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| − | *[[ | + | === Covers featured on studio releases === |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[The Ballad Of Davy Crockett (In Outer Space)]] (parody of '{{wp|The Ballad of Davy Crockett}}') |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Bills, Bills, Bills]] ({{wp|Destiny's Child}}) |
| − | *[[Caroline, No]] (Beach Boys) | + | *[[Buckle Down, Winsocki]] (from the musical {{wp|Best Foot Forward (musical)|''Best Foot Forward''}}) |
| − | *[[Concrete And Clay]] (Unit 4 + 2) | + | *[[Caroline, No]] ({{wp|The Beach Boys}}) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Concrete And Clay]] ({{wp|Unit 4 + 2}}) |
| + | *[[The Devil Went Down To Newport]] (The Clamdiggers) | ||
| + | *[[Don't Break The Heart]] ([[Amy Rigby]]) | ||
| + | *[[Dr. Kildare]] ({{wp|The Skatalites}}, who themselves covered the {{wp|Dr. Kildare}} TV theme) | ||
| + | *[[The Guitar]] (started as a jam of {{wp|The Tokens}}' "{{wp|The Lion Sleeps Tonight}}") | ||
| + | *[[Hello Hello]] ({{wp|Gary Glitter}}) | ||
*[[Hillbilly Drummer Girl]] ([[Young Fresh Fellows]]) | *[[Hillbilly Drummer Girl]] ([[Young Fresh Fellows]]) | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *[[TECVM CIRCVMAMBVLARE NOLO]] (I Don't Want to Walk Around with You) (a lyrical cover of the {{wp|Ramones}}) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[I Enjoy Being A Boy]] ({{wp|The Banana Splits}}) |
| − | *[[Istanbul (Not Constantinople)]] (The Four Lads) | + | *[[I Hear A New World]] ({{wp|Joe Meek}} and the Blue Men) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[I Never Go To Work]] ("old British music hall ditty") |
| − | *[[Jessica]] (The Allman Brothers Band) | + | *[[I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar]] ({{wp|Jonathan Richman}}) |
| − | *[[Lady | + | *[[I'm A Little Airplane]] ({{wp|Jonathan Richman}}) |
| − | *[[Lines Upon A Tranquil Brow]] (Walt Kelly) | + | *[[I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You]] ({{wp|Tommy Dorsey}}) |
| − | *[[Maybe I Know]] (Lesley Gore) | + | *[[In The Middle, In The Middle, In The Middle]] ({{wp|Vic Mizzy}}) |
| − | *[[New York City]] (Cub) | + | *[[Indiana Wants Me]] ({{wp|R. Dean Taylor}}) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Istanbul (Not Constantinople)]] ({{wp|The Four Lads}}) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[It Was A Very Good Year]] (parody of "{{wp|It Was a Very Good Year}}" by {{wp|Frank Sinatra}}, written by {{wp|Ervin Drake}}) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Jessica]] ({{wp|The Allman Brothers Band}}) |
| − | *[[One More Parade]] (Phil Ochs - | + | *[[Lady Is A Tramp]] ({{wp|Frank Sinatra}}) |
| − | *[[O | + | *[[Lazy]] ({{wp|Irving Berlin}}) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Lines Upon A Tranquil Brow]] ([[Walt Kelly]]) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Maybe I Know]] ({{wp|Lesley Gore}}) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Mosh Momken Abadon]] (Riad al-Sunbat) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[New York City]] ([[Cub|cub]]) |
