Covers You've Seen Live

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I'm curious to see what songs artist cover. Post all the cover songs you've seen in here and satisfy my curiosity. To keep the list short, I've omitted all the songs I've Pearl Jam do, as well as artists covering their former/side bands (ie, Chris Cornell doing Audioslave/Soundgarden & Temple of the Dog).

Here's my list:
Bahaus - Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie)
Ben Harper - Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin), No Quarter (Led Zeppelin), Ohio (CSNY), Jeremy (Pearl Jam), Under Pressure (Queen)
Chris Cornell - Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
Evanescence - 1979 (Smashing Pumpkins), 4th of July (Soundgarden)
Foo Fighters - Never Talking to You Again (Hüsker Dü)
Grace Potter & the Noctournals - White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)
Green Day - Knowledge (Operation Ivy), Shout (The Isely Brothers), We Are The Champions (Queen), Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
Guns & Roses - Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings), Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)
Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls (Joy Division), Metal (Gary Numan), I'm Afraid of Americans (David Bowie)
Oasis - My Generation (The Who)
Pixies - Head On (Jesus and Mary Chain)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder), They're Red Hot (Robert Johnson), Everybody Knows This is Nowhere (Neil Young)
Rush - Heart Full of Soul (Yardbirds), Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran), Crossroads (Robert Johnson), Paint it Black (Rolling Stones)
Smashing Pumpkins - On The Road Again (Canned Heat)
The Start - Breed (Nirvana)
Street Sweeper Social Club - Paper Planes (M.I.A.)
The Tea Party - Dazed & Confused (Led Zeppelin), Kashmir (Led Zeppelin), Paint it Black (Rolling Stones)
Tool - Brain Candy (Kids in the Hall)
Velvet Revolver - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)

stargirl69

The best cover I ever heard live was The Raconteurs doing the Undertones Teenage Kicks,they about blew the roof off the club

DewieCox

Pearl Jam-Interstellar Overdrive, RitFW, TYAAM, Gimme Some Truth, American In Me, Patriot, The Seeker, New World, Reign O'er Me, Real Me, Need and the Damage Done, Fuckin' Up, Baba Oriley, Goin' Back To Indiana, Public Image
Velvet Revolver-Wish You Were Here
Modern Day Zero-Whole Lotta Love(one of the worst things I've ever heard)
Black Crowes-Can't Ya Hear Me Knockin', Drivin' Wheel, Don't Do It, Feelin' Alright, Oh Sweet Nothin'
Rush-Heart Full of Soul, Summertime Blues, Crossroads
Wilco-I Love My Label, 36" High
Tom Petty-Green Onions
RHCP-How Can I Tell You That I Love You(John solo)
Flaming Lips-Moonlight Mile
Some all-chick metal band-Walk....Very memorable, they ripped it up, the bass player was smokin' hot and the singer lost her glass eye.


Seems like I'm missing several from opening bands. Guess they always do it for a cheap pop.

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DewieCox wrote:

Seems like I'm missing several from opening bands. Guess they always do it for a cheap pop.

Oh I'm sure I'm missing a bunch, too.

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Here are my PJ covers:
Pearl Jam - Fortunate Son (CCR), You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (Beatles), Arms Aloft(Joe Strummer), Last Kiss (Wayne Cochran), I Remember You (Ramones), It Happened Today (R.E.M.), Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix), I Believe in Miracles (Ramones), Harvest Moon (Neil Young), Leaving Here (Eddie Holland), Fuckin' Up (Neil Young), Kick Out the Jams (MC5), Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns (MLB), Search & Destroy (Iggy & the Stooges), Baba O'Riley (The Who), Crazy Mary (Victoria Williams), Rockin' In the Free World (Neil Young)

tybird

Pearl Jam - Fortunate Son , Leaving Here , Baba O'Riley , Rockin' In the Free World, Soldier of Love

Sleater-Kinney- Mother (Danzig)

