May 2, 2025

239 Stop and Say Hello

Ever since I first started listening to music on the Internet, I have been happy-accidentally finding covers of my favorite songs. A bunch of unexpected covers show up here:

  1. "I've Got To Use My Imagination" Gladys Knight and the Pips; written by Gerry Goffin and Barry Goldberg, noted bass player who died this week.
  2. "Hard-Core Troubadour" Steve Earle; I just heard this song in Talladega Nights
  3. "Somewhere Only We Know" covered by Lily Allen
  4. "Penny Lane" [2017 stereo mix] The Beatles
  5. "You Win Again" Ray Charles
  6. "Walk Right Back" The Everly Brothers
  7. "Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper
  8. "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" Burt Bachrach and Elvis Costello
  9. "Poison Ivy" covered by Bleached
  10. "Lookin Out My Back Door" Creedence Clearwater Revival
  11. "My Sweet Baby" The Mark-Keys
  12. "A Feeling That Never Came" First Aid Kit
  13. "Brilliant Disguise" Bruce Springsteen
  14. "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" Elton John
  15. "Red Right Hand" Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds make their debut on one of my playlists!
  16. "Gasoline" Halsey
  17. "So What The Fuss" Stevie Wonder feat/Prince and En Vogue
  18. "Best Of Both Worlds" Van Halen
  19. "He's So Shy" Pointer Sisters the 'Doobie Brothers Bump' syth riff reminds me of the Van Halen riff?
  20. "In The City" this is the version Joe Walsh contributed to the soundtrack to The Warriors; Joe + The Eagles re-recorded it, note-for-note, for The Long Run.
  21. "Sweetness Follows" covered by Kathleen Edwards
  22. "Night Train" Oscar Peterson Trio