Songs Morrissey should cover

There's a lot of wonderful songs in this thread! Maybe there's some space in this cover album for Morrissey by Leo García. This song made me know about him.

 
You fail to realize that Killing an Arab has nothing to do with white supremacy. It’s a song based on Albert Camus’ existentialist novel The Stranger. But thanks for playing!
You think Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin or I'm A White Boy by Merle Haggard have anything to do with white supremacy?
 
Here’s to you, Mr(s) Robinson
 
beast of burden!
 
With Jesse Tobias in Years of Refusal mode, and then adios, J.T.:

I Wanna Destroy You (The Soft Boys)
Boys Get Straight (Johnny Marr)

Studio versions of songs previously covered live:

My Insatiable One (Suede)
Trash (The New York Dolls)

Then invite some new musicians in. Feel out possible future collaborators.

Dark Globe (Syd Barrett)
Sexuality (Billy Bragg)
Death of Samantha (Yoko Ono) Invite Nick Saloman to do the arrangement. Lay on the wah-wah psychedelia. Twelve minutes long.

Last song on the record:

Morrissey (Anal c***)
 
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You think Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin or I'm A White Boy by Merle Haggard have anything to do with white supremacy?
Of course not. But I do believe you chose them for a reason.
 
Jaqueline Du Pre - Jacqueline's Tears


Echobelly - Give Her A Gun


Pleasure – Elcka


Elefant – Misfit


Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets.


Brian Eno - Backwater


Brian Eno - Dead Finks Don't Talk


CHARLIE FEATHERS Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On


Melissa Ferrick - Drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsG-eN96fVc

Gracie Fields - Wish Me Luck (As You Wave Me Goodbye)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EUytEX_XkE

FLATS – FOXTROT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvg3kOydiYU

Giorgio Gaber - La ballata del Cerutti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1r9t0i9yGE

Initials BB - Serge Gainsbourg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPOYtC1n5bE

Gallon Drunk - To love somebody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItEHW_TRiTk

Generation X "Gimme Some Truth"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPH5BwQYy0w

Generation X-Wild Youth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjPQ7XFPLNs

The Honeycombs - Something I got to tell you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRh01aFjF_k

Chrissie Hynde - Dark Sunglasses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypjrw7MDcaM

Pretenders - Love's a Mystery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu-Y8Mbe_C4

Inspiral Carpets - Saturn 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03cy86u6Wi4

Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva - Swinging On A Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRj27BtZxmQ

The Johnson Family Band - Snake Oil Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONXTP69_Jjc

Paul Jones - I`ve Been A Bad Bad Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMEgDBj6n9g

Rickie Lee Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeJi4Q6ceFQ

The June Brides - In The Rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GpILMs7fHw

The King Cheetah "Six Inch Killaz"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I24L8YFQzYk

THE KINKS DANDY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsnjsuUF0zI

Tommy Körberg - Judy, Min Vän
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdz5rD746Qg

The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uZ-p-tN8Gs

John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Rg6r-xVmI

DENNIS LOTIS ~ GRAND CENTRAL STATION ~ 1953
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ntlIA91ZpE

Love affair- Rainbow valley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyvngZ5m5Z4

Lulu - I'm a tiger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnjVn9BNt0o

Billy Fury - Halfway To Paradise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrA5Ryu1Sk4

Kirsty MacColl - There's a guy works down the chip shop, swears he's Elvis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QccPUSTMriM

Patrick MacNee and Honor Blackman 'Kinky Boots"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxKBnS8GKSM

Madness - Cardiac Arrest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s359OsWRBLM

Henry Mancini - Moon River ft. Johnny Mercer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKnZ174_kWk

Eurovision 1971 Luxembourg - Monique Melsen - Pomme, pomme, pomme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlhGnOqA5dU

LEE(red) MELSON & THE MISSOURI NIGHTHAWKS carmen sue rock RIDGECREST1961
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RefHa3ZJHk

Joni Mitchell - The Jungle Line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF2_1Jfgo4I

MONA - Teenager
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYayJv2WmSU

Matt Monro - Charade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSZB3hbSt_s

THE MOTELS - TOTAL CONTROL LIVE VERSION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLBZjdrKSpY

Mott The Hoople - Sea Diver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUpyM9ioOdM

Mott The Hoople Mott - Honaloochie Boogie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYMcjA7_fY0

Anthony Newley- Strawberry Fair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pSKEaGM34c

Anthony Newley- Girls Were Made To Love And Kiss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK3bK_fhpDQ

Olivia Newton-John - Physical
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWz9VN40nCA

