So I'm watching David Letterman introduce Simon Baker, star of The Mentalist, and suddenly Paul Shaffer's band plays him on with an up-tempo number that is so familiar.
Except I can't quite identify it.
But it sounds like an R&B song from the 60's or 70's. Probably originally introduced by a black singer. Dionne Warwick? The Supremes?
Is it a Burt Bacharach and Hal David song?
Duh-DAH-duh-Dah-Dah-Dah...
I know the song must have something to do with Simon Baker or his show.
So I Google "Simon Baker play on song David Letterman" to no avail.
I even downloaded some software that purports to identify songs.
No luck.
It's driving me crazy.
So I call my sister and play it for her. It's a bit frustrating because the band doesn't get to play a full refrain; it's cut off in the release.
It doesn't ring any bells with my sister.
So I try humming it to her. [Sorry about that, Donna!]
Still nothing. So we talk for a few minutes, and I ask if she'd listen once more.
This time she hears something. Play it again.
Yes, she definitely recognizes the tune. Some lyrics pop into her head. "Just like a paperback novel..."
OK, now we've got something to Google.
And sure enough, it was just as I suspected.
Except it was Gordon Lightfoot.
And it wasn't originally an R&B song. Well, Paul Shaffer's version confused me.
But it certainly did have a connection to Baker's show.
