Yo La Tengo - Is Murdering The Classics

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Yo La Tengo
Is Murdering The Classics

Compil. US 2006 on Egon Records label
Rock (Rock’n’Roll, Indie Rock)

Yo La Tengo supported the fundraising efforts of New York's world-renowned independent radio outlet WFMU with annual studio visits. All listeners who pledged money during the band's appearances were offered the chance to request a favorite song that the band would then attempt to perform. This album compiles 30 WFMU highlights first broadcast between 1996 and 2003. Tracks recorded from 1997 to 2003. 1997 - tracks 2, 4, 8 and 26; 1998 - tracks 14, 19, 23 and 27; 1999 - tracks 9, 10, 11, 20 and 25; 2000 - tracks 3, 6, 13, 15, 16, 22 and 29; 2001 - tracks 1, 12 and 18; 2002 - tracks 7, 21, 28 and 30; 2003 - tracks 5, 17 and 24.

Musicians

	Yo La Tengo , *1984 US album by
	Ira Kaplan voc, g, *1957 US liner notes, performer
	Bruce Bennett g, bvoc, performer
	Georgia Hubley dr, voc, *1960 US performer
	James McNew b, voc, cb, *1969 US performer
	Hamish Kilgour dr, voc, NZ performer, percussion, etc.
	Lois Maffeo voc, g, US performer, percussion, etc.
	Leila Rosenthal vocals, singing
	Brian Wilson voc, *1942 US written by, ding dang
	Roger McGuinn g, voc, *1942 US written by, ding dang
	Sun Ra p, 1914-1993 US written by, interplanetary music
	Doug Sahm voc, g, 1941-1999 US written by, mendocino
	Burt Bacharach p, key, *1928 US written by, raindrops keep fallin' on my head
	Hal David , 1921-2012 US written by, raindrops keep fallin' on my head

Producers

Gaylord Fields a&r, a&r assistance

Jay Miller a&r, a&r assistance

Scott Schinder a&r, a&r assistance

Adrian Tomine cover

Peter Walsh mastered by

Phil Catalano photography by

Brian Kelly producer, production assistance

Jesper Eklow producer, production assistance

Mark Ohe producer, production assistance

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer	Duration
1	Tighten Up	Yo La Tengo	Archie Bell, Billy Buttier	2:00
2	The Night Chicago Died	Yo La Tengo	Mitch Murray, Peter Callander	2:04
3	Raw Power	Yo La Tengo	Iggy Pop, James Williamson	3:21
4	Sea Cruise	Yo La Tengo	Huey "Piano" Smith	1:46
5	Favorite Thing	Yo La Tengo	Bob Stinson, Chris Mars, Paul Westerberg, Tommy Stinson	1:40
6	Baseball Altamont	Yo La Tengo	Ned Hayden, Phillip Shelley	1:31
7	Meet The Mets	Yo La Tengo	Bill Katz, Ruth Roberts	1:47
8	Oh Bondage, Up Yours!	Yo La Tengo	Poly Styrene	1:35
9	Ding Dang / Interplanetary Music	Yo La Tengo	Brian Wilson, Roger McGuinn, Sun Ra	2:35
10	Captain Lou	Yo La Tengo	Al Anderson, Terry Adams	2:18
11	Oh! Sweet Nuthin'	Yo La Tengo	Lou Reed	1:38
12	Route 66	Yo La Tengo	Bobby Troup	2:18
13	Roadrunner	Yo La Tengo	Jonathan Richman	2:34
14	Tijuana Taxi	Yo La Tengo	Ervan Coleman	0:46
15	Mendocino / Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head	Yo La Tengo	Doug Sahm, Burt Bacharach, Hal David	4:13
16	Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)	Yo La Tengo	Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart	1:33
17	Baby's On Fire	Yo La Tengo	Brian Eno	2:30
18	Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand	Yo La Tengo	Pete Townshend	2:15
19	The Hokey Pokey	Yo La Tengo	Charles Macak, Larry La Prise, Taftt Baker	1:40
20	You May Be Right	Yo La Tengo	Billy Joel	1:49
21	Mama Told Me Not To Come	Yo La Tengo	Randy Newman	2:14
22	Roundabout	Yo La Tengo	Jon Anderson, Steve Howe	2:06
23	You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet	Yo La Tengo	Randy Bachman	1:51
24	Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow)	Yo La Tengo	Yoko Ono	3:20
25	Downtown	Yo La Tengo	Tony Hatch	1:50
26	Let The Good Times Roll	Yo La Tengo	Leonard Lee, Shirley Goodman	1:52
27	Never On Sunday	Yo La Tengo	Billy Towne, Manos Hadjidakis	1:12
28	20th Century Boy	Yo La Tengo	Marc Bolan	3:19
29	Rock The Boat	Yo La Tengo	Wally Holmes	1:23
30	Shotgun + Medley	Yo La Tengo		5:53
31	Shotgun	Yo La Tengo	Autry DeWalt
32	My Sharona	Yo La Tengo	Berton Averre, Doug Fieger
33	Mr. Apollo	Yo La Tengo	Neil Innes, Vivian Stanshall
34	Sonic Reducer	Yo La Tengo	Cheetah Chrome, David Thomas
35	God Only Knows	Yo La Tengo	Brian Wilson, Tony Asher
36	If And When / The Summer Sun	Yo La Tengo	Chris Stamey
37	Schizophrenia	Yo La Tengo	Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore
38	Another Girl, Another Planet	Yo La Tengo	Peter Perrett
39	Bedazzled	Yo La Tengo	Dudley Moore, Peter Cook

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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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