Question for the masses:
Were you to soon find yourself in a local coffeeshop listening to Abe and his mates play nothing but covers, what would you like to hear?
(this can be read, "what would you like to hear abe sing?" or "what song do you think would be fun to cover?" or even "what is your favorite song?")
Posted by aokie at August 26, 2005 08:06 PM | TrackBackSince You've Been Gone - kelly clarkson
Posted by: Hillary Duff at August 26, 2005 08:38 PMso tell me what you want what you really really want -- spice girls.
She drives me crazy -- ???
freight train to nowhwere -- mark heard
just like a woman -- bob dylan
superstition -- stevie wonder.
You have your work cut out for you.
Posted by: tom at August 26, 2005 08:58 PM* the water is wide (i like john gorka's version)
* i still haven't found what i'm looking for-u2
* almost any patty griffin
* be thou my vision
* almost any glen phillips/toad the wet sprocket (although windmills is probably one of my faves)
* southland in the springtime-indigo girls
* another horsedreamer's blues-crows
* almost any robert earl keen
* God believes in you-pierce pettis
* secret heart or speaking with the angel-ron sexsmith
* there is a reason-alison krauss
* wild horses-stones
* wild world-cat stevens
* stand beside Him-ed cash
* and, of course, free bird
i believe the title you are looking for is "itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny yellow polka dot bikini."
Posted by: a fan. at August 27, 2005 06:09 AM"Moonshiner," the Uncle Tupelo version
"Los Angeles," Denison Witmer
"Beat It"
Modern Major General by G&S
I Walk Today Where Jesus Walked
Killing Me Softly (paraphrased for gender)
uh, how about glb's "mockingbirds"?
also, something mark knopfler, even that "lily of the west" traditional one he does.
also, 16hp. "black soul choir" or "splinter". i'd like to see what would happen with just guitar on those.
oh, and toto.
Posted by: amy at August 28, 2005 09:27 AM4'33" -- John Cage
Posted by: ED at August 29, 2005 11:28 AM"waiting on a friend' stones
"so far away" dire straits
"when i'm 64" beatles
"school's out" or "feed my frankenstein" alice cooper
"the flame" cheap trick
"take it on the run" reo speedwagon
"shooting star" bad company
"faithfully" journey
into the mystic - van morrison
ring of fire (with mouth trumpet)- johnny cash
(as previously discussed) take on me - a ha
and that age old favorite, who's johnny - debarge
"Shooting Star" - Bad Company
"25 or 6 to 4" - Chicago
"Dirty White Boy" - Foreigner
"Beat on the Brat with a Baseball Bat" - The Ramones
"Gimme Three Steps" Lynard Skynard
"Wild Boys" - Duran Duran
"Karma Chameleon" - Culture Club
"Blitzkrieg Bop" - The Ramones
"I Fought the Law and the Law Won" - The Clash
I like the Gilbert & Sullivan idea--how about a show devoted to the score of HMS Pinafore
Posted by: a boatswain at August 30, 2005 02:47 PMooo, Pinafore's a great idea...isn't "I'm called little buttercup" from that? As for the other songs, as long as it involves a lot of cowbell, I'm happy. Maybe do some Blue Oyster Cult?
Posted by: b at August 30, 2005 05:27 PM