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Songs you would cover in concert If you were on tour and were playing shows, what songs would you cover?
I'd cover... Kelis - Perfect Day Janet Jackson - Pretty Boy / Truth Dave Gahan - Dirty Sticky Floors Pet Shop Boys - Why Don't We Live Together 3 Doors Down - Kryptonite Alana Davis - I Don't Care (Lonesome Road) Fefe Dobson - Everything Soce, The Elemental Wizard - Going Further / H But H Tori Fixx - Try (The Fixx Cabaret) The Real Roxanne - Bang Zoom (Let's Go Go) Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved JJ Fad - My Dope Intro Will Smith - Men In Black Milli Vanilli - Baby Don't Forget My Number (with a hip hop beat under it) Scissor Sisters - Mary Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy / Good Thing Res - Say It Anyway *NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye (over 2Pac's "How Do You Want It?") Billy Ocean - Suddenly Meshell Ndegeocello - Mary Magdalene / Step Into The Projects The Smiths - Hand In Glove . [Edited 11/3/04 21:41pm] | |
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the entire xanadu soundtrack, from beginning to end.
hell, yeah.  | |
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Wow. This is something I think about constantly. I'll come back with a list. | |
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I'm not a musician but if I were, I would have tried to influence the vote in this election.
Before the election, I would have performed "Partyup" by Prince concerning the war and would have got the audience to participate in a chant at the end: "You're gonna have to fight your own damned war, cause we don't wanna fight no more!" I also would have followed it by Prince's "Controversy" in an attempt for racial and sexual unity, stressing the lines "Am I black or white, am I straight or gay" and "Life is just a game, we're all just the same". If I were doing a concert after seeing the results of the winner of the election, I would have done Rick James' "Money Talks" and changed the word "Ronnie" to "Bushy". I also would have changed the word "reds" to "gays": "Bushy ran for president cause he wants to control where the money's spent. What about the poor and destitute, well...they don't matter, they do not compute. What about the blacks, and the whites, and the gays are so uptight.....". Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: I also would have followed it by Prince's "Controversy" in an attempt for racial and sexual unity, stressing the lines "Am I black or white, am I straight or gay" and "Life is just a game, we're all just the same".
That's an interesting way of looking at covering songs. I chose my tracks based on their "sing-a-long-ability" (yes, I made up a new term, folks  ) and plus I love quirky, left-field music. That's why I chose Will Smith's "Men In Black," Milli Vanilli's "Baby Don't Forget My Number," *NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye" (over 2Pac's "How Do You Want It") and Billy Ocean's "Suddenly." I love going to live concerts and the artist and band just bust out with spontaneous, campy covers. U2 doing ABBA's "Dancing Queen" back in the Pop days was great.
I wish Janet did covers at her shows. | |
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Wilco- Jesus ect
Ben Folds- Still Fighting It Beck- Lost cause, Debra Ben Folds- The LUckiest George Michael- Kissing a Fool Phil Collins- against all odds postal service- such great heights prince- adore prince- under the cherry moon coldplay- clocks colplday- sparks coldplay- shiver jeff buckley- last goodbye paul mccartney- maybe im amazed paul mccartney- let me roll it john lennon - love john lennon- no.9 dream beatles- norwegian wood beatles- mother natures son beatles- helter skelter ray charles- georgia on my mind ben folds five- brick pm dawn - sonchynne pm dawn- I had no right and more | |
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Narada Michael Walden - Awakening
Prince - White Mansion Isleys Brothers - Here We Go Again Randy Jackson, Jacksons - One More Chance Lalah Hathaway - Smile PM Dawn - Why God Loves You LTD - Love Ballad (Much More Than They Can See) Ronnie Laws - Every Generation Earth Wind and Fire - Side By Side Jackson 5 - Darling Dear Marvin Gaye - All the Way Around NRBQ - The One And Only Bill Withers - Can We Pretend Marvin Gaye - Since I Had You Jacksons - Give It Up Gary McFarland - Sack Full Of Dreams Full Swing - 2good 2b 4gotten Wendy and Lisa - I Think It was December Wendy and Lisa - Stones and Birth Jeff Buckley - Everybody Here Wants You Seal - Violet Seal - Wild Prince - Ballad of Dorothy Parker Greg Karukas - Too Much To Ask China Crisis - Stranger By Nature Level 42 - Seven Days Kajagoogoo - Islands Curtis Mayfield - Baby, It's You Curtis Mayfield - Think Laura Nyro - Emmie Jeff Beck - Diamond Dust " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Anxiety said: the entire xanadu soundtrack, from beginning to end.
hell, yeah. Anxiety did I ever tell you I love you?  I LOOOOOVE the Xanadu soundtrack!
