Happy Happer.

I hope you're enjoying whatever you lot are doing these days, be it celebrating, ignoring, break-dancing or staring holes out of socks. I really do hope so. And to show you how much I care, I tell you what's on miTunes today. It's Paul Anka. Really! The album is called Rock Swings, and all tracks are cover versions of (more or less) well known rock songs. Actually, that label doesn't apply to all of them songs, but that's probably a different story. The collection sports songs like Jump, Everybody Hurts, Wonderwall, Black Hole Sun, True (Spandau Ballet), Smells Like Teen Spirit, Love Cats (The Cure), and a couple of others. All performed in a Sinatra / Las Vegas style with a swinging jazz arrangement. Simply brilliant. Some songs may take a bit (since I don't like the original - Eye of The Tiger / Hello), but the thing is that all these songs suddenly have a new dimension to them, and even if they didn't do much before suddenly sort of make sense. Good singer, cool band, great arrangements. It needs an open mind though to not switch off immediately when you hear the opening chorus of 'Jump' played by a horn section...