Song suggestions, people?

[The_Blunt]

So my band has a very unexpected show coming up this Halloween at a bar, and we only have 17 songs. 4-6 of them I could personally throw in the shitter, but thats not realistic at such short notice.

So the band wants everyone to come up with a list of songs that we think we should add. They are all 42+ so they'll be adding like 70's and 80's songs but I'm 22 and I want some songs that my age group would recognize and be into.

But I'm totally freakin blanking. All I can think of is that I play Weezers "Say It Ain't So" very well. So well that they don't even have to play it right, they just have to get through it and let me work my magic.

But thats all I can think of. So please give me some suggestions.
And please have them be realistic. No songs with strings or keyboards.
Just straight up 2 guitars, bass, drums and vocals songs.

Thanks. :)

[EagleOne]

Laydown from priestess

[k1gibson]

Foghat- slow ride, Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch fever, Cars- Good times roll
SRV - Pride and Joy, George Thorgood- Bad to Bone, Eagles, Foreigner - Hot Blooded,Styx's
AC\DC, Bad Company,Kiss, Reo Speedwagon -Take it on the run, Boston .38 special,Tesla I can go on and on.

[norm]

BRMC - Shuffle Your Feet
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Tom Waitts - Jockey Full of Bourbon
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The Thrills - Whatever Happened to Corey Haim?
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Moldy Peaches - Anyone Else but You
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NIN - Closer
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The Rentals - Friends of P
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Spinal Tap - Big Bottom
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Ween - Piss Up a Rope
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All I can think of for right now.

[Kamui]

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:) Well.....how about these? They are from the late eighties going in the early nineties.

[The_Blunt]

I'm digging Lay Down and Slow Ride. My band will probably be pussies about Lay Down though since its somewhat difficult and they just want easy songs. But I'm gonna try to learn it right now.

I would love to play that Nine Inch Nails song but there's too many sound effects and we do not have a keyboard.

We already have 2 KISS songs so thats out of the question.

Keep 'em coming people!

[k1gibson]

Talk Heads-Burning down the house-Bod Seger -Old time rock & roll, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts/I Love Rock-n-Roll Eagles/Heartache Tonight Dire Straits/Money for Nothing
John Cougar Mellencamp/Pink Houses John Cougar/Jack & Diane Bruce Springsteen/Hungry Heart Van Halen/Hot for Teacher Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers/Don't Do Me Like That
Queen/Another One Bites the Dust
ZZ Top - Tube Snake Boogie ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses Poison - Your Mama Don't Dance
Mötley Crüe - Smokin' In The Boys Room

[TheRealHanSolo]

December by Collectice Soul, Heaven Let Your Light Shine Down, Take It on The Run by REO Speedwagon, Let Her Cry- Hootie, Run Around-Blues Traveler.

Blunt most of those do not have chords past the third fret so easy to learn and I can play most of those so therefore easy to play lol. Plus Heaven Let Your Light Shine Down will have everyone in the crowd singing. And for me try Hard to Handle by the Black Crows!!

[captnjeter]

Another Tom Petty song would be Won't Back Down. Should be easier to master than Don't Do Me Like That.

The question is what is the audience. What's the age group of the people of the party? While there are a lot of people my age that do get a kick out of 70's/80's rock and things like The Beatles and you'd be safe with songs from that timeframe, I find that some 40-somethings have a hard time getting into things like Nine Inch Nails.

If you want songs for your age group, Blunt, Weezer would be a nice place to start, maybe try "Buddy Holly" or "Beverly Hills". I would also think of bands that cross over well. REM, U2, Bruce Springsteen are good examples. Try "Desire" (or if you want something more known, but trickier, take a shot at "Pride (In the Name of Love") by U2, "Supernatural Superserious" by REM and "Cover Me" by Springsteen.

[keyser28146]

So you want good bar rock? Here's a few

Tom Petty - Free Faliin'
Spoon - Everything hits at once, but anything off the Girls can tell, or Telephono albums especially... if they are older and talented, they will enjoy playing this bands stuff.
Cake - Frank Sinatra, Mexico, The Distance, I Will Survive cover, Meanwhile Rick James, and any other song they ever did, this will give your leads plenty of time to play and improvise some cool stuff.
Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden.
John Cougar Mellancamp - Hurt so good
The Outfield - Your Love

Since it is halloween...
Alice Cooper - Eighteen.
Danzig - Mother, Hybrid Moments
The Cure - Burn (Crow soundtrack)
Machines of Loving Grace - Golgotha tenament blues (crow soundtrack)
The Toadies - Possum Kingdom (ROCKS any bar you play)

[MajinTony]

How about GWAR's

"Preschool Prostitute" or "Fucking an Animal"

"Hard for a 'Tard" and "Should the Ugly Girl Blow Me" by The Dave Brockie Experience are real good.

[TheRealHanSolo]

Possum Kingdom is easy to play and fucking AWESOME!!!!

[Gino]

Hum Stars. Only if you want to rock the shit out of that place. Blunt I want you to play those riffs

[keyser28146]

Stars by Hum is a great song, and it rocked the 90's. Great Call.

Spacehog is pretty cool too.

[LvDevilsFan]

asshole by denis leary!!!