“Piano Man”
by Billy Joel
from the album Piano Man
1973
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Likely the only time Billy Joel will be on this blog, but never say never. This is one of my favorite, A-list songs to sing. Counting just as much towards the final grade is that this is one of the most universal songs I sing, which means if I’m in a new mixed crowd, this is on the shortlist as a safe song. That happened a few nights ago in fact (more on that later).
“Like a Virgin”
by Teenage Fanclub (originally by Madonna)
from the album What You Do to Me
1992
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I’ll write some other time about how I came by Teenage Fanclub (and some #CoverFriday I’ll post Buffalo Tom covering Teenage Fanclub), but decided to go with this for the week. This cover was first released a year earlier on Teenage Fanclub’s second album The King, but I know it from this EP/”maxi-single”, which I picked up along the way.
“Sunglasses at Night”
by Corey Hart
from the album First Offense
1983
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Yes, i totally missed KaraokeTuesday last week, and admittedly I nearly missed it today (what can I say, it was a day off from work – yay Canada!). This is why Lance and I are blog buddies, to egg each other on when the other one forgets.
“Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns”
by Mother Love Bone
from the soundtrack to the film Singles
1992
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The Singles soundtrack is the most consistently good compilation that came out of the 90s. I think Chris would agree that by and large, most soundtracks are disappointing in that they have one or two great songs and the rest is just filler. But with Singles, the music supervisor totally nailed it. Super music fan and journalist Cameron Crowe directed the film so it’s not surprising. What was surprising for me at the time, was that the heart of the album wasn’t a track by Alice in Chains or Soundgarden or even Pearl Jam, but rather Mother Love Bone.
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