Have you ever heard the original "It's Ok" by Dead Moon.
Now in all fairness, I've only heard a pretty bad youtube version.
But Eddie's tag is AWESOME, and I wouldn't describe the original that way.
Good Call... that tag is such a gem... I love that.
Here's another tag that is very underrated imo (never even seen it mentioned)
Ed's tag of "Why Can't I Touch it"at the end of Wishlist on the MSG DVD... another beautiful moment I think. It's a cover of the BuzzCocks (I had to look it up... thanks ask.com).
off the top of my head... here's are a few more covers that I really thought were great.
with some of these, its not quite proper to say better than the original... the original artists being some of the biggest musical legends that exist (but I think they are better)... though its pretty safe to say I would love to hear Ed sing pretty much anything.
Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
I've Got a feeling - the Beatles
Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis
National Anthem
Take me out to the Ballgame
there is only one song that ed/pj has covered that i prefer the original, and that is driven to tears - the police (i think that is the police tune they covered...don't remember it now b/c i listened once, was horrified :evil: and never listened again esp since the police were 'the pj of my youth ). the band was stellar, ed simply doesn't have the voice/sound for it. almost all his/their covers i like as much as, and oftentimes much MORE than, the original. i actually prefer every single who song that pj covers, covered by pj, rather than played by the who. :P oh, i did really enjoy ed/ben's cover of under pressure....but yea......queen/bowie......just can't top that. but sure, otherwise almost all others......ed is THE voice for me!
Have you ever heard the original "It's Ok" by Dead Moon.
Now in all fairness, I've only heard a pretty bad youtube version.
But Eddie's tag is AWESOME, and I wouldn't describe the original that way.
Good Call... that tag is such a gem... I love that.
Here's another tag that is very underrated imo (never even seen it mentioned)
Ed's tag of "Why Can't I Touch it"at the end of Wishlist on the MSG DVD... another beautiful moment I think. It's a cover of the BuzzCocks (I had to look it up... thanks ask.com).
off the top of my head... here's are a few more covers that I really thought were great.
with some of these, its not quite proper to say better than the original... the original artists being some of the biggest musical legends that exist (but I think they are better)... though its pretty safe to say I would love to hear Ed sing pretty much anything.
Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
I've Got a feeling - the Beatles
Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis
National Anthem
Take me out to the Ballgame
The wishlist IMPROV song on the MSG 03 DVD was a once in a life time performance. im very glad they recorded and made available that show.
My daughter had given me the Live at the Garden DVD last x-mas. WISHLIST, IN MY TREE, FAITHFULL, I AM MINE are poetic masterpieces matched by a melodic tempo that puts one in a trance. Once they are sung they stay in my head most of the day. Mike and Stone know voodoo..
I've always said that there wasn't a song I didn't like better when sung by Eddie, but JT's live version of Millworker just came on and I may actually prefer it to EV's.
HOWEVER, I think State Trooper is soooooo much better when Ed does it. I can listen to his version over and over and over.
I often wonder how Hallelujah would sound if he did it. I can't see it being as beautifully haunting as the Jeff Buckley version, but I think it could be pretty special.
“I worked really hard on this set. I just told you we’re gonna have a great night, so I don’t need any fuckin’ help from anybody.” EV, 7/2/09
my favs:
throw your arms around me
save it for later
baba
love reign
(really any who song - like daltrey, LOVE vedder) no offense to roger, it's just that vedder's voice does more.
Any Yousuf Islam (Cat Stevens) song ED sings is GREAT. I would realy love to hear Ed give "FATHER and SON" and HARD HEADED WOMAN" a try or just call Yousuf (cat stevens) ISLAM and have a benifit show. They have a lot to cover. I love Yousuf (cat stevens) Islam.
I love Cat Stevens too. I took a class in high school (way back when) called "Contemporary Thought and Issue." We watched a film (I don't remember what film) but Cat Stevens did all the music for the movie. I asked my teacher after class..., "Who's the singer?" My teacher just smiled and told me to get his records.
