Each one of us wants to join a band. You are not a man if you haven’t air guitared to anything that makes you headbang and bounce around. Of course, you get lost along the way. Those who actually lived to play for a band might find themselves zoning out to the worst wing of band awesomeness…
SHOWBANDS!
Sure, some showbands are good but some showbands are crap. They merely sing the songs without taking out the hint of karaoke in it. Anyway, you might hand your guitar to an unsuspecting bystander and ask that person if he could bash your head if you all of a sudden happen to play these tunes week in and week out. Anyway, here are the symptoms.
10 You refer yourselves as a showband.
9 Your first set consists of Earth, Wind, and Fire songs while your last set consists of Bee Gees songs (If you’re Filipino… VST& Company).
8 Your getup is shiny.
7 Your retro songs are basically Don’t Call Me Baby, I’m Horny All Night Long, Michael Jackson music and songs “acoustic-ized” by Boyce Avenue.
6 Your hair is well-groomed and you dance the stage but not like Mick Jagger or Steven Tyler but like Adam Lambert.
5 You sing the falsetto, joining the female backup singers, as well as the rap part of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Love Rollercoaster.
4 You often do a song mellow every now and then and it’s either a random R and B song… or David Cook’s Always Be My Baby.
3 You are known in your day job as the guy that sings Dancing Queen.
2 People can hear you singing Pokerface, Love Story, a random Black Eyed Peas song of the past (because you have yet to perfect their current hits) and Jai Ho.
1 You are scared to play in an actual rock bar because people might kill you.
I’m just kidding… being part of any band is cool. Don’t sell yourself out if you think that the rock gods spite you. All you need is awesomeness to pull off what you’re doing.
And maybe, just maybe, you can become the first show band that doesn’t look gay.
SHOWBANDS!
Sure, some showbands are good but some showbands are crap. They merely sing the songs without taking out the hint of karaoke in it. Anyway, you might hand your guitar to an unsuspecting bystander and ask that person if he could bash your head if you all of a sudden happen to play these tunes week in and week out. Anyway, here are the symptoms.
10 You refer yourselves as a showband.
9 Your first set consists of Earth, Wind, and Fire songs while your last set consists of Bee Gees songs (If you’re Filipino… VST& Company).
8 Your getup is shiny.
7 Your retro songs are basically Don’t Call Me Baby, I’m Horny All Night Long, Michael Jackson music and songs “acoustic-ized” by Boyce Avenue.
6 Your hair is well-groomed and you dance the stage but not like Mick Jagger or Steven Tyler but like Adam Lambert.
5 You sing the falsetto, joining the female backup singers, as well as the rap part of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Love Rollercoaster.
4 You often do a song mellow every now and then and it’s either a random R and B song… or David Cook’s Always Be My Baby.
3 You are known in your day job as the guy that sings Dancing Queen.
2 People can hear you singing Pokerface, Love Story, a random Black Eyed Peas song of the past (because you have yet to perfect their current hits) and Jai Ho.
1 You are scared to play in an actual rock bar because people might kill you.
I’m just kidding… being part of any band is cool. Don’t sell yourself out if you think that the rock gods spite you. All you need is awesomeness to pull off what you’re doing.
And maybe, just maybe, you can become the first show band that doesn’t look gay.
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