Covers: What covers do you wish they'd try (new)? Which ones do you think they should stop?

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  • SR91748
    SR91748 Posts: 159
    Not Ready to Make Nice by the Dixie Chicks.
  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,559
    LC said:
    After this first single, I've been on a big Talking Heads binge this past week.  How about 'Life During Wartime'?
    Big yes on this one. Love that track! 
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  • boobooliscious
    boobooliscious Hebron, KY Posts: 263
    I'd like to see Baba once with Boom playing the keys the way they sounded in the Who's version and with Ed playing the violin part on harmonica like Roger did when the Who played it live.
  • PJattheGorge
    PJattheGorge Posts: 38
    i'd sure like to hear them do 5 more pearl jam songs every show.  I don't care what Pearl Jam sounds like doing the Who, or Pink Floyd, or Bruce, or Uncle Neil, or the Hip.  I usually buy tickets to them when I want to hear their songs.
  • blackhawks
    blackhawks Posts: 307
    PJattheGorge said:
    i'd sure like to hear them do 5 more pearl jam songs every show.  I don't care what Pearl Jam sounds like doing the Who, or Pink Floyd, or Bruce, or Uncle Neil, or the Hip.  I usually buy tickets to them when I want to hear their songs.
    Amen!!!!!
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  • SandyRavage
    SandyRavage Posts: 1,126
    The butcher, the banker, Matt Camron and then
  • zmoney2128
    zmoney2128 Chicago, IL Posts: 30
    rider10 said:
    Bring back 'Let my Love Open the Door."
    100% agree. I love when this comes on the Solider Field bootleg. 
  • bendhair23
    bendhair23 Posts: 114
    Would love for them to bring back "Can't Help Falling in Love" ... I believe it was only played twice (Vegas and Memphis) back in 2000. They also do solid versions of "Waiting on a Friend" and "Picture in a Frame". 
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,187
    Today, I was listening to Jim Caroll's "People Who Died". I think that would make a great cover. They can even modify some of the words or create a new verse as a tribute to their own friends. It's also just a great song.
  • PB25898
    PB25898 Posts: 23
    id LOVE to hear Ed's voice on "If You Could Read My Mind" Gordon Lightfoot
  • xjoshfromworkx
    xjoshfromworkx Moline, IL Posts: 138

    There are several of their active covers I have yet to hear and would like to, but I'd be happy never hearing RITFW again for sure.

    And as an avid Beatles hater, I absolutely hate hearing Beatles covers and their cover of "Imagine".

    Just trim a few covers off the setlist, we don't need THAT many unless they're dusting off some old ones.

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  • mpedone
    mpedone 540xxx - Manchester, NH Posts: 1,961
    I don't have any "pee break" songs, but "Imagine" comes damn close. I would be fine never seeing them play it again. I've only seen them play "Last Kiss" once, and that was plenty for me. Other than that, I don't mind most of the covers.
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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,824
    I’d love to hear PJ try these songs, I think they’d all fit in pretty well:

    Soundgarden - Kickstand
    Neil Young - Mr Soul
    Brad - Waters Deep

    I agree with those saying 1-2 covers per show max, and I’d be happy if they ditched Baba, Comfortably Numb, and Mother altogether
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  • GR42159
    GR42159 Nashville, TN Posts: 41
    Play these!  

    The Who - Behind Blue Eyes
    Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy 
    Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop
    R.E.M. - Pretty Persuasion
    R.E.M. - Pop Song 89
    Tom Petty - California (Ed acoustic in Oakland)
    Kings of Leon - Temple 
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,839
    bring back Sonic Reducer.

    punt RITFW
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,839
    edited February 2020
    (not a cover) put Last Soldier into regular rotation in Encore 1. 
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,964
    i would love a full tour with no covers but that's probably unrealistic.  if they are going to do covers i'd love to have them retire the ones they done to this point.  I have some great memories of Baba and RITFW live but enough is enough if i had my choice.

    some i'd like to see/hear from PJ:
    What's So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding - Elvis Costello
    Box of Rain - Grateful Dead
    Brandy - Looking Glass
    One - U2
    Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks
    In a Big Country - Big Country
    Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
    Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
    Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
    Roundabout - Yes
  • Jason7192
    Jason7192 Southern Indiana Posts: 318
    I'm on board with dropping RITFW.

    It would be fun to hear them play For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield.
  • foodboy
    foodboy Posts: 988
    drop last kiss,ritfw, imagine, baba oreilly. why not play something deep to end the show  why go with the same formula ? that would be very different.  kinda like the idea of pretty persuasion. box of rain would be cool but i don't see them doing it. same for friend of the devil. 
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,636
    pjhawks said:
    i would love a full tour with no covers but that's probably unrealistic.  if they are going to do covers i'd love to have them retire the ones they done to this point.  I have some great memories of Baba and RITFW live but enough is enough if i had my choice.

    some i'd like to see/hear from PJ:
    What's So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding - Elvis Costello
    Box of Rain - Grateful Dead
    Brandy - Looking Glass
    One - U2
    Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks
    In a Big Country - Big Country
    Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
    Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
    Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
    Roundabout - Yes
    Anyone doing Big Country is all right in my books.  The rest?  Meh.

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