| − | *[[The | + | *[[Oddball]] ([[Frank Black]]) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[O Tannenbaum]] (traditional) |
| − | *[[What Am I | + | *[[Pretty Fly]] (written by {{wp|Davis Grubb}} with music by {{wp|Walter Schumann}}, from ''{{wp|The Night of the Hunter (film)|The Night of the Hunter}}'') |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Santa Claus]] ({{wp|The Sonics}}) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Starry Eyes]] ({{wp|The Records}}) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Tubthumping]] ({{wp|Chumbawamba}}) |
| + | *[[Up The Junction]] ({{wp|Squeeze}}) | ||
| + | *[[Walking My Cat Named Dog]] ({{wp|Norma Tanega}}) | ||
| + | *[[We've Got A World That Swings]] ({{wp|Lil Mattis}} and {{wp|Lois Yule Brown}}) | ||
| + | *[[What Is A Shooting Star?]] ({{wp|Tom Glazer}}, written by [[Hy Zaret And Lou Singer]]) | ||
| + | *[[Whirlpool]] ([[Meat Puppets]]) | ||
| + | *[[Why Does The Sun Shine?]] ({{wp|Tom Glazer}}, written by [[Hy Zaret And Lou Singer]]) | ||
| + | *[[Will You Love Me In December As You Do In May?]] (written by {{wp|James J. Walker}} and {{wp|Ernest Ball}}) | ||
| + | *[[Yeh Yeh]] ({{wp|Georgie Fame}}) | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Covers recorded for compilations and soundtracks === | ||
| + | *[[25 O'Clock]] ([[XTC]] as "The Dukes Of Stratosphear") | ||
| + | *[[Agent Double-0-Soul]] ({{wp|Edwin Starr}}) | ||
| + | *[[Baroque Hoedown]] ({{wp|Perrey & Kingsley}}) | ||
| + | *[[Butcher's Tale]] ({{wp|The Zombies}}) | ||
| + | *[[Dog On Fire]] ({{wp|Bob Mould}}, recorded by TMBG as "The Daily Show Theme") | ||
| + | *[[Havalina]] ({{wp|Pixies}}) | ||
| + | *[[The Long Grift]] ({{wp|Stephen Trask}} for {{wp|Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical)|Hedwig and the Angry Inch}}) | ||
| + | *[[One More Parade]] ([[Phil Ochs]]) | ||
| + | *[[Ram On]] ({{wp|Paul McCartney}}) | ||
| + | *[[Savoy Truffle]] ([[The Beatles]]) | ||
| + | *[[Starry Eyes]] ({{wp|The Records}}) | ||
| + | *[[Tele-Tele-Telephone]] ({{wp|Wazmo Nariz}}) | ||
| + | *[[There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow]] ({{wp|The Sherman Brothers}}) | ||
| + | *[[Through Being Cool]] ({{wp|Devo}}) | ||
| + | *[[Tippecanoe And Tyler Too]] (Campaign song) | ||
| + | *[[You Are Old, Father William]] (poem by {{wp|Lewis Carroll}} that appears in his novel "''{{wp|Alice in Wonderland}}''") | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Songs exclusively covered live === | ||
| + | *[[1999 - Cowtown Medley|1999]] ({{wp|Prince (musician)|Prince}}) | ||
| + | *A Fine Day ({{wp|Edward Barton}}) | ||
| + | *[[Auld Lang Syne]] ({{wp|Auld Lang Syne|traditional Scottish song}}) | ||
| + | *[[Baba O'Riley]] ({{wp|The Who}}) | ||
| + | *{{wp|Back in Black (song)|Back In Black}} ({{wp|AC/DC}}) | ||
| + | *[[Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered]] ({{wp|Rodgers and Hart}}) | ||
| + | *[[Born To Run And Fail]] ({{wp|Bruce Springsteen}} parody) | ||
| + | *[[The Boys Are Back In Town]] ({{wp|Thin Lizzy}}) | ||
| + | *{{wp|Brand New Key}} ({{wp|Melanie (singer)|Melanie}}) | ||
