Jack White covers Hank Williams on a cover album that includes Bob Dylan. Jack White is on a cover roll, and this is a winner. I can’t wait for the album!
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18. Crazy - Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline is synonymous with the best of that country twang, and this song is one of my favourite karaoke songs ever!
{My 50 ALL-TIME FAVOURITE FEMALE VOCALISTS list continues (tagged Female Vocalists)! The criteria are simple: they are female of the species, I love their voice, and they have attempted to sing in English at one point in their career. The present list is focused mostly on the quality/uniqueness of their tone (voice box), and their ability to emote the hell out of the songs.}
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Strange - Patsy Cline
While we’re at it, here’s the original Patsy Cline song that Kid Cudi sampled for his She Came Along. I love me some Patsy Cline.
(Song link via This Bonus Track)
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Jolene (Dolly Parton cover) - The White Stripes (B-side of “Hello Operator” from De Stijl, 1999)
Apparently, this song dramatically chronicles Dolly Parton’s own encounter with a woman whom she believed was out to steal her husband. Or, at least, made it a sizzling red head temptation for him.
Parton says that Jolene is so popular because everyone can relate to her feelings of inadequacy— competing with that tall redhead in the bank who was after her husband.
“She had everything I didn’t, like legs — you know, she was about 6 feet tall. And had all that stuff that some little short, sawed-off honky like me don’t have,” Parton says. “So no matter how beautiful a woman might be, you’re always threatened by certain… You’re always threatened by other women, period.”
I don’t know that I’m around women I’m threatened by (yay for selective friends?), but that may change some time down the road when I start to feel old and cruddy? As for Jack White:
“I thought to take the character and change the context and make this red-headed woman my girlfriend, and that she’s cheating on me with one of my friends,” White says. “Then, that would be what I could really get emotionally attached to.”
(Song link via The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown)
Part of CKBT’s White Stripes retrospective month: Everyday until March 5th, a White-Stripes track (A or B-side) will appear by magic to remind you how singularly talented they were.
