Suggest Some Covers

[phil.mcglassup]

Heeeelp!! I hope this is posted in the appropriate forum

The cover band I'm in are looking for some new songs to cover and up to now have aimed for the rock/MOR type songs - our vocalist is female. Songs such as :-

I Love Rock and Roll - Joan Jett
Because The Night - Patti Smith
Call Me - Blondie

etc...etc.

Problem is that my mental 'music library' is limited and the rest of my band suggest unsuitable songs to cover.

Can anyone suggest any more suitable songs in a similar style -preferably with a female vocalist - that we can cover. It doesn't matter how difficult or boring the bassline, or whetheer there is any backing vocals or not, as long as it 'rocks'.

Thanks in advance.

[The Admiral]

A couple o suggestions :

80s big hair power ballad - 'Alone' : Heart

If I could turn back time : Cher

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[Stingray5]

You'll no doubt get a bunch of suggestions here, but one other would be to try the 'Genius' button in iTunes and see what that comes up with.

[Lozz196]

Beautiful Dangerous by Slash, with Fergie from The Black-Eyed Peas on vocals

[bobbytodd]

promises or zombie by the cranberries
miss nothing by the pretty reckless
kiss me deadly by lita ford

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

Free your mind - en vogue

[phil.mcglassup]

Thanks all, some good ideas and options there.

I'll listen to them on Youtube.

Any more?

[barneyg42]

[quote name='Lozz196' post='1054945' date='Dec 11 2010, 01:39 PM']Beautiful Dangerous by Slash, with Fergie from The Black-Eyed Peas on vocals[/quote]
Oooh yes loving that one!


We do a lot of Fleetwood Mac, Bon Jovi with our girly singer, All I wanna do is make love to you by Heart as well. Bitch by Meredith Brooks, You Oughta Know by Alanis Morrisette, Black Velvet. Strangely enough a new song we have started to do and always goes a storm is Born to Run,Springsteen. We knocked it up a tone and she sounds great. 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago, rest of set is usual Sex on Fire,Dakota etc!

[4-string-thing]

Joan Jetts "I hate myself for loving you" is pretty good, nice and easy to play too.

And the Doro Pesch version of "White wedding"

[Bloodaxe]

Some Usual Suspects...


(although I prefer the Slade version - [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHgCN9z0Tpk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHgCN9z0Tpk[/url] - Jim Lea in full effect )


Bit o' Tina:


Don't rule out Zep & Purple either - a good amount of their cataloque sits quite well with female vox.

[Alun]

"So What" by Pink is a gooden drunken singalong and has a fun riff to play

Cheers
Alun

[ElCapitan]

Hit me with your best shot - Pat Benatar

[KiOgon]

Stupid Girl - great solid bass line

Edited December 11, 2010 by KiOgon

[phil.i.stein]

No Doubt



some cracking deep basslines too

Edited December 11, 2010 by phil.i.stein

[Shaggy]

Having used to be in a "chick" band (I just couldn't wear the basque any more....... )

Black Velvet - Allanah Myles
What's Up - 4 non-blondes
Weak - Skunk Anansie
Ironic / One hand in my pocket - Alanis Morrisette
U & ur hand - Pink
Valerie - Amy Winehouse (Zutons)
Crash - Primitives
Left outside alone - Anastacia
Teanage dirtbag - Wheatus
Proud Mary - Tina Turner (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Maria - Blondie
When you're gone - Mel C & Bryan Adams (if you've got male vocals too!)
Our lips are sealed - The Go-go's
99 red balloons - Nena
& don't forget ABBA......

Edited December 11, 2010 by Shaggy

[mep]

[quote name='Lozz196' post='1054945' date='Dec 11 2010, 01:39 PM']Beautiful Dangerous by Slash, with Fergie from The Black-Eyed Peas on vocals[/quote]

Great vocals. Tricky guitar part. Even our guitarist couldn't get to grips with this one so he didn't offer it as song.

Edited December 11, 2010 by mep

[stingrayPete1977]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsMUQK4jdsQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsMUQK4jdsQ[/url] FTW

[Cat Burrito]

Fleetwood Mac & Janis would be my choices. I just discovered a girl called Grace Potter who deserves to be huge but is probably a bit too obscure right now

[spike]

Piece Of My Heart - Janis Joplin version

White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

[Jacqueslemac]

Anything by The Donnas.

Rock + female vocalist = pretty fine in my book.

[Slipperydick]

Bit obscure, but always thought Money Changes Everything by Cindy Lauper would make a great number if done by the right band.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulvSS3nAK1I"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulvSS3nAK1I[/url]

Edited December 11, 2010 by Slipperydick

[skankdelvar]

Joan Osborne - What if God was one of us

Divinyls - I touch myself (Ooo-er)

[bassbloke]

You could re-work some Republica, Sneaker Pimps and Portishead material to give it more of a driving straight rock feel. Could work well.

[Bloodaxe]

How could I have forgotten this one? That'll be points on my NWOBHM card fersure

[nick]

Few random ones for your consideration