| + | *{{wp|Can't You See (The Marshall Tucker Band song)|Can't You See}} ({{wp|Marshall Tucker Band}}) | ||
| + | *{{wp|Chandelier (song)|Chandelier}} ({{wp|Sia}}, as part of [[Particle Man]]) | ||
| + | *{{wp|Cherry Pie (Warrant song)|Cherry Pie}} ({{wp|Warrant (American band)|Warrant}}) | ||
| + | *[[Crazy Train]] ({{wp|Ozzy Osbourne}}) | ||
| + | *[[Dominique]] (Sister Luc-Gabrielle) | ||
| + | *{{wp|Duke Of Earl}} ({{wp|Gene Chandler}}; performed [[Shows/1994-12-20|once]] in [[1994]] with [[Frank Black]]) | ||
| + | *{{wp|Elvira (song)|Elvira}} ({{wp|The Oak Ridge Boys}}) | ||
| + | *[[Fire (Song)|Fire]] ({{wp|The Jimi Hendrix Experience}}) | ||
| + | *[[Frankenstein]] ({{wp|Edgar Winter Group}}) | ||
| + | *[[Free Ride]] ({{wp|Edgar Winter Group}}) | ||
| + | *[[Free To Be You And Me]] ({{wp|The New Seekers}}) | ||
| + | *[[Gas Mask]] (Gas Mask) | ||
| + | *[[Georgy Girl]] ({{wp|The Seekers}}) | ||
| + | *[[Girls Can't Do What The Guys Do]] ({{wp|Betty Wright}}) | ||
| + | *{{wp|Everyone's Gone to the Moon|Gone To The Moon}} ({{wp|Jonathan King}}) | ||
| + | *{{wp|Here You Come Again (song)|Here You Come Again}} ({{wp|Dolly Parton}}) | ||
| + | *[[Hocus Pocus]] ({{wp|Focus (band)|Focus}}) | ||
| + | *{{wp|Honky Cat}} ({{wp|Elton John}}) | ||
| + | *[[A Horse With No Name]] ({{wp|America (band)|America}}) | ||
| + | *[[I Could Write A Book]] ({{wp|Rodgers and Hart}}) | ||
| + | *[[I Love To Sing]] ([[Bob Lind]]) | ||
| + | *[[I Wanna Be Sedated]] ({{wp|The Ramones}}) | ||
| + | *{{wp|In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida}} ({{wp|Iron Butterfly}}) | ||
| + | *[[The Joker]] ({{wp|Steve Miller Band}}) | ||
| + | *[[Jukebox|Juke Box, Help Me Find My Baby]] (Rhythm Rockers) | ||
| + | *[[The Kids Are Alright]] ({{wp|The Who}}) | ||
| + | *[[Kumbaya]] (Campfire song) | ||
| + | *{{wp|Make It Easy on Yourself|Make It Easy On Yourself}} ({{wp|Burt Bacharach}}) | ||
| + | *{{wp|Mirage (Tommy James and the Shondells song)|Mirage}} ({{wp|Tommy James}}, this was [https://tmbgareok.tumblr.com/post/77110753613/over-the-years-youve-recorded-quite-a-few mentioned by John Flansburgh as an early cover], no known recordings) | ||
| + | *[[Mr. Tambourine Man]] ([[Bob Dylan]]) | ||
| + | *[[My Funny Valentine]] ({{wp|Rodgers and Hart}}) | ||
| + | *Nice 'N' Easy ({{wp|Frank Sinatra}}) | ||
| + | *[[The People's Court Theme]] (Loose cover of "The Big One" by {{wp|Alan Tew}}, popularized as the theme for the show {{wp|The People's Court}}) | ||
| + | *{{wp|Pictures of Matchstick Men|Pictures Of Matchstick Men}} - {{wp|All I Have to Do Is Dream|Dream}} medley ({{wp|Status Quo (band)|Status Quo}} & {{wp|The Everly Brothers}}) | ||
| + | *{{wp|Runaway (Del Shannon song)|Runaway}} ({{wp|Del Shannon}}) | ||
| + | *[[Rocket Number Nine Take Off For The Planet Venus]] ({{wp|Sun Ra}} - part of a medley with "[[Particle Man]]") | ||
| + | *[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]] ({{wp|Nirvana (band)|Nirvana}}) | ||
| + | *{{wp|So What (Miles Davis composition)|So What}} ({{wp|Miles Davis}}) | ||
| + | *[[Stayin' Alive]] ({{wp|The Bee Gees}}) | ||
