Monday, April 21, 2025

And Speaking of Gorgeous (An Occasional Series): Special "Logrolling in Our Time" Edition

From 1987, please enjoy ex-Squeeze guy the great Paul Carrack and his to-die-for cover of The Searchers cover of Jackie De Shannon's "When You Walk in the Room."

I've been a fan of Carrack since forever (i.e., when he was singing "How Long," with Ace back in 1974), but I must confess I had never encountered the above until last week, when Friend of PowerPop© Sal Nunziato posted a link to it over at his invaluable Burning Wood blog.

So I'm sharing it.

And not out of laziness, damnit, and fuck you for suggesting that! 😎

Seriously, the song itself is one of my all-time faves, and while Carrack's neo-Spectorian approach may not necessarily be the way you guys hear it, for me at least, it -- in Sal's phrase -- pushes all kinds of my buttons.

Hmm...perhaps I should check out the album it's from as well.

Oh, and you should be thankful I didn't make an "ex-squeeze me?" joke in today's title. So there. 😎😎

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

If you had, that would have been formulaic, mechanical even.

Jai Guru Dave

steve simels said...

There's just no pleasing some people. 😎

Anonymous said...

“Mechanical”.
It’s right there Mike!

Jai Guru Dave

daudder said...

He is quite the soulful, masterly vocalist. He's been around forever, and his voice just amazes. His solo work is sinfully inderrated, whether covers like this, or his collbarations with Nick Lowe. Timeless, seeminly effortless and so very enjoyable.

Allan Rosenberg said...

Very good musician, very good songwriter, very good recording, how could it not be anything less than such a very good recording

Bring Back Rock & Roll!!

Captain Al

Alzo said...

Yeah, that's pretty slick. Somehow, it leads to the most unexpected cover ever, IMO: Squeeze doing Lou Reed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g69zdmion4E