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Ok well i come back from camp and my music tour and such and i found out i was nominated to perform at the Rice County fair talent show. Well i had 2 songs picked out. One i coudnt do because of there was no version of the melody that didnt have the vocals in it (You dont you wont by Billy Gilman) and they wont let me do a Your song by Elton John because hes gay (yea retarted isnt in the host of the contest wont let me)

So i have to sign up tommoro with the song im going to sing. And be able to learn it and perform on sunday.

Any ideas?

Has to be well known by i guess younger and middle aged people (25-40 some)
And cant be sung by a person that has a really low voice (im a tenor)
And easy enough to learn

O under 4 minutes also

and 1 more thing
It has to have a karaoke version or instrumental version which means the melody and the music of the actual song but with none of the vocals in it.

OK READY GO!!!!!

my best advice is do music that you like

is there a style of music you are looking for country rock ??

country is the easiest music to perform and has a lot of songs for a
person with a lower voice IMO

send me a PM and I will come if with a list for you spencer

BGM might be a good person to ask as well.

You say it has to be well known? I don't know how well known the song isd, but I like "Beautiful in My Eyes" by Joshua Kadison. Edwin McCain has some good songs to sing. And they are pretty easy to learn.

I'll throw out some ideas for ya.

The Who - Behind Blue Eyes -
Radiohead - Creep (Radio edit version)
Coldplay - In my place ("Green Eyes" or "Trouble" would be a better song but it's not as popular and "Yellow" is 4:28)
Audioslave - like a stone

If I think of more I'll add em.

I don't know if any of these have versions without the vocals ... I'd bet at least "Creep" and "Behind Blue Eyes" do.

Thanks guys! i think i found my solution!

Im not in it........Because i went up for signups and they said i coudnt because i did not come early enough.

O well! Im going to go to the next towns fair talent show and own it up!



Edit: And i get to go to the twins game! Twins FTW!

I know you're no longer in it, and this might not be your thing, but I'd seriously take issue with the fact that they wouldn't let you enter an Elton John song because he was gay. That's ridiculous.

I agree with Cliff. That is appalling that they would not let you sing Elton John. I can only guess what they think of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson? Wonder if they would let you perform Queen? Or Judas Priest? Or Clay Aiken?

Glad you got some good ideas. How did the tour go? Sorry I did not get there to hear you sing when you came to town.

BGM

BGM wrote:I agree with Cliff. That is appalling that they would not let you sing Elton John. I can only guess what they think of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson? Wonder if they would let you perform Queen? Or Judas Priest? Or Clay Aiken?

Glad you got some good ideas. How did the tour go? Sorry I did not get there to hear you sing when you came to town.

BGM

I agree with BGM and Cliff, thats a pretty terrible reason to not let you sing a song.

BGM- Queen yes...Priest, ABSOLUTELY...Aiken?? RUN!!!!!

VikingMachine wrote:
BGM- Queen yes...Priest, ABSOLUTELY...Aiken?? RUN!!!!!

Don't let my fiance` hear you say that! She has a picture of Clay that she took in our living room.

BGM

BGM wrote: Don't let my fiance` hear you say that! She has a picture of Clay that she took in our living room.

BGM

Clay Aiken was IN YOUR LIVING ROOM???

Ohhhhhhh no

Cliff wrote:I know you're no longer in it, and this might not be your thing, but I'd seriously take issue with the fact that they wouldn't let you enter an Elton John song because he was gay. That's ridiculous.

Plus, "Your Song" is an awesome song!
One of my favorite Elton songs!!

Clay Aiken was IN YOUR LIVING ROOM???

man that has so many responses that cant be posted here...

The Doors have a lot of stuff that match up well for you Spenser