Man, I would have loved to see Prince release a covers album. What songs would you have liked him to cover? YOU pick! 12 songs max!

Here's mine:

1. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin

2. The Hounds of Love - Kate Bush

3. Ask - The Smiths

4. Whenever You're On My Mind - Marshall Crenshaw

5. I Know I'm Losing You - The Temptations

6. Them Changes - Buddy Miles

7. Just Like Heaven - The Cure

8. The A Team - Ed Sheeran

9. I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreignor

10. Spaceman - The Killers

11. Rain - Patty Griffen

12. A Day In The Life - The Beatles

He's covered hundreds of songs live, and a small handful on record. It's hard to find good ones he hasn't plowed into already in some fashion. But...

The one cover I want to hear, if it exists, is "Like A Prayer". If he did his own version of "Bad" from MJ, I wanna hear that too.

The Beatles - When I'm 64 (he's good at those quirkly little songs; or Can't Buy Me Love)

Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation

Fleetwood Mac - Landslide

Duran Duran - Say A Prayer (or Electric Barbarella, which sorta seems obvious in a funny way)

Steely Dan - Black Cow

Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music

The Cure - Friday I'm In Love

They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start

Adam Ant - Wonderful

TrivialPursuit said:

He's covered hundreds of songs live, and a small handful on record. It's hard to find good ones he hasn't plowed into already in some fashion. But...

The one cover I want to hear, if it exists, is "Like A Prayer". If he did his own version of "Bad" from MJ, I wanna hear that too.

The Beatles - When I'm 64 (he's good at those quirkly little songs; or Can't Buy Me Love)

Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation

Fleetwood Mac - Landslide

Duran Duran - Say A Prayer (or Electric Barbarella, which sorta seems obvious in a funny way)

Steely Dan - Black Cow

Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music

The Cure - Friday I'm In Love

They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start

Adam Ant - Wonderful

This would be wonderful: They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start

I always wanted him to do "Tempted" by Squeeze it's one of my all-time favorite songs

If You Want Me To Stay nad Family Affair by Sly And The Family Stone.

For me I'd want him to do 'Dark Side of the Moon' the whole album.

'Shine on You Crazy Diamond' and 'Wish You Where Here'. All from Pink Floyd.

Plus

'Barracuda' and 'Magic Man' [He would need to change the lyrics a little] from Heart.

And

Pat Benatar's cover of 'Wuthering Heights' [again, he would need to change the lyrics a bit].

Pat Benatar's 'Invincible' & 'Shadows of the Night'.

NoOneReally said:

For me I'd want him to do 'Dark Side of the Moon' the whole album.

'Shine on You Crazy Diamond' and 'Wish You Where Here'. All from Pink Floyd.

Plus

'Barracuda' and 'Magic Man' [He would need to change the lyrics a little] from Heart.

And

Pat Benatar's cover of 'Wuthering Heights' [again, he would need to change the lyrics a bit].

Pat Benatar's 'Invincible' & 'Shadows of the Night'.

OOOOHHH, this would be awesome!!!

'Shadows of the Night'!!!

I have a feeling he could REALLY take this tune to the next level.

Like A Rolling Stone would be great.

The Beatles - I'm looking through you

Muse - Super massive black hole

Stevie Wonder - He's Mistra Know It All

Bare Naked Ladies - Call and answer

Jesse Johnson - I'm Just Wanting You

Bruce Stringsteen - Waitin on a sunny day

Lenny Karvitz - Black & White America

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now

SquirrelMeat said:

The Beatles - I'm looking through you

Muse - Super massive black hole

Stevie Wonder - He's Mistra Know It All

Bare Naked Ladies - Call and answer

Jesse Johnson - I'm Just Wanting You

Bruce Stringsteen - Waitin on a sunny day

Lenny Karvitz - Black & White America

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now

YES!

Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
The Beatles - Taxman

Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
Rolling Stones - Angie
Kelis - Been Given A Morning

Joni Mitchell - The Jungle Line

Lauryn Hill - Ex Factor
Massive Attack - Protection
Eurythmics - Savage

Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden
Leonard Cohen - Suzanne

IstenSzek said:

Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
The Beatles - Taxman

Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
Rolling Stones - Angie
Kelis - Been Given A Morning

Joni Mitchell - The Jungle Line

Lauryn Hill - Ex Factor
Massive Attack - Protection
Eurythmics - Savage

Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden
Leonard Cohen - Suzanne

Yesssssss

Help me - Joni Mitchell

Waiting in Vain - Bob Marley

Beast of Burden - Rolling Stones

Use Me - Bill Withers

Valerie - Amy Winehouse (on acoustic guitar)

Just Like Heaven - the Cure

The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel

soladeo1 said:

Man, I would have loved to see Prince release a covers album. What songs would you have liked him to cover? YOU pick! 12 songs max!

Here's mine:

1. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin

2. The Hounds of Love - Kate Bush

3. Ask - The Smiths

4. Whenever You're On My Mind - Marshall Crenshaw

5. I Know I'm Losing You - The Temptations

6. Them Changes - Buddy Miles

7. Just Like Heaven - The Cure

8. The A Team - Ed Sheeran

9. I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreignor

10. Spaceman - The Killers

11. Rain - Patty Griffen

12. A Day In The Life - The Beatles

.

Had to steal Just Like heaven, that sounds amazing!! one of my all time fav songs

LuvuInMe said:

This thread made me sad actually.

