Overplayed guitar store songs

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Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/01/27/overplayed-guitar-store-songs.html

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Where can I download the full track of “Complete Nonsense”? That shit was jammin.

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Didn’t hear Yes- Roundabout? Maybe it isn’t overplayed anymore, but in my day…

Also, is this a direct response to the scene in Wayne’s World?

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Obligatory…

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I knew a kid who obsessively played those ten or so notes from “Smoke on the Water,” even though he wasn’t born yet when it was released. I doubt he knew the name of the song, let alone the band.

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The intro riff to Thunderstruck is fine I guess?

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I would be surprised if he knew a 4th chord.

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Gaah! Thanks a lot, now my ear doesn’t know which worm to obey.

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Well, realistically “tuning” should be number one on the list, but closely followed by “12-bar blues.”

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No Crazy Train? No Eruption?

My son is a guitar teacher and those 2 are also on his list of banned tunes for his students.

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Real complete nonsense.

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We all know their names:

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Until Tiger Mountain Peasant Song makes the list, I’m safe.

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(Bonus: the instructor’s slight resemblance to BoingBoing’s publisher)

If you can’t get through it, skip to 9:00 which I think is the trolliest.

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i’m busy being miffed that it was presented as a countdown of EIGHT songs, but two are total bullshit filler non-songs. so really, number one is stairway to heaven, which is what i expected. i would be ok with Roundabout, Eruption, or Crazy Train, honestly.

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Typical guitar store experience:
Loudness contest between 12-bar blues guy and complete nonsense guy. Whoever wins, we all lose.

From the classic rock cannon, I would like to add to the list:

  • Cat Scratch Fever
  • Only Women Bleed

If playing in the acoustic room, the following 90’s contributions shall be punishable by death:

  • Crash
  • Wonderwall
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Judging from what’s written here, my go-to rendition of Rebel Rebel is still safe.

I don’t actually play guitar.

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Devil Can’t Write No Love Song

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A few lifetimes ago when I was stationed overseas, my roommate was learning to play guitar.

I still have a nervous tick when I hear Stairway to Heaven.

Oh, and he never learned in the year I was stationed there.

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