yogi berra quotes" into google and you'll come up with loads of them.

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I like those!

[pimp_vince]

The tune "Embryonic Journey" by Jorma Kaukonan isn't terribly difficult but very impressive sounding. Blues-rags are fairly impressive. Blind Blake's "West Coast Blues" ranges from moderately difficult (for a pretty nice version) to extremely difficult (played "like Blake"). The Reverend Robert Wilkins tune "No Way To Get Along" (covered by the Stones as "Prodigal Son") is only moderately difficult. All of these tunes depend on the player's ability to use alternating-thumb fingerstyle. The old Skip James tune "Hard Time Killing Floor" is not difficult (and has a eerie beauty to it) done in open-tuned Dm (DADFAD) or Em (EBEGBE).

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You, my friend have a terribly perverted sense of "not terribly difficult". i've tried learning it (albeit i'm not the type to really put much of my own spin on things) learning it note for note is DEATH!