Songs for a variety show

[phish36]

Ok, so me and a couple of my friends are thinking about playing for our school's variety show. We would like to do a medley and then play Halloween by DMB. The thing is, we don't really know what we should do for a medley. We were thinking about Californication by RHCP and maybe some other songs. Does anybody have any suggestions for songs (any band)?

[chr35919]

whoever is singing halloween better be able to do it justice which is difficult.

[phish36]

whoever is singing halloween better be able to do it justice which is difficult.

Exactly why we're doing it instrumentally.

[jester29]

Don't do it then.

As far as a variety show, you're doing an instrumental version of an already-obscure song that most people don't know. Don't alienate your audience that much. I'd suggest keeping it somewhat familiar in your song selection...

Do you have a singer for other songs?

[TheRealGuyute]

Well, if you don't have a singer and you're going all instrumental, I vote for "Green Onions" by Booker T and the MG's.

Of course, a 40 minute "Dark Star" works too....or hey, based on your name, you could always pull out "Tweezer" :D

[phish36]

I wish we could pull out Tweezer, it would be awesome, but alas, I am not that talented on guitar. Halloween is obscure, and we're doing it instrumentally, but we are going to do it, because it is a wicked fun song to play and its going to showcase our drummer in the outro.

[PhishFleck41]

Won't you steppppp into the freeeezer.

Do You Enjoy Myself or a 30 minute david bowie.

[BoogaluShrimp]

me and my friends did The General by Dispatch, thats a really fun song to play, not difficicult, i was also thinking, if you wanted to be SUPER awesome, do Loving Wings, how friggin awesome would that be?

[jester29]

me and my friends did The General by Dispatch, thats a really fun song to play, not difficicult

Funny... just came across that song the other day & it's been stuck in my head since. Downloaded it on iTunes.