Top 5 Songs You Want To Cover In A Band

[Violent Unrest in Allentown]

5. Jay-Z - 99 Problems
4. Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line
3. Yaz - Move Out
2. Beck - Sexx Laws (I think I've used this for something else)
1. Frank Zappa - Sun Village

[Larry Flyntz]

If I had a band and learned how to play these songs...

San Tropez - Pink Floyd
Friend of the Devil - The Grateful Dead
Ophelia - The Band
Ramble On - Led Zeppelin
Mr. Soul - Buffalo Springfield

I'm not sure why. I guess I like the idea of playing upbeat ditties more than elaborate compositions. It's strange, though. I didn't choose any of the songs I already know how to play. Intriguing!

[Violent Unrest in Allentown]

San Tropez - Pink Floyd

When I worked at Giant, they played a musaked version of this on the store radio. True story.

God I love that album.

[The Ocean]

Songs I wish to cover with a band:

5. Black Sabbath - N.I.B.
4. Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
3. Queen + David Bowie - Under Pressure
2. Led Zeppelin - The Ocean
1. Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World

Covers I HAVE performed live:

Tears For Fears - Mad World*
Oingo Boingo - Mary*
Oasis - The Masterplan**
Oasis - Acquesce**
Oasis - Morning Glory**

*performed with my high school band, Mail Order Bride
**performed with our very own ErdaElen in our group, Stackable Cats :breakdance

[الله أكبر]

5) 99 Problems- Jay Z (Hmm, this sounds familiar...)
4) Engel- Rammstein
3) Take the Money and Run- Steve Miller Band
2) Who Are You?- The Who
1) Runnin' Down a Dream- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Following Chris' example...I have played the following songs live...

And the rest...
Baba O'Reilly, The Real Me, Love Reign O'er Me, I'm Free, Who Are You?, Squeezebox (all by The Who), Crystal Ship, LA Woman, Spanish Caravan, Break on Through, Peace Frog (all by The Doors), Black Magic Woman (Santana), Stranglehold (Ted Nugent), The Boys Are Back In Town (Thin Lizzy), Layla (Derrick & The Dominoes), Love Rollercoaster (I forget who its originally by), Chameleon (Herbie Hancock), Could You Be Loved (Bob Marley), Can't You Get To That (Parliament), Siberian Khatru (Yes), Fallen Angel (King Crimson), Tom Sawyer (Rush), The Spirit of Radio (Rush), Elephant Talk (King Crimson), Living in the Past (Jethro Tull), Locomotive Breath (Jethro Tull), Love Shack (The B-52's), Self Esteem (The Offspring), Rock 'n Roll (Led Zeppelin), The Ocean (Led Zeppelin) The Rain Song (Led Zeppelin) Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin), Light of the World (Godspell the Musical), Turn Back, O Man (Godspell), Bless The Lord My Soul (Godspell), Voodoo Chile (Jimi Hendrix), I'm The Slime (Frank Zappa), The Torture Never Stops (Frank Zappa), 20 Small Cigars (Frank Zappa), American Girl (Tom Petty), I Want You She's So Heavy (The Beatles), Life in the Fast Lane (The Eagles).

Most of these were played with my music school, either in shows or on the tour I did over the summer. The rest were played with my band The Freshwater Squirrels or various incarnations of another high school band I played with.

[/shameless plug for a drummer]

[Violent Unrest in Allentown]

I've played probably close to 40 or 50 jazz tunes live as well as a larger number of classical pieces. Of the classical pieces, "To the Summit" and various Copland arrangements make my heart heavy...

[Rhino......................]

5. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
4. The Proclaimers - I Would Walk 500 Miles
3. Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get Retarded (maybe a bluegrass version or something along those lines)
2. Cat Stevens - If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
1. Styx - Mr. Roboto

[Shire Le Buff]

Take On Me - Aha
Come On Irene - Whoever
Ballroom Blitz - Whoever
When I Fall - BareNaked Ladies
Stuck in a Rut - The Darkness

[Violent Unrest in Allentown]

Take On Me - Aha

Yes. This would be great if you're a tterrible singer.