New York Dolls - Frankenstein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKZnFCrjzgw

New York Dolls - Looking For A Kiss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgZHXF-FaOw

NICO Frozen Warnings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XJC0cZD6zg
 
Tony Orlando & Dawn ~ Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree


Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)


Bugs Bunny Theme - This Is It


THE ZIP GUNS LIVE 「GO WELL!」


Timi Yuro - Insult To Injury


Timi Yuro - Interlude


Timi Yuro - Smile


Young the Giant: Mind Over Matter


KristeenYoung - Kill the father
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAnQHyo3vgk

X-Ray Spex - Warrior In Woolworths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b68GNBxqWQ


Xray Spex – Cigarettes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hionVbpgRsU

Philippe Wynne - You Ain't Going Anywhere But Gone (1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FuODbdugzw

Golden Throats - Peter Wyngarde
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY26l5SAxJs

The Would Be's: All This Rubbish is True
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvmZPWXaJPs

Hawksley Workman: Striptease
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrc2wATvHF4

The Woodentops - Get it On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQQp_7l ... Rj0cuScPDl

THE WOMBATS ::: There She Goes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OizTQNAdiEI

Wigan's Ovation - Skiing In The Snow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ea_gqeFSNA

The Well Oiled Sisters: Orange Blossom Special 1998
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btc7VhvH-A4

IMMY RADCLIFFE ***( THERE GOES ) THE FORGOTTEN MAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uQveSDf5ww

The Toys - Lovers Concerto - HQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGDZc9bdUZM

Tiger Army - Incorporeal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lov594xr_yk

The Thrills - One Horse Town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR7bqYYFPFE

Telephone Boxes The Last Twist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiW-jyqV94A

Vince Taylor - Peppermint Twist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nB6uSE0NSA

George McCrae - It's been so long (1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9N8PCWzLYQ

Sundown Playboys: Saturday Night Special
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUDYseUJE_4

The Sundays - "Can't Be Sure" (HD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek3KNSF-6Pk

Gale Storm - LUCKY LIPS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_A3TL__PVo

The Stooges - Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOV66-W9QeM

The Stockholm Monsters - National Pastime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkBjOhssucA

Stinky Toys - Boozy Creeds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v1rhSHTxJE

Dusty Springfield - You don't have to say you love me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sotRQXqfz9Y

Dusty Springfield the corrupt ones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVRdkzEI704

Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfA4FphZHbc

Sparks - Thank God It's Not Christmas - Live Studio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd6sOaHX0W8

Gloomy Sunday- The Hungarian Suicide Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlMpdBJLo4o

Soundgarden - Live at the Wiltern Theatre 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCuz4Q-Xuwk

Old Shep-Hank Snow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NWhFxn-Euw

Smoking Popes - If You Don't Care
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvjJxDvg6Bk

Patti Smith - Frederick (1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izZuDxb84W0

Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gh2kPdOedo

Love Und Romance - The Slits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maub0aC-tgg

SACK - 'Colorado Springs'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlz5mG_qb4c

MELANIE SAFKA Dust in the Wind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjTZqMZ5FJ0

Buffy Sainte-Marie - Until It's Time For You To Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLTKlYaUBLc

Goodbye My Love - The Searchers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GljPK-mwGFM

The Shangri-Las - Give Him A Great Big Kiss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-NhojnwMh8

THE PAPER DOLLS-SOMETHING HERE IN MY HEART ( KEEPS TELLING ME NO )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbViSj2AS5g

Jerusalem (Hubert Parry/ William Blake)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8GQo-CE0hE

Phranc "M-A-R-T-I-N-A"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFPlOQy4p9w

The Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53u7LuGJecw

Gene Pitney - 24 Hours From Tuls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zugy2rkSM7g

The Railway Children - Brighter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax2pjApra6g

Johnnie Ray - Cry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfoqXwQlsmc

Martha & the Vandellas . Third finger left hand. 1967
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nQKvcDiLCM

Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore (1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htZir_Taizg

Tommy Roe - Sheila ( 1962 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDWM3bLEB3M
 
THE BOYFRIENDS - I Love You



Big Country - Wonderland (U.S. Version)

The Muppet Show - Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear

Prefab Sprout : When Love Breaks Down

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass: The Lonely Bull

The Righteous Brothers - Just Once In My Life


Black Box

Nathan Abshire & the Pine Grove Boys

A-ha: The Sun Always Shines On TV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ir9HC9vYg


Kazem Al Saher: Madraset Al Hob http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yotbkxZAHbA

