Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics

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Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics
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Released2006
RecordedWFMU studios
Genre Indie rock
Length66:53
Label Egon Records
Yo La Tengo chronology
Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985-2003
(2005)
Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics
(2006)
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
(2006)
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Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics is an album by the band Yo La Tengo, released in 2006, consisting solely of covers.

Contents

Yo La Tengo supported the fundraising efforts of independent radio channel 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 more than two dozen WFMU highlights first broadcast between 1996 and 2003.

The album cover was created by cartoonist Adrian Tomine.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tighten Up" Archie Bell, Billy Buttler2:00
2."The Night Chicago Died" Peter Callander, Mitch Murray 2:04
3."Raw Power" Iggy Pop, James Williamson 3:21
4."Sea Cruise" Huey "Piano" Smith 1:46
5."Favorite Thing" Paul Westerberg, Tommy Stinson, Bob Stinson, Chris Mars 1:40
6."Baseball Altamont"The Nightmares1:31
7."Meet the Mets"Bill Katz, Ruth Roberts 1:47
8."Oh Bondage, Up Yours!" Poly Styrene 1:35
9."Ding Dang/Interplanetary Music" Brian Wilson, Roger McGuinn / Sun Ra 2:35
10."Captain Lou" NRBQ 2:18
11."Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" Lou Reed 1:38
12."Route 66" Bobby Troup 2:18
13."Roadrunner" Jonathan Richman 2:34
14."Tijuana Taxi" Ervan Coleman 0:46
15."Mendocino/Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" Doug Sahm / Burt Bacharach, Hal David 4:13
16."Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart 1:33
17."Baby's on Fire" Brian Eno 2:30
18."Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" Pete Townshend 2:15
19."The Hokey Pokey"Larry Laprise, Taftt Baker, Charles Macak1:40
20."You May Be Right" Billy Joel 1:49
21."Mama Told Me Not to Come" Randy Newman 2:14
22."Roundabout" Jon Anderson, Steve Howe 2:06
23."You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" Randy Bachman 1:51
24."Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)" Yoko Ono 3:20
25."Downtown" Tony Hatch 1:50
26."Let the Good Times Roll" Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee1:52
27."Never on Sunday" Manos Hatzidakis 1:12
28."20th Century Boy" Marc Bolan 3:19
29."Rock the Boat" Wally Holmes 1:23
30."Shotgun + Medley  5:53
Total length:66:53

Personnel

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