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I am newbie here, hoping that folks can help me out. I am searching for a specific style of song.
1. (Preferably early) British Invasion
2. Great vocal harmony
3. Interesting chords
4. Not "inane' lyrics
5. Scaleable to one acoustic, one electric guitar, percussion and two (or three) vocals.
6. Not heavy rock or blues (Beatles is perfect but I don't want to be a Beatles cover act).
All suggestions appreciated
What about early Who? There early stuff wasn't that heavy or too bluesy either. More 'power pop' to quote Pete Townshend. Not sure if it would be compatible lyricaly though, so maybe not that good a suggestion I suppose.
Here's a few groups from the 1st British invasion for you though;
The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, The Who, The Kinks, The Pretty Things, Dusty Springfield, The Dave Clark Five, Peter and Gordon, Chad and Jeremy, and Manfred Mann. Manchester had The Hollies, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Freddie and the Dreamers, and Herman's Hermits; Newcastle had The Animals; and Birmingham had The Spencer Davis Group (featuring Steve Winwood) and The Moody Blues. Bands sprang up from Belfast, Them, with Van Morrison to St Albans, The Zombies, with more inventive artists arriving to keep the syles moving forward, including The Small Faces, The Move, The Creation, The Troggs, Donovan, and John's Children.
I copied that from wikipedia, quite a few groups but it might point you in the direction of something you wouldn't have thought of
if you've ever heard of a band called Cream (eric clapton,david bruce,and ginger baker) you should look into their stuff cuz its like....well think of them as like heavy bluesy jazz there really good,i think. well you should look into their music i would try the song either "tales of brave ulysses" or white room there both really fun 2 play. well try it out and tell me what you think man. <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif" border=0 alt="Very Happy">
as moddish mentioned, THE WHO
They have heavy rock, moderate rock, ballads, pop, etc
one or two songs
"I cant explain". Very easy to play and sing and very well known.
happy jack. Great song with a great wee break playing only a few chords.
behind blue eyes.. My favourite WHO song.
Magic bus, a song I have decided today I am going to play.
some small faces songs too, "in my minds eye" all or nothing, " afterglow"
Or some Jam songs. Kinks, waterloo sunset or dedicated follower of fashion
good luck
Ken
how about the animals, such as 'house of the rising sun.'
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