Pandemic Playlist #6: So Far Away

Another twofer in its own way--Carole King on piano and voice with James Taylor on guitar, "So Far Away."

Pandemic Playlist #5: Keep your distance

It's a twofer - the original Richard Thompson version is below (and much moodier); the Patty Loveless version is above and, oddly, slightly chipper in its own way. Sorry not sorry, I am required by my heritage to give a shout-out to the Kentucky native.

Pandemic Playlist #4: Message in a Bottle

Less obvious, so I'll definitely allow it.

"Message in a Bottle" was the song that made me fall in love (briefly) with The Police. They weren't quite mainstream in the US just yet, still somewhat of a hidden gem, at least at my university way back in 1979.

And then a year or so later, they released "Don't Stand So Close to Me," and everybody knew who they were. And then after that, they released "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da," and everybody seemed to take that as a legit piece of music. And and that point, I knew they were dead to me.

Pandemic Playlist #3: Don't Stand So Close to Me

A bit obvious, but I'll allow it.

Pandemic Playlist #2: Don't Touch Me

"Don't Touch Me," a classic country hit by Titusville, Pennsylvania's own Jeannie Seely.

Pandemic Playlist #1: Ain't Nothin' Goin' on but the Rent

Thank you, Miss Gwen Guthrie, for this ever-appropriate pop classic.