Ross Brown Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Did you ever play it? or the Rush version? How does it go over? Just wondering if anyone has experience with this song. We are considering it. I have not heard anyone else do it around here.... might be a reason for that hahahaha... "When I take a stroll down Jackass Lane it is usually to see someone that is already there" Mrs. Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard W Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 My band does not play Mr. Soul, but we do spend an awful lot of time talking about song selection and we pride ourselves on picking tunes that are off the beaten track, even if they might be by well-known artists. A typical filter for us on song selection is whether the tune in question is sufficiently danceable. For bar gigs, we like to have all up-tempo danceable stuff. If we're playing more of a "concert" (ie, a non-bar setting, or an acoustic set), we like to broaden into slower stuff or odd-tempo things. (Example: Linda Ronstadt's Heat Wave gets played in bars; Blue Bayou gets played in concerts.) To me, Mr. Soul would fall into the latter category, though I'm not familiar with the Rush version--maybe that's more uptempo. Give a shot--what do you have to lose? "Everyone wants to change the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves." Leo Tolstoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Brown Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Thanks. Yea. Not dancable... unless you are my wife, she can dance to anything... Rush version is very similar to NY version. "When I take a stroll down Jackass Lane it is usually to see someone that is already there" Mrs. Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duff beer Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I like the Rush version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qa3xbRu0MM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddiePlaysBass Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 unless you are my wife, she can dance to anything... One of our guitarists kind of has a wife like that: she dances to everything. Whether that's a good thing or not, is a whole other debate, though :grin: I say put it on the set list and see what happens. Worst case scenario, your learned a song that gets canned immediately. "I'm a work in progress." Micky Barnes The Ross Brown Shirt World Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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