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id have to do a little:
michael jackson-rock with u alicia keys-fallin usher-u remind me michael jackson-shes out of my life tamyra gray-raindrops will fall whitney houston-i will always love u stevie wonder-do i do ruben studdard-superstar luther vandross-never too much DESTINYS CHILD!!!!!-BOOTYLICIOUS!!!! 
TLC-Waterfalls Prince-17 Days OF COURSE-JANET/THATS THE WAY LOVE GOES medley with AGAIN!!!! | |
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P H A T T O P I C ! ! ! !
Set 1 "Soonah Will Be Done" -- Mahalia Jackson "I love to praise Him" -- gospel hymn "Bold as Love" -- Jimi Hendrix "Chain of Fools" -- Aretha Franklin "To Know Someone Deeply..." -- Terence Trent D'arby "Wishing Well" -- Terence Trent D'arby "Beautiful Strange" -- Prince "Never Tear Us Apart" -- INXS "I Have Loved You" -- The Innocence Mission "Airhead" -- Thomas Dolby "Broken Hearts" -- Living Colour "It Hurt So Bad" -- Susan Tedeschi Set 2 "Room in my Heart" -- Jonatha Brooke "On the Bound" -- Fiona Apple "Paper Bag" -- Fiona Apple "Love Ridden" -- Fiona Apple "Drops of Jupiter" -- Train "Lonely Avenue" -- Ray Charles version "Candy" -- Cameo "Higher Ground" -- Stevie Wonder "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" -- my version Encore "Stand" -- Sly & the Family Stone | |
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Well, I play in a covers band, so I get to do this every week  
In fact, we do it the other way round - In a set of covers, we do one original song. If I was gonna take one song and give it the proper cover treatment, though it would be There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths Or something that would sound COMPLETELY different, like Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours (we're a guitar band, see) | |
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I would do an unplugged set (listening now to tori amos' mtv unplugged)
Here's some: Madonna - Mother & Father George Michael - Freedom'90 Tori Amos - Playboy Mommy REM - Fall On Janet - Runaway Sly and the family stone - Thank you(...) Caetano Veloso - Tigresa Prince - Dreamfactory Madredeus - Haja o que houver Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl And 4 the encore: Abba - SOS Did u guys like it? [Edited 11/5/04 2:43am] | |
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I'm actually in a band that covers a wide variety of songs. We're now working on a Prince medley. However, if you go to our website and go to the "stuff" page, click on the songlist, you can see every song that we cover. Let me know what you guys think of the variety.
www.grooveclinic.net Thanks! | |
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artist08 said: I'm actually in a band that covers a wide variety of songs. We're now working on a Prince medley. However, if you go to our website and go to the "stuff" page, click on the songlist, you can see every song that we cover. Let me know what you guys think of the variety.
www.grooveclinic.net Thanks! WOW! That's some variety!! Sounds like there's some real fun stuff to play. My band is a bit less eclectic - we just play Classic Rock, or whatever you wanna call it. Check out the website (and my awful photo) www.bandykoot.com Prior to this, I was in a band with a fellow orger, which was more of a 60's/70's/soul kinda thing: Heatwave Get Ready Hard To Handle Brown Sugar Take It Easy I Saw Her Standing There..... .....that kind of stuff. Good fun, but I like to crank it up a little louder these days. ...I reckon I'll be deaf by Christmas  | |
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Teardrops-Massive Attack
Home- Zero 7 Ain't Nobody, Through The Fire -Chaka Kahn Living Alone - Phyllis Hymen Lola's Theme- Shapeshifters Been So Long-Anita Baker If Only You Knew,Somebody Loves You, I Love Need & Want You- Patti Labelle The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Killing Me Softly-Roberta Flack Passion-Dionne Farris Diamonds & Pearls- Prince I'll Die Without You-P.M.Dawn Disapear-Inxs Dante's Prayer-Loreena Mckinnint Believe-Lenny Kravitz [Edited 11/5/04 6:08am] | |
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RocknRollDave said: artist08 said: I'm actually in a band that covers a wide variety of songs. We're now working on a Prince medley. However, if you go to our website and go to the "stuff" page, click on the songlist, you can see every song that we cover. Let me know what you guys think of the variety.
