We got offered a St Pat's day gig playing U2 covers...experts please help?

CHOUT · 02.28.2007, 03:06 AM

I really haven't liked u2 in a long time, a few old songs here and there. I think it's gonna be a buncha bands playing 4 songs each...

u2 fans, what songs would you recommend for us to play? I'm pretty set on Bullet The Blue Sky (perhaps a big noise wank would work well in that one), but I don't know what else.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 02.28.2007, 03:21 AM

Sometimes what is fun is to look up tabs and lyrics to songs you don't know and try to sing and play them without really ever having heard them.

I'm not a big U2 fan so I don't really know what you should play.

foxforce5 · 02.28.2007, 06:57 AM

Curious to know who the ot-her bands are playing.

finding nobody · 02.28.2007, 06:57 AM

Sunday Bloody Sunday maybe? You could rock out the chorus like Dinosaur did with Just Like Heaven. Here's a video of the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBit83NpvN0

cryptowonderdruginvogue · 02.28.2007, 06:59 AM

bad to the bone
pour some sugar on me
That song about pina coladas
Shout at the devil
Macarena

no but seriously... With Or Without You. awesome song.

sonicl · 02.28.2007, 07:03 AM

I'd go for seeking out some very early (pre-Boy) bootlegs on Soulseek or whatever and playing some dodgy pre-fame punk stuff.

Here you go, here's a list: http://www.u2bootlegs.nl/site/index.php?early_days. Now you just need to track one down.

porkmarras · 02.28.2007, 07:25 AM

I want to watch a video of CHOUT playing U2's 'The Unforgettable Fire'.Post one.

_slavo_ · 02.28.2007, 07:30 AM

Play the song called "Numb"

max · 02.28.2007, 08:37 AM

shit no. please. no! damn. U2... groargh...
ok i'm no fan, i'd better shut up... i'll pass on! all the best nonetheless man!!! USE A FREAKING CHAINSAW TO ROCK THEM UP!

king_buzzo · 02.28.2007, 08:42 AM

make it noisy. noisy covers of u2. that would be awesome.

atari 2600 · 02.28.2007, 10:04 AM

U2 set suggestions for Small White:

Out of Control (Boy)
Like A Song (War)
Elvis Presley and America (The Unforgettable Fire)
Negativland 30-second interlude from "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" a Cappella Mix (Negativland - U2)
Exit (The Joshua Tree)

foxforce5 · 02.28.2007, 11:46 AM

After "Numb" you could play "Lemon".

krastian · 03.01.2007, 12:29 AM

I could see you guys playing New Years Day.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 03.01.2007, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by finding nobody

Sunday Bloody Sunday maybe? You could rock out the chorus like Dinosaur did with Just Like Heaven. Here's a video of the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBit83NpvN0

Just Like Heaven is a Cure song AFAIK.

Onani Nic · 03.01.2007, 01:37 AM

DON'T DO IT! You're better than that.

CHOUT · 03.01.2007, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onani Nic

DON'T DO IT! You're better than that.

Haha, unfortunately we're not then...it's HARD to get gigs on saturday nights, on a 'holiday' no less...

It's kind of interesting to have a 'template' to build around...I'm digging the challenge.

CHOUT · 03.01.2007, 03:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kegmama

pres bush sings u2's sunday bloody sunday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_vv12NSSZ4

Thanks for sharing, Kegmama. Haha.

CHOUT · 03.01.2007, 03:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

Just Like Heaven is a Cure song AFAIK.

Wish it was a Cure cover set...we already do one sometimes. Love them.

LittlePuppetBoy · 03.01.2007, 11:58 AM

New Years Day
I Will Follow

fishmonkey · 03.01.2007, 12:04 PM

i will follow.

its piss easy.

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CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	I really haven't liked u2 in a long time, a few old songs here and there. I think it's gonna be a buncha bands playing 4 songs each... u2 fans, what songs would you recommend for us to play? I'm pretty set on Bullet The Blue Sky (perhaps a big noise wank would work well in that one), but I don't know what else. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	Sometimes what is fun is to look up tabs and lyrics to songs you don't know and try to sing and play them without really ever having heard them. I'm not a big U2 fan so I don't really know what you should play.
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foxforce5 bad moon rising Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Utah! Posts: 196	Curious to know who the ot-her bands are playing.
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finding nobody invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,275	Sunday Bloody Sunday maybe? You could rock out the chorus like Dinosaur did with Just Like Heaven. Here's a video of the song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBit83NpvN0
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cryptowonderdruginvogue invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: the party Posts: 10,281	bad to the bone pour some sugar on me That song about pina coladas Shout at the devil Macarena no but seriously... With Or Without You. awesome song.
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sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	I'd go for seeking out some very early (pre-Boy) bootlegs on Soulseek or whatever and playing some dodgy pre-fame punk stuff. Here you go, here's a list: http://www.u2bootlegs.nl/site/index.php?early_days. Now you just need to track one down.
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porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	I want to watch a video of CHOUT playing U2's 'The Unforgettable Fire'.Post one. __________________
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_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,912	Play the song called "Numb" __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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max expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: sardinia, italy Posts: 1,262	shit no. please. no! damn. U2... groargh... ok i'm no fan, i'd better shut up... i'll pass on! all the best nonetheless man!!! USE A FREAKING CHAINSAW TO ROCK THEM UP! __________________ A Dance Of Shadows - Kingdom Of Night
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king_buzzo invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,110	make it noisy. noisy covers of u2. that would be awesome.
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	U2 set suggestions for Small White: Out of Control (Boy) Like A Song (War) Elvis Presley and America (The Unforgettable Fire) Negativland 30-second interlude from "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" a Cappella Mix (Negativland - U2) Exit (The Joshua Tree)
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foxforce5 bad moon rising Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Utah! Posts: 196	After "Numb" you could play "Lemon".
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krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	I could see you guys playing New Years Day. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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Onani Nic the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 930	DON'T DO IT! You're better than that. __________________ I don't give a fuck thats the problem. I see a motherfuckin cop i don't dodge them.
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LittlePuppetBoy expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Aylmer(now Gatineau), Quebec Posts: 1,756	New Years Day I Will Follow __________________
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fishmonkey invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,670	i will follow. its piss easy. __________________ "Pescescimmia ha grandi bulbi oculari blu, ognuno attaccato su un lato della sua testa, in modo tale da risucire a guardare indietro senza girare la sua testa pesciosa"
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