Public Image Ltd (PiL) - "Greatest Hits, So Far"
Never much cared for PiL back in the 80's but I like them now.
Never much cared for PiL back in the 80's but I like them now.
What probably amounts to dozens of version of "Pancho and Lefty" Can't seem to get it out of my head. Seems like one of the best songs ever to me right now. The lyrics seem near flawless. And what does it actually mean?
The Emmylou Harris version is the one that gets to me. What does it actually mean? On one level, it's an interesting story. On another level it's about the moral choices people make. Although Lefty's still alive, "Cleveland's cold," while "poets tell how Pancho fell." Maybe there's something deeper, but it's plenty enjoyable at those levels.
now listening to the Skip James collection - what a haunting voice.
sample....(skip the ad in 10 sec)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNftrsCMiQs
A haunting voice and, at base, a scary guy in real life. An authentic bluesman.
...and that's no jive!!!!!!
tho he was married to the sister or neice (??) of one of the sweetest bluesmen and finger pickers of all time, the legendary Mississippi John Hurt
Neice, they say. "Lorenzo" by name. Long marriage and they are buried side by side. Despite lyrics like these:
You know, sometimes she gets unruly
An she act like she just don't wanna do
Sometimes she gets unruly
An she act like she just don't wanna -
But I get my 22-20
I cut that woman half in two
Mississippi John Hurt, a gentle voice and a sweet player, and by all accounts a sweet and gentle man!