Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics

Rock band Yo La Tengo recorded a version of "Meet the Mets" live on New Jersey's that was included on the 2006 compilation album Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics. The instrumental of the original version opens and closes Met...

In this article: New York Mets, WFAN, Meet the Mets, New York City, Mr. Met, National League, Major League Baseball, SportsNet New York, and Everybody Loves Raymond

...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.

In this article: Yo La Tengo, WFMU, and New Jersey

...Australia based The Bamboos covered the song on their 2006 album, Step It Up. Yo La Tengo covered "Tighten Up" on their album, Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics. The song was on the 1992 The IRS Years reissue of the R.E.M....

In this article: Archie Bell & the Drells, Tighten Up, Houston, Texas, 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time, Rolling Stone magazine, R.I.A.A., U.S. Army, and Yo La Tengo

...the song, named Kun Chicago kuoli (When Chicago died). The song remains popular to date. Yo La Tengo covered the song on their album, Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics Conan O'Brien and Chicago native John C. Reilly covered the song...

In this article: Chicago, The Night Chicago Died, Al Capone, Paper Lace, Peter Callander, Mitch Murray, U.S., Platinum, St. Valentine's Day Massacre, and Chicago Theatre

...such (relatively) sober music, Yo La Tengo sure like to kid around. From the Hanukkah shows to the radio covers bonanzas (and resulting Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics disc) to an album called I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat...

In this article: Yo La Tengo, I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass, Hanukkah, What'cha Gonna Do About It, and A-Bones