Covers friday + 1 non cover - Don Draper approved

Sometimes you hear songs on Mad Men that you haven't ever heard before... sometimes you hear songs that just make you happy to hear again. If you haven't seen this show, you really should (assuming it comes back for another season... I heard there were contract disputes) ... but go on watch the past 3 seasons.. you have till fall.

Season 1- Episode 13

Dont' think twice it's alright was the closing song to season 1. Originally by Dylan, this version is by Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music, who likes Dylan so much he actually did an album of all Dylan songs called Dylanesque... this song was not on that album though... It was off his album Frantic

Listen: Bryan Ferry, "Don't think twice, I'm Alright"



Bryan Ferry - Don't think Twice I'm alright


Season 2 - Episode 2

This is significant because it is one of the few times that Don Draper turns down some strange. I mean the man gets around. The japanese vesion of Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto is playing in the background as Don is sitting in a Japanese restaurant, and the waitress subtly offers to hook op with him later to which he replies "Not tonight". You know this song. it's been sampled a billion times. I give you two covers... one by the immortal Selena, and the other by the beach boyesque band Big Baddy.

Listen: Selena, "Sukiyaki"



Selena - Sukiyaki


Listen: Big Daddy , "Sukiyaki"



Big Daddy - Sukiyaki


Season 3 - Episode 12

This is the episode about the Kennedy assassination. End of the World by Skeeter Davis plays during the end credits and its brilliantly haunting. Girls covered the song. wanna hear it... hear it goes.

Listen: Girls, "End of the World"



Girls - End of the World


Season 3 - Episode 13

This is the song that ended the season. Shahdaroba by Roy Orbison. I give you the original, cause I couldn't find anybody that covered it... which is a shame cause its a bad ass song and needs to be revived. If its any consolation to those cover purists out there, Roy didn't write it... the song was written by texas' own Cindy Walker, one of the most prolific country music songwriters of all time.


Listen: Roy Orbison, "Shahdaroba"



Roy Orbison - Shahdaroba