• From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
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Topic: Can THE GREAT SUPERBANDS remember their songs playing live?

STRANGE THREAD, but:
Take the "dinosaur bands",  like the EAGLES, ROLLING STONES, DYLAN, and more like U2, ZZ-top, Radiohead in fact the really great bands who perform together since 25-40 years?
Is Lou Reed still able to play "Berlin"?
Would BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, when you meet him in a bar be able to sing his fantastic sog THE STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA?
They have got so many hits, but when they perform, are they still able to perform that and that famous hit?
Like the Rolling Stones: "satisfaction", "ruby Tuesday", "paint it black"
1) do they still know the riffs, licks and lyrics?
2) OR do they need again a couple of days for rehearsal?
WHAT DO YOU THINK.
I think NO, when you ask them to play AND REPRODUCE THE LYRICS.

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  • From: A black hole in deep space
  • Registered: 2007-10-28
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Re: Can THE GREAT SUPERBANDS remember their songs playing live?

Doc the groups you mention (dont know about U2) The "stones and eagles" were touring recently and the eagles just released a new cd and I think they all would have no problem remembering the licks or lyrics to songs they wrote and im sure they would practice like any good band before playing a gig smile

gitaardocphil wrote:

STRANGE THREAD, but take the "dinosaur bands" like the EAGLES, U2, ROLLING STONES in fact the really great bands playing together since 25-40 years.
They have got so many hits, but when they perform, are they still able to perform that and that famous hit?
Like the Rolling Stones: "satisfaction", "ruby Tuesday", "paint it black"
1) do they still know the riffs, licks and lyrics?
2) OR do they need again a couple of days for rehearsal?
WHAT DO YOU THINK.

"Growing old is not for sissies"

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  • From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
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Re: Can THE GREAT SUPERBANDS remember their songs playing live?

I agree Russell, bur I corrected my thread, because what I wrote was in fact difficult to answer.

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- MY GUITAR PLAYS EVERY STYLE = BLUES, ROCK, METAL, so I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY IT.
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