What songs you cover that other bands do not

wazzel · #1 01-17-2008, 07:58 AM

We do

"Pain Lies on the Riverside" - Live
"Counting Blue Cars" - Dishwala

I have never heard any other band cover those.

Philbiker · #2 01-17-2008, 10:47 AM

"Mustang Sally"

driver800 · #3 01-17-2008, 10:57 AM

Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder
Never Been Any Reason - Head East
Empire - Queensryche
Fooled Around And Fell In Love - Elvin Bishop
Still Got The Blues - Gary Moore
California Dreamin' - The Mama's & the Papas
I Am The Walrus - The Beatles

i've never seen another band do any of those songs. -unless you count The Fab Faux or something like that.

superbassman2000 · #4 01-17-2008, 03:35 PM

freebird--I have never heard a live band play that before other than ours--the crowd likes it so much they request by name at every gig!

bassteban · #5 01-17-2008, 03:41 PM

Hush little baby & You are my sunshine, both in a punk rock vein. I'd love to Ben(Jackson 5/Michael J), totally staright/serious.

MonetBass · #6 01-17-2008, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by wazzel

"Pain Lies on the Riverside" - Live

Love that song. The whole album is good, particularly "Operation Spirit" and "The Beauty of Gray".

We covered:
"It's Alright For You" - The Police
"Wouldn't It Be Good" - Nick Kershaw
"Mexican Radio" - Wall of Voodoo
"Jerkin' Back 'N Forth" - Devo

oldrocker · #7 01-17-2008, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by driver800

Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder
Never Been Any Reason - Head East
Empire - Queensryche
Fooled Around And Fell In Love - Elvin Bishop
Still Got The Blues - Gary Moore
California Dreamin' - The Mama's & the Papas
I Am The Walrus - The Beatles

i've never seen another band do any of those songs. -unless you count The Fab Faux or something like that.

Not often but I've seen Still Got The Blues. We sometimes do Midnight Blues off of that same album.

We Also Do:
"Smackwater Jack" and "Son of a Preacher Man" and the Stones "Monkey Man" and "Love In Vain"

collicsws6z28 · #8 01-17-2008, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by wazzel

We do

"Pain Lies on the Riverside" - Live
"Counting Blue Cars" - Dishwala

I have never heard any other band cover those.

Great song, never heard anyone cover it either

Jared Lash · #9 01-17-2008, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MonetBass

Love that song. The whole album is good, particularly "Operation Spirit" and "The Beauty of Gray".

Good album. Their best IMO. My favorite song from it might be "Good Pain", which my guitar player and I have covered for an acoustic gig.

I'm sure there are other bands that cover these songs, but here are a few that we've done and which I've never seen another local band do:

"Hand Clapping Song" - The Meters
"E-Pro" - Beck
"Lover You Should've Come Over" and "Grace" - Jeff Buckley
"Drugs" - Talking Heads
"Down In The Valley Woe" and "I'm So Gone" - Jackie Greene
"King For a Day" - Faith No More

ihateusernames · #10 01-17-2008, 10:01 PM

Never Been Any Reason, I've seen two bands do it, one does an amazing job with it.

Good call on the Live tune, we've toyed with it in two configurations for 15+ years now and just don't want to sound like poo.

For our regional coverage 90% of what we play is not played by other bands. A certain regional band catches wind and picks up some of the obscure songs we're doing - it's comical really

Sneckumhaw · #11 01-17-2008, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by deek

You serious?

Use your head.

Guiseppe · #12 01-18-2008, 12:12 AM

Grand Funk Railroad - Flight of the Pheonix > Footstompin' Music. Has 'em outta their seats about 2 seconds after we hit the first verse.

Munjibunga · #13 01-18-2008, 12:23 AM

Right As Rain
Let it Roll

charliet · #14 01-18-2008, 12:53 AM

Lady Picture Show - stp

The BurgerMeister · #15 01-18-2008, 12:58 AM

we do "No Ordinary Love" by Sade. it's pretty rockin'.

JimK · #16 01-18-2008, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by superbassman2000

freebird--I have never heard a live band play that before other than ours...

...at least not since 1975 or so.

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...the crowd likes it so much they request by name at every gig!

It gets requested at every gig...or the obligatory "PLAY SOME SKYNYRD"!!!
...which we did: "Sweet Home Alabama" done with a Disco-fied feel over the choruses. Glad the guy had a sense of humor.

JimK · #17 01-18-2008, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Guiseppe

Grand Funk Railroad - Flight of the Phoenix > Footstompin' Music. Has 'em outta their seats about 2 seconds after we hit the first verse.

Now that sounds like fun.

JimK · #18 01-18-2008, 04:36 AM

Once upon a time, I played in a band that opened with "No Egos Underwater" by the Aquarium Rescue Unit (the original version with Col. Bruce...not the more recent remake).
I played more notes on that tune than I do on an entire gig with the New Country band I'm also in...

5andFretless · #19 01-18-2008, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by driver800

Never Been Any Reason - Head East

Where are you from? Somewhere in the Midwest US? I grew there listening to these guys, but when I moved to the east coast no one has ever heard of them.

I loved that song as a kid, especially the live version.

Guiseppe · #20 01-18-2008, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by JimK

Once upon a time, I played in a band that opened with "No Egos Underwater" by the Aquarium Rescue Unit (the original version with Col. Bruce...not the more recent remake).
I played more notes on that tune than I do on an entire gig with the New Country band I'm also in...

GREAT Pull. Another band I'd missed entirely and was (gratefully) made aware of in the past year. Besides, "Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit"...great name!