Spring has officially started, it’s kinda warmish, and the garlic in my garden has started to sprout. It’s time to go out for a stroll.

The Mavises “Walk On By” (Dionne Warwick)
The original is a grandly swelling description of the wreckage of a broken relationship. This one is very upbeat and will put a spring in your step and you walk on by.

The Puppini Sisters “Walk Like An Egyptian” (The Bangles)
In some alternative universe the Andrews Sisters were an 80’s pop band. Or maybe the Bangles worked the USO circuit during World War II. Either way, this is what it would sound like.

Sheliyah “Walk This Way” (Aerosmith)
Aerosmith is another one of those popular bands that just never grabbed my interest. They did a couple of good songs but I just don’t get why they got so popular famous and rich that they became olympic-level heroin addicts. At any rate this swinging jazzy rendition really made me listen to the song in a new way.

Javier Alvarez “These Boots Are Made For Walking” (Nancy Sinatra)
I found this over at the very excellent Cover Vs. Original. The author says that it comes from a popular French television show. It’s mostly acoustic with very tasteful washes of distortion and a great breathy chick background singer.

Ghoti Hook “Walking On Sunshine” (Katrina And The Waves)
I’ve really been digging those ska horn sections lately.