Gordon_The_Hat
Member
All of you travelers that have the Fella's ears, please recomend a cover tune that I think would fit their gifts and talents, and would be a fan favorite.
The Song Is.......Drum roll.............More anticipation....................Wait For it........
Grateful Deads Bertha
It plays to Chans rythm strength, the mucial melody would swing and sway with Johns Harmonica, and Brendan Hill could make it rock. That song is a jam.
Does anyone agree?
I'm going to say what I always say...no more covers, please. Cover some old Blues Traveler instead. Or if they have to play covers, play some old ones that they reinvented, by classic artists (When The Levee Breaks, Should I Stay or Should I Go, Come Together) rather than the overly-faithful, lite-version covers of contemporary artists they've been doing lately.
I appreciate the work that goes into transposing a song and adding new instruments to it, but when the result is the cheezfest (yes, 'cheez' with a z) that is "I Want You To Want Me", or the limp cover of "What I Got", it feels a little bit like pandering to the crowd's short attention span rather than an actual musical tribute.
If i could quote you greenone, i would do it,
"""I'm going to say what I always say...no more covers, please""" same feeling here, its not that what we always hear when they cover a song. Whenever they cover a song, i know this cant sound nice, because they didnt did that song on their own,
Dear Blues Traveler,
dont cover songs ;) Write new one, or play the songs you didnt played over the years :)
We dont want covers, we want "100% original Blues Traveler" songs ...
with friendly greetings
your fans, espeacially Popper Freak :)
Lucky Lack
Member
OK, I agree, if I go see BT, I'd like to hear more BT, lets other things. BUT, to pick some cover songs I'd love to hear BT play, they are as follows:
- Miss You
- The Seeker
- Sir Duke (Can this be done without horns?)
- Fool in the Rain
By the way, I sort of cheated. I went to BT.net and looked up the cover songs they've played in the past. Hearing these songs would be awesome!
Lucky Lack
Member
OK, I agree, if I go see BT, I'd like to hear more BT, lets other things. BUT, to pick some cover songs I'd love to hear BT play, they are as follows:
- Miss You
- The Seeker
- Sir Duke (Can this be done without horns?)
- Fool in the Rain
By the way, I sort of cheated. I went to BT.net and looked up the cover songs they've played in the past. Hearing these songs would be awesome!
Lucky Lack
Member
OK, I agree, if I go see BT, I'd like to hear more BT, lets other things. BUT, to pick some cover songs I'd love to hear BT play, they are as follows:
- Miss You
- The Seeker
- Sir Duke (Can this be done without horns?)
- Fool in the Rain
By the way, I sort of cheated. I went to BT.net and looked up the cover songs they've played in the past. Hearing these songs would be awesome!
Lucky Lack
Member
OK, I agree, if I go see BT, I'd like to hear more BT, lets other things. BUT, to pick some cover songs I'd love to hear BT play, they are as follows:
- Miss You
- The Seeker
- Sir Duke (Can this be done without horns?)
- Fool in the Rain
By the way, I sort of cheated. I went to BT.net and looked up the cover songs they've played in the past. Hearing these songs would be awesome!
Lucky Lack
Member
So, I agree, I want to hear BT when I'm at a BT show, but I don't mind if they toss in a cover here or there. I checked the BT.net web site and scoped out a few covers I'd love to get to hear:
- Miss You
- Sir Duke (can this be done without horns?)
- Fool in the Rain
- The Seeker
bearded one
Member
seen miss you and fool-both pretty damn nice-if they gonna do it i wish theyd stick to doing the one offs-maybe bring back some classic blues tunes- would love to hear them play shake a tailfeather - and of course id prefer to hear spinning, trust,,jabberwock,bullshitters and a host of others-maybe someday- oh and how do i get a cool picture by my name i went to edit profile- nothing
@Lucky Lack - check out http://www.archive.org/details/bt1999-06-28.shnf for Sir Duke. John ends up scatting the horn part, which works pretty well.
@bearded one - you've gotta have an account on gravatar.com to do that. Agreed on Miss You, though Fool was so-so...again, too faithful to the original.
covers are sounding "okay" ... Covers like "Sweet Home Chicago" are great when they do it, but it has to be songs, which are really popular, most of them, i didnt heard them ever in my life ...