| + | *[[Particle Man - The Sign Medley|The Sign]] ({{wp|Ace of Base}} - part of a medley with "[[Particle Man]]") | ||
| + | *[[Taking Care Of Business]] ({{wp|Bachman–Turner Overdrive}}) | ||
| + | *Theme From Dallas ({{wp|Jerrold Immel}}, performed by TMBG on the 2004 tour as [[Corn Mo]]'s walk-on music and setlist-marked as 'Corn Mo Dallas') | ||
| + | *[[Theme From Rocky]] ({{wp|Bob Conti}}) | ||
| + | *[[Theme From The Monkees]] ({{wp|The Monkees}}) | ||
| + | *[[There's A Small Hotel]] from {{wp|Pal Joey}} ([[Early Years Handbook#What is a "Pal Joey revival"?|according to Bill Krauss]]) | ||
| + | *[[This Land Is Your Land]] ({{wp|Woodie Guthrie}}) | ||
| + | *{{wp|Thriller (song)|Thriller}} ({{wp|Michael Jackson}}) | ||
| + | *[[To All The Girls I've Loved Before]] ({{wp|Willie Nelson}} & {{wp|Julio Iglesias}}) | ||
| + | *[[Particle Man - Total Eclipse Of The Heart Medley|Total Eclipse Of The Heart]] ({{wp|Bonnie Tyler}} - part of a medley with "[[Particle Man]]") | ||
| + | *[[We Are The World]] ({{wp|USA for Africa}}) | ||
| + | *[[What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?]] ({{wp|The Monkees}}) | ||
| + | *[[Get By With A Little Help|With A Little Help From My Friends]] ([[The Beatles]], but TMBG parodied the {{wp|Joe Cocker}} version) | ||
| + | *[[Yellow Submarine]] (The Beatles) | ||
| + | *[[You Were Always On My Mind]] ({{wp|Willie Nelson}}) | ||
| + | *[[Zilch]] ({{wp|The Monkees}}) | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== As part of the ''[[State Songs]]'' project ==== | ||
| + | *[[California Über Alles]] ({{wp|Dead Kennedys}}) | ||
| + | *[[Lincoln, Nebraska]] ({{wp|Bruce Springsteen}}) | ||
| + | *[[Maryland My Maryland]] (lyrics by {{wp|James Ryder Randall}}) | ||
| + | *[[North To Alaska]] ({{wp|Johnny Horton}}) | ||
| + | *[[Ohio]] ({{wp|Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young}}) | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Others === | ||
| + | *[[America's Most Wanted Theme]] | ||
| + | *[[Don't Worry Kyoko]] ({{wp|Yoko Ono}}) | ||
| + | *[[Spoiled Milk From A Pampered Cow]] (Sung to the tune of {{wp|The Beatles}} "{{wp|With a Little Help from My Friends}}") | ||
| + | *[[Next Plane To London]] ({{wp|The Rose Garden (band)|The Rose Garden}}, lyrics by {{wp|Kenny O'Dell}}) | ||
| + | *[[Announcement A|Wear Your Love Like Heaven]] ({{wp|Donovan}}) | ||
| + | *[[What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?]] ({{wp|The Monkees}}) | ||
| + | *[[Whence That Wince]] ([[Walt Kelly]]) | ||
| + | |||
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Covers]] | ||
| + | *[[Four Covers From TMBG]] | ||
| + | *[[References To Other Songs Or Musicians]] | ||
| + | *[[Stumpbox]] - A bootleg of covers performed by TMBG | ||
| − | == | + | == External links == |
| − | *[http://www.coversproject.com/artist/ | + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160513224626/http://www.coversproject.com/artist/they%20might%20be%20giants TMBG at The Covers Project] |
| + | [[Category:Song Themes]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:13, 29 January 2025
Songs remade or covered by TMBG or any of its solo projects.
