I've used the Mario theme song to great effect in a few of my solos. Crowd, especially if its a younger crowd, loves it.

 

Take Me Out to the Ballgame [Dexter]

 

I'll sometimes toss in "Popeye the Sailor Man" to see if anyone's paying attention.

Once, on a Bossa Nova gig, everytime the head started with a major 7 (which, it turns out is, like, everything: Summer Samba, Triste, Voce...), I'd quote "Girl from Ipanema". The guitarist said it was funny the first two times....

 

got to admit i'm not a big fan of quoting. having said that the theme tune to Only Fools and Horses is a good one (you might have to be british to know that one)

 

pink panther.

We were playing a song "Comin Home Baby" where our two flutists got to battle it out for awhile. After our lead flutist soloed for two choruses.........the 2nd flutist came in with "The Pink Panther" and won the crowd and the band over. It was definitely the definitive "cool" moment in the concert.

This was followed by a circus theme melody.....Splankey......and various other little quotes that made her interesting solo's all the more lovable.

I say if it strikes your fancy, go for it. It can be especially crowd pleasing.

 

Also not a big fan of quoting; to me it's akin to selling out. But hey, Mary Had a Little Lamb on the drumset (toms) is always a winner 8) Drummer in our band two years ago did that, got the whole band hooting and hollering during his solo, and then the crowd. Good times!

 

Razzy: Selling out? That seems really harsh, considering that quoting is something that nearly every (if not every) great jazz musician has done. Any more words on that?

Personally, if it helps to bring people into the music, it's a good thing. At least, that's my opinion on the matter. Besides, if you're playing So What, why not mix things up a bit by playing a bit of Summertime, or Impressions, or maybe even Mr. PC (transposed up a whole step, obviously)?

 

Dont forget "row row row your boat"

I belive "wedding song" means "wedding march" (thats the name of the "here comes the bride" deal)

 

One of my favorites is Stan Getz quoting "Entry of the gladiators" - theme on his solos.

Tuomas

 

chicken's intro in a few keys.

 

These are a few that I always use that the crowds always seem to like

Simpsons Theme song
Mario Theme
Flinstones Theme
Looney Tunes Theme
Mash Theme
If I Only Had a Brain
Over the Rainbow

Ok, I've come to the conclusion that I have watched waaaaaaaaaaaay too much TV in my lifetime. :shock:

 

Theme from the Perry Mason works well for me on Summertime -
the guys in the band broke up when I (lawyer/musician) did it the first time.

 

Beverly Hillbillys
Gilligan's Island
Tarentella
Mexican Hat Dance

Depends on the crowd/tune...

 

Irish Washerwoman, Kerry Dance (Bird used that one alot), Lets Fall in Love, Stranger in Paradise (Borodin's 'Polovtsian Dances'). Christmas carols make good quotes: O come All Ye Faithful, Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, etc.

 

Theme from the Perry Mason works well for me on Summertime -
the guys in the band broke up when I (lawyer/musician) did it the first time.

DD, As someone who works in the judiciary that Cracks me up! Now you have to learn the themes other lawyer shows, let's see, there's Matlock, (No one would probably remember Owen Marshall,Attorney at Law), LA Law...and the rest :wink:

I've heard Phil Woods quote Harlem Nocturne and the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey, in the same evening.

How about quoting Mark Snow's wife's whistling on the X-Files theme? (now I'm gettin silly.)

 

The "Woody Woodpecker" Theme.... Bird used that a lot.

 

The "Woody Woodpecker" Theme.... Bird used that a lot.

I know there is a punn in there somewhere. :lol:

 

If you ever play in Vegas a good tune to quote would be "Bird of Pair-o'-Dice".

 

Ouch :roll:

If you ever play in Baghdad, you could quote from "Oily Autumn".

This thread is going downhill fast

Al

 

If you're in New Zealand a good quote would be "Embraceable Ewe". (Yeah, maybe time to get the flock out of here.)

 

I'd say "Ikkeltje Kramikkeltje", "Kortjakje", "Broeder Jacob" & "In een klein stationnetje" (Dutch & Flemish children songs)

 

"Blue Moon."

 

When I am not watching, "Stranger in Paradise" creeps into my solos. I have been known to try for the theme tune to "Housewives' Choice" - a British radio show from the 1950s. You could try the opening bars from "Surrey with the Fringe on Top", but keep that motif going higher and higher until everyone has seen the joke or it turns into a freeform gig, whichever comes sooner :?

 

When another local musician was covering for Sattva at a gig a couple of months back, the brass decided to do a duel type thingy, so we thought we do something as well. The tenor sax player kicked in with "Anything you can do, I can do better..." which totally threw me :shock: ....

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Hiya Balders!

How's it hanging, O Brother of the Reed? Lowest quote wins the contract?