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02 Feb 2010

Black Velvet - your thoughts

Filed Under : Rants

Posted By : Massive Electric Storm | Comments : 13

We keep getting asked to play this...

Every week someone (usually female) asks us to play this. God knows why, it's not our style but when people have had a few they'll ask for anything.

Do any of you actually do this song? I'm not knocking anyone for doing it, just interested...

Comments

# Posted by Willow (of somebig™Fish) (Reti... - 02/02/2010, 12:33 (GMT)

Alannah Myles?? That one?
I recorded it once for a laugh! slow multi tracked acoustics - hmmm .. may resurrect it and put it out as a free NWB download single!! LOL
Willow

# Posted by Massive Electric Storm - 02/02/2010, 12:38 (GMT)

Yeah, Alannah Myles, rather tasty if I remember rightly. Think she was Robert Plant's gf for a while.

# Posted by "THE SUGAR BULLETS" - 02/02/2010, 12:40 (GMT)

Used to play this in another band...went down well...give it a try see how it goes at a couple of gigs.

# Posted by Massive Electric Storm - 02/02/2010, 12:59 (GMT)

Mmm, don't think this song is for us.

However, here is a gratuitous shot of Ms Myles with a friend which I have just found on the net. (In my next life I want to be a saddle.)

# Posted by Loverockets - 02/02/2010, 13:04 (GMT)

i want to be that horses leg!

I think you should do it,its a cracking tune ;)

# Posted by LAST GANG IN TOWN - 02/02/2010, 13:33 (GMT)

You boys doing any KISS yet.....
Remember that neanderthal in the Appleton...???

# Posted by Massive Electric Storm - 02/02/2010, 13:38 (GMT)

Hi Gaz, yeah, what a star he was!
The 3 we get asked for all the time are BV, Kiss and Meat Loaf. Jesus, it's like punk never happened! The revolution starts here!

# Posted by HARD TO HANDLE - 02/02/2010, 13:46 (GMT)

We do it at our Jam Night pretty regular when a woman wants a sing.......

# Posted by Mark bassist in Piggery Bandan... - 02/02/2010, 17:25 (GMT)

FM did a cracking arrangement of Joe Walsh's Rocky Mountain Way segue-ing into Black Velvet was very cool... The bass line and the drum beat are pactically identical to RMW verse....Just a thought

# Posted by Duke Bocks - 02/02/2010, 18:46 (GMT)

every bloody week when I was doin rockyoke..and the lead guitarist always fretwanked all over the vocals and wanted to put the bass fills in as well...tosser!

# Posted by Ian from Bolton - 02/02/2010, 19:16 (GMT)

If you don't like it, don't do it.
We're always getting pissed up women asking us for 'Paradise by the dashboard light'.
Not a hope in hell.
Have it on the IPOD for when we've done.

# Posted by AndyBassOrGuitar - 02/02/2010, 20:48 (GMT)

Duke Bocks: ".and the lead guitarist always fretwanked all over the vocals.."

Sign of a bad musician, and a huge ego in my opinion! Not knowing when to shut the funk up and let the song be ..a SONG! lol
I tried to start a band with a guitarist like that! Grrr
(C U Next Tuesday Mr.Ego!) Ha Ha

@ The Kerbcrawlers: What is it with Meatloaf and women!? PMSL

# Posted by CATDOG - 03/02/2010, 09:37 (GMT)

Used to do it years ago, when it came out I think, and another one off the same album, Alannah Myles has a great Rock voice and is highly underrated in my humble opinion.

Black Velvet is a bit cheesy now though I reckon.

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