"Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you to make those improvisations successful most of the time."John Cale
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Unreleased Songs
Songs that were performed in concert, studio outtakes and one-offs.
- See also unreleased soundtracks.
- A Day in the Life of the Common Cold
(first performed at the Academy 3, Manchester - January 21, 2007) - A Woman Like You
- All On Board
(live at the Peppermint Club, New York - October 24, 1981) - Anything Goes
(Cole Porter song, live 1986) - Baby Face
(live at Scorgie's, Rochester, NY, USA - July 11, 1984) - Beetles
Co-written with Marcus Congleto during sessions for an Ambulance LTD album (which Cale procduced) in 2007. Album got shelved after the record label went bust. - Candy Store
(live at the Channel, Boston, April 1981) - Care Song
(live, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 1980) - Clown In the Moon
(live at the Trade Union Club, Sydney, Australia - September 21, 1986) - Cold Country Comfort
(see: The Nine Lives Of Gordon Liddy) - Coming Around Again
(see: The Nine Lives Of Gordon Liddy) - Dead Agents
(Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, April 24/26/27/28, 1999) - Dirge for the New Sunrise
(live at the Elvehjem Museum in Madison, Wisconsin, USA - April 17, 1991) - Doctor Dark
(first played at the Nashville Club, Paris, France - November 7, 1977) - Don't Get Sentimental
(first time played at the Donaufestival, Krems, Austria - April 29, 2011) - Flying Seagulls
(live 1981) - Four More Years
(basically a warm up vibe. Recorded live at Paycheck's Lounge, Hamtramck, USA - November 9, 1984) - Fucking Your Neighbours Wife
(live, 1979-1981) - God Only Knows
(Beach Boys cover - Helen of Troy outtake) - The Hymn
(mentioned in a Melody Maker interview, 1983). Could be that they meant The Hunt, a song that was released on Caribbean Sunset) - If I Were Tickled by the Rub of Love
(setting for this poem by Dylan Thomas, Flux Festival, Edinburgh - August 20, 1999) - In My Craft Or Sullen Art
(setting for this poem by Dylan Thomas, Flux Festival, Edinburgh - August 20, 1999) - John's Blues
(aka Nasty Gasses. Live with Chris Spedding, Max's Kansas City, NYC - October 3, 1978 - Kiddy In Congo
(mentioned in a Melody Maker interview, 1983, might refer to Mercenaries (Ready For War))) - Lament
(live 1998 with the Creatures, Edinburgh 1999, and during the 2003 tour) - Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
(live in the early Eighties) - Life Underwater
(live in New York (1987) and Munich ( September 6, 1992) - Living In Moonlight
(live, 1987) - Long Way Out Of Pain
Live debut on February 25, 2025 in Rouen, France - Murdering Mouth
Co-written with Siouxsie. This song was first performed by Cale and Siouxsie at the With A Little Help From My Friends concert show at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands on February 25, 1998. It was written during the rehearals in the run-up for the show. Performed as a duet on a regular basis during the Creatures/Cale tour in 1998. - Myfanwy
(live, Welsh traditional) - Need Your Loving
(Honi Soit outtake) - The Nine Lives Of Gordon Liddy
(song cycle performed live May 24/25, 1980, at the Squat Theater, New York, including Cold Country Comfort and Coming Around Again) - Punk Christmas
(a.k.a. Là Pussy, one off on a Dutch radio show - April 1975) - Rape
(live 1978/79) - Ride The Poni
(live 1981) - Solitaire
(live 1995) - Something's Gone Wrong
(Live in Mannheim - November 4, 1985) - Sooner Or Later
(live at Bookies, Detroit, USA - April 7, 1979) - Songs From The Shimmer:
- This Is Then, That Was Now
- Salman Rushdie
- Rene Descartes in Berlin
- Suicide Sue
(studio outtake ca. 1980) - Tate's Tango of Death
- To Wear Tears Leave The Eye Unavenged
- Uncle Sam in Samoa
(live 1981) - Ton Ton Macoute
(recorded at Chalk Farm Studios in London, 1976) - Wake Up The Boys
(live at The Patio, Indianapolis - May 14, 1981) - Wheel of Fortune/Kiddy in Congo
(live at the Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium - July 3, 1983) - Whisper
(live at CBGB's, NYC - December 30, 1978) - Willow Weep For Me
(live ca. 1975 - Helen of Troy outtake) - Yellow Submarine
(Beatles cover live in Bochum - October 25, 1985)
With David Bowie (1978)
Piano-La
Velvet Couch
With Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson and Corky Laing (1977)
Four track tape, including a deconstructed take on Shakin' All Over and a Cale composed track called What's Your Name Jane?
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