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omorkaHoly crap, my memory is going! I'm not old enough for this!
I got linked to the lyrics of this song in the comments of a political blog. I got a stunning sense of deja vu, and started singing along. I'm convinced that I've heard this before, which isn't all that surprising - it's a fairly old song, from my last year in college, over a decade old at this point. So I looked it up in iTunes, and sang along to the 30-second clip. I had the melody right. I have heard this before.
The problem is, I clearly remember this being a male voice singing with an acoustic guitar accompaniment. I went ahead and bought the song off of iTunes, and the melody I remember is the one that DeMent sings, but clearly what I am remembering is a cover by someone else. I quite like her version (presumably the original), but -
Does anyone else remember there being a cover version? Houstonians, was there a local band or singer that did a cover, maybe, and I'm remembering that? There's no other version available on iTunes, and Googling the title plus the word "cover" gets me nothing but bloggers quoting the lyrics while talking about government cover-ups.
Man, this is going to drive me nuts . . . glad I finally picked up the song, though.
I got linked to the lyrics of this song in the comments of a political blog. I got a stunning sense of deja vu, and started singing along. I'm convinced that I've heard this before, which isn't all that surprising - it's a fairly old song, from my last year in college, over a decade old at this point. So I looked it up in iTunes, and sang along to the 30-second clip. I had the melody right. I have heard this before.
The problem is, I clearly remember this being a male voice singing with an acoustic guitar accompaniment. I went ahead and bought the song off of iTunes, and the melody I remember is the one that DeMent sings, but clearly what I am remembering is a cover by someone else. I quite like her version (presumably the original), but -
Does anyone else remember there being a cover version? Houstonians, was there a local band or singer that did a cover, maybe, and I'm remembering that? There's no other version available on iTunes, and Googling the title plus the word "cover" gets me nothing but bloggers quoting the lyrics while talking about government cover-ups.
Man, this is going to drive me nuts . . . glad I finally picked up the song, though.
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Date: 2008-10-10 04:03 am (UTC)Amazon also lists the same title by Kevin Welsch on this compilation album: Freedom Sings (http://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Sings-First-Amendment-Center/dp/B000LX41FG).
Maybe that's what you are looking for?
ETA: http://oldermusicgeekentertainment.blogspot.com/2008/07/music-wasteland-of-free.html
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Date: 2008-10-10 06:22 am (UTC)