What is it about Cat Stevens? He puts me in a trance.
Anyway, good choice.
"Cynics are simply disappointed idealists" - George Carlin
Everybody winds up kissing the wrong person goodnight. - Andy Warhol
Split Enz - "I Got you" -
The Ramones - "The KKK Took my baby away"
Sly and the family stone "Every Day People"
if you have not heard the above 3, i recommend you listen to them now
others:
The boys are back in town, Save it for later, It's Ok, Hard Sun, Everyday (Buddy Holly), Rockin' in the Free World, Baba, Don't be shy, Golden State (John Doe)
i love all of these songs, and they are played regularly wherever I am, either via Ipod or stereo.
I really, really want to hear "I Got You" in person
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I would like to hear Ed do Lloyd Cole's song "I'm Gone." Lloyd does a heck of a job with it himself, but I think it would sound great coming from Ed, too.
Ed's voice is so wide ranging he could cover "C is for Cookie" and it'd be great! With that being said, I'd love to see him/PJ cover the following:
- "Thirteen" - Danzig (also covered by Johnny Cash)
- "Fade To Black" - Metallica
- "Like a Hurricane" - Neil Young
- "Wild World" & "How Can I Tell You" - Cat Stevens
- "Velvet Alley" - Strung Out
- "Angry Chair" - Alice in Chains
- "Nebraska" & "Shut out the Light" - Bruce Springsteen
- "Ripple" - Grateful Dead
- "Nodody's Fault But Mine" & "In My Time of Dying" - Led Zeppelin
- "Stargazer" - Mother Love Bone
- "The Spirit of Radio" - Rush
- "Holiday in the Sun" - Sex Pistols
- "Judy is a Punk" - Ramones
Any Yousuf Islam (Cat Stevens) song ED sings is GREAT. I would realy love to hear Ed give "FATHER and SON" and HARD HEADED WOMAN" a try or just call Yousuf (cat stevens) ISLAM and have a benifit show. They have a lot to cover. I love Yousuf (cat stevens) Islam.
I love Cat Stevens too. I took a class in high school (way back when) called "Contemporary Thought and Issue." We watched a film (I don't remember what film) but Cat Stevens did all the music for the movie. I asked my teacher after class..., "Who's the singer?" My teacher just smiled and told me to get his records.
What is it about Cat Stevens? He puts me in a trance.
Anyway, good choice.
The film has to be Harold and Maude. I absolutely love it! Eddie has said that the movie Harold and Maude's soundtrack by Cat Stevens was inspiration for him writing the soundtrack for Into the Wild. If you've seen both of these movies, you will believe it.
Any Yousuf Islam (Cat Stevens) song ED sings is GREAT. I would realy love to hear Ed give "FATHER and SON" and HARD HEADED WOMAN" a try or just call Yousuf (cat stevens) ISLAM and have a benifit show. They have a lot to cover. I love Yousuf (cat stevens) Islam.
I love Cat Stevens too. I took a class in high school (way back when) called "Contemporary Thought and Issue." We watched a film (I don't remember what film) but Cat Stevens did all the music for the movie. I asked my teacher after class..., "Who's the singer?" My teacher just smiled and told me to get his records.
What is it about Cat Stevens? He puts me in a trance.
Anyway, good choice.
The film has to be Harold and Maude. I absolutely love it! Eddie has said that the movie Harold and Maude's soundtrack by Cat Stevens was inspiration for him writing the soundtrack for Into the Wild. If you've seen both of these movies, you will believe it.
Really? I'll have to look into this. It'll take me back to 1988. How could I not remember that title? I know the movie made an impression on me as well, I just don't remember the details as to why.
Hey, thanks though.
