Coverin'
Where did that song come from?
(All tracks listed by first letter)


  Bauhaus

"Rosegarden Funeral of Sores" John Cale (19??)
"Telegram Sam" T-Rex: "The Slider" (1972)


  Belly

"Are You Experienced?" The Jimi Hendrix Experience:
"Are You Experienced?" (1967)
"Hot Burrito #1 and #2" The Flying Burrito Brothers:
"The Gilded Palace of Sin" (1969)
"It's Not Unusual" first performed by Tom Jones (1965)
"Trust In Me" Sherman & Sherman (196?)
from the Disney film "Jungle Book"


  Heidi Berry

"Darkness, Darkness" Jesse Colin Young (1968)
"Heart Like a Wheel" written by Anna McGarrigle (1972)
First performed by McKendree Spring, then Linda Ronstadt
"Up In the Air" Husker Du: "Warehouse: Songs and Stories" (1987)
"You Upset the Grace of Living
When You Lie"
Tim Hardin (196?)


  Bettie Serveert

"Healthy Sick" Sebadoh: "The Freed Weed" (1990)


  The Birthday Party

"Catman" Gene Vincent (19??)
"Loose" The Stooges: "Funhouse" (1970)


  Frank Black

"Hang On to Your Ego" The Beach Boys: "Pet Sounds" (1966)
Alternate version of "I know there's an answer"


  The Breeders

"Freed Pig" Sebadoh: "III" (1991)
"Happiness is a Warm Gun" The Beatles: "The Beatles" (1968)
"I can't help it (if I'm still in love with you)" Hank Williams (19??)
"Lord of the Thighs" Aerosmith: "Get Your Wings"(1974)


  Cocteau Twins

"Strange Fruit" Written by Abel Meeropol, AKA Lewis Allen (1935).
First performed by Billie Holiday.
Also covered by Siouxsie and the Banshees on their 1987 album "Through the Looking Glass"


  Colourbox

"Baby, I Love You So" Jacob Miller/Augustus Pablo (1974)
Written by H. Schwaby/J. Miller
"Say You" U-Roy
"You Keep Me Hanging On" Written by Holland/Dozier/Holland (1966)
First performed by The Supremes


  Dead Can Dance

"How Fortunate the man with None" Words: Bertolt Brecht (1940)
Translated by John Williet
"I Am Stretched On Your Grave" King & O'Donovan
"Persian Love Song" Trad. arr. Gerrard
"Saltarello" Anonymous, Italian 14th Century
Instrumental Danse
"Song of the Sibyl" Trad. version Catalan, 16th century
"Tristan" Gottfried Von Strassburg
"Wind that Shakes the Barley, The" Word/Music: Dr. Dwyer Joyce (19??)
Trad. arr.: DCD


  Lisa Germano

"These Boots Were Made for Walkin'" Nancy Sinatra: "Boots" (1966)


  Kristin Hersh

"Can the Circle Be Unbroken" The Carter Family
"Pennyroyal Tea" Nirvana: "In Utero" (1993)
"Everybody's Got Something to Hide
Except Me and My Monkey"
The Beatles: "The Beatles (1968)
"When the Levee Breaks" Led Zeppelin: "Led Zeppelin IV" (1971)


  His Name Is Alive

"Blue Moon" Big Star: "Third/Sister Lovers" (1975)
"Man On the Silver Mountain" Rainbow: "Richie Blackmore's Rainbow" (1975)


  The Hope Blister

"Dagger" Slowdive: "Souvlaki" (1994)
"Hanky Panky Nohow" John Cale: "Paris 1919" (1973)
"Is Jesus Your Pal?" Slowblow (19??)
"Let the Happiness In" David Sylvian: "Secrets of the Beehive" (1987)
"Only Human" Heidi Berry: "Miracle" (1996)
"Outer Skin, The" Chris Knox (Tall Dwarfs) (198?)
"Spider and I" Brian Eno: "Before and After Science" (1977)
"Sweet Unknown" Cranes: "Population Four" (1997)


  Rowland S. Howard/Lydia Lunch

"Some Velvet Morning" Written by Lee Hazelwood (196?)
First performed with Nancy Sinatra


  Lush

"Demystification" The Zounds: "The Curse of the Zounds"(19??)
"Hey Hey Helen" Abba (197?)
"I'd Like To Walk Around In Your Mind" Unknown (197?)
"I Have the Moon" The Magnetic Fields: "The Charm of the Highway Strip" (1994)
"I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend" Dunbar/Gargwer (197?)
"Outdoor Miner" Wire: "Chairs Missing" (1978)


  Colin Newman

"Blue Jay Way" The Beatles: "Magical Mystery Tour" (1967)


  Pale Saints

"Blue Flower" Slap Happy (197?)
"Kinky Love" Nancy Sinatra (196?)


