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"Everybody Knows" Pearl Jam Should SO Cover This Song!

This is a fucking fabulous Leonard Cohen song that I think Pearl Jam would absolutely kill!
I've always liked the Don Henley version, and this is a decent live example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au4KzHEErk8


I was alone and far away when I heard the band start playing!

...I was always a DeadHead, but when I first heard Winston Rodney, aka the Burning Spear, sing, I became a SpearHead too!

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    cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,640
    Concrete Blonde does it even better than Cohen.
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    pljampljam Posts: 387
    Totally spot on,COCRETE BLONDE version is fantastic
    I can really imagine ED ripping an acoustic version of the song
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    Think PJ should do "The future"

    But Eddie raging through Everybody Knows would be ace too!
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,149
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    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,512
    edited February 2015
    I love this song. One of Cohen's best IMO.
    It would definitely be interesting to hear PJ try it... although I don't know if theu could really pull it off. I figure a cover has to be better than or radically different from the orginal for it to have a point.... I think if PJ went for the second option, and tried to really put a new and different spin on it, it could be cool (or a train wreck, lol).
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,512
    edited February 2015

    Think PJ should do "The future"

    But Eddie raging through Everybody Knows would be ace too!

    I think PJ would handle The Future better than Everybody Knows, for sure. Tower of Song might also be something to try.... and maybe Waiting for the Miracle. :pensive:
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
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    I'm gonna find that Concrete Blonde version...never heard it...thanks for the suggestion!
    I was alone and far away when I heard the band start playing!

    ...I was always a DeadHead, but when I first heard Winston Rodney, aka the Burning Spear, sing, I became a SpearHead too!
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,512
    I'm going to spin I'm Your Man now, in honour of this thread. :tongue:
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
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    CharliePCharlieP Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 1,035
    Good choice. Or 'The Traitor' would be nice too, just Ed solo!

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    There is one song PJ should absolutely cover:

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0V0ZJo8gK6g



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