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Title: Cover Songs?
Post by: Kathryn on July 06, 2007, 08:43:33 PM
Recently -in another thread- Dad Volt mentioned "The Mary Ellen Carter" hmmmm,  I thought, I love that song and would like to hear what Fairport would do with it.   So, are there any songs you'd love to hear FC cover  and any thoughts on how you'd like them arranged???

I'd love to hear Simon sing Richard Shindell's haunting "Reunion Hill"
Any one else have a wished-for song??


Title: Re: Cover Songs?
Post by: Ian_ on July 06, 2007, 09:40:41 PM

 Yay!
        Family: My friend the sun
        David Bowie: Memories of a free festival
        The Band: Rag mama rag
        Van Morrison: Moondance            
                                                       [;-)


Title: Re: Cover Songs?
Post by: Jim G on July 07, 2007, 01:35:06 AM
"I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts" - Billy Cotton
"4 minutes 33 seconds" - John Cage
"Don't laugh at me " SIR Norman Wisdom
Anything by Middle of the Road particulary "Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep"
Also any sheep based song (apart from "Only Ewe") :)







Title: Re: Cover Songs?
Post by: Andy on July 07, 2007, 07:12:55 AM
The Laughing Gnome
Sylvia's Mother


Title: Re: Cover Songs?
Post by: Anji on July 07, 2007, 07:45:42 AM
Britney's "Overprotected"


Title: Re: Cover Songs?
Post by: Simon Nicol on July 07, 2007, 09:18:00 AM


"4 minutes 33 seconds" - John Cage








I'm fairly certain that will be performed at Cropredy during the marathon Saturday night set: but we plan to break it up into bite-sized sections. So what you might mistake for emabarrassing hiatuses while guests' instruments are encouraged to connect with the PA will be, in fact, hommages to the 20th Century's free-est thinking serious musician.


Title: Re: Cover Songs?
Post by: Ollie on July 07, 2007, 10:05:20 AM
Deneze-Sous-Doue (On The Wall) by Whippersnapper (it's not realy a cover song, as chris wrote it)

I think Fairport could do a great job of that and it should go on the next album


Title: Re: Cover Songs?
Post by: Anji on July 07, 2007, 10:07:00 AM

Britney's "Overprotected"


But seriously  ::)

David Hughes' "Two Stroke"  :)


Title: Re: Cover Songs?
Post by: ColinB on July 07, 2007, 10:08:14 AM

Britney's "Overprotected"


After RT's version of Oops I Did It Again, anything's possible!


Title: Re: Cover Songs?
Post by: Shane (Skirky) on July 07, 2007, 07:26:44 PM
Green Day's Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life).  [;-)


Title: Re: Cover Songs?
Post by: fat Billy(Bill) on July 07, 2007, 07:32:16 PM

Green Day's Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life).  [;-)


we were working on that, dunno quite what happened to it


Title: Re: Cover Songs?
Post by: Bridgwit (Bridget) on July 07, 2007, 07:59:18 PM
I enjoyed the few Squeeze numbers FC did with Glen Tilbrook last year, but I was waiting for Slap & Tickle - Simon's voice would have been perfect. Or Even Cool for Cats!


Title: Re: Cover Songs?
Post by: Neil Morrell on July 10, 2007, 07:20:41 PM
The Charlie Daniels Band - "The Devil went down to Georgia"

SAHB - "Faith Healer"