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Busty Rhodes
 Post subject: Trying to get ideas for cover songs. ACOUSTIC!!!
PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2005 3:51 pm 
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This doesn't mean that we're only looking for acoustic songs. We cover a wide variety of stuff, but it's mostly stuff that people will recognize, but don't tend to hear very often. Here's some examples of things that we did last week.

Billy Joel - Don't Ask Me Why
Coldplay - Speed Of Sound
Michael Penn - No Myth
Ryan Adams - Let It Ride
Blondie - The Tide Is High
The Jayhawks - I'd Run away
Jerry Reed - Eastbound And Down
John Sebastion - Welcome Back (Theme To Welcome Back Kotter)
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Lionel Richie - Hello
Tom Petty - Yer So Bad
The Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again
Supertramp - Give A Little Bit
Ween - What Deaner Was Talking About
Prince - Raspberry Beret
The Police - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
America - Sister Golden Hair
Ambulance LTD - Anecdote


I could go on forever...I think we're up to a 325 song playlist now. Yet I feel like we've been playing the same shit forever. Anyway, here are some ideas that I had just point you in the right direction, which is no direction at all.

Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
Badfinger - Come And Get It
Voilent Femmes - Add It Up
Son Volt - Windfall
Beatles - Hello, Goodbye
CCR - Lookin' Out My Back Door
Elvis - Suspicious Minds
Elton John - Daniel

You get the point...it's stuff people kinda know but may not have heard in a while. One hit wonders, cheesy 70's shit, crazy metal songs, etc. Things that can translate pretty easy to acoustic.

Bring it! Thanks for the help.
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Hey, I meant to tell you... my iTunes thinks that Ryan Adams song is called "Thinking About You" instead of Let It Ride. I donno.

Other songs we play, that come to mind:

Talking Heads - And She Was, Nothing But Flowers (used to anyway)
Duran Duran - Rio, Hungry Like The Wolf
Ween - Piss Up A Rope
Human League - Dont You Want Me Baby?
Jayhawks - tons of stuff... Angelyne, Tailspin, Save It For A Rainy Day, All The Right Reasons


He's right, we need fresh blood. We're also getting into 2 gigs a week, every other week now. What would make you take notice, if done well in a bar?

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go the Dando route with the Misfits' "Skulls"


and if you can scrape together an accoustic cover of "War Ensemble" then you're pretty much set for life.

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I do a version of Perry Como's "Catch a Falling Star" that I like a lot.

Others:
Human Nature (Michael Jackson)
Dark End of the Street (Flying Burrito Bros./Aretha Franklin/Dan Penn -- I do a version of this too.)
Bette Davis Eyes (Kim Carnes)
Queen Of Hearts (Juice Newton)
Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me (Juice Newton)
Waterloo Sunset (Kinks)
You Were Always On My Mind (Willie)

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Linus of Hollywood does a great poppy cover of 'Goodbye to Romance' - you can hear a bit of it off of allmusic.. I dont know why, but its one of my fav covers...
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Juice Friggin Newton!


Ohhh, man she rocks. Might have to move it down a few keys.

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PopTodd Wrote:
I do a version of Perry Como's "Catch a Falling Star" that I like a lot.

Others:
Human Nature (Michael Jackson)
Dark End of the Street (Flying Burrito Bros./Aretha Franklin/Dan Penn -- I do a version of this too.)
Bette Davis Eyes (Kim Carnes)
Queen Of Hearts (Juice Newton)
Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me (Juice Newton)
Waterloo Sunset (Kinks)
You Were Always On My Mind (Willie)


You sir are obviously smelling what I'm cooking. This is exactly the kind of stuff I'm looking for. Good call on the Juice Newton dude. Cap'N and I have been talking about that for a while now.
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Linus of Hollywood does a great poppy cover of 'Goodbye to Romance' - you can hear a bit of it off of allmusic.. I dont know why, but its one of my fav covers...


Yeah.
It is amazing.
So is his cover of that Smoking Popes song.

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Warren Zevon, "Splendid Isolation"
Neil Young, "Tell Me Why"
Manassas, "Johnny's Garden"
John Hiatt, "Slow Turning"

Shit, I know more, but apparently Squirrgle and I are sharing the same brain today.

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Elvis Fu Wrote:
Warren Zevon, "Splendid Isolation"
Neil Young, "Tell Me Why"
Manassas, "Johnny's Garden"
John Hiatt, "Slow Turning"

Shit, I know more, but apparently Squirrgle and I are sharing the same brain today.


I'll need to borrow it to go post flyers... you might wanna lie down.

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Rick Nelson, "Garden Party"

I'm only going to do them one at a time for now.

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I'm alerting the authorities. You belong in a plastic prison...and Cap'n will probably be exiled, or just shipped off to Gitmo.

You people make me sick.

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Senator Dis Soff LooGAR Wrote:
I'm alerting the authorities. You belong in a plastic prison...and Cap'n will probably be exiled, or just shipped off to Gitmo.

You people make me sick.


Not enough Johnny Taint for you?

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Que Sera Sera (Sly version) would be cool.
Steppin' Out (Joe Jackson)
Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
Runaway (Del Shannon - but only if you can play the organ solo, somehow. I can play it on guitar and transcribe it for ya if you want.)

And some 80's synthpop is always cool to hear translated to acoustic. Ideas:
In Cars (Gary Neuman)
Don't You Want Me (Human League)
Life In a Northern Town (who was this? not really "synth" I know, but still...)

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Mrs. Robinson?
Me and Julio?
Dock of the Bay?
Runaway (Del Shannon)?
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MandyMoore..Fvdge? Wrote:
"Hollaback Girl"


Senator Dis Soff LooGAR Wrote:
I'm alerting the authorities. You belong in a plastic prison...You people make me sick.
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Life In a Northern Town (who was this? not really "synth" I know, but still...)


Dream Academy

Dude, you're really helping man. Thanks a lot.
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"English Girls Approximately" - Ryan Adams
"Run to You" - Bryan Adams
"Love Song" - Tesla
"Jolene" - Dolly Parton
"Jolene" - Ray Lamontagne
""Is it like Today" - World Party
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Thanks Derris. You know what I like. I still need to get that Josh Rouse from you to buddy. PM me when you geta chance homey.

WTF Bloor. I thought you'd be one of the first in line with this. You've always given me good suggestions in the past. LET'S DO THIS!
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WTF Bloor. I thought you'd be one of the first in line with this. You've always given me good suggestions in the past. LET'S DO THIS!


Yeah, I was really more curious to see what these fools thought before I weighed in. Believe me I know what our sick minds can come up with when we put our thinking caps on.

I was on board when you invented this genre bro, don't worry, i'll help you see it through.... :lol:

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"Jolene" - Dolly Parton
"Jolene" - Ray Lamontagne


What about "Job" by Jolene?

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