Xref: utzoo rec.music.misc:39360 rec.music.makers:6349 alt.rock-n-roll:2929
Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!mtxinu!rtech!dark!rca
From: rca@dark.rtech.COM (Bob Arnold)
Newsgroups: rec.music.misc,rec.music.makers,alt.rock-n-roll
Subject: waltz ideas needed by rock band
Message-ID: <4507@rtech.rtech.com>
Date: 18 Jan 90 03:37:45 GMT
References: <1990Jan17.084919.3353@world.std.com>
Sender: news@rtech.rtech.com
Reply-To: rca@dark.UUCP (Bob Arnold)
Organization: /etc/organization
Lines: 32

Are there any rock or r&b (or maybe country or jazz) songs in
3/4 time that would be known by an older audience and still be
fun for a rock band to play?

My band is playing a wedding in a month, and the couple who are
getting married would like us to play one waltz for the older folks
in the audience.  Which is fine with us, since the gig will be big
fun and we'll get to be our insensitive selves too.  Only we're
really a rock and roll band.  Our tastes (and playlist) are pretty
broad - we do a jazz tune here and there and some soul/r&b too.
Anything we like from the last 40 years is fair game, and we're
good at picking up songs.  But I'm stumped on this one.

Here are all the "rock" songs I can think of in 3/4 time:

Jimi Hendrix	Manic Depression
Tom Waits	Old '55

If we stretch the definition way over bounds:

Tom Lehrer	Poisoning Pidgeons In The Park
Debbie Boone	You Light Up My Life
???		Tennessee Waltz

Slim pickings, huh?  And none of these will do the trick.  Is this a
hopeless quest?  Any ideas?


  __    _    _   Bob Arnold		Ingres Corp.
|/  \  / \  / \| 			1080 Marina Village Parkway
|     /    /   |			Alameda, CA, 94501
|     \__/ \__/| rca@rtech.com		415/748-2819