  Brendan Perry

"Happy Time" Tim Buckley: "Blue Afternoon" (1969)
"I Must Have Been Blind" Tim Buckley: "Blue Afternoon" (1969)


  Pixies

"Head On" The Jesus and Mary Chain: "Automatic" (1989)
"Evil Hearted You" The Yardbirds
"Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)" David Lynch (19??)
from the film "Eraserhead"
"Wild Honey Pie" The Beatles: "The Beatles" (1968)
"I've Been Waiting For You" Neil Young (19??)
"Winterlong" Neil Young (19??)


  Red House Painters

"I Am A Rock" Simon & Garfunkel: "Sounds of Silence" (1965)
"Long Distance Runaround" Yes: "Fragile" (1972)
"Shock Me" Kiss:"Love Gun" (1977)


  Richenel

"L'Esclave Endormi" Armande Altaï: "Nocturne Flamboyant" (1983)


  scheer

"Hanging On the Telephone" Blondie: "Parallel Lines" (1978)


  Kendra Smith

"Bold Marauder" Mimi and Richard Farinna (196?)


  Spirea X

"Signed D.C." Love: "Love" (1966)


  This Mortal Coil

"Alone" Colin Newman: "A-Z" (1980)
"Another Day" Roy Harper: "Flat Baroque and Berserk" (1970)
"Carolyn's Song" Rain Parade: "Emergency Third Rail Power trip" (1983)
"Come Here My Love" Van Morrison: "Veedon Fleece" (1974)
"Drugs" Talking Heads: "Fear of Music" (1979)
"Firebrothers" Quicksilver Messenger Service(1971)
The band was later called Quicksilver
"Fond Affections" Rema-Rema: "Wheel In the Roses" (1980)
"Gathering Dust" Modern English: "Gathering Dust" (1980)
"Help Me Lift You Up" Mary Margaret O'Hara: "Miss America" (1989)
"Holocaust" Big Star: "Third/Sister Lovers" (1975)
"I Am the Cosmos" Chris Bell: "I Am the Cosmos"
Recorded in 1974, released in 1992
"I Come and Stand at Every Door" The Byrds: "Fifth Dimension" (1966)
"I Must Have Been Blind" Tim Buckley: "Blue Afternoon" (1969)
"I Want to Live" Gary Ogan and Bill Lamb: "Portland" (1972)
"Jeweller, The" Pearls Before Swine: "The Use of Ashes" (1970)
"Kangaroo" Big Star: "Third/Sister Lovers" (1975)
"Late Night" Syd Barrett: "The Madcap Laughs" (1970)
"Morning Glory" Tim Buckley: "Goodbye and Hello" (1967)
"Mr. Somewhere" The Apartments: "The Evening visits..." (1985)
"My Father" Judy Collins:
"Who Knows Where the Time Goes" (1968)
"Nature's Way" Spirit: "The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus" (1970)
"Several Times" Pieter Nooten and Michael Brook:
"Sleeps with the Fishes" (1987)
"Sixteen Days" Modern English: "Mesh and Lace" (1981)
"Song to the Siren" Tim Buckley: "Starsailor" (1970)
"Strength of Strings" Gene Clark: "No Other" (1974)
"'Til I Gain Control Again" Emmylou Harris: "Elite Motel" (1975)
"With Tomorrow" Gene Clark: "White Light" (1971)
"You and Your Sister" Chris Bell: "I Am the Cosmos"
Recorded in 1974, released in 1992


  Throwing Muses

"Amazing Grace" Trad.
"Cry, Baby Cry" The Beatles: "The Beatles" (1968)
"Jak" The Volcano Suns
"Manic Depression" The Jimi Hendrix Experience:
"Are You Experienced?" (1967)
"Ride Into the Sun" The Velvet Underground: "Another View" (1986)
Recorded during the "Loaded" session, 1970.


  Ultra Vivid Scene

"Codine" Buffy Sainte-Marie (196?)
"Something Better" Written by Geffen/Mann (19??)
Performed by Marianne Faithfull
"Walking After Midnight" Patsy Cline (196?)
"Winter Song" John Cale (197?)


  Unrest

"Love to Know" Thorn (198?)


  The Wolfgang Press

"Mama Told Me Not To Come" Randy Newman: 12 Songs (19??)
"Respect" Written by Otis Redding (1967)
Performed by Aretha Franklin