So, I find it appropriate to post the top songs (and reasons) WHY we formed this band.

In case you’re not familiar with what we do, here it is in a nutshell:
PLAYED OUT is the anti-cover band…. In other words – don’t ever ask us to play these songs: (For the love of… well, everything)

1. Sweet Caroline (pink hat Boston Red Sox fans… Stop it)
2. Mustang Sally
3. Play That Funky Music
4. Crazy Bitch
5. Anything by Bon Jovi
6. Anything by Journey
7. Summer of 69
8. Jessie’s Girl
9. Sweet Home Alabama (See Sean’s Kid Rock post)
10. I Want You To Want Me

You know what? Let’s make this list 20 songs long, because I can.
I could make it 30 songs long, but I won’t.

11. Free Bird (for all the jackasses who love to yell it and high-five their friends)
12. The Joker (or anything Steve Miller)
13. American Girl (or any Tom Petty)
14. 500 Miles (Yes, the one with those two identical douchebags…)
15. All The Small Things
16. Hey Soul Sister (If I hear this song again, I’m going to launch myself out a window)
17. My Own Worst F’ing Enemy (for the love of God, no!)
18. Anything Nickelback
19. Anything by Bush
20. Anything Smashmouth…

As a matter of fact, if you ever request Smashmouth, we’ll have a bouncer escort you out…

Add Creed to this list too…

You get the point. These songs are all VERY PLAYED OUT!!!

You can find these songs at any given bar, on any given night… But you WON’T find these songs, at a bar featuring live music by PLAYED OUT. I mean, really… Isn’t everyone SICK of hearing this shit? How many times can you get excited for or request “Jimmy Eat World”?!

More like Jimmy Eat Ass.

And look, we understand that SOME of these songs are great tunes, classics, and the artists are actually really talented… We know.

And, for the record… If you want us to play them, well… everyone has a price.

I kid, but not really… (Hell, for the right price, we’ll play the SHIT out of Living on a Prayer)… Want us to dance? Want the lead singer to pump the rock fist while a high-powered fan is blowing his shirt everywhere like an 80s Rock Video??

Seriously though…

Here’s what we CAN do… And what we DO do… (haha… I said doo-doo)

• We play shit that you used to rock out to when you were on your way to school when you first got your license

• We play shit that you used to make lip syncing videos to with your parents’ old school vhs camcorder… (Shit… Was I the only one who did that?)

• We play shit that you used to religiously try to memorize when it came out as a single (cassette)… Remember how easy stuff was to memorize back then? You’d pay $3 for a freakin’ tape that you’d basically play over and over until the cassette tape didn’t work anymore… By then, you had invested $3 into engraving a song into your brain for decades.

Now you get stuck with the rest of 808′s and Heartbreaks……….. Sorry, Kanye: Fail

• We play shit you used to memorize, just so you and your buddy could rap together for no damn reason…

• We play shit you used to love growing up

• We play shit that takes you back to when music was fun

• We play shit that you remember EVERY word of still, but never sing because you don’t hear it anymore

• We play shit you used to listen to when you wore jeans that came in red, green, purple, and orange.

We have a great time; night in, and night out… And so do you.

Keep’m coming… Tell your friends about us.

We’ll be here in 2011 to debut some NEW old stuff. Hope to see you there.