A Musical Interlude -- Nothing Else -- Skip If You Came Here Looking For The Bakken -- October 11, 2020

I never "request" this song on YouTube, but it comes up in rotation every so often. Incredible song.

Fifteen Years Ago, John Prine, featuring Lee Ann Womack 

Like all such great songs -- country / western songs -- or country songs -- great country songs, there are several components, a great hook, a great melody, but most importantly: an ironic subtext that may or may not be apparent to all. Sometimes that ironic subtext only comes out when sung as a cover by someone else covering it. I did not notice the irony in this song until I heard Lee Ann Womack singing her portion.

 

On another note, posted earlier, play this 15-minutes YouTube video in the background -- don't watch it -- just listen to it -- preferably using headphones, but then at some point, you will just have to look at the video to see who's singing. For me it occurs at just about 12:10 every time:

 

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