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<strong>In the last 30 or so shows here are the cover songs played and the counts.</strong>
Gimme Shelter 7
Elvis Presley Blues 6
Crazy On You  6
Paint It Black 5
White Rabbit 5
Black Hole Sun 3
Tush 3
Why Don't You Love Me 2
Pain In My Heart 2
All You Need Is Love 2
Jolene 2

<strong>Rarely Played</strong>
I Love Rock and Roll
I Shall Be Released
Like A Prayer
You've Lost That Loving Feeling

<strong>One offs</strong>
Rocket Man
My Mechanical Friend
Cocaine

I'm going to stick with comments about the songs in the top tier and this is just the opinion of one guy . . .

<strong>Inspired:</strong>
Why Don't You Love Me - a big winner, great choice, great version.
Pain In My Heart - for some of us, this was the song that reminded us that Grace could do an old soul scorcher and not let it overwhelm her. Hard to get right but it works and works well.
Gimme Shelter - I can think of Stones songs I personally like more, but this one seems to fit. The rises and falls match Grace's voice and the dual guitar attack works.

<strong>Borderline:</strong>
White Rabbit - I guess at this point it has to appear every now and then. I sense how much Grace loves it and her performance makes it worthwhile but . . . hmm.

<strong>Tired:</strong>

Please dispense with songs that feel like one offs - Jolene, Tush and All You Need Is Love come to mind. While I appreciate Elvis Presley Blues it's starting to get a bit tired. I'm all for the acoustic middle section of the shows but man, there are SO MANY awesome tunes out there that fit into that mold. I've always thought that Black Hole Sun was a bit of a dud, while Paint It Black and Crazy On You are fun they've lost their sheen over the last six months.

Let's swap "Fortunate Son" for "Paint It Black" - same feeling and appeals to the same crowd. Shit I could come up with suggestions 24 hours a day, here's an oddball one. <a href="http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/10/05/unlikely-cover-songs-jenny-lewis-see-fernando/">Jenny Lewis - "See Fernando"</a>.

Am I right or am I right? If I'm wrong, tell me why.

