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*[[A Shooting Star Is Not A Star]] ({{wp|Tom Glazer}}, written by [[Hy Zaret And Lou Singer]]) | *[[A Shooting Star Is Not A Star]] ({{wp|Tom Glazer}}, written by [[Hy Zaret And Lou Singer]]) | ||
*[[The Ballad Of Davy Crockett (In Outer Space)]] (parody of '{{wp|The Ballad of Davy Crockett}}') | *[[The Ballad Of Davy Crockett (In Outer Space)]] (parody of '{{wp|The Ballad of Davy Crockett}}') | ||
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*[[Concrete And Clay]] ({{wp|Unit 4 + 2}}) | *[[Concrete And Clay]] ({{wp|Unit 4 + 2}}) | ||
*[[The Devil Went Down To Newport]] (The Clamdiggers) | *[[The Devil Went Down To Newport]] (The Clamdiggers) | ||
Revision as of 19:07, 12 September 2011
Songs remade or covered by TMBG or any of its solo projects.
Covers featured on studio releases
- 1999 (Prince)
- A Shooting Star Is Not A Star (Tom Glazer, written by Hy Zaret And Lou Singer)
- The Ballad Of Davy Crockett (In Outer Space) (parody of 'The Ballad of Davy Crockett')
- Caroline, No (The Beach Boys)
- Concrete And Clay (Unit 4 + 2)
- The Devil Went Down To Newport (The Clamdiggers)
- 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)
- I Enjoy Being A Boy (The Banana Splits)
- I Never Go To Work ("old British music hall ditty")
- I Hear A New World (Joe Meek and the Blue Men)
- In The Middle, In The Middle, In The Middle (Vic Mizzy)
- Indiana Wants Me (R. Dean Taylor)
- Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (The Four Lads)
- Jessica (The Allman Brothers Band)
- Lady Is A Tramp (Frank Sinatra)
- Lines Upon A Tranquil Brow (Walt Kelly)
- Maybe I Know (Lesley Gore)
- Mosh Momken Abadon ("Egyptian pop song")
- 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)
- We've Got A World That Swings (Lil Mattis and Lois Yule Brown)
- 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)
Songs exclusively covered live
- A Fine Day (Edward Barton)
- Baba O'Riley (The Who)
- Back In Black (AC/DC)
- Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Rodgers and Hart)
- The Boys Are Back In Town (Thin Lizzy)
- Can't You See (Marshall Tucker Band)
- Cherry Pie (Warrant)
- Dominique (Sister Luc-Gabrielle)
- Don't Break The Heart (Amy Rigby)
- 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)
- Gone To The Moon (Jonathan King)
- Hocus Pocus (Focus)
- Honky Cat (Elton John)
- Horse With No Name (America)
- I Love To Sing (Bob Lind)
- I Wanna Be Sedated (The Ramones)
- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly)
- The Joker (Steve Miller Band)
- The Kids Are Alright (The Who)
- Kumbaya (Campfire song)
- Make It Easy On Yourself (Burt Bacharach)
- Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan)
- My Funny Valentine (Rodgers and Hart)
- Runaway (Del Shannon)
- Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
- Stayin' Alive (The Bee Gees)
- The Sign (Ace of Base)
- 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 The Monkees (The Monkees)
- Thriller (Michael Jackson)
- To All The Girls I've Loved Before (Willie Nelson & Julio Iglesias)
- Up The Junction (Squeeze)
- We Are The World (USA for Africa)
- What Am I Doin'? (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
- 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)
Covers recorded for compilations and soundtracks
- 25 O'Clock (XTC as "The Dukes Of Stratosphear")
- Agent Double-0-Soul (Edwin Starr)
- Baroque Hoedown (Jean Jacques-Perrey)
- Butcher's Tale (The Zombies)
- Dog On Fire (Bob Mould, recorded by TMBG as "The Daily Show Theme")
- Havalina (Pixies)
- One More Parade (Phil Ochs)
- Ram On (Paul McCartney)
- Savoy Truffle (The Beatles)
- 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")
Others
- America's Most Wanted Theme
- Don't Worry Kyoko (Yoko Ono)
- I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You (Tommy Dorsey)
- I'm A Little Airplane (Jonathan Richman)
- It Was A Very Good Year (parody of "It Was a Very Good Year" by Frank Sinatra, written by Ervin Drake)
- The Next Plane To London (The Rose Garden)
- Tubthumping (Chumbawamba)
- Wear Your Love Like Heaven (Donovan)
- What Am I Doin'? (The Monkees)
- Whence That Wince (Walt Kelly)
See also
- Covers
- References To Other Songs Or Musicians
- Stumpbox - A bootleg of covers performed by TMBG