Covers featured on studio releases[edit]
- The Ballad Of Davy Crockett (In Outer Space) (parody of 'The Ballad of Davy Crockett')
- Bills, Bills, Bills (Destiny's Child)
- Buckle Down, Winsocki (from the musical Best Foot Forward)
- Caroline, No (The Beach Boys)
- Concrete And Clay (Unit 4 + 2)
- The Devil Went Down To Newport (The Clamdiggers)
- Don't Break The Heart (Amy Rigby)
- Dr. Kildare (The Skatalites, who themselves covered the Dr. Kildare TV theme)
- The Guitar (started as a jam of The Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight")
- Hello Hello (Gary Glitter)
- Hillbilly Drummer Girl (Young Fresh Fellows)
- TECVM CIRCVMAMBVLARE NOLO (I Don't Want to Walk Around with You) (a lyrical cover of the Ramones)
- I Enjoy Being A Boy (The Banana Splits)
- I Hear A New World (Joe Meek and the Blue Men)
- I Never Go To Work ("old British music hall ditty")
- I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar (Jonathan Richman)
- I'm A Little Airplane (Jonathan Richman)
- I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You (Tommy Dorsey)
- In The Middle, In The Middle, In The Middle (Vic Mizzy)
- Indiana Wants Me (R. Dean Taylor)
- Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (The Four Lads)
- It Was A Very Good Year (parody of "It Was a Very Good Year" by Frank Sinatra, written by Ervin Drake)
- Jessica (The Allman Brothers Band)
- Lady Is A Tramp (Frank Sinatra)
- Lazy (Irving Berlin)
- Lines Upon A Tranquil Brow (Walt Kelly)
- Maybe I Know (Lesley Gore)
- Mosh Momken Abadon (Riad al-Sunbat)
- New York City (cub)
- Oddball (Frank Black)
- O Tannenbaum (traditional)
- Pretty Fly (written by Davis Grubb with music by Walter Schumann, from The Night of the Hunter)
- Santa Claus (The Sonics)
- Starry Eyes (The Records)
- Tubthumping (Chumbawamba)
- Up The Junction (Squeeze)
- Walking My Cat Named Dog (Norma Tanega)
- We've Got A World That Swings (Lil Mattis and Lois Yule Brown)
- What Is A Shooting Star? (Tom Glazer, written by Hy Zaret And Lou Singer)
- Whirlpool (Meat Puppets)
- Why Does The Sun Shine? (Tom Glazer, written by Hy Zaret And Lou Singer)
- Will You Love Me In December As You Do In May? (written by James J. Walker and Ernest Ball)
- Yeh Yeh (Georgie Fame)
Covers recorded for compilations and soundtracks[edit]
- 25 O'Clock (XTC as "The Dukes Of Stratosphear")
- Agent Double-0-Soul (Edwin Starr)
- Baroque Hoedown (Perrey & Kingsley)
- Butcher's Tale (The Zombies)
- Dog On Fire (Bob Mould, recorded by TMBG as "The Daily Show Theme")
- Havalina (Pixies)
- The Long Grift (Stephen Trask for Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
- One More Parade (Phil Ochs)
- Ram On (Paul McCartney)
- Savoy Truffle (The Beatles)
- Starry Eyes (The Records)
- Tele-Tele-Telephone (Wazmo Nariz)
- There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (The Sherman Brothers)
- Through Being Cool (Devo)
- Tippecanoe And Tyler Too (Campaign song)
- You Are Old, Father William (poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in his novel "Alice in Wonderland")
Songs exclusively covered live[edit]
- 1999 (Prince)
- A Fine Day (Edward Barton)
- Auld Lang Syne (traditional Scottish song)
- Baba O'Riley (The Who)
- Back In Black (AC/DC)
- Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered (Rodgers and Hart)
- Born To Run And Fail (Bruce Springsteen parody)
- The Boys Are Back In Town (Thin Lizzy)
- Brand New Key (Melanie)
- Can't You See (Marshall Tucker Band)
