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cewilliams57 started this thread on 08-05-06 at 06:35pm

I'd like to hear them cover the devil went down to georgia by charlie parker daniels, or house of the rising sun by the animals... Anybody else have any songs you think would be cool if MBD covered them?

Pete-Roc said this on 08-05-06 at 10:48pm

are you inside of my head? because i was just thinking of how great both of these songs would sound

FuriousAngel said this on 08-06-06 at 03:32am

beyond this life by dream theater or something totally off the wall... like a song by the human league

Sunday said this on 08-08-06 at 11:44am

i was thrilled out of my mind when they did a Smashing Pumpkins cover. i think "House of the Rising Sun" would be incredible.

FuriousAngel said this on 08-08-06 at 02:28pm

Smashing Pumpkins are ama-za-zing... and Muse covered that song pretty well. A lot of people tend to cover them, but I'd seriously like to hear MBD cover something really weird for themselves.. like RHCP or Madonna. =p

thesawisfamily said this on 08-10-06 at 10:59pm

freebird... no really freebird.

leosdying said this on 08-11-06 at 07:08pm

The Locust's Nice Tranquil Thumb in Mouth

BuddyGoodness said this on 08-12-06 at 01:07pm

Folsom Prison Blues by Jonny Cash

chaotic said this on 08-13-06 at 12:09pm

The Doors - Ghost Song. And I've got to agree, House of the Rising Sun would be AMAZING.

thesawisfamily said this on 08-13-06 at 06:28pm

yeh anything by johnny cash

grassroots said this on 08-22-06 at 06:11pm

Oh man, it would be a dream come true to hear them play the devil went to georgia.

Actually, I think I would love to hear them cover Toxic (britany spears). Nickel Creek covered that song and it was amazing. I bet mbd could do it even better.

stheterry said this on 08-25-06 at 11:46pm

i would like to hear them take something really heavy really dark and do what the do. like a type o negative song. mabe something off october rust?

adam said this on 08-25-06 at 01:51pm

the animals are one of my favorite bands- i've thought about covering house of the rising son before

dwarfstarzero said this on 08-25-06 at 10:29pm

St James Infirmary (Cab Calloway,) Houses of the holy...
Die in the summertime by manic street preachers...
Reptile by nine inch nails...pulled to bits...siouxsie...
what's he building in there? tom waits...
Oh it dosen't matter what they cover...
Everything they create will be a glorified
soundscape of happy doom...
ohohoh!!!
hell by squirrel nut zippers...
i don't like mondays...

Jobu23 said this on 08-28-06 at 07:01pm

Pink Floyd "Welcome to the Machine"

gtautumn said this on 08-29-06 at 09:13am

The Curse of Millhaven

primo said this on 08-30-06 at 04:38pm

they covered Guns and Roses in San Diego once and it rocked, sarah did Slash's guitar solo w/ her cello, it sounded really, really, really, really cool. seriously, it was cool as hell.

smartyr said this on 09-08-06 at 10:47am

The bowie cover of 5 years on the 7 inch for their friend matt and ten grand was a really cool song. the other song on that 7" is real cool too.
Eleanor Rigby, anyone?

TheRecluse said this on 09-09-06 at 02:56am

Pink Floyd's "Hey You" would be awesome.

thundercracker said this on 10-17-06 at 04:14pm

Concubine by Converge. MBD needs tons more hardcore/metal riffs.

maraann said this on 10-20-06 at 05:19am

Bang, bang (my baby shot me down) by Nancy Sinatra

TheRecluse said this on 10-21-06 at 12:54am

Alkaline Trio's "Private Eye" would be so sick.

TheRecluse said this on 10-21-06 at 02:30am

Actually, I've got the best one...

Bob Dylan's "The Hurricane"

augusttremulous said this on 11-28-06 at 07:15pm

Little Wing (originally by Hendrix, notably covered by Stevie Ray Vaughan.) It would be ultra wicked if, instead of guitar solo-ing, Sara rocked out with her cello.

laurenam83 said this on 12-05-06 at 04:29pm

somehow i think an elliot smith cover would make me happy. or perhaps something along the lines of radiohead. maybe a stretch, but a nice dream.

laurenam83 said this on 12-05-06 at 04:31pm

oh shit... maybe even bjork

BuddyGoodness said this on 12-06-06 at 08:43pm

I second the type o song nomination.

Mitchy said this on 12-09-06 at 09:32am

I'd like to hear them cover the "Walking Away" music from the Incredible Hulk.

