Medleys

Over the years, the Shadowy Men recorded a number of medleys, which are detailed on this page.

"Reid Does Neil"
   -- from Reid Does Neil

• "Crackling Rosie" (Neil Diamond)
• "Sweet Caroline" (Neil Diamond)

"You May Now Kiss The Bride"
   -- from Just Married

• "She Loves You" (Lennon/McCartney)
• "This Guy's In Love With You" (Bacharach/David)
• "(Theme From) A Summer Place" (Discant/Steiner)
• "The Odd Couple" (Cahn/Hefti)
• "Love's Theme" (White)

"Theme From Love Story / Bird Dance"
   -- from Just Married

• "Love Story (Where Do I Begin)" (Sigman/Lai)
• "Der Ententanz" (Thomas)
  

  NOTE: "Der Ententanz" (or "The Duck Dance" in English) was written by Werner Thomas in the 1870s. It's also been recorded as "Vogeltanz" (meaning "Chicken Dance") and "Dance Little Bird". I always heard it called "The Chicken Dance".

"The Twelve Answering Machine Messages Of Christmas"
   -- from It's A Wonderful Record!

"The Twelve Answering Machine Messages Of Christmas" is made up of spoken and musical parts. The spoken parts are just listed in parentheses to give you an idea of what's in that section. Full lyrics are available here.

• "Sleigh Ride" (Parish/Anderson)
• (Roasting Your Bird)
• (Universal Message, Take 1)
• (The "stma")
• "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (Gillespie/Coots)
• (Cash)
• (Joey Ramone)
• "Frosty The Snowman" (Nelson/Rollins)
• (Universal Message, Take 2)
• "The Holiday Season"
• (If I Were In)
• (Betty White)
• "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" (traditional)

"Faster, Santa Claus, Ho Ho Ho"
   -- from It Came From Canada, Volume 4

• "Pinball Wizard" (Townshend)
• "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" (Wesley/Mendelssohn)
• "We're Not Gonna Take It" (Townshend)
• "The Little Drummer Boy" (Davis/Oronati/Simone)
• "We're Not Gonna Take It" (Townshend)
• "See Me, Feel Me" (Townshend)
• "Jingle Bell Rock" (Beal/Boothe)
• "Pinball Wizard" (Townshend)

"16 Encores"
   -- from Oh, I Guess We Were A Fucking Surf Band After All…

• "Dueling Banjos" (Smith)
     - Eric Weissberg
• "Rock Lobster" (Pierson/Schneider/Strickland/C. Wilson/R. Wilson)
     - The B52's
• "Tie Your Mother Down" (May)
     - Queen
• "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Cobain/Grohl/Novoselic)
     - Nirvana
• "More Than A Feeling" (Scholz)
     - Boston
• "Smoke On The Water" (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
     - Deep Purple
• "Groove Is In The Heart" (Brill/Chung/Hancock/Kirby)
     - Deee-Lite
• "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" (Bolan)
     - T. Rex
• "All The Young Dudes" (Bowie)
     - Mott The Hoople
• "Lola" (Davies)
     - The Kinks
• "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Jagger/Richards)
     - The Rolling Stones
• "Having An Average Weekend" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
     - Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet
• "Blitzkrieg Bop" (Ramones)
     - Ramones
• "Louie, Louie" (Berry)
     - The Kingsmen
• "Can't Get Enough" (Ralphs)
     - Bad Company
• "All Right Now" (Fraser/Rodgers)
     - Free
• "School's Out" (Bruce/Cooper/Dunaway/Smith/Buxton)
     - Alice Cooper
• "Sunshine Of Your Love" (Clapton/Bruce/Brown)
     - Cream
• "The Boys Are Back In Town" (Lynott)
     - Thin Lizzy
• "Deuce" (Simmons)
     - Kiss
• "I Want To Take You Higher" (Stewart)
     - Sly & The Family Stone
• "Rock And Roll (Part 2)" (Glitter/Leander)
     - Gary Glitter
• "Ballroom Blitz" (Chapman/Chinn)
     - Sweet
• "Radar Love" (Kooymans/Hay)
     - Golden Earring
• "Rock And Roll Hootchie Koo" (Derringer)
     - Johnny Winter
• "You Really Got Me" (Davies)
     - The Kinks
• [miscellaneous jamming]
• "Autumn Leaves" (Mercer/Kozma/Prevert)
     - Mickey Baker
• "Shakin' All Over" (Heath)
     - The Who
• [more miscellaneous jamming]
• "Shortenin' Bread" (Wood/Wolfe)
     - traditional
• "Green Acres" (Mizzy)
     - theme song

Yes, I know (and the Shadowy Men know) that there are more than 16 parts to "16 Encores"!