- Chandelier (Sia, as part of Particle Man)
- Cherry Pie (Warrant)
- Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne)
- Dominique (Sister Luc-Gabrielle)
- Duke Of Earl (Gene Chandler; performed once in 1994 with Frank Black)
- Elvira (The Oak Ridge Boys)
- Fire (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
- Frankenstein (Edgar Winter Group)
- Free Ride (Edgar Winter Group)
- Free To Be You And Me (The New Seekers)
- Gas Mask (Gas Mask)
- Georgy Girl (The Seekers)
- Girls Can't Do What The Guys Do (Betty Wright)
- Gone To The Moon (Jonathan King)
- Here You Come Again (Dolly Parton)
- Hocus Pocus (Focus)
- Honky Cat (Elton John)
- A Horse With No Name (America)
- I Could Write A Book (Rodgers and Hart)
- I Love To Sing (Bob Lind)
- I Wanna Be Sedated (The Ramones)
- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly)
- The Joker (Steve Miller Band)
- Juke Box, Help Me Find My Baby (Rhythm Rockers)
- The Kids Are Alright (The Who)
- Kumbaya (Campfire song)
- Make It Easy On Yourself (Burt Bacharach)
- Mirage (Tommy James, this was mentioned by John Flansburgh as an early cover, no known recordings)
- Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan)
- My Funny Valentine (Rodgers and Hart)
- Nice 'N' Easy (Frank Sinatra)
- The People's Court Theme (Loose cover of "The Big One" by Alan Tew, popularized as the theme for the show The People's Court)
- Pictures Of Matchstick Men - Dream medley (Status Quo & The Everly Brothers)
- Runaway (Del Shannon)
- Rocket Number Nine Take Off For The Planet Venus (Sun Ra - part of a medley with "Particle Man")
- Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
- So What (Miles Davis)
- Stayin' Alive (The Bee Gees)
- The Sign (Ace of Base - part of a medley with "Particle Man")
- Taking Care Of Business (Bachman–Turner Overdrive)
- Theme From Dallas (Jerrold Immel, performed by TMBG on the 2004 tour as Corn Mo's walk-on music and setlist-marked as 'Corn Mo Dallas')
- Theme From Rocky (Bob Conti)
- Theme From The Monkees (The Monkees)
- There's A Small Hotel from Pal Joey (according to Bill Krauss)
- This Land Is Your Land (Woodie Guthrie)
- Thriller (Michael Jackson)
- To All The Girls I've Loved Before (Willie Nelson & Julio Iglesias)
- Total Eclipse Of The Heart (Bonnie Tyler - part of a medley with "Particle Man")
- We Are The World (USA for Africa)
- What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round? (The Monkees)
- With A Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles, but TMBG parodied the Joe Cocker version)
- Yellow Submarine (The Beatles)
- You Were Always On My Mind (Willie Nelson)
- Zilch (The Monkees)
As part of the State Songs project[edit]
- California Über Alles (Dead Kennedys)
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Bruce Springsteen)
- Maryland My Maryland (lyrics by James Ryder Randall)
- North To Alaska (Johnny Horton)
- Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young)
Others[edit]
- America's Most Wanted Theme
- Don't Worry Kyoko (Yoko Ono)
- Spoiled Milk From A Pampered Cow (Sung to the tune of The Beatles "With a Little Help from My Friends")
- Next Plane To London (The Rose Garden, lyrics by Kenny O'Dell)
- Wear Your Love Like Heaven (Donovan)
- What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round? (The Monkees)
- Whence That Wince (Walt Kelly)
See also[edit]
- Covers
- Four Covers From TMBG
- References To Other Songs Or Musicians
- Stumpbox - A bootleg of covers performed by TMBG