Amen Corner - 'Bend Me Shape Me' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48kNhk1epEw

Angelic Upstarts-Never Had Nothing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQs4CZTJNGs

808 State - Pacific State (Original Extended Version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLxDRePUwEY

Joan Armatrading - Down to Zero http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3ppBn_J7_w

Jane Birkin - Di doo dah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PINaKBsBe6M


Doll And The Kicks - Roll Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxnnQa8DLxc

Tim Buckley - Greetings From L.A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUll1ZGStDo

Joe Dolan - You're Such A Good Looking Woman 1970 HQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecr-fP4_vZQ

Dead Or Alive - That's The Way (I Like It) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llHhiiNnIjY

The Libertines - Time for Heroes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLStya-W8v8

Ludus - Let me go where my pictures go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwNjSQ9we1k

Slim Dusty - A Pub With No Beer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E0aZ387M_I

Easterhouse - Come Out Fighting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErQHc9N2O08

Charles Aznavour - She http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxaZMreym88

The Move - Brontosaurus : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVaqMCUMkN8

Lypsinka Has A Glamour Fit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxjILGxNNKo

Sacha Distel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToSvLghjmEo

Anne Calvi: Susan and I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIDj0SVWeBU

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObjLb6ElTvs

Miami Sound Machine: Prisoner Of Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19hmEhftWlc


Monochrone set: Love zombies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixggBGVHj14


Redskins: Keep On Keepin On https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SibgDQWU85g

The Psychedelic Furs : Heartbeat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAMvTW3P3fM

Scritti Politti - Hypnotize (12' Version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3B8J1a2lwY


The Small Faces-Lazy Sunday Afternoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzgVk3mOSko

Jobriath: Morning Star Ship,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouP2A0aMR-4

Al Martino: Grenada http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVY6SQPZIjk

Klaus Nomi: After the fall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlSxhjCS5ac

General Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_6bU0h3oAM

Matt Monro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY0A...0&spfreload=10

Damien Dempsey - Seize The Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGtRSErZ_hk

Levi Stubbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AFFqC-S9Dg
 
I've been listening to the Cherry Red C86 series of indie compilation CD's from the Eighties and think it would be a nice gesture for him to cover some of those as many of the tracks are quite obviously love letters to The Smiths.
 
'Cold Water Morning' by Neil Diamond:

One, knowing I'm one, hearing of two
And like a child believing dreams
Always a dream to take you home

Day, after the day, there comes the night
There comes the knowing when you laugh
If you should laugh,
The night alone will hear
And the night don't care

Coldwater morning
Take off your night-time shoes
Coldwater morning
I've been waiting so long for you


One, knowing I'm one, hearing of two
Hearing of things that I once had
That you once had
And when the night would come
We'd sleep like one

Coldwater morning
Take off your night-time shoes
Coldwater morning
I've been waiting so long for you
I've been waiting so long for you...

One of my personal favourites. Nice!
 
"In My Secret Life" by Leonard Cohen

"The Future" by Leonard Cohen

"I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" by Hank Williams

"Except the New Girl" by Chris Isaak

"Back On Your Side" by Chris Isaak

"Hello Again" by Neil Diamond

"If I Never Knew Your Name" by Neil Diamond

"Don't Be Cruel" by Elvis Presley

"They Can't Take That Away From Me" by Frank Sinatra

"Maybe Tomorrow" by Billy Fury

"Remember Me (I'm the One Who Loves You)" by Johnny Cash
 
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By the way, look at these lyrics. It makes me wonder about Chris Isaak. He's singing directly to the guy here, and this is on his album San Francisco Days. Either way, I think it's a cool song for Morrissey to cover, and it's in the same vein as "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame."

"Except the New Girl"
Chris Isaak

Drive your mustang down, to where you hang out
Alone without a friend
Girls walk by you, some in fact have tried you
But once they tried they never tried again

Except the new girl
Except the new girl
Alone and lonesome, trusting no one they say
You've never had a friend
People talk about you, they say they doubt you really
Ever let anybody in
Except the new girl
Except the new girl
I guess there's never been anyone
Except the new girl
Except the new girl
Last time I saw him, he was laughing
She was standing by his side
I've got a feeling, that they're still together
From the look that was in his eyes
There's no one
Except the new girl
Except the new girl
See him smile, he don't care
Says he loves her, and he'll always love her
See him smile, it seems fair

That he finally found her, finally hold her
There's no one
Except the new girl

- - -

I love these homoerotic undertones.
 
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