Cover Band Song Suggestions

Basically, I'm in a Cover Band who've just got together. We've clubbed together for a PA and are trying out songs to see what kind of set we can get together.

I'm looking for suggestions on numbers you'd like to hear when you're out drinking in a pub. I'm not really looking for Radiohead type suggestions as I don't think they'd click well with the general loutish public. We're going for a Beatles-ish type rock band with a dash of modern tunes to get people dancing. In fact, getting the girls dancing is a prime objective!

Here's some numbers we do already...

01 - LUST FOR LIFE - IGGY POP
02 - TEENAGE KICKS - THE UNDERTONES
03 - MONEY - BEATLES
04 - TAKE YOUR MAMA - SCISSOR SISTERS
05 - DON'T LET ME DOWN - BEATLES
06 - BROWN EYED GIRL - VAN MORRISON
07 - SUPERSTITION - STEVIE WONDER
08 - I FEEL FINE - BEATLES
09 - TAKE ME OUT - FRANZ FERDINAND
10 - BALLAD OF JOHN & YOKO - BEATLES
11 - CHILDREN OF THE REV - T-REX
12 - LAST NITE - THE STROKES
13 - SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO - THE CLASH
14 - YOU CAN'T DO THAT - BEATLES
15 - SUB HOMESICK BLUES - BOB DYLAN
16 - TEENAGE DIRTBAG - WHEATUS
17 - TICKET TO RIDE - BEATLES
18 - I SAW HER STANDING THERE
19 - SUSPICIOUS MINDS - ELVIS
20 - BURNING LOVE - ELVIS
21 - ONE AFTER 909 - BEATLES
22 - YOU REALLY GOT ME - KINKS
23 - JUMPING JACK FLASH - ROLLING STONES
24 - SEX MACHINE - JAMES BROWN
25 - JOHNNY BE GOODE - CHUCK BERRY
26 - MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE - THE POLICE

So people, any ideas?

thanks....

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You've got a solid bunch of crowd-pleasers there already.

Everything that's coming into my head is a bit too obscure or reggae-ish (just been playing along to Toots and the Maytals ).

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Light My Fire ~ Doors

Free Fallin' ~ Petty

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You've already listed a lot of good ones...

Let's Dance - David Bowie




I'm still thinking...

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Ride (With Me) - The Vines
Reptilia - The Strokes
This Fire - Franz Ferdinand
Because I Wanna - The Hives
Hotel Yorba - The White Stripes

I Heard it through the Grapevine ~ CCR

What about -

Pump It Up - Elvis Costello

Geno - Dexys

World Shut Your Mouth or Trampoline or Reward - Julian Cope/Teardrops

Hangin Round - Lou Reed

She Bangs The Drums - Stone Roses

Shine On - House Of Love

Raspberry Beret - Prince

All tried and tested...

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"Blitzkrieg Bop" - The Ramones
"There She Goes" - The La's
"12:51" - The Strokes
"Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered" - Stevie Wonder
"Under My Thumb" - Stones
"Everyday People" - Sly & The Family Stone
"Maggie May" - Rod Stewart
"Love Lies Bleeding" - Elton John
"I'm Waiting for My Man" - Velvet Underground
"Heroes" - Bowie
"Some Might Say" - Oasis
"God Save the Queen" - Sex Pistols
"Calling America" - ELO
"Bigmouth Strikes Again" - The Smiths
"Banquet" - Bloc Party
"Hate to Say I Told You So" - The Hives
"Don't You Forget About Me" - Simple Minds
"Brown Sugar" - Stones
"Paperback Writer" - Beatles
"Witch" - The Sonics

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They had temporarily escaped the factories, the warehouses, the slaughterhouses, the car washes - they'd be back in captivity the next day but now they were out - they were wild with freedom. They weren't thinking about the slavery of poverty. Or the slavery of welfare and food stamps. The rest of us would be all right until the poor learned how to make atom bombs in their basements.

I thought of that one, but then figured it might put the girls off (or cause embarrassing requests for drugs in the toilets )

"House of the rising Sun", anything by Eric and the Animals

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Some fantastic choices there peeps. I especially liked Pidds choices, they tie more in with stuff I like

Cait, We've been thinking of doing 'Let's Dance' for a while now but don't know how to go about it without using a keyboard to play the synth parts.

Ok these are new ideas....


01 - Fell in love with a girl - white stripes
02 - Parklife - blur
03 - Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf
04 - This Charming Man - The Smiths
05 - Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
06 - I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor - The Arctic Monkeys
07 - Close to me - The Cure


Know any of them?

I love that song. It was my first Smiths choice but then I thought it might be harder to pull off than for instance "Bigmouth". I played it on a wedding (the original) and people danced like hell to it.

I was thinking it could be hard to pull of but it's probably the most well known out of the Smiths catalogue, well apart from 'Panic'.

It's just a bass and guitar combo. I think I know the riff already.

*mini runs for guitar and plays the munsters theme instead*

Hey, what about "First of the Gang to Die" with Moz? That's a knock out!

"Blinded by the Light" - Bruce Springsteen
"Heartbreaker" > "Livin' Lovin' Maid" - Led Zeppelin
"I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" - The Ramones (one for the girls maybe. It's sweet without an ounce of irony.)
"Under Pressure" - David Bowie
"Judy Is A Punk" - The Ramones
"Friday I'm In Love" - The Cure
"Stray Cat Blues" - The Rolling Stones
"Young Americans" - David Bowie
"Revolution Rock" - The Clash
"Jailhouse" - Sublime
"Santeria" - Sublime
"There is a Light That Never Goes Out" - The Smiths
"Sweet Jane" - The Velvet Underground

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Yeah, that'sa fantastic track! Great album too. I don't know if the rest of the band would agree though.

Strummer, 'Under Pressure' is good idea!

Ah good idea, I was thinking 'Fools Gold' or 'I am the Resurrection' for the stones track.

I'd love to do 'Geno' but we're only using guitars!

I'd love to hear someone doing the 9 minute version of Fool's Gold, one of the few records that makes me feel like dancin' (not Ted).

Hehe, I thought after I posted that Geno would be a bit useless without a full horns section (or a keyboard, which we used to use for the Aldi version).

If you do Teenage Kicks, what about Jimmy Jimmy, Here Comes The Summer or My Perfect Cousin?

"In Between Days" - The Cure
"Just Like Heaven" - The Cure
"Marquee Moon" - Television (Good luck to the drummer )
"1969" - The Stooges
"I Wanna Be Your Dog" - The Stooges
"Down On the Street" - The Stooges
"Jailbreak" - Thin Lizzy
"Song 2" - Blur
"Coffee and TV" - Blur
"Here Comes Your Man" - The Pixies