Covers You've Seen Live

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edited December 2012 in Other Music
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)
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  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    The best cover I ever heard live was The Raconteurs doing the Undertones Teenage Kicks,they about blew the roof off the club
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    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.
  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    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.
  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    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
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    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)
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    tybird wrote:
    Sleater-Kinney- Mother (Danzig)

    I forgot that one. Though I was in a beer line at the time...
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    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.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    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.
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  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    edited December 2012
    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.
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  • Lifted
    Lifted Posts: 1,836
    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
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    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)
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  • LloydXmas
    LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    STP - Shine on you crazy diamond :shock: 2002
  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    BabaBooey1979 wrote:
    STP - Shine on you crazy diamond :shock: 2002
    very nice. I can imagine Weiland's voice on that.
  • oona left
    oona left Posts: 1,677
    Local H - "School" (Nirvana)
  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    oona left wrote:
    Local H - "School" (Nirvana)
    That's one band I would love to see one day.
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,193
    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
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    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
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,193
    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
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    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
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Just remembered another one:
    Mike Cooley (of DBT) doing Charlie Rich's country classic "Behind Closed Doors"
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.

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