Stone Temple Pilots-Shine on You Crazy Diamond

Van Halen- Dancin' in the Streets, You Really Got Me, Pretty Woman

Drive-by Truckers- Strutter (Kiss), Rockin' in the Free World, State Trooper (Springsteen), Everybody Needs Love (Eddie Hinton), Let Me Roll It (Paul McCartney)

Guns n' Roses- Live and Let Die

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss- Battle of Evermore, "Hey, Hey What Can I Do"

Alison Krauss and Union Station- Oh Atlanta (Bad Company)

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tybird wrote:

Sleater-Kinney- Mother (Danzig)

I forgot that one. Though I was in a beer line at the time...

tybird

uninnocent- wrote:

tybird wrote:

Sleater-Kinney- Mother (Danzig)

I forgot that one. Though I was in a beer line at the time...

Never saw them play it when they opened for PJ....saw them play it as a headliner....seriously kicked ass.

merkinball

Grateful Dead ~ The Last Time (stones), Stuck Inside of Mobile w/ the Memphis Blues Again, It takes a Lot to Laugh, it Takes a Train to Cry, Quinn the Eskimo, Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues, It's all Over Now Baby Blue, Queen Jane Approximately, When I Paint my Masterpiece (all dylan), Not Fade Away (Buddy Holly), Around & Around (Chuck Berry), Big River (Johnny Cash), C.C. Rider (Ma Rainey), Dear Mr. Fantasy --> Gimme Some Lovin (Spencer Davis Group)--> Hey Jude (Beatles), Iko Iko (Dr. John)
Bob Weir Solo - Blackbird (Beatles)
Jerry Garcia Band - Dear Prudence (Beatles), And it Stoned Me (Van Morrison), Lucky old Sun (Ray Charles)


Lots on the PJ/Ed solo tours too.

Drive By Truckers - Eighteen (Alice Cooper), State Trooper (Springsteen), Let Me Roll It (McCartney)
Flaming Lips - Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
Neil Young - All Along the Watchtower (Hendrix), Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding), A Day in the Life (Beatles)
Oingo Boingo - You Really Got Me (Van Halen)
Beat Farmers - Lucille (Kenny Rodgers), Roll Another Number (Neil Young)
Social Distortion/Mike Ness - Lots - Under my Thumb, Big Iron, Don't Think Twice, plus a bunch more.

And I'm sure there's a ton more.

red mos

Toadies- dont let me down (Beatles) rock and roll suicide (Bowie) Hot Legs (Rod stewart)
Burden Brothers- walk all over you (AC/DC
Papa Roach- Highway to Hell (AC/DC)
Foo fighters- born on the Bayou (CCR) Marigold (Nirvana)
Hanson- Thriller (Micheal Jackson)
Kid Rock- Everyday people (sly and the family stone), forty (John Eddie)
Shinedown - simple Man (Lynyrd skynyrd)
Oleander- Boys don't cry (the cure)
Tom Petty- mystic eyes (Van Morrison) Oh well (Fleetwood Mac)
The flys - crazy train (Ozzy Osbourne).
Bob Dylan- I am the man Thomas- (Ralph Stanley)
Social D- ring of fire- (johnny Cash)
Roger Daltry- (ring of fire, folsom prison - (Johnny Cash)
Reverend Horton Heat- Ace of spades- (Motorhead) folsom prison blues (johnny Cash) These walls (Merle Haggard).
Robert Randolph- billie jean (Micheal Jackson)
Dead weather- you just can't win (Van Morrison/Them)
Everclear- brown eyed girl- (Van Morrison)
RHCP- Havanna Affair (Ramones), John Fruscante solo song (song bird/ (fleetwood Mac) Higher Ground (stevie wonder)
collective soul- I will follow (U2).
Third eye blind- should I stay or should I go (the clash)
Eve 6- I touch myself (the divinyls)
My darkest days- come undone- (duran duran)
Hole (sympathy for the devil, (rolling stones), Take this longing (Leonard cohen), Closer (NIN) they did a few covers throughout their set.
Seether- Heart shaped box (Nirvana).
Puddle of Mudd- highway to hell
Gnarls Barkley- Gone Daddy Gone (violent Femmes)
Bush- wild horses (rolling stones), come together (Beatles)
Evans Blue- Rolling in the deep (Adele)
311 -Love song (the cure)
cowboy Mouth- dancing days (Led Zeppelin) with Kevin Martin from candlebox on vocals.
Paul McCartney- Foxy Lady (jimi Hendrix) - done instrumentally
Eddie Vedder- I'm one (the who), Good Woman (Chan Marsall/ cat power), Rocking in the free world (Neil Young), Forever young (Bob Dylan), I won't back down (Tom Petty) Hard sun (Gordon Peterson) a few more, cant think of the original artists though right now.

