Parsons Playlists: “Acoustic Covers You Didn’t Know You Needed”

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Christine (class of 2025) and features acoustic cover versions of songs.

Acoustic Covers You Didn’t Know You Needed

The Civil Wars – “Billie Jean”

Shoshana Bean and Cynthia Erivo – “I Did Something Bad”

Trousdale – “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”

Sammy Rae & The Friends – “Hotel California – Live at the Roadrunner”

Yoke Lore – “Truly Madly Deeply”

Sara Bareilles – “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”

The Brook & The Bluff – “Don’t Worry Baby”

Mother’s Daughter – “A Sky Full of Stars”

Hozier – “Say My Name”

Aretha Franklin – “Somewhere (Alternate Version)”

My Morning Jacket – “Rocket Man”

bôa – “Duvet (Acoustic)”

Sarah Jarosz – “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZezcBAgvahg4eVMiYFQjI3yh&si=mL7T4gXz5oxi7Pbc

And here it is on Spotify:

Parsons Playlists: “Best Live Performances”

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Eliana (class of 2024) and features a selection of songs recorded live.

Best Live Performances

There’s an endless number of incredible live performances, but these are some of the ones that top my list. I suppose being able to see the real thing would be better but a YouTube video is a close second, right?!?

Audience enjoying live music at a concert

Kelly Clarkson – “A Moment Like This” (American Idol winning performance from 2002) – A true cultural reset

Michael Jackson – “Billie Jean” (Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever at Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on March 25, 1983) – An even bigger cultural reset

Rihanna – “Love on the Brain” (Live at Global Citizen Festival 2016) – Performance I would have traded my left kidney for to see live

Miley Cyrus – “Heart of Glass” (Live from the iHeart Festival 2020) – The rockification of Hannah Montana

Soshana Bean – “She Used To Be Mine” from Waitress (From Club Broadway.com 2019) – The storytelling makes this a 15/10

Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Live Aid 1985) – No description necessary

Beyoncé – “At Last” (For Barack and Michelle Obama – Inaugural Ball January 20, 2009) – A defining historical moment that never fails to bring tears to my eyes

Keala Settle – “This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman (2017) – BTS you need to see

Ben Platt & Broadway Cast – “You Will Be Found” from Dear Evan Hansen – (From The Today Show April 2017) – Best of Broadway off of Broadway

Ariana Grande – “One Last Time” (From One Love Manchester June 2017) – Bravery and resilience highlighted in a single performance

Olivia Rodrigo & Joshua Bassett – “Just For A Moment” (Live Performance Vevo 2020) – Didn’t age well but the irony only adds to the heartbreak of the performance

Bruno Mars covers Adele’s “All I Ask” (The Live Lounge BBC Radio 1 November 2016) – Fun fact, Bruno wrote this song. And he kills it.

Here is a version of the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZexFIivdsXLUDb4weJss_Niy