Hello All...... Rachael Fruitloop's request for a list of covers has brought me out from the nether reaches of lurkerdom. You see, I never write you because you all seem to intimidate me so.....see, I'm clever, but I never know how to get it to my fingers (which is sadly necessary in situations such as these). Plus, I must surely be a lot older than the majority of you....and nothing good usually comes from listening to your elders. But maybe, for once, I can be useful to you. Anyway, in 2001, I'm aware of our very clever friends covering the following songs (or bits thereof) in concert: Sympathy For The Devil (Glasgow: 28 Feb) *a batch of songs at the Scottish Socialist Party...er, party (Glasgow: April?/May?) Sex Pistols, Pink Panther Theme and probably a few more that I can't remember) Smooth Operator...Sade (Dunoon: 9 June) Suspicious Minds...Elvis (Dunoon: 9 June) The Sun Has Got His Hat On (?)...Elvis Costello (Perth: 10 June) Time Of The Season...The Zombies (Dunfermline: 11 June and again several times since....It might have been done at the SSP party before the proper tour started though, but I can't remember for certain) I Fell In Love At First Sight...Chick Robertson, father of Neil Robertson (Aberdeen: 14 June) The Boy With The Thorn In His Side...The Smiths (Glasgow: 15 June + San Francisco: 8 Sept) Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?...Rod Stewart (Glasgow: 16 June) Letter From America...The Proclaimers (Glasgow: 16 June) Everyday People...Sly and The Family Stone (London: 29 June and again several times since) Je T'Aime...Serge Gainsbourg / Jane Birkin (Cardiff: 1 July) Come And Get It...Badfinger (Cardiff: 1 July) Jilted John...Jilted John (Ipswich: 5 July) Don't Stop Me Now...Queen (Ipswich: 5 July) Alone Again Or...Love (Los Angeles: 5 Sept) Creeque Alley...Mamas and Papas (Los Angeles: 6 Sept) The Leader Of The Pack...The Shangri-La's ?...I'm blanking here (San Francisco: 8 Sept) San Francisco (Wear A Flower In Your Hair)...Scott MacKenzie (San Francisco: 9 Sept) Billie Jean...Michael Jackson (San Francisco: 9 Sept) Turn Turn Turn...The Byrds (Portland: 11 Sept + Seattle: 14 Sept....also done in NYC 1998) a Left Banke song (Vancouver: 13 Sept) Crosstown Traffic...Jimi Hendrix (Seattle: 14 Sept) Don't Fear The Reaper...Blue Oyster Cult (Olympia: 15 June) Fool's Gold...The Stone Roses (Olympia: 15 June) Baby...Caetano Veloso / Os Mutantes (Brazil, both nights?) Minha Menina...Jorge Ben / Os Mutantes (Brazil, both nights?) They didn't do this sort of thing as regularly in the previous years, but I think these have all been done before: The Kids Are Alright...The Who (Bowlie 1999) It's Hard to be a Jew on Christmas...from South Park (Washington DC 98) More Than A Feeling...Boston (Boston 98) Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son...France Gall (many times in 1998) Matchstick Men and Machstick Cats And Dogs...? (Manchester: 28 Dec 97) In A Nutshell...Orange Juice (Manchester: 28 Dec 97) What Goes On...Velvet Underground (NYC: 6 Sept 97) I'll Be Your Mirror...VU (NYC: 5 Sept 97) Reel Around The Fountain...The Smiths (Oxford 97 and another time more) Speak to you again sometime next year..... Shawn PS. I think it's nice to have one's name mentioned in posts, as it gives the impression that one is famous....Since few of you know me and wouldn't casually throw my name around (what good would it do?), I'm going to mention several people I know so that they may feel famous....though some of them surely don't need my help. Okay, I'm taking this time to namedrop a few Sinister folk who I appreciate a lot. I hereby declare that Sam Dymond (back from the dead!), Caleb Ben Moore (who I just met!), Vu Sleeper (who I nearly just met!), Ernie Sanchez (my link to the outside B&S world of traders), David Moore (how's the burning going?), Jim Gilmer (the nicest man in Michigan), Amy Bancroft (who's left us for some Sinister guy we think) are all lovely people and are deserving of high praise and hugs. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+