What covers would you like to hear?

After hearing Brian play I'm On Fire the other night, I got to thinking what other covers would work well in the live setting, both solo and with the whole band.

I would love to hear:

My Hometown...Brian solo
No Surrender...I think this is one of those Bruce songs that you could see Gaslight doing. It really fits their sound well

I think it would be cool to have a Johnny Cash or Dylan cover thrown in there as well

Brian alone playing Round Here acoustic would be amazing

KSUpilot wrote:

After hearing Brian play I'm On Fire the other night, I got to thinking what other covers would work well in the live setting, both solo and with the whole band.

I would love to hear:

My Hometown...Brian solo
No Surrender...I think this is one of those Bruce songs that you could see Gaslight doing. It really fits their sound well

I think it would be cool to have a Johnny Cash or Dylan cover thrown in there as well

Hot Water Music do a fantasic cover of "No Surrender." it's on "Til the Wheels Fall Off" among other places.



as far as Gaslight doing covers, i would love to hear them do "Kids Don't Follow" by The Replacements. it's my favorite song by them. i know they do a really good cover of "Left of the Dial" though.

Jukebox Romeo wrote:

Brian alone playing Round Here acoustic would be amazing

Yes.

I'd love to hear a long, slow version of Blinded By The Light or 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)

I'd like to hear them do Bruce's Darkness on the Edge of Town album, and "Knockin on Heaven's Door"

Brian Solo- Otis Redding's cover of That's How Strong My Love Is (Would bring the house down!)

Band- Tom Petty- Won't Back Down


hmm... great question... I have thought about this before, but I cannot seem to remember much other than bands they have already covered like springsteen/MATS/Tom Waits

I think them covering Springsteen's 'No Surrender' as a band would pretty awesome.

I would wanna hear anything by The Clash or relating to Joe Strummer. My personal favorite song would have to be "I Fought The Law", but for some reason I also think that "Hateful" might sound pretty good as a cover as well.

The Loved Ones did a cover of "Coma Girl" by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, and that was pretty awesome. I just think that everybody should hear about The Clash, and since they were before my time, the way that I got turned onto them was by other bands that I liked doing covers of them at shows and piquing my interest.

Tomaldo wrote:

I think them covering Springsteen's 'No Surrender' as a band would pretty awesome.

When I saw them on the UK tour last August the support band, Former Cell Mates, played a cover of No Surrender and Brian sung with them.

whoa.hard question,here are few songs i wpuld love to hear:
the undertones - teenage kicks
bruce springsteen - no surrender
bob dylan - don't think twice it's alright

here's Don't Think Twice, It's Alright: http://www.vimeo.com/3778084

Pearl Jam-Black

Jukebox Romeo wrote:

here's Don't Think Twice, It's Alright: http://www.vimeo.com/3778084

yeah, i already know that one,but i would love to hear it as a band version

Mike Ness' version on Cheating At Solitaire should suffice then

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man.

Jukebox Romeo wrote:

here's Don't Think Twice, It's Alright: http://www.vimeo.com/3778084

I did not knew about this!
His voice is awesome on this

I would like to see a Clash cover as well, but don't know which song they should cover

Prisoner wrote:

Jukebox Romeo wrote:

here's Don't Think Twice, It's Alright: http://www.vimeo.com/3778084

I did knew about this!
His voice is awesome on this

I would like to see a Clash cover as well, but don't know which song they should cover

I reckon Know Your Rights would be a good Clash song for them to cover, I could see Brian's vocals working really well on it.

What about Stay Free? It's got some great lyrics in it that Brian's voice and style could really add something extra.



Cos years have passed and things have changed
And i move anyway i wanna go!
I'll never forget the feeling i got
When i heard that you were home!
An' I'll never forget the smile on my face
'Cos i knew where you would be!
An' if you're in the Crown tonight,
Have a drink on me,
But go easy... Step lightly... Stay free...

Motorcycle Drive-By, Third Eye Blind

Reinvent good times wrote:

Motorcycle Drive-By, Third Eye Blind

haha. i cant imagine what a gaslight cover of third eye blind would sound like...but i love that song!

i can half imagine these, not sure if all these would be a good idea...

- "sittin on the dock of the bay"- otis redding

- something by the cure since alex r. has mentioned them so many times...not sure what song to pick though!

- "radio"-
alkaline trio (only cause im loving the hot water music cover right
now, and for some reason i can see, or should i say hear, brian singing
it)

- "here comes a regular"- the replacements (i know they already cover "left of the dial," but oh well)

As far as Clash songs go, Stay Free or Train in Vain would fit them nicely. Hopefully they wouldn't do Know Your Rights. I think that's an uncoverable song. Pearl Jam did it and it was horrendous.

I don't think they should cover a Clash song, well a Mick Jones Clash song like Stay Free. Brian's voice is too NJ and Mick's voice is very London. I don't think it'd work.

I've seen the part-cover Straight To Hell, and that worked really well though.