So far we have done...

1. Johnny B. Goode
2. Crossroads
3. Sympathy for the Devil
4. All Along the Watchtower
5. Born to be Wild
6. American Woman
7. Paradise City
8. Paranoid
9. Your Original Song #1
10. Day Tripper
11. (Don't Let 'Em) Grind Ya Down
12. Your Original Song #2
13. Hey Joe
14. Mississippi Queen
15. Your Cover Song #1
16. Smoke On The Water
17. Hold Your Head Up
18. Running With The Devil
19. Your Original Song #3 (I am still working on mine )
20. Superstition
21. Cocaine
22.Takin' Care of Business
23.Tomorrow Never Knows
24. Any song from Led Zeppelin II
25. Any song by Pink Floyd
26. Any song by The Who
27. Any Blues Song
28. You Really Got Me

There seems to be Kontroversy as to who played guitar on You Really Got Me. Since in 1964, effects were still in their infancy, apparently the amp speakers were tampered with to create the overdriven, fuzzy rhythm guitar effect.

Here is producer Shel Talmy's comments...

Q: How did some of the groups you produced react to having sessionmen on their recordings? There's been a big controversy over whether Jimmy Page played solos on Kinks records, for example.

A: You know how many times I've answered that question? I wish I had a buck for each one. Jimmy Page did not play the solo on "You Really Got Me," he played rhythm guitar. He never played anything but rhythm guitar on that plus [the Kinks'] first album session. On "You Really Got Me," the Kinks had just added Mick [Avory], and I used Bobby Graham on drums. He played rhythm guitar because at the time Ray would not play rhythm guitar, he didn't think he was good enough. So I said, fine, let me get a rhythm guitarist, 'cause Dave [Davies] was playing the leads. We had Jon Lord (1) on organ.

(1) From a Richie Blackmore interview...

But "You Really Got Me," by the Kinks was Jimmy Page because Jon Lord, our organ player, played piano on that session and Dave Davies was nowhere to been seen.

i love the Kinks version, but Van halen definetly redefined this song...i'm thinking of doing something techno-ish with it..unless oki beat me to it :p

go right ahead, Ill just do my own weirdo version anyway... :)
maybe I too can find someone else to play my solo..

oki, that gives me an idea. One of these times we should do a collaboration song in which we all do a track or two.

For this song, I was thinking a very slowed down acoustic type style for the first sections and then at some point kick in the heavier electric guitar tones at the original Kinks tempo.

oki, that gives me an idea. One of these times we should do a collaboration song in which we all do a track or two.
. thats an exellent idea :nice:

The Power Tab seems pretty good with a tempo of 135. I borrowed an MP3 from someone and came up with this:

FGGFG 12X (drums come at 3 and vocals at 5)

GAAGA 4X (backing vocals come in)

CDDCD 6X (more backing vocals)

C 1X

FGGFG 8X (piano comes at 5)

GAAGA 4X (backing vocals come in)

CDDCD 6X (more backing vocals)

C 1X

FGGFG 8X (with guitar solo)

FGGFG 2X

FGGFG 8X (piano comes in at 5)

GAAGA 4X (backing vocals come in)

CDDCD 6X (more backing vocals)

D 4X

Apparently the Van Halen version is played a step up in A instead of G (although the guitar is tuned down a half step).

i finished my first mixdown last night, but soundclick is down :mad: i'll get it up sometime tonight...if my ears stop ringing.. :p

mine is finished, and I cant upload eighter.
Ive mailed it to you redline, I figured thaty your yahoo briefcase might be working again?

cool! i dumped it in your yahoo folder

oki folder
http://f2.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/farawaynow

and i moved a bunch of the other songs that were in there for.

i'm listening to it now... :nice:

sigh...mine is in the "fan original" folder for now. i'll load it on soundclick when they are back up full....... :mad:

thanks redline, and very cool version you made. you really turned it into a whole different song. the drums are really cool.

the drums are really cool.

:w00t: thanks, oki! my first "drum" compliment :D


i think your vocals sound great on yours! the song itself sounds like an actual band playing to me :nice:

oki, nice ominus opening and cool background vocal effects, and as Redline indicated, the lead vocal was smooth also. :nice:

RedLine, by skipping every other main riff, it allowed more space and as oki pointed out reinterpreted the song in an interesting way. :nice:

:w00t: thanks, oki! my first "drum" compliment :D


i think your vocals sound great on yours! the song itself sounds like an actual band playing to me :nice: yea your drums really work in this one.
Ive used samples for the drums, to make it sound a little more like an actual drumset.

thanks guys!

RedLine, by skipping every other main riff, it allowed more space

thanks, Snouter..yeah..a bit more space was the intention as i had planned to dig out one of the Fruity techno beats :D once i started to try to put the vocals and solo on i almost went back and changed it. i'm probably gonna give the solo one more crack.

My version does not contain vocals. :(

http://www.deecken.com/jim/SnouterYouReallyGotMe.jpg (http://www.deecken.com/jim)

i think you pulled it off very nicely, Snouter :nice: , although i also think this one would have been a good vocals exercise...maybe using guitars for the background vocals that kick in?

Thanks RedLine. I will try to add a vocal track.

cool snouter, great solo work there. my friend yesterday said, is he really palying that? :)
it does good without a voice too, but I think it will be even better if you sing.

Thanks oki, as I said I will try to do some vocals for it.

eh..it sounds plenty cool as an instrumental..but it might be fun to hear with some vocals. i've listened to a few guys over on soundclick that are great instrumentalists, but just don't have the heart to say..hey,try some vocals :p

i re-did the solo on mine, but it came out real "clippy" for some reason :mad:

Great instrumental.