Cover bands: Share your setlists!

[MikeyParent]

Wow. So this past weekend marks the 1 year milestone with my new band. Played the Cider Festival again (was my first show with them last year). This year we did two sessions tho so two sets of 3 (afternoon and evening). Played to over 2000 people!!!

 

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[TD]1980 Celebration – Kool and the Gang[/TD]

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[TD]1980 Crazy Little Think Called Love – Queen[/TD]

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[TD]1980 Funkytown – Lipps Inc.[/TD]

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[TD]1980 Hit Me With Your Best Shot – Pat Benetar[/TD]

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[TD]1980 It’s Still Rock n Roll to Me – Billy Joel[/TD]

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[TD]1980 You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC[/TD]

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[TD]1981 Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes[/TD]

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[TD]1981 Don’t Stop Believing -Journey[/TD]

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[TD]1981 Don’t You Want Me – Human League[/TD]

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[TD]1981 I Love Rock N Roll – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts[/TD]

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[TD]1981 Jenny (867-5309) – Tommy Tutone[/TD]

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[TD]1981 Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield[/TD]

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[TD]1981 Mickey – Toni Basil[/TD]

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[TD]1981 Super Freak – Rick James[/TD]

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[TD]1981 The Breakup Song – Greg Kihn Band[/TD]

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[TD]1981 Turn Me Loose – Loverboy[/TD]

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[TD]1981 Who Can it Be Now – Men at Work[/TD]

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[TD]1981 You Make My Dreams Come True – Hall & Oates[/TD]

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[TD]1982 Centerfold -J Geils Band[/TD]

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[TD]1982 Come on Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners (in progress)[/TD]

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[TD]1982 Edge of 17 – Stevie Nicks[/TD]

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[TD]1982 Eye of the Tiger – Survivor[/TD]

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[TD]1982 Hungry Life the Wolf -Duran Duran[/TD]

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[TD]1982 Hurts So Good – John Cougar[/TD]

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[TD]1982 I Ran (So Far Away) – Flock of Seagulls[/TD]

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[TD]1982 Maneater – Hall & Oates[/TD]

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[TD]1982 Up Where we Belong – Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes[/TD]

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[TD]1982 White Wedding – Billy Idol[/TD]

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[TD]1983 99 Red Balloons – Nena[/TD]

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[TD]1983 Billie Jean – Michael Jackson[/TD]

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[TD]1983 Electric Avenue – Eddie Grant[/TD]

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[TD]1983 Every Breath You Take – The Police[/TD]

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[TD]1983 Gimme all your Lovin – ZZ top[/TD]

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[TD]1983 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper[/TD]

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[TD]1983 Heart of Rock’n’Roll – Huey Lewis and the News[/TD]

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[TD]1983 Holiday – Madonna[/TD]

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[TD]1983 Lick It Up – Kiss[/TD]

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[TD]1983 New Year’s Day – U2[/TD]

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[TD]1983 Pride and Joy – Stevie Ray Vaughan[/TD]

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[TD]1983 Red Red Wine – UB40[/TD]

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[TD]1983 Talking in Your Sleep -Romantics[/TD]

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[TD]1983 True – Spandau Ballet[/TD]

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[TD]1983 Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves[/TD]

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[TD]1984 Against All Odds – Phil Collins[/TD]

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[TD]1984 Can’t Fight This Feeling – REO Speedwagon[/TD]

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[TD]1984 Careless Whisper – Wham[/TD]

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[TD]1984 Dancing in the Dark – Bruce Springsteen[/TD]

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[TD]1984 Footloose – Kenny Logins[/TD]

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[TD]1984 Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.[/TD]

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[TD]1984 Glory Days -Bruce Springsteen[/TD]

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[TD]1984 I Just Called to say I Love You – Stevie Wonder[/TD]

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[TD]1984 It’s My Life – Talk Talk/ No Doubt[/TD]

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[TD]1984 Like a Virgin – Madonna[/TD]

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[TD]1984 Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams[/TD]

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[TD]1984 You Might Think – The Cars[/TD]

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[TD]1985 Centerfield – John Fogerty[/TD]

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[TD]1985 I Knew the Bride – Nick Lowe[/TD]

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[TD]1985 Power of Love – Huey Lewis and the News[/TD]

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[TD]1985 Raspberry Beret – Prince[/TD]

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[TD]1985 Walk of Life -Dire Straits[/TD]

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[TD]1986 Keep Your Hands to Yourself – Georgia Satellites[/TD]

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[TD]1986 Living on a Prayer – Bon Jovi[/TD]

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[TD]1986 Papa Don’t Preach – Madonna[/TD]

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[TD]1986 The Final Countdown – Europe[/TD]

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[TD]1986 True Colours – Cyndi Lauper[/TD]

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[TD]1987 Alone – Heart[/TD]

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[TD]1987 (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life – Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley[/TD]

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[TD]1987 I Wanna Dance with Somebody – Whitney Houston[/TD]

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[TD]1987 La Bamba – Los Lobos[/TD]

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[TD]1987 Sweet Child O’Mine – Guns & Roses[/TD]

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[TD]1987 Try – Blue Rodeo[/TD]

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[TD]1987 With or Without You – U2[/TD]

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[TD]1988 Ain’t Nothing But a Good time – Poison[/TD]

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[TD]1988 I’m Gonna Be (500 miles) -The Proclaimers[/TD]

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[TD]1988 Together Forever – Rick Astley[/TD]

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[TD]1989 Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty[/TD]

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[TD]1989 Loveshack – The B52’s[/TD]

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[TD]1989 New Orleans is Sinking – The Tragically Hip[/TD]

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Now. It has been noted (primarily by me LOL) that we are pretty light on the latter half of the 80s. In particular while we did plug a a bit of a hole in 1985, 1988 and 1989 are VERY sparse.

