Top 40 cover band: hardest song to play on guitar

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Top 40 cover band: hardest song to play on guitar

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Like the question says, what's the hardest song to play on guitar?

The Killers' Mr Brightside?
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I dread the first half of Mr Brightside.. especially with a low slung Les Paul.

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According to some bickering on facebook apparently you're fuck all if you can't play april sun in cuba :lol:

And Mr Brightside... Top 40 from 15 years ago????
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Get the Funk Out. I used to bluff the solo. Pissed naaaarthaners never seemed to care.

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jeremyb wrote:According to some bickering on facebook apparently you're fuck all if you can't play april sun in cuba :lol:

And Mr Brightside... Top 40 from 15 years ago????
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I can’t tap, so anything with that in it. :lol:

Rainmaker (iron maiden) is pretty easy to fuck up.

I’d like to learn once an orange always an orange - that sounds pretty tricky (al stewart)
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jeremyb wrote:According to some bickering on facebook apparently you're fuck all if you can't play april sun in cuba :lol:

And Mr Brightside... Top 40 from 15 years ago????
Not today's pissant top 40. Just top 40.
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StratMatt wrote:I dread the first half of Mr Brightside.. especially with a low slung Les Paul.!
So uncomfortable to play.
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Also, Snow by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It's a bastard.
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jeremyb wrote:According to some bickering on facebook apparently you're fuck all if you can't play april sun in cuba :lol:

And Mr Brightside... Top 40 from 15 years ago????
I was talking to a new teacher today. She was bemoaning the lack of live music locally. Just, she said: "... crappy pub bands playing April Sun in Cuba."

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StratMatt wrote:
jeremyb wrote:According to some bickering on facebook apparently you're fuck all if you can't play april sun in cuba :lol:

And Mr Brightside... Top 40 from 15 years ago????
Maaate bangers are bangers!
I'd rather bang my head into a wall...
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Mr Brightside gives you cramps, especially the descent into the chorus, that’s a fair reach...

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null_pointer wrote:Mr Brightside gives you cramps, especially the descent into the chorus, that’s a fair reach...
Yep. And I can't go from the chorus to the verse quickly.
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Police, 'Message in a Bottle'
Cramps and relentless repetition. No respite and nowhere to hide. (When it's going well, it's epic!)

I have never in all my years managed to get the solo in 'Baker St' sounding proper. :oops:

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Yeah message in a bottle is a mission. Actually lots of Andy Summers is hard, I reckon he did it deliberately to humble cover bands.

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