"Cynics are simply disappointed idealists" - George Carlin
Everybody winds up kissing the wrong person goodnight. - Andy Warhol
I was at the Chicago solo shows last year when he covered Hurt...out of all of the millions of songs in existence, that's the last one I thought he would ever cover, and he did it beautifully. This was my husband and I when we heard him play the first few notes of it: :shock: :shock:
Seriously, the man could cover just about any song and I'd think his version was good. I've loved all the covers they've done so far.
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I know I'm a bit biased, but my friend and I were talking about this the other day...I have to agree that Ed's/Pearl Jam's covers are better and usually more rocking than the originals.
Let's try it.....
What songs do you think that Edddie Vedder can cover and make better. He's made so many already but there is more to discover. in addition' what PJ song do you think is their best live performance (VENUE AND DATE)?
My fav's
Bob Dylan's Forever Young Boston 06
I heard him singing U2's "Streets with no Name" on Bunny With Fangs website.
Your out of your mind no way Eddie Vedder does any U2 better than Bono!
I'm a James Taylor fan, but Ed makes Taylor's "Millworker" ten times better.
couldn't agree with you more...wasn't even a fan of millworker until last year's nyc show and then found his other versions of it. he does a great job with it.
You guys are crazy Eddie Vedder's Millworker can't touch James Taylor's. No one can match the originality of James Taylors voice he is a legend. Eddie Vedder's version is so plain. No one can sound better than James Taylor playing James Taylor. That's just trying to be so pro pearl jam and pro Eddie Vedder........
I'm a James Taylor fan, but Ed makes Taylor's "Millworker" ten times better.
couldn't agree with you more...wasn't even a fan of millworker until last year's nyc show and then found his other versions of it. he does a great job with it.
You guys are crazy Eddie Vedder's Millworker can't touch James Taylor's. No one can match the originality of James Taylors voice he is a legend. Eddie Vedder's version is so plain. No one can sound better than James Taylor playing James Taylor. That's just trying to be so pro pearl jam and pro Eddie Vedder........
Not to mention Eddie Vedder strums the song on guitar because he's not as good as James Taylor on guitar to play it like James Taylor with the plucking!
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Good Call... that tag is such a gem... I love that.
Here's another tag that is very underrated imo (never even seen it mentioned)
Ed's tag of "Why Can't I Touch it"at the end of Wishlist on the MSG DVD... another beautiful moment I think. It's a cover of the BuzzCocks (I had to look it up... thanks ask.com).
off the top of my head... here's are a few more covers that I really thought were great.
with some of these, its not quite proper to say better than the original... the original artists being some of the biggest musical legends that exist (but I think they are better)... though its pretty safe to say I would love to hear Ed sing pretty much anything.
Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
I've Got a feeling - the Beatles
Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis
National Anthem
Take me out to the Ballgame
Throw your arms around me
No surrender
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
I like your line up!! Grew up with all of them.
I love that song!!
While I like Tom Waits' version, there is something special about Ed's version of Picture in a Frame.
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
The wishlist IMPROV song on the MSG 03 DVD was a once in a life time performance. im very glad they recorded and made available that show.
My daughter had given me the Live at the Garden DVD last x-mas. WISHLIST, IN MY TREE, FAITHFULL, I AM MINE are poetic masterpieces matched by a melodic tempo that puts one in a trance. Once they are sung they stay in my head most of the day. Mike and Stone know voodoo..
Im thinking of great songs that ED didnt cover that he can VEDDERIZE and reinvent them.
ANY SUGGESTIONS?
evidence:
http://community.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=100431&p=2320152&hilit=could+blow+Daltrey#p2320152
shhhh
I wont say nothing to Roger....
2010 - Newark 5/18 MSG 5/21
2011 - PJ20 9/3-9/4
2012 - MIA Festival 9/2
2013 - Wrigley Field 7/19 Brooklyn 10/18-10/19 Philly 10/22
2015 - Colbert show - 9/23 Global Citizens Festival 9/26
2016 - Philly 4/28-4/29 MSG 5/1-5/2
HOWEVER, I think State Trooper is soooooo much better when Ed does it. I can listen to his version over and over and over.
