PLAYLIST

These are the versions that I had in mind when writing. See textpublishing.com.au/books/the-best-of-adam-sharp for a Spotify playlist.

“Hey Jude” (The Beatles)

“Like a Rolling Stone” (Bob Dylan)—the “Judas” moment is on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966: The “Royal Albert Hall” Concert

“Someone Like You” (Adele)

“My Sentimental Friend” (Herman’s Hermits)—a taste of Adam’s accent

“Walk Away Renée” (The Left Banke / The Four Tops, or, for a spare version such as Pete the Project Manager sings, Linda Ronstadt)

“Brown Eyed Girl” (Van Morrison)

“Because the Night” (The Patti Smith Group)—Adam is wrong: Bruce Springsteen did record a studio version, eventually released on The Promise in 2010

“Both Sides Now” (Joni Mitchell / Judy Collins)

“You’re Gonna Lose That Girl” (The Beatles)

“You Are So Beautiful” (Joe Cocker)

“You Can Leave Your Hat On” (Joe Cocker)

“I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love with You” (Tom Waits)

“If You Gotta Go, Go Now” (Bob Dylan / Manfred Mann)—Dylan’s acoustic version on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964: Concert at Philharmonic Hall is closest to how Adam plays it

“I’m Henry VIII, I Am” (Herman’s Hermits)—an overdose of Adam’s accent, in the same vein as their “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter”

“Greensleeves” (Loreena McKennitt)

“I Am Woman” (Helen Reddy)

“Early in the Morning” (The Mojos)—the all-female Australian blues combo that Adam and Angelina catch at the pub in 1989

“Walking on Sunshine” (Katrina and the Waves)

“Mr. Siegal” (Tom Waits)

“Imagine” (John Lennon)

“Angel of the Morning” (Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts / Juice Newton)—growing up in New Zealand, I first heard Allison Durbin’s version

“I Will Survive” (Gloria Gaynor)

“Great Balls of Fire” (Jerry Lee Lewis)

“Skyline Pigeon” (Elton John)

“Walking in Memphis” (Cher)

“Walk Out in the Rain” (Ann Christy)

“Against the Wind” (Bob Seger)

“Clair” (Gilbert O’Sullivan)

“Goodnight Irene” (Ry Cooder)—his version features an accordion

“Angelina” (Bob Dylan)

“Lola” (The Kinks)

“For Once in My Life” (Stevie Wonder)

“C Jam Blues” (Oscar Peterson)

“Champagne Charlie” (Leon Redbone)

“Summertime” (Billie Holiday / Janis Joplin)

“Angie” (The Rolling Stones)

Chopin: Étude Op. 10, No. 3, “Tristesse” (Vladimir Ashkenazy)

“Farther On” (Jackson Browne)

“The Ship Song” (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)

“Angel” (Sarah McLachlan)

“Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien” / “No Regrets” (Edith Piaf)

“Bird on the Wire” (Leonard Cohen)—the performance on Cohen Live: Leonard Cohen in Concert, 1994

“All These Things That I’ve Done” (The Killers)

“San Diego Serenade” (Tom Waits)

“The Pretender” (Jackson Browne)

“The Times You’ve Come” (Jackson Browne)

“Revolution” (The Beatles)