Lifted

i've seen so many covers performed that i couldn't even begin to try and think of all of them. however, when i saw my morning jacket at bonnaroo in 2008 (best show ever) they played eight covers...

hot fun in the summertime - sly & the family stone
hit it and quit it - funkadelic
tyrone - erykah badu
cold sweat - james brown
get down on it - kool & the gang
across 110th street - bobby womack
oh sweet nuthin' - velvet underground
home sweet home - motley crue

samjam

Good question! I have to think! Here are some that were memorable:

Pearl Jam- Love Reign O'er Me, The Real Me, Crazy Mary, I Believe In Miracles, Kick Out the Jams
Eddie Vedder- Falling Slowly (w/ Glen Hansard), Millworker, whichever uke songs that were covers to begin with, Throw Your Arms Around Me, I Got You (w/ Neil Finn), Open All Night
Tres Mts- La Grange, Fire
DMB- Melissa (w/ Gregg Allman), The Needle & the Damage Done, Thank You Fallettin Me Be Mice Elf Agin, All Along the Watchtower, The Maker (Daniel Lanois)
Foo Fighters- Breakdown (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers), In The Flesh (Pink Floyd)
La Roux- Under My Thumb
Brandi Carlile- Hallelujah
Avett Brothers- Down to the River to Pray (old song)
Gov't Mule- Won't Get Fooled Again, War Pigs
John Mayer- Don't Stop Believin, Raspberry Beret (Prince), Ain't No Sunshine
Muse- Feeling Good
Bruce Springsteen- Apollo Medley (The Way You Do The Things You Do>634-4789), Trapped (Jimmy Cliff)
Guns N Roses- Live and Let Die
Spoon- Waiting To Know You (Fiery Furnaces, w/ Eleanor Friedberger)

LloydXmas

STP - Shine on you crazy diamond :shock: 2002

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BabaBooey1979 wrote:

STP - Shine on you crazy diamond :shock: 2002

very nice. I can imagine Weiland's voice on that.

oona left

Local H - "School" (Nirvana)

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oona left wrote:

Local H - "School" (Nirvana)

That's one band I would love to see one day.

eeriepadave

Pearl Jam- Whip It, Rockin' In The Free World, Leaving Here, Kick Out The Jams, The Real Me, Philadelphia Freedom/Sweet Home Alabama
Audioslave- Seven Nation Army (White Stripes)
Social Distortion- Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash)
MGMT- The Ocean, half of it (Led Zeppelin)
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip- Cream (Prince)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.- I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Whitney Houston)
Faith No More-0 Easy (Commodores), Reunited (Peaches & Herb)
Seether- You Know You're Right (Nirvana)
Deftones- Say It Ain't So (Weezer)
Julian Casablancas- Velvet Snow (Kings Of Leon)
Band Of Horses- City Of Brotherly Love (Cass McCombs)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley)
Gnarls Barkley- We are the Champions (Queen)
Slunt- Aneurysm (Nirvana)

i know i'm missing more

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eeriepadave wrote:

Seether- You Know You're Right (Nirvana)

I want to say I've seen this too, it sounds familiar. But I'm not sure...

eeriepadave

uninnocent- wrote:

eeriepadave wrote:

Seether- You Know You're Right (Nirvana)

I want to say I've seen this too, it sounds familiar. But I'm not sure...

i saw them open up for Audioslave in '03 and I know they covered a Nirvana song. I think it was this one

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eeriepadave wrote:

i saw them open up for Audioslave in '03 and I know they covered a Nirvana song. I think it was this one

setlist.fm shows that they've played YKYR a bunch of times, so you're probably right. Unfortunately they don't have the show(s?) I've seen.

tybird

Just remembered another one:
Mike Cooley (of DBT) doing Charlie Rich's country classic "Behind Closed Doors"

dcfaithful

tybird wrote:

uninnocent- wrote:

tybird wrote:

Sleater-Kinney- Mother (Danzig)

I forgot that one. Though I was in a beer line at the time...

