Sinister: Search archives,cover songs and other things

[Ian Watson]

When they did the Two Concerts shows back in the dark ages (erm, 1997? - QMC
and the Assembly Rooms), they did "Reel Around The Fountain" on the first
night. I can't remember if they did it the second night. "What Goes On" at
that Angel Thingy synagogue place still remains the finest cover I've seen
them do. Just been to see Soundtrack Of Our Lives. They were very good.



> From: lulou <lulou at xxx.org>
> Reply-To: lulou <lulou at crockery.org>
> Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 23:20:17 +0100 (BST)
> To: sinister at missprint.org
> Subject: Sinister: Search archives,cover songs and other things
> 
> Hi everybody
> 
> The archives are now working again - they are hosted by a kind friend with
> a huge computer, (they are very big now and can't be hosted by us) and
> were temporarily out of order, which we could do nothing about
> 
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> 
> Kin asked about covers and other unreleased songs- the lovely
> ShawnandEmily listed some here:
> http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/200110/msg00355.html
> 
> In case the archive is down, they said..
> 
> "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)"
> 
> 
> Maybe someone can bring this up-to-date?
> 
> Linda
> xxx
> 
> 
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