 

Looking for suggestions

 

Edit: Criteria: In addition to the year, it must be danceable. We have both male and female lead vocalists, guitar, bass, drums, keys (up to 3 players) and sax.

[MikeyParent]

We play mostly covers from the 1980's and use a horn section on a few songs. Here are a few...

 

Goody Two Shoes

Friday I'm In Love

Never Tear Us Apart

Melt With You

Turning Japanese

 

Many more, but all I could remember for now. Peace!

I have done some of these in a previous band but I am wondering how each of these go over. I would love to resurrect Goody Two Shoes in particular in my current band.

 

[capitalist]

G2Shoes, Melt, and Friday I'm in Love gets the women and men singing and dancing. Never Tear Us Apart and Turning Japanese don't go over quite as well and we have not played them for several gigs. Been playing Cheap Trick's "Hello There" to begin our first set lately. Added RS's "Bitch", not my favorite, and keyboardist wants to add more Depeche Mode. My advice, select songs that women enjoy and you will get a good following.

[senorblues]

Keys/guitar/drums trio. Week from Thursday; no rehearsal. I'd play it with just the drummer, who I played with a couple weeks ago, but they want a "full band".

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[TD]40,000 Headmen[/TD]

[TD]Dave Mason, Steve Winwood[/TD]

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[TD]A Very Blue Day[/TD]

[TD]Mike Finnigan[/TD]

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[TD]Barefootin’[/TD]

[TD]Bobbie Parker, Chris Cain[/TD]

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[TD]Bring It On Home to Me[/TD]

[TD]Sam Cooke[/TD]

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[TD]Can’t Find My Way Home[/TD]

[TD]Blind Faith[/TD]

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[TD]Dock of the Bay[/TD]

[TD]Otis Redding [/TD]

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[TD]Early In the Morning[/TD]

[TD]Louis Jordan[/TD]

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[TD]Every Day I Have the Blues[/TD]

[TD]Pinetop Perkins[/TD]

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[TD]Everybody’s Cryin’ Mercy[/TD]

[TD]Mose Allison[/TD]

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[TD]Feelin’ Alright[/TD]

[TD]Joe Cocker[/TD]

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[TD]Hey Pocky Way[/TD]

[TD]Meters[/TD]

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[TD]How Deep In the Blues Do You Want to Go[/TD]

[TD]Robben Ford[/TD]

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[TD]I Don’t Worry About a Thing[/TD]

[TD]Mose Allison[/TD]

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[TD]I’m Just a Lucky So and So[/TD]

[TD]Dr. John[/TD]

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[TD]It’s All Over Now[/TD]

[TD]Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder[/TD]

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[TD]Liza Jane[/TD]

[TD]Vince Gill[/TD]

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[TD]Loberta[/TD]

[TD]Huey “Piano” Smith[/TD]

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[TD]Mardi Gras in New Orleans[/TD]

[TD]Professor Longhair[/TD]

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[TD]My Girl Josephine[/TD]

[TD]Fats Domino[/TD]

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[TD]One More Heartache[/TD]

[TD]Paul Butterfield, Marvin Gaye[/TD]

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[TD]Seventh Son[/TD]

[TD]Mose Allison[/TD]

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[TD]Something You Got/I Know[/TD]

[TD]BB King, Chris Kenner[/TD]

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[TD]Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin[/TD]

[TD]Sly and the Family Stone[/TD]

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[TD]Unchain My Heart[/TD]

[TD]Ray Charles[/TD]

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[TD]Walkin’ Blues[/TD]

[TD]Paul Butterfield[/TD]

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[TD]Way Down in the Hole[/TD]

[TD]Tom Waits[/TD]

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[TD]You Gotta Walk (And Don’t Look Back)[/TD]

[TD]Jagger/Tosh [/TD]

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[TD]Don’t Take Me Alive[/TD]

[TD]Steely Dan[/TD]

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[TD]Everybody Has the Blues[/TD]

[TD]James Taylor, Taj Mahal[/TD]

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[TD]Got My Mojo Workin’[/TD]

[TD]Muddy Waters, Jimmy Smith[/TD]

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[TD]Holy Cow[/TD]

[TD]Lee Dorsey, The Band[/TD]

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[TD]I Can't Stand It[/TD]

[TD]Mike Finnigan, the soul sisters[/TD]

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[TD]I Heard it Through the Grapevine[/TD]

[TD]Marvin Gaye[/TD]

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[TD]Life, Love, and Money[/TD]

[TD]Johnny Winter/Dr. John[/TD]

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[TD]Ophelia[/TD]

[TD]The Band[/TD]

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[TD]Pretzel Logic[/TD]

[TD]Steely Dan[/TD]

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[TD]Shake, Rattle, and Roll[/TD]

[TD]Big Joe Turner[/TD]

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[TD]Take Me to the River[/TD]

[TD]Al Green[/TD]

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[TD]The Weight[/TD]

[TD]The Band[/TD]

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[TD]I Don’t Need No Doctor[/TD]

[TD]Scofield/Mayer[/TD]

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[TD]If You Live[/TD]

[TD]Mose Allison[/TD]

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[TD]Little Wing[/TD]

[TD]Jimi Hendrix[/TD]

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[TD]My Babe[/TD]

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[TD]Tightrope[/TD]

[TD]Leon Russell[/TD]

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[TD]Everything I do Gohn Be Funky[/TD]

[TD]Allen Toussaint[/TD]

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[TD]I Can’t Quit Her[/TD]

[TD]Blood Sweat and Tears (Al Kooper)[/TD]

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[TD]It's Your Thing[/TD]

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