The Complete (?) List of Songs DMZ & Lyres Taught Us

OK the last week i hooked so much on this "Songs the Lyres taught us" thing, that made me go listen to all my stuff by the Lyres/DMZ family (it's been a while since the last time). And that's A LOT! Anyway, i just noticed I'm a geek. Certainly I'm a geek. I never was a geek in school, but rock n' roll surely made me. I tried to find all the cover versions Jeff did with both bands and place beside them the originals or the versions made him record them. I found from the bomplist site a good one on the Lyres by a guy that signed as Jeroen (by the way very cool job buddy!). With red letters are my updates on Jeroen's Lyres' list. If I made a mistake somewhere forgive me and please correct me too, the way great Jim Marshall did (known worldwide as The Hound). I copy his comment here.Thanks man!

"Actually the original versions of Skinnie Minnie was Bill Haley & the Comets, the original Let's Have A Party was Elvis (pre-Wanda, but the Lyres do the Riverias arrangment), Sick & TIred was originally done by Chris Kenner, Ain't That Lovin' You Baby by Jimmy Reed, Geraldine by the Ole Miss Downbeats, Gettin' Plenty Lovin' by the Gardenias (as My Baby's Tops w/Ike Turner's band, two years before Esquerita's version), Little Sally Tease by Don & the Goodtimes, Louie Louie by Richard Berry, then the Wailers w/Rockin' Rob Roberts."

I didn't found on DMZ something similar, so i did the list myself. I think i own everything by them so i thought to give it a try.

Feel free to revise on any mistakes or pass overs.

This is it:

DMZ:

* - "Are You Gonna Be There?" - Chocolate Watchband

* - "Barracuda" - The Standells

* - "Bloody Englishmen" - The Stooges ("I Wanna Be Your Dog" with different lyrics)

* - "Can't Do That" - The Beatles

* - "Can't Stand The Pain" - The Pretty Things

* - "Cinderella" - The Sonics

* - "Come On Now" - The Kinks

* - "Comin' After Me" - The Flamin' Groovies

* - "Don't Start Cryin' Now" -  Slim Harpo/Them

* - "Frenzy" -  Fugs

* - "From Home" - The Troggs

* - "Glendora" - Perry Como/Downliners Sect

* - "Heart Of Stone" - The Rolling Stones

* - "He's Waiting" - The Sonics

* - "Let's Talk About Girls" - Chocolate Watchband

* - "Nobody But Me" - The Isley Brothers/Human Beinz

* - "Out Of Our Tree" - The Wailers

* - "Raw Power" - Iggy And The Stooges

* - "Rosalyn" - The Pretty Things

* - "Strychnine" - The Sonics

* - "Teenage Head" - The Flamin' Groovies

* - "You Left The Water Running" - Sam & Dave

* - "You're Gonna Miss Me" - 13th Floor Elevators

THE LYRES:

                                                    

* - "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby" - Jimmy Reed/Beau Brummels                                                            

* - "Baby, I Still Need Your Lovin'" - It's Them (Highs In The Mid 60s Vol.21)                                       

* - "Baby It's Me" - Richie's Renegades (Polaris Story)                                                                

* - "Boston" - Gene Clark/The Beefeaters (An early version of The Byrds)                                            

* - "Busy Body" - Roy Lee Johnson/Jolly Green Giants (Teenage Shutdown Vol.1)                              

* - "But If Your Happy" - The Scavengers (IGL Story 1)                                                                    

* - "Can't Stop The Want" - Sandy Sargent                                                   

* - "Changed Man" - Otis Redding                                                                                      

* - "Cinderella" - The Sonics                                                                                              

* - "Diddy Wah Diddy" - Bo Diddley                                                                                    

* - "Dirty Robber" - TheWailers/The Sonics                                                                                    

* - "Don't Tell Me Lies" - Tommy Tucker/The Esquires (IGL Story 2)                                                     

* - "Don't Wanna Cry" - The Buckinghams (Glimpses 1)                                                                      

* - "Feelin' No Pain" - ("Feelin' No Pain" was by the Del-Satins (Columbia 42802, 1963).They did the backup vocals on Dion's post-Belmonts records. If I remember rightly Dion wrote or co-wrote the song.)    

* - "Geraldine" - Classic Ruins                                                                                        

* - "Gettin' Plenty Lovin'" - Esquerita                                                                                

* - "Give Your Love To Me" - Les Copains                                                          

* - "Go Go Girl" - John's Children  (Marc Bolan's Freakbeat group)                                                       

* - "Gonna Find A New Love" - Yo Yo's (Teenage Shutdown3)                                                              

* - "Grounded" - Syn (Broken Dreams 1, Magic Rocking Horse, Perfumed Garden)                                    

* - "Happy Now" - See ''But If You're Happy''                                                                            

* - "Have Love Will Travel" - Richard Berry/The Sonics                                                                         

* - "Here's A Heart" - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich                                                    

* - "How Can I Make Her Mine" - Bobby Roberts & The Ravons (Garage Punk Unkowns 1-or box set-, Vile Vinyl 1)          

