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Topic: NOVEMBER 2017 FSOTM - CHALLENGE THEME

This months FSOTM will be a Challenge Theme Event,  based on members First Songs they learnt to play. 
There were a quite a few songs mentioned by members that were their first songs, so decided to list them all this month. The Challenge is to Attempt to Cover Anyone of the Songs Listed Below. 
You can cover 1, 2, 3 of songs on the list or as many as you want to cover, in fact you can cover all of them if you would like.
You can Challenge Anyone to Attempt the One You have Chosen as well. 

SONGS:

Elvira
Folsom Prison
Sylvia`s Mother
I`m Going To Love You Forever – Randy Travis
To Her Door – Paul Kelly
Proud Mary
Smoke On The Water
A Horse With No Name
Gloria – by Van morrison or Doors
Stepping Stones – by The Monkeys
Leaving On A Jet Plane
House Of The Rising Sun
Jambalaya

As there are so many songs listed this month, there won`t be any suggested Chord links or You Tube links posted this time to help you.   But there will be plenty of chords you can look up here on Chordie and if you want to listen to the songs you can google the songs to find them on You Tube.

So ....  Get READY, SET, GO!!!

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2 Reply by easybeat (edited by easybeat 2017-11-07 01:09:10)

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Re: NOVEMBER 2017 FSOTM - CHALLENGE THEME

I challenge Peatle to do Silvias Mother
Zurf to do Smoke on the water
Neo to do Elvira
Jan to do stepping stone
ready steady go GO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also i challenge those that don`t usually do CSOM.

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I already did "To her door" a few days ago, just before this wretched cold got a hold of me:

https://youtu.be/8nGwgh1lZRA

but ...

easybeat wrote:

I challenge
Neo to do Elvira

Challenge accepted!!! (although I've never heard this song) smile

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Re: NOVEMBER 2017 FSOTM - CHALLENGE THEME

Neo excellent song choice. Paul Kelly a OZZY song writer I admire.
EB  I challenge Peatle to do Silvias Mother.
EB  I won't  be butchering  a song  this month.

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easybeat wrote:

I challenge
Neo to do Elvira

Is it this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUBmx3g2yRU

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Re: NOVEMBER 2017 FSOTM - CHALLENGE THEME

easybeat wrote:

I challenge Peatle to do Silvias Mother
Zurf to do Smoke on the water
Neo to do Elvira
Jan to do stepping stone
ready steady go GO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also i challenge those that don`t usually do CSOM.

Smoke on the Water huh?  Well - I'm hoping that my life settles down a little bit the second half of this month, so I'll see what I can do. It's a bit out of my wheelhouse, but that's what makes this game fun.  Sure.  I'll give it a shot.

I didn't get a chance to listen to your contribution yet, Neophytte, but I'm eager to hear it. I like your whole approach and style.

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Oh Ill defiantly do Stepping stone, thats a fun one to get crazy on, (Zurf we need that crazy bass line)
then Proud Mary, and really thinking of the  Five Finger Death Punch) version of House of the rising sun.  If I have time, Gloria for sure.  just need to re-listen to the doors a few times.

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Yeah Neo.i think thats the one.
good to see Beamer going to have a crack
great to get out of our comfit zone musically.
Zurf i`m sure u can do an interesting version?
Beamer i have a friend who always says he hates `The Doors`
Don`t worry i gave him a good telling off, i said
`don`t knock the doors`

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Zurf wrote:

I didn't get a chance to listen to your contribution yet, Neophytte, but I'm eager to hear it. I like your whole approach and style.

Thanks - my voice was a bit off, as I was coming down with a cold, and didn't know it at the time ... I may re-do it now that I'm on the mend smile

easybeat wrote:

Yeah Neo.i think thats the one.

Thanks - I'll have a bash at that ... !!

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neophytte ........  well done on ~To Her Door~ .... I have to confess I didn't know and had never heard of this song before, so after listening to your cover I went and listened to the original. 
neophytte ........ yes that`s  the Elvira song.

easybeat ........ challenge accepted, I will give ~Stepping Stone~ ago (or attempt to lol).  Gee I had to go listen to it online as I couldn't remember  it at all! 
easybeat ............ I challenge you to ~A Horse With No Name~ .

beamer ........ awesome, looking forward to what you do with those songs.

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Bass line for Stepping Stone from The Monkees.  OK.  I haven't played bass in a long while, but I've been wanting to get back into it. Beamer, are you suggesting a cross-country team up?  I use Audacity for recording.  Tell me the tempo you want and I'll pull out the hated and evil metronome to see whether I can help.  I'll need to listen to the song on YouTube first, as I don't remember having ever heard it. Probably have, but just don't recall.

I'm planning on using your tutorial on my whatever-it-is pedal to make different noises for Smoke On The Water.

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neophytte wrote:

I already did "To her door" a few days ago, just before this wretched cold got a hold of me:

https://youtu.be/8nGwgh1lZRA

but ...

easybeat wrote:

I challenge
Neo to do Elvira

Challenge accepted!!! (although I've never heard this song) smile

Ha ha!  "Hello Kitty!"  That guitar sounds good. I didn't expect that from the novelty decoration. 

I'd never heard that song before and didn't know what to expect, but I liked it and couldn't tell that you had a cold. The diction was clear and you were on key. You're very good at keeping a steady beat too. That's something I need to work on.  Very nice recording!

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Well Jandle challenged me to do this song.
i`ve totally botched it up,but had fun doing it.vocal is total rubbish.
first time i`ve done this song,kinda fluffed the words.
come on you lot you can do better than this!!!!
https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/hor … out-a-mane

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Zurf wrote:

Ha ha!  "Hello Kitty!"  That guitar sounds good. I didn't expect that from the novelty decoration. 

I'd never heard that song before and didn't know what to expect, but I liked it and couldn't tell that you had a cold. The diction was clear and you were on key. You're very good at keeping a steady beat too. That's something I need to work on.  Very nice recording!

The "Hello Kitty" guitar is made by Squire - it doesn't sound too bad, but needs a new set of strings (as the wife never plays it) ...

Thanks for the kind words!!

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come on you lot you can do better than this!!!!
https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/hor … out-a-mane

I liked the jangly sound you got on your guitar!! But it's hard to hear the words (in my el-cheapo $2 headphones) ....

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Re: NOVEMBER 2017 FSOTM - CHALLENGE THEME

E B I like the guitar shame you cant hear the vocals.

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I liked it easbybeat ..... great guitar once again and I like the take off of the name smile  Have to agree with the others though, I couldn't hear your vocals very well.

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Well Jandle challenged me to do this song.
i`ve totally botched it up,but had fun doing it.vocal is total rubbish.
first time i`ve done this song,kinda fluffed the words.
come on you lot you can do better than this!!!!
https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/hor … out-a-mane

Loved it! Absolutely nothing like America's version. A total EasyBeat arrangement and it was wicked! Great job!

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Elvira - https://youtu.be/nZUwCwG0pFA

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Folsom blues - https://youtu.be/vDHNdkms1Dk

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Proud Mary - https://youtu.be/4MGzCF25IGQ

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Smoke on the water - https://youtu.be/LleQELAHtwk

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Stepping Stone - https://youtu.be/-XdIjhOhDdk

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Sylvia's Mother - https://youtu.be/po1nq2iGMJ0 (Should have changed the key!!)

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Leaving on a Jet Plane - https://youtu.be/6Y7zVtTi2gw

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