covers bands - setlists - post em up....

Our list at the moment - but as always, it's a fluid thing and we've probably learned, then dropped, more than are in this list !

Thousand Trees - Stereophonics
Back in the USSR - Beatles
Chelsea Dagger - Fratellis
Creep - Radiohead
Hard to Handle - Black Crowes
Hush - Kula Shaker
I predict a Riot - Kaiser Chiefs
Jumpin' Jack Flash - Stones
Let me entertain you - Robbie Williams
Local Boy in the Photograph - Stereophonics
Long Train Running - Doobies
Molly's Chambers - Kings of Leon
My Sharona - The Knack
No One Knows - Q.O.T.S.A.
Pinball Wizard - Who
Place your Hands - Reef
Plug in Baby - Muse
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Riverboat Song - Ocean Colour Scene
Rocks - Primal Scream
Saturday Night ('s alright for fighting) - Elton John
Sex on Fire - Franz Ferdinand
She Sells Sanctuary - Cult
The Day we caught the Train - Ocean Colour Scene
Uprising - Muse
When you were young - Killers
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Won't get fooled again - Who

Plus a dozen or so others we've had half a go at and are on the 'back burner'.

I did have "Where the Streets have no name" in there, until the band threatened me with physical harm if I didn't agree to ditch it :mad:

My last line-up was (& the embryonic next one will be) mostly originals (I are decent songwriter) but covers were picked from:

Jumping Jack Flash
Wild Horses
Shine A Light

Help!
A Day in the Life

Boys Don't Cry[1]

You Do Something To Me

Chasing Cars

Rocking in the Free World
Hey Hey, My My

Cigarettes & Alcohol

Goodbye My Lover [2]

When You're Gone [3]

Interstellar Overdrive/Arnold Layne [4]

Virginia Plain [4]

Some of these will be retained by new band, some will not.



[1] Started as something for the John Peel tribute show, but kept in the set
[2] With guest singer instead of regular (this lady is my new singer)
[3] With guest singer and regular
[4] For the John Peel

Heres ours from saturday....

vertigo
always where i need to be
couldnt make a difference *
distant sun
your all i have
buck rogers
doa
i found out
how you remind me
sit down
tube station
better than life *
bartender and the thief
where did all the love go
new religion *
working class hero *
teenage kicks
really got me
one way or another
midnight hour
use somebody
when your young
times like these
town called malice
dakota
sex on fire
chelsae dagger
i predict riot
town called mallice
roll with it

* theres four originals in there and the last two where the first time we've gigged them so got tagged on at the end of the night when everyones bladered :p they dont notice if you fuck it up then :eek:

How handy's that, our drummer's just put this up so all I had to do was copy/paste :)


AC/DC - Back in Black
ASH - Burn Baby Burn
ATARIS - Boys of Summer
BEASTIE BOYS - Fight For Your Right
BIFFY CLYRO - Bubbles
BILLY IDOL - Rebel Yell
BLACK SABBATH - Paranoid
BLINK 182 - The Rock Show
BOWIE - Jean Genie
BOWIE - Rebel Rebel
BOWIE - Ziggy Stardust
BUZZCOCKS - Ever Fallen In Love
CLASH - I Fought The Law
CLASH - London Calling
COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE - Blind Pilots
CULT - She Sells Sanctuary
CULT - Lil' Devil
DAMNED - New Rose
EDDIE & HOT RODS - Do Anything You Wanna Do
ELECTRIC SIX - Radio Ga Ga
ELVIS COSTELLO - Pump It Up
FACES - All or Nothing
FACES - Maggie May
FOO FIGHTERS - Learn To Fly
FOO FIGHTERS - Times Like These
GREEN DAY - Basket Case
JILTED JOHN - Jilted John
JUDAS PRIEST - Breaking the Law
KAISER CHIEFS - Ruby
KINKS - You Really Got Me
KORN - Word Up
LED ZEPPELIN - Communication Breakdown
MEMBERS - Sounds of the Suburbs
MUSE - Supermassive BH
MUSE - Uprising
PLACEBO - Every You Every Me
PRIMAL SCREAM - Country Girl
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD - Public Image
RAMONES - Blitzkrieg Bop
RAMONES - I Wanna Be Sedated
RAMONES - Rockaway Beach
RAMONES - Sheena is a Punk Rocker
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - By The Way
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Dani California
ROLLING STONES - Paint It Black
ROLLING STONES - Sympathy for the Devil
RUTS - Babylons Burning
SEX PISTOLS - Anarchy in the UK
SEX PISTOLS - Pretty Vacant
SMACKMOUTH - I'm A Believer
SOUL ASYLUM - Runaway Train
STEREOPHONICS - Dakota
TALKING HEADS - Life During Wartime
TALKING HEADS - Psycho Killer
THERAPY - Screamager
UFO - Doctor Doctor
UFO - Light Out
UNDERTONES - Jimmy Jimmy
UNDERTONES - My Perfect Cousin
UNDERTONES - Teenage Kicks
VAPOURS - Turning Japanese
VIBRATORS - Baby Baby
WHEEZER - Hash Pipe
ZZ TOP - La Grange

Just the normal shite, with a touch of classic rock. Not the most exciting set list.


where the streets have no name
shine - take that
place your hands
are you gonna go my way
beat it
laid
valerie
club tropicana
summer of 69
maggie may
money for nothing
superstition
dont stop believing
sex on fire
Mr brightside
love man
dignity
town called malice
johnny be goode
love machine
new shoes
use somebody
sweet home alabama
I'm a believer
stuck in the middle
brown eyed girl
sweet child of mine
set on you
honky tonk woman
dock of the bay
broken stones
sit down
she's electric
sir duke
all night long
respect
on my way
all day and all of the night
somebody told me
alright now
message in a bottle
hard days night
take it easy
mustang sally
fans
500 miles
livin on a prayer

An old set list from 2007

Set 1

1. Boys Are Back In Town
2. Maggie May
3. Up The Junction
4. Pulling Mussels
5. Oliver's Army
6. Don't Stand So Close
7. Mama Told Me Not To Come
8. Come Up And See Me
9. Not Unusual
10. Brown Eyed Girl
11. Jackie Wilson Said
12. Stuck In The Middle
13. Brown Sugar
14. Honky Tonk Women
15. Smooth
16. Addicted Too Love

Set 2.

