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Sunday, August 09, 2009

Song of the Week: Paul Anka's Cover of "Jump"

So, we're on break during the Willow Creek Leadership Summit at the Austin site and I overhear what sounds like "Jump" set to swing. I pulled out my iPhone and the Shazam app identified it as Paul Anka's cover of the Van Halen number. No, I don't have any other Anka music--no other swing music for that matter. But I just had to download this one. (Of course, it occurs to me that the Van Halen version is as much an odd and cute curiosity to my sons as the Anka styling is to me! David Lee Roth was belting this one out when I was the age my sons are now). The original Van Halen number follows Anka's cover:

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