Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Son of Covers Week (Part Le Troisième): Special "Mary -- You've Got Spunk. I Hate Spunk." Edition

From Late Night With David Letterman in (approximately) 1996, please enjoy the irrepressible Joan Jett and her beyond endearing cover of "Love is All Around" (a/k/a the theme song from The Mary Tyler Moore Show).



I should add that the author of said song, Sonny Curtis, is not only still with us but should definitely be a household word; his other credits include being a member of Buddy Holly's Crickets as well as writing The Everly Brothers' classic "Walk Right Back" and Bobby Fuller's "I Fought the Law." Cooler than that it does not get.

3 comments:

FD13NYC said...

Very much in agreement about Sonny Curtis. But that hairstyle for Joan at the time was very unbecoming. Except I think when she shaved her head completely.

edward said...

Never a Joan Jett fan, but that was cute.

pete said...

I remember a solo Sonny Curtis album called "Love is All Around" from, I think, 1980. It had a tune called "The Real Buddy Holly Story" that I remember being hilarious.