Coverville 1523: Cover Stories for Howard Jones, Steely Dan and Smokey Robinson

Coverville: The Cover Music Show (AAC Edition)

Brian Ibbott

Cover, Music, Coverville

4.9 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Birthday cover stories on today’s show – for Howard Jones (70), Walter Becker of Steely Dan (would have been 75), and Smokey Robinson (85)! Enjoy! (63 minutes)

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0:00.0	coming up on episode number 1,523. It's time for a triple cover story on the show today because
0:08.3	we've got some big birthdays here. Howard Jones turning 70. Walter Becker would have turned
0:14.9	75 where he's still alive. And Smokey Robinson turning, I believe, 85.
0:22.1	Holy cow.
0:23.2	What a great day.
0:24.6	Great week.
0:26.6	These are all not on the same day, but the same week.
0:29.8	A great week for a cover story or three cover stories all rolled into one.
0:44.3	All of this and more coming up right now on Coverville. The times are tough now, just getting tougher. Whole world is rough.
0:46.3	It's just getting rougher.
0:48.3	Cover me.
0:50.3	Come on, baby, cover me.
0:53.3	Well, I'm looking for it. Come on, baby, cover me.
0:58.2	Well, I'm looking for a little.
1:01.4	Come on in and cover me.
1:08.5	Greetings from Coverville for a Thursday afternoon.
1:12.0	It is Thursday, February 20th, 2025. My name is Brandon,
1:18.9	and welcome to another triple cover story episode featuring music. Later on, you'll hear covers of Smokey Robinson and covers by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles. A lot of great
1:24.7	songs to pick from on there, and it's tough because you want to pick
1:28.0	stuff that isn't sound alike. There's a lot of sound alike covers of Smokey Robinson, but you
1:33.9	want stuff that is kind of reimagines his music. Tougher to do with those old Motown
1:38.7	classics than you'd realize because when people cover those, they want to be true to the originals.
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