Never saw them play it when they opened for PJ....saw them play it as a headliner....seriously kicked ass.

Yeah, that would've been awesome!

uninnocent-

I wish I could have actually seen it live instead of just having heard Mother.

IgotshitID

Pearl jam- RITFW, Baba O Riley, Crazy Mary, Last Kiss, Kick out the Jams, Leaving Here, Chloe Dancer, Crown of Thornes, Its ok, Save it for later, Bad, Eleanor Rigby

Neil Young- All along the watchtower

Tragically Hip- Surrender

Yefa

I can't remember them all but I'll post a partial list by 4 artists and then a complete list by 4 others.

My Morning Jacket - Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath), It Makes No Difference (The Band)

Yo La Tengo - You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate), Nuclear War (Sun Ra), Time Fades Away (Neil Young)

Slobberbone - Cortez The Killer (Neil Young), Dark As A Dungeon (Merle Travis)

Bob Mould - Cinnamon Girl

Widespread Panic - Let's Get Down To Business (Vic Chesnutt), I Walk On Guilded Splinters (Dr. John), North (Jerry Joseph), Cream Puff War (Grateful Dead), Weak Brain, Narrow Mind (Willie Dixon), Arleen (General Echo), Travelin' Light (J.J. Cale), Protein Drink>Sewing Machine (Vic Chesnutt), Stop Breakin' Down Blues (Robert Johnson), Solid Rock (Bob Dylan), Henry Parsons Died (Bloodkin), Who Do You Belong To? (Bloodkin), Mr. Soul (Neil Young), Lawyers, Guns, and Money (Warren Zevon), Ride Me High (J.J. Cale), Fairies Wear Boots (Black Sabbath), Climb To Safety (Jerry Joseph), Send Your Mind (Van Morrison), Sleeping Man (Vic Chesnutt), Do What You Like (Blind Faith), Junior (Junior Kimbrough), Sometimes (fIREHOSE), No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature (The Guess Who), Bowlegged Woman (Bobby Rush), Can't Find My Way Home (Blind Faith), Mama Told Me Not To Come (Randy Newman), Knocking 'Round The Zoo (James Taylor), Walk On (Neil Young), Red Beans (Professor Longhair), Sharon (David Bromberg), Wild Thing (The Troggs), Sultans Of Swing (Dire Straits), Goin' Out West (Tom Waits), End Of The Show (Bloodkin), Pusherman (Curtis Mayfield), Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Sonny Boy Williamson II), Expiration Day (Vic Chesnutt), Chainsaw City (Jerry Joseph), Let's Get The Show On The Road (Michael Stanley), Life During Wartime (Talking Heads), Me And The Devil Blues (Robert Johnson), Strange Times (The Black Keys), Makes Sense To Me (Bloodkin), Don't Be Denied (Neil Young), The Ballad of John and Yoko (The Beatles), Trouble (Cat Stevens), Are You Ready For The Country? (Neil Young)

