Billy, I almost forgot to mention that we all have our senior...I mean "dinosaur" moments.

I bet y'all just can't wait for Michael Buble's latest: Call Me Irresponsible
Among others, it includes:
Me and Mrs. Jones (originally recorded by Billy Paul)
Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
I've Got the World on a String (songbook standard)
Always on My Mind (Willie Nelson)

Gee! Thanks for the forward look Woody.

I like to see someone cover a "dog" and make IT a hit as opposed to covering hits and classics.

Hey Billy....that's a great idea, redo a dog into a great new song....maybe we can get a decent rapper/hiphop-er to do a tricked out beat box remix version of "Telephone Man"....whaddya think, woody? :p

Typical backbeat behind vocals...

boomboomshackashackaboomshackaboomscratch and repeat....of course :p

Hey, b-baby-baby, I'm your t-tele-telephone man
You just show me where you want it and I'll put it put it where I can
I can put it in the bedroom, yo, I can put it in the hall (grab crotch here)
I can put it in the bathroom, watch dis,I can hang it on the wall
You can have it with a buzzbuzz, you can have it with a ringaring
And if you really want it bad baby you can have a ding-a-ding-ding-ding-a-ding-a-ling
Because-a hey b-b-b-b-baby, I'm your...(scratchSCRATCHscratch).....telephone man"

Yeah, lets see Michael Buble do THAT...

Tony

Ouch, Tony, that's cold. lol
Hey, as I remember, Telephone Man was kinda cute because it was so silly. But yeah, it would be interesting to hear a new version of it.

Now, Mister Telephone Man, (by New Edition), might work.

Ouch Tony! What key was that supposed to be? Hopefully LOW. :p

Here's some quotes from The Associated Press Interview with Bruce Hornsby, who just released "Camp Meeting," a jazz CD with Christian McBride and Jack DeJohnette. I found his comments regarding covers quite interesting.

AP How did you choose jazz standards like Thelonious Monk’s “Straight, No Chaser” or Bud Powell’s “Celia” for the CD?
Hornsby Hornsby: I only recorded something that I thought I could find an interesting take on that was my own. ... that gave it a reason for being played again. I remember Jack and Christian saying, “Do we really have to play ‘Straight, No Chaser’?” I understand why they said that — it’s sort of a club date jazz tune, so overdone, it’s sort of like the “Proud Mary” of the jazz canon. But I said, “Look, I have an odd way of playing it. If you like it we’ll play it, if you don’t we won’t.” I played it for them. ... it was sort of a pointillistic version, and they went, “Oh, very fresh.”
AP AP: How do you feel about the reaction to “Camp Meeting”?
Hornsby Hornsby: Overall ... the reaction has been shock and surprise on lots of levels. I would think that anybody who hears this would know that ... that I’ve certainly spent some time with this music on a deep level. I’ve had a couple of writers liken this to when Rod Stewart made his standards records. That’s a very clueless statement because this is the opposite of that. That’s a commercial ploy a lot of people have used in the past several years. ... It’s sort of modern day Muzak that goes down real easy for the old yuppie audience. I start off with an (Ornette Coleman) tune that’s so angular. “Death and the Flower” is a pretty obscure Keith Jarrett tune. ... Why would they liken that to someone’s pop standards record?

I am not going to say anything that has not already been said.

1. Cover are Ok as long as they are different, with the artist's stamp on it.

2. Covers are no worse than "original" tunes that sound like dozens of other tunes.

3. Jazz has a long history of playing covers; only they call it "the great American songbook."

4. If it gets more people listening to instrumental music, it has its place.

5. Buy what you like. If ya don't like 'em, don'y buy 'em.

Peace.