[danield]

Hi!

I've been a hip fan since Up to Here and I've been playing guitar on and off for 6 years now. I was wondering how you guys like to play the hip songs... I know I love the acoustic ones (Bob, ABAC, Scared, 38 years old, wheat kings...) but also like to play electric but I feel that alone it is harder to give a good rendition of the more "electrified" songs...

What are the songs you like to play the most??
and just wondering if anyone is in a Hip tribute band... would love to go see you if you are around montreal

cheers! :jump

[schaggs]

I don't find hip songs difficult to cover well if you have enough guys to pull it off and actually spend some time figuring out what each member actually plays. That being said, there are some songs that can be pulled off as a three-piece with a little creativity. Among my favourites in this sense are Grace, Too, Little Bones, Three Pistols, Music @ Work, 700ft. Ceiling, and Locked.....

I think the trouble with playing a lot of hip songs in a band setting is that everyone gravitates towards the music in the foreground and ignores either Paul or Rob, or they over-simplify things.

That being said, I agree with you.... on guitar alone, you are quite simply missing too many elements of the original music for it to sound correct... or at least with as much enthusiasm.

Try the Road Apples album start to finish.... it's your best bet for being satisfied with only your trusty electrified axe.

[The Horrible Esthete]

I'm pretty keen on 38 Years Old since it lends itself so well to solo acoustic performance. Titanic Terrarium sounds killer on a decent resonator...

Electrically, I have an absolue ball playing Emperor Penguin....get a little delay going, and turn up that reverb....the delicate melody of the verse progressions transitioning to the power of the chorus gets me all geeked up....

Giftshop is also fun if you can somewhat match the the distorted sound they use...that cut has great energy....

When I still had my Strat, my buddies (one played bass, one played a Les Paul) and I would sit around and play those few measures from Last of the Unplucked Gems for extended periods, improvising, letting our individual creativity take us (kinda like the boys used to do when they played it in concert)....

[Lizard King]

I like to play them on my stereo, but thats me

[moejiles]

Its fun to pull out acoustic versions of Grace, N.O.I.S., and Long Time Running, around the fire pit...I can never do the tunes the proper justice they deserve, but people enjoy them just the same.

[The Horrible Esthete]

...I can never do the tunes the proper justice they deserve, but people enjoy them just the same.

And that's all that matters....

[fingernailsonhull]

I like to play them on my stereo, but thats me

Nice.

[danield]

Its fun to pull out acoustic versions of Grace, N.O.I.S., and Long Time Running, around the fire pit...I can never do the tunes the proper justice they deserve, but people enjoy them just the same.

looks like my previous post never went through... I was wondering how you played New Orleans is sinking on the acoustic... do you have the tab or chords for your version ?

I like to play fireworks but sometimes that high C up the neck gives me trouble!! it sounds terrible at times and what about the sound of the fingers sliding up and down... loll I better practice more...

[Stephen Dame]

I like to play them on my stereo, but thats me

Me too, but I'd like to learn. If for nothing else; the chicks.

[Krys]

Anyone know where can I grab some tabs for unreleased songs?

Krys

[chris]

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I only have 8 of the "unreleased" tracks so far.

[SoylentGreg]

Yay, this is a fun thread! I play lots of hip songs, mostly acoustically. I like playing experimenting and playing harder songs acoustically, as well as stuff like "Scared" and "Wheat Kings".

I play NOIS acoustically, and yeah, I play the chords, then the plinky lead guitar riff between verses. Not for the song's sake, but just because it's impressive as hell.

One of the weirder things i've come up with is an acoustic version of The Wherewithal. It's just fingerpicked through the intro, which by the way Chris, goes like this:

Code:

e I--------------------------------I
B I--------------------------------I
G I---2---2-------2---2------------I
D I--4---4---4---4---4---4---------I
A I-2---2---2---3---3---3----------I
E I--------------------------------I

fingerpicked verse, chorus, and a weird kind of lullaby strummed bridge. Very cool.

Craziest part about playing Hip songs in America is i'll play them for my friends and they think I wrote them. Then you just use it as a stepping stone to convert them.

[chris]

Greg.. and anyone else with any tabs (guitar or bass) for Hip songs, please send them to me for inclusion on the site. Email them to tabs at hipfans.com

Thanks!

[SoylentGreg]

Ah, my bad!

sorry. I'll put together a tab and e-mail you.

[Krys]

http://tabs.hipfans.com

I only have 8 of the "unreleased" tracks so far.

Thanks so much! I appreciate it!

K.