DejaBlues
Member
The best BT cover I saw was a full band switch between Big Head Todd & BT -- what started as BHT's cover of Fool In the Rain, slowly became a BHT / BT jam fest, and slowly became BT finishing the song. It was, by far, the best cover I've seen them play, and I hope that someday it'll pop up on the Archive for others to hear!
Having seen them a lot the past few years, I am growing tired of "I Want You To Want Me," "No Woman No Cry," and "Devil Went Down To Georgia" -- and it seems this year "What I've Got" and "Creep" are in more rotation...again, would rather the above.
dantraveler
Member
John guested w/ Big Head Todd on Springsteen's "Rosalita" last year at the winery show in California, splendid! My favorite BT covers over the years are Miss You, Five to One, and Devil. Song I'd love to hear them do: Nobody's Fault But Mine-possibly with a 2nd guitarist?
HarpOnDrugs
Member
I just gotta chime in on this one. BT posted a on facebook a while back asking about cover songs...or perhaps it was a fan's post. For some reason I would love to hear BT play "Baby Please Don't Go." Aerosmith did a great cover of it...I am curious what they would do with a song like that.
OlBlueSuedes56
Member
I was at the show last night and I didn't mind the covers at all. I hear what you guys are saying and would have prefered 3 more BT songs instead as well. But you have to remember that not everyone at the show is a BT nut like us. My wife and daughter for example like BT because I do but they only know their biggest songs. They enjoyed the whole show but "I Want You To Want Me" was one more song my wife knew and could sing along with. "What I Got" and "Creep" were songs my daughter knew and enjoyed hearing.
Not every second of the show is designed for the Traveler Nation. Some moments are for the casual fans attending with us and there is nothing wrong with that. I know the band gained at least two more fans last night in my wife and daughter.
Gordon_The_Hat
Member
I was hoping this wasn't going to be about whether or not there should be cover songs, but what cover songs are popular and one could only hope for.
OlBlueSuede56 you are one of the most level headed old school members of the Traveler Nation, the first I have heard that doesn't gripe and moan about covers and realizes that the band actually has to appeal to other than hard core fans.
My suggestion was merely for my own enjoyment of a song that is a killer jam when played right, you successfully point out that the band needs to appeal to other casual listeners to keep them coming and connecting with the Band.
To connect with newer listeners I like What I Got, No Woman No Cry, and I Want You to Want Me, they are recognizable enough tunes to connect with the listener who is a stranger to the BT catalog.
The Hats of to you Ol'B'S' first recognizing that the Band does not play only for the crusty old fan who feels entitled to exist in his own little world where no one knows the band but him, and they only play Sweet Talking Hippy the whole show.
JP CK BH and the boys what about Springsteens Born in the USA, I think it would sound great for the Fourth even though sadly I had to cancel my trip due to the early opening of my business.
scotyman
Member
still say they should do my sharona......replace want you to want me w/this. everyone knows this song, so it fits the festival setlist thing (give them something they all know and can sing along to).
plus this song has huge jam potential and one of the best guitar solos from a hit song ever.
BTFollower
Member
yes....giving my vote like I have so many times in the past for "my sharona"....it would be awesome!!!! 1000x's better than I want you to want me, which is (if you ask me) very painful.....I'm not against covers, but if they are going to play them, they should be good ones....again, like "should I stay or should I go"! Now that was awesome.
Gordon_The_Hat
Member
I had an epiphany the other night at the Napa show
They should cover the Wild Cherry song Play That Funky Music
I finally heard Creep, and I must say that it was well done, and Popper made you feel it, especially at that theatre where it seemed like they didn't belong there. It was bluesy and full of feeling, and had kind of a Reggae feel to the bass line. Well played BT well played.
Gordon_The_Hat
Member
I would feel honored to be censored by such a dedicated fan. :)
I wanna hear the following covers if the Gozer shall make it so.
Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry
Bertha Grateful Dead
The Authority Song John Mellencamp (and ode to John's and Bobby's law run ins)
Amber 311
One Thing Leads to Another The Fixx
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