Hey Gang,
I enclose a message from our new Musical Director Mr. Francesco Fusco
. We're really eager to get people involved in the music side of things for the Reunion. Franco along with OYS stalwarts such as Mr. Paul Maguire, Dr. Paddy Fitz and Ms. Ruth Bennett are putting in some serious work to make this happen so if you have any sort of musical inclination at all especially singing or instrumental, give Franco a holler at
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or on 087 6524296. Please do try and get involved in some capacity, even if its just to roadie for the band!! Song suggestions and potential band names are welcomed below!!
Cheers,
Eoghan
Hey All,
heres the set list so far (call it first draft) - theres two sections the 'Yes we'll try' and the 'maybe as a backup'
(very scientific approach as you can see!)
Yes We'll Try
La Bamba - Los Lobos
Daydream Believer - Monkees
I’m A Believer - The Monkees
Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell (Maguire is claiming lead vox on that one!!)
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Molly Malone (Waltz version ¾ time, bum-tit-tit beat)
Wild Rover (As above)
Pub With No Beer (As above)
The Hucklebuck - Dickie Rock
YMCA - Village People
Gloria - Them
The One I Love - REM
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
Hokey Cokey - OYS
Smashmouth - Walkin on the Sun
Violent Femmes - Blister in the SUn
Fureys & Davey Arthur The Red Rose Cafe
Dean Martin That's Amore
John Connelly The Fiddlers' Green
Trad. Slievenamon, Black Velvet Band, Molly Malone, There's one fair county in Ireland, Mountains of Mourne
Chuck Berry Johnny B Goode
Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls Of Fire
Neil Diamond Sweet Caroline
Van Morrison Brown Eyed Girl
Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive
The Village People YMCA (with full liturgical dance!!)
Stevie Wonder Superstition , You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
Amy Winehouse Valerie
R E M Losing My ReligionPaul Simon You Can Call Me Al
Bryan Adams Summer Of '69
Livin on a prayer
Smooth criminal
Word up
summer of '69
Keep on rockin in the free world/7 nation army
Hard to handle
Sweet child o mine
Rolling STones - Cant get no satisfaction
The Knack - My Sherona
Roxy Music - Love is the drug
Creedence - bad moon rising
T-Rex - get it on
The Faces - Oh-La-La
David Bowie - Gene Jeanie
Maybe as backup
The Twist - Chubby Checker
20th Century Boy - T-Rex
Summertime - George Gershwin
Ring of Fire - J. Cash
Weather With You - Crowded House
Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty
Don’t Look Back In Anger - Oasis
Sit Down - James
The Proclaimers Walk 500 Miles
Andi Williams Too Good To Be True
Let me entertain you
Left outside alone
Animals - House of the rising soon
Cars - just what i needed
The Obligatory Slow Set!!
Robbie Williams Angels
James Taylor You've Got A Friend
Van Morrison/Rod Stewart Have I Told You Lately (That I Love You)
David Gray This Years Love
Wet Wet Wet Love Is All Around
Louis Armstrong What A Wonderful World
Eric Clapton You Look Wonderful Tonight
This sections is made up of those bands that nearyly every tune they released was an instantly recognisable hit and so we could possibly do a mish mash meddley of one or two the bands?
Failing that we could pluck a few of their hits and throw them into the setlkist to just play outright
Medleys (possibly??)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
Anything by the Jackson 5
Rockin’ in the Free World – Neil Young
Elvis Presley Blue Suede Shoes Shake Baby Shake Jailhouse Rock Hound Dog
Beatles: Saw Her Standing There Lady Madonna A Little Help From My Friends Just 17 Twist and Shout (la Bamba medley) etc etc ....etc!
The Monkees Daydream Believer I'm A Believer
Sting & The Police Every Breath You Take Every Little Thing She Does (Is Magic) Message In A Bottle
U 2 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Where The Streets Have No Name
There ye have it - Last night when we sat down to do this out we realized there is actually quite a bit o work involved and needs the commitment of all those who say they want in to be in! Next week we'll aim to have first rehersal on Tuesday night say 7.30 in my place. As it stands we have a practise PA but lost the practise bass amp so we'll need that as well as practise guitar amps. Expect Tuesday night to be a night of organised chaos till we get into a routine and know whos doin what and with what....make of what you will that last bit! Also the set list is still wide open, if theres stuff on there that you think is missing well write it down and let us know (time to dig out those rock/driving compilations cds!)
Also im goin to move this from email over onto the OYS sites forum and try and drive some traffic over there - also means that its a central way for everyone to keep in touch away from Facebook which has everyone elses frineds etc involved over there
I think that may be everything for now - if you could get copies of those tunes and check them out we'll be able to start breaking the backs of them next week onwards. we only have 6 weeks so it piss or get off the pot time!
MOST IMPORTANT : We STill Need A Band Name - SO Everyone Involved Has To Have Suggestions!!!!!!!!!!!!
Take it easy
Francesco
087 6524296