TheRecluse said this on 02-24-07 at 06:31pm

I actually figured out the one I'd like to hear most..."Walking On A Wire" by The Get Up Kids. Favorite song ever, and if they still had a piano player, they could do a badass cover with Sarah handling the lead guitar. That shit would be off the hook.

stackey said this on 02-26-07 at 07:53pm

"emotion sickness" by silverchair

Poindexter said this on 02-26-07 at 11:37pm

"Older" by They Might Be Giants

bill said this on 02-27-07 at 02:37pm

"Don't Cry" by Guns N' Roses. Or, wait...

riqrikricky said this on 02-28-07 at 02:51am

neil young..my my hey hey.

purplevodka said this on 02-28-07 at 01:40pm

I think it would rock to hear them play the devil goes down to georgia!

but even beter if they played straight after the johnny cash version

(if you havnt heard it, its like a part2 of the song, all about the devil challenging the fiddle player over again etc)

now THAT shit would be off the hook.

i think they could do a mean rendition of minnie the moocher.

(btw bill they've done don't cry, it on the vinyl b-side of brother)

purplevodka said this on 02-28-07 at 02:49pm

id like to apologise for the crap grammer in my last post. but not the spelling, i know i cant spell.

matt504hrs said this on 03-01-07 at 03:44pm

homesick by the cure

purplevodka said this on 03-03-07 at 04:30am

american pie! but without all the slow bits. i think that mbd could realy make it their own and do a kick ass cover!

Spanish train by the charlie daniels band, i think they'd improve that one too.

U2Fan101 said this on 03-13-07 at 01:13pm

U2's "The Wanderer" which was song by Johnny Cash. Brilliant song!

http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/lyrics.php?id=103 for lyrics

To listen to the tune, it's the last track on U2's 1993 album Zooropa.

colin said this on 03-13-07 at 03:52pm

maraan - adam does a cover of my baby shot me down on a compilation disc they're selling on this tour, so i guess you win the thread

justingish said this on 04-01-07 at 05:58pm

Lee Hazelwood- Summerwine
Mission of Burma- That's When I reach For my Revolver
Wire- Two people in a room

if you havent heard em check em out

culturegeek said this on 04-15-07 at 12:07am

I must apologize in advance; this post is really long. I had an idea.
My first thoughts were things like "The Mercy Seat"(Cave), "Red
Right Hand"(Cave), "29 Minutes to Go"(Cash) etc.
Upon reflection, though, I think that the band might, at least for the time being, be wise to steer clear of covering those artists and other artists to whom they're so frequently compared. They have been influenced by those that came before and that's not meant as a knock--we all stand on the shoulders of giants--but they have built something new on that foundation and they need to keep moving forward.
I mean, MBD doesn't have to cover "The Mercy Seat" or "29 Minutes to Go." They already wrote about that subject and did quite well at it. The danger of doing so is not just stagnation, but also getting pushed into a narrow category. They're not a tribute band and if they cover too many songs from those artists at this point, they risk being treated like one. This would be a great loss to music.
I also believe that a good cover holds a song up to a different light and finds something new in it. I'd love to hear something taken completely out of context, something by the Dresden Dolls, or the Beatles, or even something completely off the wall; Modern English or Madonna or something.
Sorry so wordy; it's a character flaw.

Felonica said this on 04-21-07 at 09:32am

Anything covered by Murder By Death will sound 10 times better.

Also, do they have any cover songs already I could listen to?

jesuschrista said this on 04-22-07 at 12:28pm

I think this has been mentioned before, but to answer your question adam does a cover of my baby shot me down on the HIPS compilation.
I really recommend picking it up, it's a really really good comp and has bands such as mates of state, mirah, and bellafea.

if you're looking for individual tracks, though, besides the track by adam, check out the tracks by delta dart, black diamonds, and fated fury. they're my faves.

I don't know of cover songs by the full band, but if there are any out there I'd love to hear them!

beberebozo said this on 04-23-07 at 05:29am

"Black Soul Choir" from 16 Horsepower!

dwarfstarzero said this on 04-30-07 at 01:14am

I already posted, yes I know but here's some more:
"Arienette" by Bright Eyes,
"They are night zombies! They are neighbors! They have come back from the dead!! AHHHHH!!!!" by Sufjan Stevens
gloomy sunday- reszo seress
"bodies" Smashing Pumpkins
and i second the hey hey, my my (Neil Young) request...

listening2MBD said this on 07-11-07 at 07:44pm

System of a Down- Toxicity. Lennon- Working Class Hero, and Beethoveen's 5th, you could give it a shot...

chris_manolatos said this on 07-12-07 at 07:44am

honestly no matter how many times i listen to "God's Gonna Cut You Down" by Johnny Cash i can't help but think that MBD could have covered it, put it on Bocca and have had it fit perfectly into the whole Inferno theme.

...and i know the comparison has been made (between JC's and Adam's voices) but this song would be an incredible live sing along.

