Every great band has a great list of songs and The Shakes are no exception.
Everything great from every great decade, and nothing that sucks.
- About a Girl – Nirvana
- American Girl – Tom Petty
- Angel of Harlem – U2
- Anything Anything – Dramarama
- Ball and Chain – Social Distortion
- Banditos – The Refreshments
- Basket Case – Green Day
- Begin the Begin – REM
- Behind the Wall of Sleep – The Smithereens
- Blister In The Sun – Violent Femmes
- Blitzkrieg Bop/Wanna Be Sedated medley – The Ramones
- Blood and Roses – The Smithereens
- Buddy Holly – Weezer
- Cannonball – The Breeders
- Cars – Gary Neuman
- Coulda Been Me – Social Distortion
- Creep – Radiohead
- Dancing With Myself – Billy Idol
- Don’t You Forget About Me (Simple Minds)
- Elevation – U2
- Get off This – Cracker
- Good Good Things – The Descendents
- Good Times Bad Times – Led Zeppelin
- Happy Birthday – Cracker
- Happy Boy – Beat Farmers
- I Ran – Flock of Seagulls
- I Will Follow – U2
- I Melt With You – Modern English
- I Think I’m Paranoid – Garbage
- In God’s Country – U2
- Interstate Love Song – Stone Temple Pilots
- Just Like Heaven – The Cure
- Just What I Needed – The Cars
- Longview – Green Day
- Love Buzz – Nirvana
- Lump – Presidents of The USA
- Ob La Di – The Beatles
- Orange Crush – REM
- Message in a Bottle – The Police
- Million Miles Away – The Plimsouls
- Movie Star – Cracker
- My Hero – Foo Fighters
- Panama – Van Halen
- Pretty Woman – Van Halen (Roy Orbison)
- Prove My Love – Violent Femmes
- Pump It Up – Elvis Costello
- Rebel Yell – Billy Idol
- Ring of Fire – Social Distortion (Johnny Cash)
- RearViewMirror – Pearl Jam
- Santa Monica – Everclear
- Sedated – The Ramones
- Song 2 (woo hoo!) – Blur
- Steppin’ Stone – The Monkeys
- Stupid Girl – Garbage
- Surrender – Cheap Trick
- Tears of a Clown – English Beat (Smokey Robinson)
- The One I Love – REM
- That’s Alright Mama – Paul McCartney (Elvis Presley)
- Train in Vain – The Clash
- Underneath the Bunker – REM
- Vaseline – Stone Temple Pilots
- Venus – Shocking Blue
- Whip It – DEVO
If you notice an abundance of U2 songs, that’s because The Shakes also have a side gig – a Tribute to U2, called The Streets. Two bands in one, that can play the entire night… that’s value!
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