My list would be, assuming Prince had these mastered and raring to go before last April

1 Don't let me down - The Beatles (reserve Strawberry fields forever - guitar heavy version)

2 Life on Mars? - David Bowie (reserve young americans)

3 Why can't I be you - The Cure

4 Castles made of sand - Jimi Hendrix (his villanova junction was fine, also little wing or are you experienced as reserves)

5 karma Police Radiohead

6 Maybe your baby -Stevie Wonder (he has covered it before)

7 Benny and the Jets - Elton John

8 Symphony in Blue - Kate Bush

9 The River - Joni Mitchell

10 Since i've been loving you Led Zeppelin

11 Estranged (Guns n Roses with a reserve of Civil War)

AND

I just want to acknowledge already metioned songs - If you want me to stay - sly and the family stone (One of my favorite songs ever)

Like a prayer (in the vault as previously stated) and Bad (his i'll show Michael version)

November Rain (Prince don't need the band, he is the band or NPG power trio (bland and Sonny T)

Save a Prayer (Duran Duran) this is an incredible song posted by another user and Prince would slay it. Especially the chorus.

Landslide - Flleetwood Mac was a fantastic suggestion from another poster, I liked his version of Fleetwood Macs the Chain too.

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robertgeorge said:

TrivialPursuit said:

He's covered hundreds of songs live, and a small handful on record. It's hard to find good ones he hasn't plowed into already in some fashion. But...

The one cover I want to hear, if it exists, is "Like A Prayer". If he did his own version of "Bad" from MJ, I wanna hear that too.

The Beatles - When I'm 64 (he's good at those quirkly little songs; or Can't Buy Me Love)

Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation

Fleetwood Mac - Landslide

Duran Duran - Say A Prayer (or Electric Barbarella, which sorta seems obvious in a funny way)

Steely Dan - Black Cow

Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music

The Cure - Friday I'm In Love

They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start

Adam Ant - Wonderful

Far out...Wonderful by Adam Ant? What a choice!... how about (You're So) Physical, too?

I was not a fan of Prince releasing covers on his albums when he had so much material hidden away but, if we're going to play the game...:

The Christians - Hooverville

QOTSA - Lost art of keeping a secret

Eagles of Death Metal - (I Used To Couldn't Dance) Hot Pants

Kate Bush - Army Dreamers

Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way

Mdness - Our House

The The - Slow Train to Dawn

Faith No More - Paths of Glory

Mister Bungle - Egg

hmmm....

Sistermidnight- Iggy Pop

Jump Into the Fire- Harry Nillson

the Dream- Culture Club

Think It Over- The Cars

Do You Dream in Color? Bill Nelson

Magic- Olivia Newton John

Crosseyed and Painless- Talking Heads

The Makings of You- Curtis Mayfield

The Whole of the Moon- The Waterboys

Am I the only one who had a hard time picking rnb and funk songs? Sly Stone and James Brown seemed too obvious. Funkadelic is hard to do without sounding like Funkadelic. Prince always sounded best playing his own brand of funk and soul.

lrn36 said:

Sistermidnight- Iggy Pop

Jump Into the Fire- Harry Nillson

the Dream- Culture Club

Think It Over- The Cars

Do You Dream in Color? Bill Nelson

Magic- Olivia Newton John

Crosseyed and Painless- Talking Heads

The Makings of You- Curtis Mayfield

The Whole of the Moon- The Waterboys

Am I the only one who had a hard time picking rnb and funk songs? Sly Stone and James Brown seemed too obvious. Funkadelic is hard to do without sounding like Funkadelic. Prince always sounded best playing his own brand of funk and soul.

Yes to the highlighted above, Sister midnight is a groove that could do with some 1999 era minneapolis funk and the Dream is one of the best Culture Clubs and could fit a dreamy Parade era (maybe even with Clare Fischer strings)

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SimonCharles said:

TrivialPursuit said:

He's covered hundreds of songs live, and a small handful on record. It's hard to find good ones he hasn't plowed into already in some fashion. But...

The one cover I want to hear, if it exists, is "Like A Prayer". If he did his own version of "Bad" from MJ, I wanna hear that too.

The Beatles - When I'm 64 (he's good at those quirkly little songs; or Can't Buy Me Love)

Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation

Fleetwood Mac - Landslide

Duran Duran - Say A Prayer (or Electric Barbarella, which sorta seems obvious in a funny way)

Steely Dan - Black Cow

Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music

The Cure - Friday I'm In Love

They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start

Adam Ant - Wonderful

Far out...Wonderful by Adam Ant? What a choice!... how about (You're So) Physical, too?

I was not a fan of Prince releasing covers on his albums when he had so much material hidden away but, if we're going to play the game...:

The Christians - Hooverville

QOTSA - Lost art of keeping a secret

Eagles of Death Metal - (I Used To Couldn't Dance) Hot Pants

Kate Bush - Army Dreamers

Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way

Mdness - Our House

The The - Slow Train to Dawn

Faith No More - Paths of Glory

Mister Bungle - Egg

hmmm....

Bonus track - Cameo - Word Up.

1. Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen

2. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

3. Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones

4. Canned Heat/Cosmic Girl - Jamiroquai

5. Maggot Brain - Funkadelic

6. There's A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths

7. Open Your Heart - Madonna

8. Disintegration - The Cure

9. Fix You - Coldplay

10. Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

11. Paradise City - Guns 'n' Roses

12. Breathing - Kate Bush

... awesome thread idea by the way!

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