www.grooveclinic.net Thanks! WOW! That's some variety!! Sounds like there's some real fun stuff to play. My band is a bit less eclectic - we just play Classic Rock, or whatever you wanna call it. Check out the website (and my awful photo) www.bandykoot.com Prior to this, I was in a band with a fellow orger, which was more of a 60's/70's/soul kinda thing: Heatwave Get Ready Hard To Handle Brown Sugar Take It Easy I Saw Her Standing There..... .....that kind of stuff. Good fun, but I like to crank it up a little louder these days. ...I reckon I'll be deaf by Christmas Cool site. Love the spooky skeleton...lol. Interesting photoshop job on the bio pics. | |
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"Add It Up"- The Violent Femmes
"Do You Believe In Shame?"- Duran Duran "The Hell Of It"- Paul Williams (from The Phantom Of The Paradise) "Heart Shaped Box"- Nirvana "Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare All)- Type O Negative [Edited 11/5/04 7:22am] 
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I would cover
In this world of shit by The Eels California Dreamin' - Eddie Hazel - version Be A Lion - from The Wiz Something Hot - The Afgha Wigs The Empty Sea - Zwan Love Gun - Kiss | |
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 This question is too tough.. lol I'll just compile a list of the songs I sing in front of the mirror to and post it later.
Well no I actually thought about what kind of a live show I would want, and it's not what I sing in front of the mirror.. posted below. [Edited 11/5/04 8:35am] | |
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JANFAN4L said: *NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye (over 2Pac's "How Do You Want It?") This idea is crazy.. I love imagining how those would blend! | |
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Bobbi Humphrey - Harlem River Drive
RAMP - Daylight Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming Erykah Badu - Kiss Me On My Neck Rotary Connection - Respect Johnny Hammond - Can't We Smile Jill Scott - Slowly, Surely ...In a sprawling jazzy vamp. | |
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artist08 said: RocknRollDave said: WOW! That's some variety!! Sounds like there's some real fun stuff to play. My band is a bit less eclectic - we just play Classic Rock, or whatever you wanna call it. Check out the website (and my awful photo) www.bandykoot.com Prior to this, I was in a band with a fellow orger, which was more of a 60's/70's/soul kinda thing: Heatwave Get Ready Hard To Handle Brown Sugar Take It Easy I Saw Her Standing There..... .....that kind of stuff. Good fun, but I like to crank it up a little louder these days. ...I reckon I'll be deaf by Christmas Cool site. Love the spooky skeleton...lol. Interesting photoshop job on the bio pics.
Oops, you spotted the dodgy photoshop stuff, then?! Yeah, I have to be honest and put my hand up and say.....It was nothing to do with me! | |
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paligap said: Narada Michael Walden - Awakening
Prince - White Mansion Isleys Brothers - Here We Go Again Randy Jackson, Jacksons - One More Chance Lalah Hathaway - Smile PM Dawn - Why God Loves You LTD - Love Ballad (Much More Than They Can See) Ronnie Laws - Every Generation Earth Wind and Fire - Side By Side Jackson 5 - Darling Dear Marvin Gaye - All the Way Around NRBQ - The One And Only Bill Withers - Can We Pretend Marvin Gaye - Since I Had You Jacksons - Give It Up Gary McFarland - Sack Full Of Dreams Full Swing - 2good 2b 4gotten Wendy and Lisa - I Think It was December Wendy and Lisa - Stones and Birth Jeff Buckley - Everybody Here Wants You Seal - Violet Seal - Wild Prince - Ballad of Dorothy Parker Greg Karukas - Too Much To Ask China Crisis - Stranger By Nature Level 42 - Seven Days Kajagoogoo - Islands Curtis Mayfield - Baby, It's You Curtis Mayfield - Think Laura Nyro - Emmie Jeff Beck - Diamond Dust  feelin' that set | |
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Hotlegs said: Lola's Theme- Shapeshifters
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Passion-Dionne Farris
 Incredible song. | |
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