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Mon Jan-10-05 05:45 PM
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God I love Lucinda Williams. |
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What's your favorite Lucinda Williams album? Song?
I love EVERYTHING on the Car Wheels CD.
"Once I get to Baton Rouge, I won't cry a tear for you. All the way to Jackson, I don't think I'll miss you much."
And then "You Took my Joy."
I love this woman!
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Mon Jan-10-05 05:48 PM
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is the song which made me love her music.
Car Wheels is a great disc. Big Red Sun is another favorite song, but I'm blanking on which disc has that.
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Mon Jan-10-05 05:59 PM
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Mon Jan-10-05 06:00 PM
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"Like a Rose" makes me cry every time.
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Mon Jan-10-05 06:06 PM
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that song never fails to perk my ears.
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Mon Jan-10-05 06:14 PM
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5. I met her publicist last South by Southwest. |
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He was really a nice fellow. LOVES Lucinda despite her...quirks.
I have to confess a soft spot for her, although I'm a bigger Patty Griffin fan. :D
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Mon Jan-10-05 06:23 PM
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6. The deepest rung of Hell is reserved for -- |
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-- people who don't like Lucinda Williams.
She's absolutely top-drawer.
On many days I find myself playing over and over in my head lines like "It's only concrete and barbed wire."
What a talent.
I have Emmylou Harris to thank for mentioning her, on stage in Sarasota, Florida, some years back. Evidently the two were neighbors in Nashville for a time, and are still great pals.
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Mon Jan-10-05 06:50 PM
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I am in truly deep shit. I just don't personally have much use for pungent and world weary observations over sparse country/rock-inflected folk. That stuff bores the ever-loving hell out of me--we'll see if it's gonna be enough to offset my assigned fate tho'.
Personally I like busy, pretentious instrumental music where the musicians just totally show-off! :) About one third of the vocal music I own is in languages I don't speak, that way the singing is effectively just another instrument.
In closing, I ordinarily wouldn't intrude on somebody else's love fest, but the "lowest rung of hell" thing was just TOO good to let pass without comment! ;)
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Mon Jan-10-05 07:10 PM
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14. I'll pray for your soul. |
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: )
----- I applaud your international music collection.
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Mon Jan-10-05 07:29 PM
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I should clarify and say that one-third of what I currently have in my car--not what I own. Ooops my bad. I reccomend NorthSide music's sampler "Cheaper Than Food" series it's mainly folk-rock crossover from Scandinavia. The discs are bone cheap (Like six bucks or so) have about twenty tracks each and usually have a pretty wide variety on them. And mercy me! Those Finnish ladies can SING! The Swedes too as long as we're at it. I saw a few of the bands at a local festival and was pretty impressed.
I must confess when I've picked up complete CD's from the artises on the samplers....well, the results have been sorta mixed. Annbjorg Lien-awesome, Vartina...unnnhhh.
Plus people REALLY look at you funny if they overhear it (I don't generally crank my car stereo.
Ahh yes, emjoy that music folks! :)
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Mon Jan-10-05 07:45 PM
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... you just might avoid that trip to hell, after all. And If not, some of us Lucinda fans could take up a collection and send you some ice water.
Varttina rocks! "Seleniko" is favorite disk to "crank up" while driving down an empty highway late at night.
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Mon Jan-10-05 08:19 PM
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21. Whew...now I can sleep tonight! |
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Seriously back to Lucinda though, while that real down tempo stuff isn't totally my bag, whenever I hear "Car tires on a gravel road" (which song does she mention St. Charles?) I think back to the couple of years I spent living in Lafayette Louisiana and the time my work sent me through St. Charles--a couple of times on a Greyhound Bus! If that isn't living the vibe of Lucinda I wanna hear what is!
Where would American folk be without trips on the "dog?"
