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"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - what do/would you play?


clavjav

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Yup boogie piano.. there is no other option really. If you only have 1 guitarist.. you take over the rhythm duties during the solo.

Been there, done that!

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Surprised no one mentioned to play just the handclaps which helps drive the back beat. This is what I used to do and then jam some piano at the end.

Done that too!

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Not worried about trying to recreate the intro acoustic, as I assume the guitarist will take that.

 

The "intro" acoustic is the guitar through the entire song until the electric comes in after the 'bridge' part ("leaves me in a cold cold sweat"). It's the underpinning for the whole tune.

 

As others have said, piano will change the character of the tune. If that's okay, go with piano. If that's not okay, it's not a difficult part to learn on guitar... it'll get you out from behind the keys, impress the audience, and maybe even get you the number of the hot blonde that's been forced to ogle the bass player, because her friend already has dibs on the guitarist. ;)

 

:rawk:

 

It's precisely because of posts like these that I missed you around this place, Sven. :thu:

 

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If you have two guitarists and keys, you have too many guitars ;-)

 

Poor Billy Powell, eh? :D :D :D

 

Exceptions to every rule, kind of like having two drummers! :wave:

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My 5 piece band does this song and I use a "2 Acoustics guitar" patch on my Yamaha. My guitarist plays an electric and plays rhythm with me until the lead part kicks in.

 

I know many on this forum stay away from guitar patches on keyboards, but I think, in this instance it works.

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Used to cover this song with a classic rock band in L.A. I played acoustic piano and just added my own part.

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If it were me, I'd disassemble my mic stand, jump out front and play Freddie.

 

You would have to take your shirt off... I don't know about you, but I certainly don't have the body for that.

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So last night I threw in some wurlie as opposed to acoustic piano, as suggested:completely changed the feel of the song, and man, what a groove. It sounded really nice. Now I'm wondering how I can change some of the other songs we do...

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So last night I threw in some wurlie as opposed to acoustic piano, as suggested:completely changed the feel of the song, and man, what a groove. It sounded really nice. Now I'm wondering how I can change some of the other songs we do...

 

I've got this forum to thank for the tip of using distorted Wurly in guitar-based songs. Works every time...

 

Cheers, Mike

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