Miscellaneous Alternate names for tunes you play on gigs

jbtsax · Oct 13, 2015

An American chain of photo developing kiosks in the 1970's and '80's. Someday My Prints Will Come, 🙂

kevgermany · Oct 13, 2015

Do wa Diddy... Do what daddy did to mummy to make me.

Jules · Oct 13, 2015

Experiments on Terriers (Henry Mancini)
Sid James Infirmary Blues
Have Love Will Farrell (old Doo Wop number)

kevgermany · Oct 13, 2015

Für Elise - Furry Leaves.

Dibbs · Oct 13, 2015

Drop me off in Harlem -> Haul me off and drop 'em.

Dibbs · Oct 13, 2015

Here's one but it's hard to write because it's all in the pronunciation. Maybe best to imagine a Yorkshire accent.

What's this thing called, Luv?

Dibbs · Oct 13, 2015

This is slightly different but along similar lines. I used to know a singer who turned her back to the audience as she sang "Una Paloma W*****r". Nobody ever noticed except the band.

aldevis · Oct 13, 2015

I will not go deep into this, but my dialect sounds convincingly "Spanish" to foreign ears.
Several profanities appear when I have to do backing vocals, understandable only to Triestins...

I know of a Brazilian singer doing similar things in Portuguese...

jbtsax · Oct 13, 2015

I worked in the same music store as a master luthier and violinist from Mexico. We were listening to Astrud Gilberto sing the Girl From Ipanema and I asked him what is the difference between Spanish and Portuguese. He said if you get a Mexican really drunk, he sounds like he is speaking Portugese.

Colin the Bear · Oct 13, 2015

What's the difference between Dubai and Abu dhabi.

The folks in Dubai don't sound like the Flintstones, but the folk in Abu Dhabi do.

Am I in the right thread?

Willie the Weeper The penicillin song

Jonesy · Oct 13, 2015

Some alternate names for singers/musicians -
Cliff Richard -> Stiff Pilchard
Dusty Springfield - > Rusty Springboard
Burt Bacharach - > Burt Backache
Andre Previn - > Andrew Preview
Shirley Bassey - > Burly Chassis