Slightly Shirley Thinking about the future...

feeling we're lacking a bit of direction, these tracks are ones i very much think would suit our band. I know there are hundreds more, but I've tried to get a feel for the selection, so there is a similar style that can be 'shirleyed'.

http://open.spotify.com/user/corinneb/playlist/2REgWEJVdfBPOTriCciFzG

if i am way off from what others want to do then we should talk on tues... just thought, by showing my selection this would be show what my head is thinking about the sort of direction i would like us to go. not the most flowing of sentences but you get what i mean???

Hi all - unfortunately am not well - high fever and hacking cough - so it's better if I stay away from you all this evening. However, i have compiled a complete list of all our song choices and as I won't be there have put my favourites at the top, I couldn't work out highlighting on here, but am happy to go with the group decision about a final play list.

I like:

Mercy - Duffy
Rescue Me - Aretha Franklin
Copacabana – Barry Manilow
Kiss me honey hone kiss me – Shirley
Fly me to the moon – Westlife version
In the midnight hour – Commitments
Respect – Aretha
You keep me hanging on – Aretha
Mustang Sally –Commitments
All you need is love – Beatles
Penny Lane.
Fever - Peggy Lee.
Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
What's new pussycat – Tom Jones
Light my fire – various versions but an upbeat one would be good
Proud Mary – Tina Turner
Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads (got accopello and a groovy accordion bit)
Money Money, Money
Dancing in the street - Martha Reeves
Nowhere to run - Martha and/or Commitments
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree - K T Tunstall
Mustang Sally - Commitments
Something about you baby I like - tom
Darts ...boy from New York City, well any darts number
Denis Denis - Blondie
The jean genie - Bowie
Let’s dance - Tina turner/bowie version
Crazy little thing called love - queen

mmmm not sure:

Reach - S club 7
I'm a Believer - The Monkeys
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
Moondance -
Living la Vida loca - Ricky martin
shine - take that!
Echo beach. Martha and the muffins
Tom Hark
My Lovely Horse
Rock lobster b52s
Green door
ub40 food for thought
Tanita Tikaram - A good tradition of love and hate
Mama Mia
Dancing Queen,
I Have a Dream
Love Shack - B52s
Wig – B52’s
Everybody loves somebody - blues bros
Hold your head up - argent - yep a bit indulgent but.....
Just like heaven - the cure
Why can’t I be you? - The cure
Another one bites the dust - queen
Pump it up - Elvis Costello
Drop the pilot - Joan Armatrading
Love and affection - Joan Armourtrading
Enola gay - OMD
So in love - OMD
Locomotion – OMD

Lest we forget...

everybody loves somebody - blues bros

sorry folks.. got a bit carried away here but just couldnt help it.......
1. hold your head up - argent - yep a bit indulgent but.....
2. denis denis - blondie
3. just like heaven - the cure
4. why cant i be you? - the cure
5. the jean genie - bowie
6. lets dance - tina turner/bowie version
7. another one bites the dust - queeeeeen
8. crazy little thing called love - qween
9. pump it up - elvis costello
10. drop the pilot - joan armatrading
11. love and affection - joan armourplate
12. enola gay - omd
13. so in love - omd
14. locomotion - odm

b52's.. rather than love shack (everyone does that) how about "wig".. could have some fun with it!

Darts ...boy from new york city , well any darts number would suit us quite well LOL

Dancing in the street - Martha Reeves
Nowhere to run - Martha and/or Commitments
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree - K T Tunstall
Mustang Sally - Commitments
Something about you baby i like - tom

one for Steve to sing...Stuck in the middle with you

and....Love Shack - B52s

and.....I think we could perhaps do an ABBA number, but not sure which one, there are so many....Money Money, Mama Mia, Dancing Queen, I Have A Dream etc. etc......something from the Mama Mia film as topical at the moment.

Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads (got accopello and a groovy accordian bit)

Tanita Tikaram - A good tradition of love and hate

green door
ub40 food for thought

What's new pussycat
Light my fire
Proud Mary

rock lobster b52s

As a lot of people would recognise Songs of Love from Father Ted, it would be fun to do MY LOVELY HORSE, to the right audience of course!

Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield

Fever - Peggy Lee

Tom Hark suits our line up - might be fun???

how about:
echo beach..martha and the muffins
something by OMD.. too many good pop songs.
penny lane.. umm? who did he original??

Poss future numbers

livin la vida loca - ricky martin
shine - take that!
All you need is love - Beatles

as we've grown into a def 6 and poss a 7 if violin Paul joins us...we could poss work out a voting system, with a 80/20 split, so that it doesnt just fall on persons head to say they dont like a song...Emmy could hold secret ballots and X marks the spot of dooers and non dooers, am I making any sense?

also heres a list of the songs we have already vetoed.

Reach - S club 7
Mustang Sally
I'm a Believer - The Monkeys
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
Moondance
(have I forgotten any)

Corinne requested this topic to record any thoughts and ideas about songs we may like to do in the future. It's prob important to emphasise that conversation will take place in 'Band Stuff', but i agree this could be useful for developing ideas for the future or they may just get lost.

Here's my contributions to start with:

Mercy - Duffy

Rescue Me - Aretha Franklin


Also what image are we aiming to have ? (rag tag band of misanthropes, or suited and booted luvvies?) just a thought for the future