Pearl Jam - 25 Minutes To Go (Johnny Cash), Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love (Van Halen), All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan), American In Me (Avengers), Another Brick In The Wall (Pink Floyd - tag), Atomic Dog (George Clinton - tag), Baba O'Riley (The Who), Baby Beluga (Raffi), Black Diamond (KISS), Bleed For Me (Dead Kennedys), Blitzkrieg Bob (Ramones - tag), Crazy Mary (Victoria Williams), Crown Of Thorns (Mother Love Bone), Dancing Barefoot (Patti Smith), Forever Young (Bob Dylan), Fuckin' Up (Neil Young), Gimme Some Truth (John Lennon), Here's to The State of Mississippi (Phil Ochs), Hey Hey My My (Neil Young - tag), Hunger Strike (Temple Of The Dog), I Am A Patriot (Little Steven), I Believe In Miracles (Ramones), I've Got A Feeling (The Beatles), Kick Out The Jams (MC5), Know Your Rights (The Clash), Last Kiss (Wayne Cochran), Lion's Share (Germs), Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix - tag), Love Reign O'er Me (The Who), Masters Of War (Bob Dylan), Modern Girl (Sleater-Kinney - tag), Picture In A Frame (Tom Waits), Rockin' In The Free World (Neil Young), Save It For Later (English Beat - tag), Soldier Of Love (Arthur Alexander), Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys), The Kids Are Alright (The Who), The Needle And The Damage Done (Neil Young), The New World (X), The Real Me (The Who), The Seeker (The Who), The Star Spangled Banner (Francis Scott Key - tag), Throw Your Hatred Down (Neil Young), Walk With Me (Neil Young), War (Edwin Starr - tag), Whip It (Devo), Why Can't I Touch It? (Buzzcocks - tag), With My Own Two Hands (Ben Harper - tag), You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (The Beatles)

Drive-By Truckers - (Sittin On) The Dock Of The Bay, Adam Raised A Cain, Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love, Born Under A Bad Sign, Delta Dawn, Everybody Needs Love, Green Onions, I'll Take You There, I'm Eighteen, Keep On Smilin', Let Me Roll It, Moonlight Mile, Oh Pretty Woman, People Who Died, Play It All Night Long, Potato Hole, Rebels, Respect Yourself, Rockin' In The Free World, State Trooper, Strutter, Take Time To Know Her, The Range War, These Arms Of Mine, Time Is Tight, When I Ran Off And Left Her, Where's Eddie?

Bruce Springsteen - Tom Joad (Woody Guthrie), Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder - partial), You Can't Sit Down (The Dovells), C.C. Rider>Jenny Take A Ride (partial), People Get Ready, Kansas City, Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town, Around and Around (Chuck Berry), Seven Nights To Rock, Dream Baby Dream (Suicide), Raise Your Hand, Expressway To Your Heart, This Land Is Your Land (with all), Well May The World Go (with all), This Little Light Of Mine (with all), Goodnight Irene (with all), The Way You Do The Things You Do>634-5789

samjam

Can't believe I forgot to add this to my list. Wins the award for strangest, yet most awesome cover I have heard!
DMB covering Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq3dItMOmQ4

frazba

Loads, the two most memorable were on the same night though, Tori Amos doing Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) and Raining Blood (Slayer)...weird but fantastic

SatansFuton

Off the top of my head...

Pearl Jam: Interstellar Overdrive (Pink Floyd), Crazy Mary (Victoria Williams), Rockin' In The Free World (Neil Young), Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys), Baba O'Riley (The Who), Leavin' Here (Eddie Holland/The Who)

The Rolling Stones: Little Queenie (Chuck Berry), Learning The Game (Buddy Holly)

Stone Temple Pilots: Dancing Days (Led Zeppelin)

David Bowie: Nite Flights (Scott Walker)

pjl44

If you count The Black Crowes and Jimmy Page doing a long set of Zeppelin tunes, that was awesome. Twilight Singers doing Too Tough to Die is also always a highlight.

pjl44

Yefa wrote:

My Morning Jacket - Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath)

Just ran to YouTube.

cutz

Just from Pearl Jam:
RITFW
Leaving Here
Last Kiss
Love Reign O'er Me
The Real Me
Ain't Talkin' Bout Love
Jersey Girl
All Along The Watchtower
Whip It
Baba O' Riley
Crazy Mary
Bleed For Me
Crown Of Thorns
Hunger Strike
I Believe In Miracles
Kick Out The Jams
Sonic Reducer
Harvest Moon
Little Sister
Arms Aloft
Stardog Champion
Say Hello To Heaven
Reach Down
All Night Thing
New World
Public Image
It's OK