What's the strangest song request you've had?

[Toki987]

I keep telling people I don't know a song called "Get Off the Stage," but they keep requesting it anyway.

I tell them to throw bills. that change hurts..

 

[Track Rat]

It's that sock full of pennies that hurts.

 

[Dogman]

It's that sock full of pennies that hurts.

Just remember....pennies are still worth money......just means you got paid.

 

[busyboy]

I got asked to play "The Wreck Of the Edmund Fitzgerald" -three different times by three different guys during one restaruant gig. I hadda make up a few of the verses but I got some tips!

 

[YeshuasFan]

A Four-Way Tie: The nightmare of what happens when 1970s stoners get religion:

"Amazing Grace" to the tune of "House Of The Rising Sun"

"Bringing In The Sheaves" to the tune of "Smoking In The Boys' Room"

"Amazing Grace" to the tune of "Peaceful Easy Feeling"

"A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" to the tune of "Light My Fire"

 

[TheRockDoc]

You might be a ....

On a similar line, why is there always one idiot. You arrive at a gig and tote in about a ton of gear and some moron asks "Oh, are you playing here tonight"? "No, I just do this for the exercise".

I hear Jeff Foxworthy..."There's your sign"...or something like that

 

[mshilarious]

I got asked to play "The Wreck Of the Edmund Fitzgerald" -three different times by three different guys during one restaruant gig. I hadda make up a few of the verses but I got some tips!

You can make up just about any verse to that song and it works:

The lake, it is said never gives up her dead
When the storms of November come callin'
The coxswain, that bastard
Owed me twenty dollars
When he went down to Davey Jones' locker
The captain was as queer
as a three-dollar bill
Which I find to be rather gallin'

 

[andyhix]

You can make up just about any verse to that song and it works:

The lake, it is said never gives up her dead
When the storms of November come callin'
The coxswain, that bastard
Owed me twenty dollars
When he went down to Davey Jones' locker
The captain was as queer
as a three-dollar bill
Which I find to be rather gallin'

I once heard a drunken version of that song where every line ended with "...November, Wisconsin," as though it were the name of town.

 

[Dogbreath]

I think our weirdest tune request was "Tiptoe thru the tulips". Tiny Tim, if I recall that right. The funny thing was, we KNEW it! We did a thrash metal version of it just for kicks and playin at house parties and stuff.
So...that's the one he got. I don't think he liked it very much but.....tough shit.

 

[zrockisaddictin]

ive gotten asked to play breathe by faith hill and stacy's mom, i slapped them across the face

 

[Monsterpop]

i got asked for,,,,,,

,,,,,,,,,"TEN GUITARS!"

I told the woman to fuck off and come back when id grown 18 more arms!
she waSnt that pleased to be honest,,,,

 

[savageblues]

Someone once asked if our band could play "Slow Motion Walter - Fire Engine Guy" We were miffed for sometime...

 

[ROblows]

Someone once asked if our band could play "Slow Motion Walter - Fire Engine Guy"

I always thought it was "Slow Walking Walter - Fire in his Thighs".

 

[GoldFalcon]

"Plastic Jesus" The "Cool Hand Luke" version, not the Jello Biafra one. Luckily I was a big fan of the movie and was able to pull it off more or less. I put it in my set list.