I'm playing piano at a bar tonight - my repertoire's fine for quiet restaurants (Nightingale in Berkley Square etc etc), and I've got heaps of raucous stuff that would be fine if I were singing as well (eg. half of everything Elton John ever wrote, or Billy Joel - Piano Man) but I'm not.
What can you suggest that I can adopt and play in a piano-bar style? Up-tempo tunes I can jazz up a bit? Although not a fan of *cough* Jamie Cullum *cough* I'm going to have a listen and see what he does - any other suggestions?
― AndyTheScot, Friday, 14 September 2007 08:49 (eighteen years ago)
No matter what instrument you're on or how you're playing it, you can't go wrong with Karma Police.
― everything, Friday, 14 September 2007 16:44 (eighteen years ago)
I'm soooo jealous since I wish I played well enough to do that.
You can't go wrong with any New Orleans piano - Professor Longhair, Huey Smith, Dr. John, etc.
Play some boogie, too: Freddie Slack's version of "Down the Road Apiece" rules.
― Jazzbo, Friday, 14 September 2007 18:41 (eighteen years ago)
fourteen years pass...
So last night I went to one of these, I don't usually like piano bars but my best friend and I wanted some low key fun.
Anyway after a few hours I put in a $2 request for the diarrhea song as a joke. Five minutes later...they played it. Ten verses worth.
The singer was reading lyrics off the internet, and the audience initially groaned and said "eww", but started getting into it. The singer then said to the audience "I don't wanna do the diarrhea part anymore. You do the diarrhea part" and one of the other musicians left his piano and started leading a diarrhea call and response.
He also turned around when it was the audience's turn to sing and put the microphone next to his butt.
After about 2 minutes and everybody doubled over laughing, then transitioned into a performance of "WAP", except they started rapping "THERE'S DIARRHEA IN THIS HOUSE, THERE'S DIARRHEA IN THIS HOUSE!" and then quit before the verse.
As shit a time I've been having lately, it made me laugh more than I have in months lol
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