(I promise you all that these last couple of posts were a minor scenic detour and NOT hijacking this thread :) )
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Mon Jan-10-05 08:24 PM
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22. That would be "wheels", hos'. Wheels. |
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Mon Jan-10-05 08:46 PM
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27. I enjoy much of her work, but your first paragraph accurately describes... |
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her work when she is just coasting (on a gravel road or elsewhere) That was succinct and well done :)
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Mon Jan-10-05 11:23 PM
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30. Awwww, now I'm gonna blush! |
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Thanks for the compliment!:puffpiece:
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Mon Jan-10-05 06:26 PM
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7. Me too, I have ALL of her albums... |
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Mon Jan-10-05 06:50 PM
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hell, who can pick though?
"Envy the Wind", yeah, that's my fave. Or is it "Those Three Days"? Wait!...it's "Lonely Girls", yeah...no... sorry, can't decide.
I love this woman too!
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Mon Jan-10-05 06:53 PM
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11. Sharp Cutting Wings (Song to a Poet) |
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You're the one you're my shinin star You're the one I've been waiting for Let's fly away to some foreign country Where nobody knows who we are
I wish I had a ship to sail the waters I wish I had about a hundred dollars But I'll just stand with this glass in my hand Feeling like nothing even matters
Your words run thru me like the blood in my veins I could swear I knew your love before I knew your name Before I knew your name
Everyday I miss your smiling face No one here can ever take your place The sun can shine down over my town But it never shines in my days
I told all the stars above I'm gonna shower you with my love I won't demand you I'll try to understand you My love is free as a dove
Your words run thru me like the blood in my veins I could swear I knew your love before I knew your name Before I knew your name
You're the one you're my shinin star You're the one I've been waiting for Let's fly away to some foreign country Where nobody knows who we are
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Mon Jan-10-05 07:05 PM
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God I love her!!! I love everything on the Car Wheels cd, but my favorite is You Took My Joy.! :yourock:
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Mon Jan-10-05 07:05 PM
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13. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road is my favorite album. Some of |
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my favorite songs are " I lost it", "Drunken Angel" and "Can't let go".
I also love " Those Three Days", "Essence", "Fruits of My Labor", "Just wanted to see you so Bad", "Passionate Kisses", "Side of the Road".
I adore her. My all time favorite female artist.
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Mon Jan-10-05 07:27 PM
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I have to admit I haven't heard everything she has done. Love - "Car wheels on a gravel road" "Hot blood" "Lines around your eyes" "Howlin' at midnight" And many more. What a great singer. :thumbsup:
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Mon Jan-10-05 07:35 PM
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17. I've got "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road" |
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Her Dad is an English professor (or was) at the University of Arkansas, and read a poem of his at Clinton's second inaugural.
"Right In Time" is a great opener on "Car Wheels...", but I like 'em all.
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Mon Jan-10-05 07:35 PM
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HippieSlacker WriterDude lusts eternally after Lucinda, and I gotta say, I'm ok with that.
At least he doesn't chase bimbo's.
:hippie:
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Mon Jan-10-05 07:42 PM
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19. Any song which mentions Coltrane |
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Mon Jan-10-05 08:40 PM
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25. she's way fuckin' cool. |
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Mon Jan-10-05 08:26 PM
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Man! Or should I say, WO-man!
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Mon Jan-10-05 08:27 PM
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24. Lou's a bit of a case. Love her nonetheless, especially |
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with homeboy Bo Ramsey on guitar, as he was on the last tour.
If I had my way, she's to snap out of it and start to rock again. Enough with this fey-feelie stuff.
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Mon Jan-10-05 08:42 PM
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26. I love her as much as she loves the bottle... |
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Mon Jan-10-05 09:20 PM
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28. She was seriously pimping Chuck Prophet |
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who opened for her at the last show of hers that I saw.
He was great live; anybody have opinions on his albums? I haven't been able to find much stuff of his to steal, and I pretty much like to know what I'm getting when I buy music.
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Mon Jan-10-05 09:38 PM
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29. chuck prophet is a gas live |
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rocks harder live than on his albums.
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Tue Jan-11-05 12:19 AM
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31. His best work was his guitarplaying on Green On Red records... |
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particularly the BRILLIANT "Gas, Food, And Lodging"
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