Title: Patty Loveless - You Don't Even Know Who I Am Source:
YouTube URL Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cnx77yDxrk Published:Oct 8, 2006 Author:Patty Loveless Post Date:2006-10-08 20:34:58 by Peetie Wheatstraw Ping List:*Music Club* Keywords:None Views:1286 Comments:44
#9. To: Zipporah, lodwick, christine, robin, rowdee, Diana (#7)
No actually I didnt I was listening to the song .. who were they?
Well, Mary Chapin Carpenter has some truly great women singing with her.
You can find them on You Tube or CMT LOADED and listen, and I'd recommend these.
Pam Tillis-daughter of stuttering country great Mel Tillis-song I recommend is MI VIDA LOCA (MY CRAZY LIFE)
Trisha Yearwood-she knocks ol' puppy out with THERE GOES MY BABY (classy video complete with a high dollar Citroen with electric airshocks) and BABY I LIED former love interest of Garth Brooks (while his wife was at home and he and Trisha were touring-OMG!)
Emmy Lou Harris-you know who she is-be still my heart!
Kathy Mattea-18 WHEELS AND A DOZEN ROSES-song about a trucker who is on his way home on his last night before retirement. real country tearjerker "And he'll spend the rest of his life with the one that he loves!"
Patty Loveless-I'M THAT KIND OF GIRL
Suzy Bogguss-DRIVE SOUTH-great smile and she's so darn cute swinging her hips in that skirt that cuts above her knees
I really love the way that country music (or, the new pop as some say) showcases women.
#15. To: rowdee, robin, christine, Zipporah, lodwick (#11)
They all seems to sound alike, look alike to me.......not that I pay that much attention anymore. BUT, ditto on the male side of the record, as well.
I just don't hear a voice that rocks my boat, blows my dress up, or whatever the latest lingo is.
But that's just me........:)
It does require acclimation, but once I learned to recognize their voices without seeing who it is I really began to appreciate them.
Sheryl Crow is recording with Sting, Kid Rock and anyone who can arrange a duet with her, and her range, her inflections and her ability to nail the pitches in live performances and her songwriting make her one of the most under-appreciated crossover artists of our time.
This is partly because of videos, and the fact that so many fans "hear with their eyes."
For instance, Faith Hill is ever so lovely but her voice doesn't do a thing for me, and she often gets tired and starts going flat when performing live as she did at the Grammys a couple of years ago. Someone keeps over producing her with orchestra accompaniment, and she's much better delivering a straight ahead country tune. And, no one has the heart to tell her that she shouldn't record songs that she can't pull off live, because they keep making videos of her jiggling out her own tunes live, and she simply cannot dance and sing simultaneously. She just runs out of air and leaves me cringing as she struggles to hit those pitches. But, there are probably more live videos of her than any other woman artist. Now, why is that?
If you sort through the artists you'll find a jewel for every 50 pretty faces.
Alison Krauss is a great example. But, "they" made her get a nose job, and that really upsets me. She couldn't realize her full potential until she was flawless, and that is happening too much.
Kelli Willis and Miranda Lambert have gone under the knife, and it wasn't to improve their terrific voices. This disturbing trend (which seems to coincide with the CA and NY record execs discovering the country market) makes me want to beat the ever luvin' poo poo out of somebody.
American women are under siege by those who set these standards, and it's a crime.
But, think about it. Is it any wonder that for years eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia) were exclusively American diseases? (Japanese women are discovering it as they become more westernized. Now, that's progress!)
I don't want my daughters' or granddaughters' (I have two and three, respectively-I've been a grandpa since I was 35) self esteem to be warped by some incredibly toady and disgusting little bastard who doesn't hold himself to the same unreasonable benchmark.
There's also a reason that there are so many "hat acts" in country. Kenny Chesney, Dwight Yoakam and Tim McGraw are all balding, and they wouldn't be packing large venues if they removed the Stetsons. But, they aren't going to die from wearing hats.
I can't share your enthusiasm re Crow; agree about Hill; the other names I am unfamiliar with.
On the male front, I could scarcely pick out garth brooks, let alone the others you note. I do have a copy of Yoakums THousand Miles (or something like that).....but I don't think I could pick him out of a lineup.
Once in a while I will hear a song I like, but the current batch of 'stars' just don't do it with me.
This holds true with the movie industry, too. I'd take a star like Kathryn Hepburn or Richard Burton over anything that is passing as 'stars' today. Pretty faces or handsome men don't cut it--I want someone with the ability to convince me they are that person I'm seeing on the screen.