* - "The Hustler" - The Sonics                                                                     

* - "I Can Tell" - Bo Diddley                                                                       

* - "I Confess" - New Colony Six                                                                

* - "If You Want My Love" - Nightcrawlers                                                

* - "I Love Her Still I Always Will" - The Outsiders                                     

* - "I'll Make It Up To You" - The Roadrunners 

* - "I'll Try Anyway" - Pete Best Combo                                                     

* - "I Need You" - The Kinks                                                                     

* - "Itchin' In My Heart" - The Supremes                                                    

* - "It's Alright" - The Kinks                                                                        

* - "It's Over" - The Scavengers (IGL Story)                                              

* - "Jagged Time Lapse" - John's Children                                                  

* - "Jezebel" - Teddy Boys (Garage Punk Unknowns)                                  

* - "Let's Have A Party" - Elvis Presley/Wanda Jackson/The Rivieras    

* - "Let's Talk About Girls" - Grodes/Chocolate Watchband                      

* - "Lily" - Drusalee & The Dead (Hang It Out To Dry)                     

* - "Little Sally Tease" - The Standells/Don & The Goodtimes          

* - "Long Gone" - The Customs                                                                  

* - "Louie Louie" - Richard Berry/The Kingsmen                                      

* - "Love Man" - Otis Redding                                                                   

* - "Love Me Till The Sun Shines" - Dave Davies/The Kinks (Dave Davies, brother of main Kinks' songwriter Ray Davies, wrote the tune and originally released as b-side to Dave's first single "Death of a Clown". Later recorded by the Kinks too and appeared on the album "Something Else By The Kinks")                                                

* - "Lovin' Cup" - Paul Butterfield                                                             

* - "Never Be Free" - Dale & the Devonaires (IGL Story 1)             

* - "Never Met A Girl Like You Before" - The Kinks                                  

* - "Nobody But Me" - The Isly Brothers/Human Beinz                           

* - "No  More" - Either the Chessmen, Morning Dew or Ron Grey & The Countdowns, no time yet to check this.

* - "No Reasons To Complain" - Alarm Clocks (Back From The Grave 1)  

* - "Now I've Got A Witness" - The Rolling Stones                                    

* - "Out Of Our Tree" - The Wailers                                                                            

* - "Pain" - Phil and the Frantics                                                                        

* - "Rescue me" - Fontella Bass                                                                            

* - "Ring Dang Doo" - Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs                                                      

* - "Running Through The Night" - Mystic Tide (Ear Piercing Punk)                                          

* - "Security" - Otis Redding                                                                              

* - "Self Centered Girl" - Living Ends                                                                    

* - "7" - The Sevens                                                                                      

* - "Shake It Some More" - Tony Sheridan/Jay Jays                                                          

* - "She's Got Eyes That Tell Lies" - Him & The Others                                                

* - "Sick & Tired" - Fats Domino                                                                       

* - "Signed DC" - Love                                                                                    

* - "Since You've Been Gone" - The Kingsmen/Uncalled Four ?/?                                                  

* - "Skinny Minnie" - Bill Haley/The Sonics                                                                    

* - "Soapy" - Mickey & The Cleancuts (Ho Dad Hootenany)                                                

* - "Stacey" - Hangmen Of Fairfield County (Hipsville 29 BC)                                              

* - "Stay Away" - Mystic Tide (on Mystic Tide comp)                                                        

* - "Stoned" - The Rolling Stones                                                                              

* - "Stormy" - Jesters Of Newport (Back From The Grave)                                                  

* - "Sun Going Down" - The Outsiders                                                                          

* - "Swing Shift" - The Wailers                                                                                

* - "Take A Look At Me" - Mr. Lucky and the Gamblers (Teenage Shutdown 1)                                  

* - "Teach Me To Forget" - The Outsiders                                                                      

* - "Tired Of Waiting" - The Kinks                                                                            

* - "Today I'm Gay" - Jay Jays                                                                            

* - "Touch" - The Outsiders (Pebbles 25)                                                                      

* - "Upside" - ? and the Mysterians                                                                        

* - "The Way I Feel About You" - Pete Best Combo (English Freakbeat 5)                                          

* - "We Sell Soul" - The Spades (Epitaph For A Legend) - ( pre-Elevators Roky Erickson band)             

* - "What A Girl Can't Do" - Hangmen (Psychotic Moose)                                                    

* - "What's A Girl Like You Doing In A Place Like This" -  It's Them (From Cincinnati, Ohio. Originally called themselves Them. In the words of Jeff changed their name to It's Them cause Van Morrison got pissed)                              

* - "What's Wrong With You" - The Outsiders                                                                    

* - "When I Needed You" - Chain Reaction                                                                  

* - "The Witch" - The Sonics                                                                                  

* - "Wooly Bully" - Sam The Sam & The Pharoahs                                                        

* - "You'll Never Do It Baby" - The Pretty Things

PS: Take a good look at the detail from the scanned back sleeve of  the Lyres' "Live at Cantones" LP (Crypt). I always was and i always ll be a huge fan of the loudmouth and provocative Tim Warren! This rude piece made me love the Lyres before even hear a note! It's at least hilarious (if not waaaayyy true!) and i wanted to find a chance to post it here since a long time. I think it's the perfect occasion! Stay tuned, more Monoman goodies are comin'!