Who Would Get For A U2 Cover Album?

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I just got the AWESOME soundtrack for 'I Am Sam,' which is comprised of different musicians doing Beatles covers. This got me to thinking: suppose somebody makes a movie one day and decides to fill it with U2 cover songs. What musicians do you think would be best suited to perform some of U2's biggest hits?

Coldplay: Stay

Elton John: Running to Stand Still

Pearl Jam: Exit

Barenaked Ladies: Stuck in a Moment That You Can't Get Out Of

Jamiroquai: Mysterious Ways

The Voices of Freedom (if they're still around): I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Rage Against The Machine (if de la Rocha was still in the group): Bullet the Blue Sky

Rage Against The Machine (with Chris Cornell): Wire

Dave Matthews Band: Angel of Harlem

Sarah McLachlan: All I Want Is You

Wyclef Jean: The Playboy Mansion



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"You gotta love living, baby, 'cause dyin's a pain in the ass."-- Frank Sinatra

Adam: Look guys, I got a Springfield spoon for my spoon collection.
Edge: Oh boy, here we go...
Bono: Wow, how many is that now Adam?
Adam: Nine. If I didn't have my spoons, I'd go insane.
Bono: Can I see it?
*adam gives bono the spoon, bono throws it away*
Adam: My spoon!
 
YES!! The "I am Sam" soundtrack is absolutely wicked. Its so amazing. Basically, the only good thing about this film.

Alicia Keys: ONE
Bruce Springsteen: ANGEL OF HARLEM
Johnny Cash: Numb or Mysterious Ways
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"You gotta put the women and children first, but you've got an unquenchable thirst for New York..."
 
Depeche Mode - Lemon
Pearl Jam - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Oasis - Last Night on Earth
Primal Scream - MoFo
Radiohead - Dadddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
Air - Zooropa
The Smashing Pumpkins (if they were still around) - Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Coldplay - In God's Country
Travis - Desire
R.E.M. - One
Pete Yorn - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Dave Matthew's Band - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Metallica - The Fly
New Order - Do You Feel Loved
Moby - Even Better Than the Real Thing
Tool - Dirty Day
Beck - The Playboy Mansion
Weezer - I Will Follow
Spiritualized - Bad
The Cure - Wake Up Dead Man

Well that's about all I can think of. I do think that U2's 90's material, especially Zooropa is more open to interpretation than their 80's stuff.

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"I swore to my father I'd never do hamster-style again."

"looking for the sound thats gonna drown out the world
looking for the father of my two little girls
got the swing got the sway got my straw in lemonade
looking for the face i had before the world was made." - MOFO

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I would get the Daltons.

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The more of these I drink the more Bono makes sense.. - Bean from the KROQ Breakfast with U2.
 
Out Of Control -Maddie
IGWSHis.. - Angel, Hello, Harlem, Angell
Playboy Mansion- Diamondude
Gone - Rouge Drink
PartyGirl - Tyler Durden
With a Shout - Ivan Clayton Jr
Numb- Salome and Dr Teeth..just cause I wanna see them rap with their Dutchie accents
Elevation - duh, all PLEBANs

Hidden track ..Bono and myself with a UTEOTW duet

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Collective Soul - I Will Follow

They already play a rocking version live, I would like to hear a studio version from them of it.
 
U2 TRIBUTE ALBUM

1. Elastica - I Will Follow
(I can hear them all over this one now)
2. Led Zeppelin - Discotheque
(hehe)
3. The Clash - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
(they'd change this song completely and we'll all scream 'butchering!')
4. The Stone Roses - Rejoice
(this may work actually, but I believe the Roses don't like U2 that much)
5. Run-D.M.C. - Elevation
(hit or miss, but I think might be fun)
6. Neil Finn/Crowded House - With or Without You
(if this actually gets in I'll buy it for this track. It'll probably be all acoustic, which is cool)
7. Pearl Jam - Desire
(this should be fun)
8. Duran Duran - Trip Through Your Wires
(ditto)
9. Pet Shop Boys - Bullet the Blue Sky
(c'mon, their cover of Streets was awesome, they'd have some fun with this)
10. Dwight Yoakam - Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
(I always thought this could work into a country-style song. Still, either way, it'll be fun)
11. Guns N' Roses - 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
(Axl going 'I can hear the children cryyyying' - worth the price of admission)
12. New Order - The Fly
(they'd do some imaginative work with this)
 
didn't P.O.D. do a cover of Bullet the Blue Sky? i think they did... on their second album.... a friend of mine played it for me..... it might have been how Rage Against the Machine would have covered that song...
 
Originally posted by Groovy:
didn't P.O.D. do a cover of Bullet the Blue Sky? i think they did... on their second album....

yep. You are correct.

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1)The Fly - Englebert Humperdink
2)Lemon - Lawrence Welk Orchestra
3)Sunday Bloody Sunday - Weird Al Yankovick
4)Where The Streets Have No Name - Tiny Tim & Eartha Kitt
5)Numb - William Shatner
6)Seconds - Ray Stevens
7)Unforgettable Fire - Tom Jones
8)A Sort Of Homecoming - Glenn Miller Band
9)All I Want Is You - Donna Summer & Harrison Ford
10)Bullet The Blue Sky - Johnny Horton
 
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