![]() ![]() ![]() Easy to play, and if you forget the words the one you’ll make up will be better than Coldplay’s. You may want to take this down a key or two if you’re a guy – Chris Martin’s voice is pretty hard to emulate. ![]() Don’t be tempted to slow this one down, it’s a surprisingly fast song. It’s kinda hard to play the finger-picking version and sing at the same time chords will substitute nicely – but make sure you pick the intro so people recognise it straight away. Like Wonderwall, this is a song that is overplayed to the point of ridiculousness – perfect for busking or a singalong. Green Day – Good Riddance (Time of your life) This is a good one to sing late in the night when everyone’s a bit quieter – extra points for making a girl cry when you croon “When everything feels like the movies / Yeah you bleed just to know you’re alive…” If you’re a guy you’re going to have a lot of trouble singing the very high chorus. Your best bet is just to use the simplified slightly-different-key version which is all over the web. This is extremely simple to play and was a huge hit at the time – and it’s nice to have a fast, shouty song after all the popular love songs. This isn’t a song where changing the key around is going to work – people are too familiar with the recording’s melody. It’s easy to play, but you’ll need to have a capo on you. Fortunately, this means that any man, woman or fetus present will be able to sing along for at least the chorus. There’s a reason this is the favourite of buskers everywhere – it’s got so much radio playtime that it’s ingrained into the skull of everyone in Western society. It’s worth it, even if it means sacrificing some of that indie credibility you’ve been building up for so long. Learn these ten, and you’ll always be able to have at least one great sing-along. They want a radio hit from the 90s that they can shout along with – and if you don’t strum one out you’ll lose the potential crowd. If you’re not in intimate settings, then no one wants to hear your beautiful, soulful rendition of Elliot Smith’s entire discography. Unless you want the crowd to lynch you or at least roll their eyes and walk away, you’ll have to ensure that the songs that you’re going to play are ones that everyone will want to sing along with. It’s incredible the extent to which alcohol makes everyone think they’re Pavarotti (as in a good singer, not a fat Italian.) As everyone gets drunker they demand for someone, anyone, please, to play a song on the the little sister’s wildly out-of-tune Fisher & Paykel nylon-string guitar. When you’re at a house party or just with some friends, there is bound to be a guitar lying around somewhere. ![]()
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