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Post by rainoilangel on Sept 5, 2012 11:39:20 GMT -5
Okay so I decided to make a post about songs or subjects you'd like to see/hear The Hold Steady do/tackle.
Personally I'd love to hear them cover/ do their own take on The Civil Wars "Poison & Wine." I know it's kinda and pop but I think it could be rocked out in a way that the dig would come from a more real and less ballady place, maybe with some sarcastic asides thrown in there.
What would you like to hear them cover?
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Post by Five Alive on Sept 5, 2012 20:50:39 GMT -5
"Young Turks" by Rod Stewart (when he was young... )
The original is heavy w/ dated 80's synth lines, and needs a musical update.
But I think the lyrics/story fit in with the general THS aesthetic.
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Post by doctoracula on Sept 5, 2012 20:55:51 GMT -5
REM - departure
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Post by nowah on Sept 5, 2012 21:07:38 GMT -5
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Post by saintjoe on Sept 6, 2012 16:03:14 GMT -5
Springsteen's "It's Hard to be a Saint in the City".
"Brand New Cadillac". I know it as Clash song, but I think they covered it and I'm too lazy to look up who's song it is originally.
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Post by bigontheinside on Sept 6, 2012 16:30:43 GMT -5
Via Chicago by Wilco
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Post by Matt Jones on Sept 6, 2012 19:58:10 GMT -5
I've always wanted to here "Welcome To The Working Week" by Elvis Costello.
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Post by delboydrums on Sept 7, 2012 2:56:06 GMT -5
"Does this bus stop at 82nd street?"
Actually anything off Bruce's first two albums could be fun.
Craig could do Neil Young's "On the Beach".
Oh yeah, he already did.
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Post by cre618 on Sept 7, 2012 14:03:09 GMT -5
Funny you guys keep bringing up stuff off of Bruce's first two. I was just thinking the other day how great a cover of "Incident on 57th Street" would be (to the tune of One For The Cutters).
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Post by cubbies4e on Sept 8, 2012 14:48:22 GMT -5
Bastards of Young-The Replacements
Anything by AC/DC, Thiny Lizzy, and Led Zeppelin.
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Post by cubbies4e on Sept 8, 2012 14:55:51 GMT -5
Also while we're on the subject, what are everyone's favorite THS covers? I'd say "Hey Hey What Can I Do", "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Windo" and "American Music" are my favorites. "Dance Music" is amazing too.
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Post by gettinincredible on Sept 8, 2012 21:08:10 GMT -5
I am seconding this because it is my All Time Favorite Song. |
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Post by doctoracula on Sept 9, 2012 1:26:47 GMT -5
Craig could do Neil Young's "On the Beach". Oh yeah, he already did. it's funny because it's true |
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Post by dabook on Sept 9, 2012 10:37:33 GMT -5
I'd love to hear them do Perfect Day by Lou Reed.
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Post by delboydrums on Sept 9, 2012 11:12:56 GMT -5
I wasn't being mean about the "On the Beach" / "Apollo Bay" similarities - it's a pretty common blues riff, ande I love both songs!
Perfect Day would be nice.
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Post by doctoracula on Sept 9, 2012 11:19:36 GMT -5
i didnt think you were being mean! it's just a very accurate observation. when i saw craig play in march, the last song to play over the PA before he took the stage was "on the beach". there's no way that was a coincidence.
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Post by Mahoney on Sept 10, 2012 9:40:36 GMT -5
Just to boost the Steadhead agenda, Grateful Dead's wharf rat or jack straw i think would work pretty well for the boys.
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Post by delboydrums on Sept 10, 2012 14:54:20 GMT -5
Ooohh!
Friend of the Devil!
Truckin!
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Post by delboydrums on Sept 14, 2012 7:59:09 GMT -5
Thin Lizzy - "Dancin in the Moonlight" ?
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Post by bigontheinside on Sept 14, 2012 9:36:52 GMT -5
Thin Lizzy - "Dancin in the Moonlight" ? Yes |
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Post by davebudbainbo on Sept 14, 2012 11:32:12 GMT -5
I've always thought Craig might do a mean Johnny Cash. I literally dreamt once (sleeping, not daydream) of seeing THS do "A Girl Named Sue": "the mud and the blood and the beer" - heck, sounds like Johnny stole that from THS!
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Post by Sunny D on Sept 15, 2012 15:29:05 GMT -5
i didnt think you were being mean! it's just a very accurate observation. when i saw craig play in march, the last song to play over the PA before he took the stage was "on the beach". there's no way that was a coincidence. I was about to say that the similarity has to be on purpose, as some kind of tribute or something. |
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Post by delboydrums on Sept 16, 2012 16:42:54 GMT -5
I believe so.
And very fine it is too.
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Post by bex on Sept 23, 2012 9:24:13 GMT -5
Red Right Hand - Nick Cave
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Post by bschultz27 on Sept 23, 2012 20:08:44 GMT -5
Rock 'n' Roll - The Velvet Underground
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