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Country music
James is known around his school as a "music mogul," which I guess is an improvement over "music freak," which is what he used to be called. His tastes are eclectic; although they are pretty much rock centered, that covers a lot of ground, and so does he. Tori Amos to Marilyn Manson and Metallica, Alice in Chains to Sublime, some classic rock such as The Who, tons of bands I've never heard of, fair smattering of hip-hop and rap, goth, everything Frank Zappa ever recorded, as well as the complete libraries of a number of bands, including Nirvana and Primus. He has a B.B. King CD that a friend of ours gave him which he really likes. He likes John Zorn. He has enough music to run a radio station.
He has little classical -- he doesn't really like it, from what I can tell. And little or no country. He thinks most country music "is crap." He cringes whenever he hears most stuff which emanates from Nashville these days. (Upon hearing that Shania Twain was Canadian, he said it lowered his opinion of Canada. ("And they have so much going for them! The Canadian Rockies! Hockey! Fries with gravy!")) I tend to agree with him. However, he decided listening to Mary Chapin Carpenter's "I Feel Lucky," that some of it wasn't that bad. (He does appreciate "Folsom Prison Blues.")
He also thinks Kathy Mattea's "Clown in Your Rodeo" is a pretty good breakup song. (Don't read anything into this: we were discussing Barenaked Ladies "One Week," which led to a discussion of songs which reflected real emotions and situations (e.g., having a fight but being unwilling to make up for several days), which led to a discussion of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" and hence to breakup songs.)
So I'm trying to make a CD for him of "not so bad" country music which he hasn't heard yet. So far, I'm thinking...
"I Walk the Line" and "Hurt", Johnny Cash
"Foggy Mountain Breakdown" Earl Scruggs
"Portland, Oregon" by Loretta Lynn
"Lonesome Standard Time" or "Listen to the Radio" by Kathy Mattea
"I Take My Chances" Mary Chapin Carpenter
something by Allison Krauss and Union Station
something by Emmy Lou Harris ... maybe with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt off the "Trio" album
I may try Dwight Yoakam again -- "Guitars, Cadillacs" was met with polite disinterest (which is a large step up from the response to a lot of my music) -- maybe "Streets of Bakersfield" (Buck Owens, yay!) or I could wimp out and do Yoakam's cover of "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," which was really a country song even if was done by Queen.
He has little classical -- he doesn't really like it, from what I can tell. And little or no country. He thinks most country music "is crap." He cringes whenever he hears most stuff which emanates from Nashville these days. (Upon hearing that Shania Twain was Canadian, he said it lowered his opinion of Canada. ("And they have so much going for them! The Canadian Rockies! Hockey! Fries with gravy!")) I tend to agree with him. However, he decided listening to Mary Chapin Carpenter's "I Feel Lucky," that some of it wasn't that bad. (He does appreciate "Folsom Prison Blues.")
He also thinks Kathy Mattea's "Clown in Your Rodeo" is a pretty good breakup song. (Don't read anything into this: we were discussing Barenaked Ladies "One Week," which led to a discussion of songs which reflected real emotions and situations (e.g., having a fight but being unwilling to make up for several days), which led to a discussion of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" and hence to breakup songs.)
So I'm trying to make a CD for him of "not so bad" country music which he hasn't heard yet. So far, I'm thinking...
"I Walk the Line" and "Hurt", Johnny Cash
"Foggy Mountain Breakdown" Earl Scruggs
"Portland, Oregon" by Loretta Lynn
"Lonesome Standard Time" or "Listen to the Radio" by Kathy Mattea
"I Take My Chances" Mary Chapin Carpenter
something by Allison Krauss and Union Station
something by Emmy Lou Harris ... maybe with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt off the "Trio" album
I may try Dwight Yoakam again -- "Guitars, Cadillacs" was met with polite disinterest (which is a large step up from the response to a lot of my music) -- maybe "Streets of Bakersfield" (Buck Owens, yay!) or I could wimp out and do Yoakam's cover of "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," which was really a country song even if was done by Queen.
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Good luck getting it out -- it's one of those insidious ones that requires some major surgery to get loose. No need to thank me -- the look on your face is plenty of compensation. :)
[re: Indigo Girls covers]
Yeah, I went through all the archives at Coverville (http://www.coverville.com/) to get some practice with Sound Forge, and I cut out all the Indigo Girls songs I could find there. I love their cover of "Uncle John's Band", but "Clampdown" was ... not good, and I didn't care for "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters", either.