Guitar World Record!
So, I've already posted about this on Facebook and Twitter, so a couple of you might be sick of hearing about this, but I thought it might be of interest to a couple of you here:
This Saturday, the Luminato festival is putting together an attempt at the Guinness World Record for largest guitar ensemble. The current record is 1802, and they're aiming for 2,000 people.
The song they've chosen is Neil Young's Helpless. It wouldn't be my first choice, even within the category of "Neil Young songs" (I think Rocking In The Free World would have been excellent for this), but I imagine they wanted to pick a song from Neil's 1971 Massey Hall show, as they're recreating it later this summer and Helpless therefore has Marketing Synergy. I mean, it's also a good song, and it's an easy one to play (important for something like this), but I think that Synergy had to have been a consideration in the song choice.
If you're not familiar with the song, here's Neil playing it with The Band:
So, if getting together with 2,000 strangers and playing guitar sounds like you're thing, head down to Yonge and Dundas this Saturday at 2, and bring an acoustic guitar with you!
I'm going to be heading down with a few friends, and am anticipating great fun and chaos :o)
If you want more info on this event, check it out here:
http://www.luminato.com/2009/events/44
This Saturday, the Luminato festival is putting together an attempt at the Guinness World Record for largest guitar ensemble. The current record is 1802, and they're aiming for 2,000 people.
The song they've chosen is Neil Young's Helpless. It wouldn't be my first choice, even within the category of "Neil Young songs" (I think Rocking In The Free World would have been excellent for this), but I imagine they wanted to pick a song from Neil's 1971 Massey Hall show, as they're recreating it later this summer and Helpless therefore has Marketing Synergy. I mean, it's also a good song, and it's an easy one to play (important for something like this), but I think that Synergy had to have been a consideration in the song choice.
If you're not familiar with the song, here's Neil playing it with The Band:
Click to viewSo, if getting together with 2,000 strangers and playing guitar sounds like you're thing, head down to Yonge and Dundas this Saturday at 2, and bring an acoustic guitar with you!
I'm going to be heading down with a few friends, and am anticipating great fun and chaos :o)
If you want more info on this event, check it out here:
http://www.luminato.com/2009/events/44