"If You Could Read My Mind" by The Franklin Electric

 

Montreal, Canada indie folk band The Franklin Electric cover "If You Could Read My Mind," a 1970 soft rocker from Toronto based singer songwriter Gordon Lightfoot.

I don't know any old-time movies about a ghost in a wishing well.  "The Ring" was released in 2002, which isn't super old timey. Plus, that was just a regular old well.  

"The Goonies," hitting theaters in 1985, did have a wishing well, but no ghosts.  

For a cover by Lightfoot, his version of "Me and Bobby McGee" can be found here.

"Me and Bobby Mcgee" by Gordon Lightfoot

 I'll get this one out of the way early, as I'm not sure that it qualifies as a cover.

Just like the FDA will pull vats of condensed chicken soup if they find a certain percentage of rat turds by volume, there may be a "CTRSBCACSATPC," or "Can This Really Still Be Considered a Cover Song At This Point Commission," that compares the "cover" with the original.

And, when it comes to this cover of 1969 Roger Miller (popularized by Port Arthur, Texas singer Janis Joplin a couple of years later) "Me and Bobby McGee," anyhow, Gordon Lightfoot is a total honey badger.

Change the chord progression here and there for no reason? Honey badger.

Mispronounce the most populated town in Monterey County because reasons? Honey badger.

Rewrite whole verses, sometimes into indecipherable word salad? Check.

But, when you sound like Gordon Lightfoot, I guess you get a pass.

He always gets a pass. Which is probably why he's such a honey badger.