"Idol" (yeah, yeah, yeah ...)

I have a love-hate relationship with the pop standards. While there are a few, like say Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man" or Gladys Knight's "Midnight Train to Georgia," which are always welcome and even capable of moving me to tears if they hit me at the right angle, songs like that are few and far between. Many pop standards I can appreciate for what they are, but care little about. Most, I have varying degrees of open disdain for.

Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed" falls somewhe...