JJJamesonthon said this on 07-29-07 at 06:35pm

I'd pretty much shit my pants if i ever heard the fellas(& lady) cover 'paint it black'.

fitting.

chaotic said this on 09-14-07 at 03:51pm

From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea by the Cure.

botchrush said this on 09-25-07 at 03:48pm

Wave of Mutilation by the Pixies.

iamlegend33505 said this on 09-26-07 at 10:01pm

Spanish Caravan - The Doors
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
Barriers - Aereogramme

I wish they would dp something with William Elliot Whitmore again.
He's pretty much on of the best blues musicians I've ever heard.

fuck said this on 10-04-07 at 04:22am

strange fruit - billie holiday
fortunate son - ccr
the thief - can

and most of all:
hank williams sr - ramblin man

purityaddict said this on 10-07-07 at 01:34pm

matt did a queens of the stone age bassline while soundchecking, so one of their songs would kick ass!

colin said this on 10-10-07 at 06:49pm

a mars volta cover would be interesting. not sure what song. hard to translate that music to their instrument line-up... the widow might work well, as much as i dislike that song (at least compared to their other stuff). televators maybe. or go balls out and do take the veil.

or elton john's rocket man.

champ_stallion said this on 01-25-08 at 06:04pm

"Atlantic City" - Bruce Springsteen.
Hank 3's cover was pretty awesome. Do it to it!
Champ has spoken.

a8785lloyd said this on 01-27-08 at 02:38am

I like their cover to Smashing Pumpkins on the Killer in You CD. Tribute to smashing pumpkins. Poison the well does one too thats good. Colin if you like elton John's rocket man you should check out My morning Jacket they do a good cover of that song.

colin said this on 01-28-08 at 04:37pm

haha, that was mostly a joke. i needed something to counter the mars volta ideas, and my roommate had just been talking about an elton john concert he went to.

anything by the red paintings would be rad MBD style. awesome band for those who don't know them, which if this board is anything like the general american populace would be all of you. aussie band with weird conceptual EP's, a string duet, and people painting (canvases and other mostly naked people) on stage.

also, holst's mars would be sweet.

dixie said this on 02-05-08 at 08:14pm

"Feeling Good" by Nina Simone

ananimal said this on 02-15-08 at 10:51am

"Treason" by Naked Raygun is absolutely haunting and would lend itself well to MBD's sound. I back the Paint it Black suggestion, too.

realbrilliance said this on 03-12-08 at 10:05am

Haha, someone said a bright eyes song. That would be funny hearing Adam sing one of those songs, I can't even imagine what that would be like.

fez said this on 03-12-08 at 10:20am

Nick Cave - Jangling Jack

GreyShadow5 said this on 03-14-08 at 01:08am

Tom Waits - Starvin' in the Belly of a Whale

Let's see how low that voice of Adam's can go.

jefsis said this on 03-26-08 at 09:09am

"Send Me an Angel" by Real Life

graceofspades said this on 04-16-08 at 10:45pm

fuck said this on 10-04-07 at 04:22am
strange fruit - billie holiday
fortunate son - ccr
and most of all:
hank williams sr - ramblin man

i totally agree with that, especially billie, however i would add:

tom waits-gun street girl

creedance clearwater revival - bad moon rising, pagan baby, lookin out my back door...

anything by queens of the stone age

tom petty - american girl

johnny cash...anything but we hear folsom prison blues too much, i'd say walk the line or it ain't me babe

patsy cilne (written by Alan Block and Don Hecht) - walkin' after midnight

the beatles - eleanor rigby (c'mon you know that'd be fun)

jimi hendrix - all along the watchtower or gypsy eyes

i am a dork who will probably come back to this later and add but that's all for tonight.

Poindexter said this on 04-17-08 at 10:48am

I think they could pull off a badass version of Fugazi's "Waiting Room," but if no one does the backing vocals it just wouldn't be the same.

colin said this on 04-20-08 at 02:51pm

Devotchka - The Enemy Guns or Twenty-six Temptations (i like the idea of Sarah doing the sousaphone part, it's a fun riff)

The Red Paintings - Pickles

Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Chase The Wind

The Decemberists - The Infanta

Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain

and that's it for now.....

chaotic said this on 04-21-08 at 09:57am

For a music theory class some years back, we had to bring in one piece of music that "defined" us musically. I chose Night on Bald Mountain. How's that for trivia no one cares about?

derhay said this on 06-02-08 at 05:29pm

The Psychedelic Furs' "Sleep Comes Down"

derhay said this on 06-02-08 at 05:30pm

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Psychedelic+Furs/_/Sleep+Comes+Down

culturegeek said this on 07-11-08 at 10:02am

Now that I think of it, there is one Johnny Cash song I'd like to hear: Delia's Gone is a Johnny Cash song but he was clearly channneling Robert Browning at the time, so it's okay. I'd really love to hear them do a murder ballad of that type. You know, like that or Pretty Polly or Knoxville Girl.

Long Black Veil is a natural for them too, but it's been done to death and it doesn't have the psycho factor of the others I mentioned. .

chaotic said this on 08-31-09 at 10:53am

This has been grating on me for some time now.

Marty Robbins; "Big Iron". Marty's voice is beautiful, but Adam's is even more so... sigh...

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