I often wonder how Hallelujah would sound if he did it. I can't see it being as beautifully haunting as the Jeff Buckley version, but I think it could be pretty special.
my favs:
throw your arms around me
save it for later
baba
love reign
(really any who song - like daltrey, LOVE vedder) no offense to roger, it's just that vedder's voice does more.
I love Cat Stevens too. I took a class in high school (way back when) called "Contemporary Thought and Issue." We watched a film (I don't remember what film) but Cat Stevens did all the music for the movie. I asked my teacher after class..., "Who's the singer?" My teacher just smiled and told me to get his records.
What is it about Cat Stevens? He puts me in a trance.
Anyway, good choice.
Everybody winds up kissing the wrong person goodnight. - Andy Warhol
Split Enz - "I Got you" -
The Ramones - "The KKK Took my baby away"
Sly and the family stone "Every Day People"
if you have not heard the above 3, i recommend you listen to them now
others:
The boys are back in town, Save it for later, It's Ok, Hard Sun, Everyday (Buddy Holly), Rockin' in the Free World, Baba, Don't be shy, Golden State (John Doe)
i love all of these songs, and they are played regularly wherever I am, either via Ipod or stereo.
I really, really want to hear "I Got You" in person
Will never forget when i heard the original version of Crazy Mary
http://www.lloydcole.com/music/thenegat ... .html#play
- "Thirteen" - Danzig (also covered by Johnny Cash)
- "Fade To Black" - Metallica
- "Like a Hurricane" - Neil Young
- "Wild World" & "How Can I Tell You" - Cat Stevens
- "Velvet Alley" - Strung Out
- "Angry Chair" - Alice in Chains
- "Nebraska" & "Shut out the Light" - Bruce Springsteen
- "Ripple" - Grateful Dead
- "Nodody's Fault But Mine" & "In My Time of Dying" - Led Zeppelin
- "Stargazer" - Mother Love Bone
- "The Spirit of Radio" - Rush
- "Holiday in the Sun" - Sex Pistols
- "Judy is a Punk" - Ramones
Think Ed and the band would blast these out!!!
7.9.03~9.28.04~10.1.05~5.12.06~5.13.06~5.27.06~5.28.06
8.5.08(EV)~10.9.09~5.21.10~6.20.11(EV)~7.5.11(EV)~7.9.11(EV)
11.21.13~8.27.16(EV)~11.14.16(TOTD)~4.13.20~9.27.20~9.26.21~10.2.21
2.15.22 (EV)~2.25.22 (EV)~2.27.22 (EV)~5.3.22~5.7.22~9.17.24~9.29.24
The film has to be Harold and Maude. I absolutely love it! Eddie has said that the movie Harold and Maude's soundtrack by Cat Stevens was inspiration for him writing the soundtrack for Into the Wild. If you've seen both of these movies, you will believe it.
Really? I'll have to look into this. It'll take me back to 1988. How could I not remember that title? I know the movie made an impression on me as well, I just don't remember the details as to why.
Hey, thanks though.
Everybody winds up kissing the wrong person goodnight. - Andy Warhol
Seriously, the man could cover just about any song and I'd think his version was good. I've loved all the covers they've done so far.
Your out of your mind no way Eddie Vedder does any U2 better than Bono!
You guys are crazy Eddie Vedder's Millworker can't touch James Taylor's. No one can match the originality of James Taylors voice he is a legend. Eddie Vedder's version is so plain. No one can sound better than James Taylor playing James Taylor. That's just trying to be so pro pearl jam and pro Eddie Vedder........
Not to mention Eddie Vedder strums the song on guitar because he's not as good as James Taylor on guitar to play it like James Taylor with the plucking!