LISTENING IN: Don’t Stand So Close to Me

They’re being called “isolation videos” – popular songs from the past that are getting an uptick in play while folks are stuck at home due to the COVID crisis.

Often optimistic or inspirational, at other times funny, sometimes they are simply appropriate, like this hit from 1980 by The Police.

This adaptation comes from Scott Bradlee in what has been dubbed the Quarantined Piano Series. It’s wordless, but, after all, sometimes words aren’t really necessary.