“Jessie’s Girl”
by Matt the Electrician (originally by Rick Springfield)
from the album Made for Working
2003
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Not a ton to say on this song. It’s nothing groundbreaking, but just a nice, mellow version of a classic song. I’ve said before I have a weakness for cookie cutter emo and punk bands doing covers, but also included in that list are acoustic covers in most genres. I’m not very good at it, but I occasionally check the rss feed for http://coverlaydown.com/, and I’m pretty sure that’s how I came across this song one day.

I’m going to refrain from posting the original, because I’d rather reserve it for a #KaraokeTuesday post (because obviously I’ve sang it occasionally). I couldn’t tell you a thing about this artist (other than, now that I’ve seen him, I’m not a fan of the beard), but when searching for a video for this song, I did find another of his covers –  of Journey’s Faithfully, which is kind of great as well (I’ll save that for a later day).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98KSxh24WZs