[Cowboyninja]

Girls On Film- Duran Duran
Breaking The Law- Judas Priest
Stairway To Heaven- Led
Round & Round- Ratt
White Wedding- Billy Idol


I have sang most of these while friends played but I have yet to do it as a band or infront of more then 5 people. So if anyone wants to see me be an ass and see me sing lemme know but I will warn you I am not too shabby so if you plan on seeing me fuck it up, well you'll be disapointed.

[Rhino......................]

Well fappity fap fap!

[Shire Le Buff]

Joe does manage the mic quite well.

[Cowboyninja]

Thank you for your support. Now lets take their kidneys while they aren't looking.

[الله أكبر]

I donated my left kidney to science.

[FAGGOT WATCHIN TRON]

1.  David Bowie/Queen - Under Pressure (from a strictly vocal standpoint, I'd want to sing Freddy Mercury's part, but from a lyrical awesome-ness standpoint, I'd want to sing Bowie's)
2.  David Bowie - Rebel, Rebel (for some reason I think this song would be incredibly sexy sung by a girl, espicially if that girl were me)
3.  Barenaked Ladies - If I Had $1,000,000
4.  Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better
5.  PUSA - Video Killed the Radio Star

Songs I have performed live:

Oasis - The Masterplan, Aquiese, Morning Glory
Nancy Sinatra - Bang, Bang (sexy Kill Bill goodness)
Annie Lennox - Into the West (QUOTE THIS POST AND CALL ME A CUNT I'm just that geeky)
Carly Simon - In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Jekyll and Hyde - In His Eyes (okay so its from a musical, but its still a song and I wasn't in that musical)
Scarborough Fair (I'd say Simon and Garfunkle, but I didn't do their version)

[Violent Unrest in Allentown]

Joe would be a great performer if he actually ever made anything to back up the fact. This is another example of how little Joe delivers.

[Cowboyninja]

Like I said any of you are invited to the Derosa's next time Mike D comes home and you can watch me deliver. Nick has seen it, I dunno if anyone else has though. I am trying to make it a habit of actually delivering. I have written songs for that musical project I was talking to you about at the battle of the bands but I have no musicians till Mike D gets back and drums. My 80's synth project how ever should be going somewhere soon. Anyways if I fail to deliver so what, I'll by Daniel Delaney and a friend of his choice a coke.



Also right now I am working on a song Mike and some other people already recorded. If I deliver you should have a special update that hosts the song and a banner declaring that Joe Henson is not as big of a blamblorg as once thought. eh?

[Violent Unrest in Allentown]

I'll do a banner ad, but I'm none too keen on the update. Godspeed, good sir!

[The Ocean]

1.  David Bowie/Queen - Under Pressure (from a strictly vocal standpoint, I'd want to sing Freddy Mercury's part, but from a lyrical awesome-ness standpoint, I'd want to sing Bowie's)
2.  David Bowie - Rebel, Rebel (for some reason I think this song would be incredibly sexy sung by a girl, espicially if that girl were me)
3.  Barenaked Ladies - If I Had $1,000,000
4.  Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better
5.  PUSA - Video Killed the Radio Star

Songs I have performed live:

Oasis - The Masterplan, Aquiese, Morning Glory
Nancy Sinatra - Bang, Bang (sexy Kill Bill goodness)
Annie Lennox - Into the West (QUOTE THIS POST AND CALL ME A CUNT I'm just that geeky)
Carly Simon - In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Jekyll and Hyde - In His Eyes (okay so its from a musical, but its still a song and I wasn't in that musical)
Scarborough Fair (I'd say Simon and Garfunkle, but I didn't do their version)

I just remembered how to play The Masterplan the other night. Soooo awesome.

[Violent Unrest in Allentown]

I wish I could play Green Hornet by Al Hirt. That's on the Kill Bill soundtrack too.