Songs You Don't Do Anymore

Subject: Songs You Don't Do Anymore
From: M.Ted
Date: 26 Mar 03 - 02:28 PM

In t he thread about banning songs, Little Hawk mentioned that "Billy Don't Be A Hero" was so bad that it was embarrassing to listen to--even more embarrassing, when it was popular, I used to perform that song--I t got me started thinking about other songs that I have discreetly dropped from my repertoire--

1) "Long Tall Texan"--About thirty years ago, I played bass in a band called "The Country Clan"--Every nite, toward the end of the last set, the leaders wife would join him on stage to sing this song. They were perfectly serious.

2) "The Cover of Rolling Stone"--In my old band, each of the other players got to sing (or maybe it was "had to sing")at least one number. The steel guitar player only knew the lyrics to three songs, this being his favorite--

3)"Billy, Don't Be a Hero"--As part of my music education degree program, I spent a term performing for elementary school kids, and I did requests--

4)"Friend of the Devil"--I admit it, but everyone used to do it--

5)"Proud Mary"--A lot of us did terrible things during the Vietnam War years--

How about the rest of you? Confess, and don't forget to make a pathetic excuse for yourself-