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My friend David Beard, long at NatGeo, told me this week about this discovery, Joni Mitchell about 40 years back covering the old Elvis and Buddy Holly classic, “You’re So Square,” but naturally jazzy it up but with humor. Here you go
Buddy:
McCartney tried it during an informal Beatles jam:
Greetings from Pasadena today:
From Tunes to Toons
Canada, plotting revenge:
Holly, alas. He was ahead of his time and showed signs of becoming a great artist if only he had lived. “Well Alright” could have been written in the 1970s. It’s no accident that that song was covered as much as it was.
That Joni is just so adorable! Great discovery; even though I generally loathe her jazz fusion period. Adorable!