1. Still Rock & Roll To Me
2. Greased Lightning
3. Mustang Sally
4. Let's Twist Again
5. Shake a Tail Feather
6. Every body Needs Somebody
7. Suspicious Minds
8. I'm A Believer
9. Teenage Kicks
10. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
11. Back In The USSR
12. Don't Look Back In Anger
13. Let It Be
14. Angels

Was never enamoured by Set 2 it has to be said ... so since this gig we've dropped most of them and added to our repertoire -

Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Carpet Crawlers
20th Century Boy
Living La Vida Loca
Teenage Kicks
Moondance
Babylon
White Wedding
Bohemian Like You

And resurrected some of our old Queen covers:
One Vision
Hammer To Fall

And for our part-time lady singer:
Big Yellow Taxi
The Fear
Valerie
Walking On Sunshine
La Isla Bonita (timing is a right bastid)

Regular encores (oh the shame ..)
Johnny Be Goode
Hi Ho Silver flipping Lining

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Grunfeld.

JILTED JOHN - Jilted John

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I am now so sold on your band,,,genius:)

Songs we play in the 80's hair band.... no surprises here ;)

Always – Bon Jovi
Animal- Def Leppard
Beat it - Michael Jackson
Bed of roses- Bon Jovi
Crazy Nights - Kiss
Don’t stop believing- Journey
Final countdown- Europe
Gimme some loving - Thunder
GImme all you lovin - ZZ Top
Here I go again - Whitesnake
Highway to hell – AC/DC
I Surrender – Rainbow
It’s my life – Bon Jovi
Jump – Van Halen
Just older – Bon Jovi
Legs - ZZ Top
Like Paradise – Dave lee Roth
Living on a prayer – Bon Jovi
More than a feeling - Boston
Paranoid – Black Sabbath
Rock n roll – Led Zep
Run to Hills – Iron Maiden
Run to you – Bryan Adams
Sanctuary – The Cult
Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
Since you been gone- Rainbow
Summer 69 – Bryan Adams
Sweet child – Guns n Roses
Whole lot of Rosie – AC/DC
We will rock you - Queen
You give love a bad name – Bon Jovi


Wouldn't it be great to be able to pull a big crowd without resorting to the cheesy tracks... takes a lot of effort with looking daft to stop it being oh so dull...

Copy and paste job from july last year - about six originals deleted. Our USP is probably modern songs be female singers but done in a funk-rock style a la Extreme or RHCP, like Mercy, No Air, Boys and Girls by Duffy, Jordin Sparks and Pixie Lott respectively. Summertime at the end is done over the riff to Smooth Criminal, Alien Ant Farm stylee:

All Units Respond Setlist 16/07/10 Part 1

Put It Where You Want It (Key of C)
Help The Poor (Key of Dm)
Boys And Girls (Key of D)
No Air (Key of G)
Wanted Dead Or Alive (Key of D)
Higher Ground (Key of E)
Jean Genie (Key of E)
Sweet Home Alabama (Key of D)

All Units Respond Setlist 16/07/10 Part 2

Ain't No Sunshine (Key of Am)
The Wind Cries Mary (Key of F)
While My Guitar Chords (Key of Am)
Almost Cut My Hair (Key of Am)
Superstition (Key of E – originally in Eb)
Stone Cold Sober (Key of E)
Walk This Way (Key of E / C)
Always On The Run (key of E)
Starsky And Hutch (Key of Dm)
Poker Face (Key of Am)
Sir Duke (key of B)
Mercy (Key of Gm)
Summertime (Key of Am)

Quote:

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Originally Posted by bj

Copy and paste job from july last year - about six originals deleted. Our USP is probably modern songs be female singers but done in a funk-rock style a la Extreme or RHCP, like Mercy, No Air, Boys and Girls by Duffy, Jordin Sparks and Pixie Lott respectively. Summertime at the end is done over the riff to Smooth Criminal, Alien Ant Farm stylee:

All Units Respond Setlist 16/07/10 Part 1

Put It Where You Want It (Key of C)
Help The Poor (Key of Dm)
Boys And Girls (Key of D)
No Air (Key of G)
Wanted Dead Or Alive (Key of D)
Higher Ground (Key of E)
Jean Genie (Key of E)
Sweet Home Alabama (Key of D)

All Units Respond Setlist 16/07/10 Part 2

Ain't No Sunshine (Key of Am)
The Wind Cries Mary (Key of F)
While My Guitar Chords (Key of Am)
Almost Cut My Hair (Key of Am)
Superstition (Key of E – originally in Eb)
Stone Cold Sober (Key of E)
Walk This Way (Key of E / C)
Always On The Run (key of E)
Starsky And Hutch (Key of Dm)
Poker Face (Key of Am)
Sir Duke (key of B)
Mercy (Key of Gm)
Summertime (Key of Am)

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for real??? - id go and see you just for that...