Crazy, by Patsy Cline.
This song ended up in front of me tonight because I started trying some Gram Parsons songs, realized I didn’t know any of them, and looked for some easier Willie Nelson stuff, tried his take on Crazy, and then said screw it, just do it Patsy’s way, since that’s the version I know best.
And then I completely failed at it, but there are lessons here, like, some things sound better in rehearsal, or in your head, or in the car.
Walkin’ After Midnight, by Patsy Cline.
About a hundred years ago, during my second semester of college, I took a sound class where I made a few of my best friends for years after; but before we worked together on a Bukowski radio drama adaptation (of course), I used this song on an early project as the background-slash-setup to an audio punchline involving a guy looking for his dog.
Patsy Cline sounds like music a very specific friend of my mom’s would’ve put me onto, but I don’t really remember the origin story of how I got into her Greatest Hits CD.
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I think 100 songs was definitely the turning point where I’m craving some data about what I’ve been doing here.
Yes, I have a spreadsheet, but beyond artist and song title, I’ve almost intentionally not gathered much. What would be interesting? I could use tags for artist, decade, genre… (heh, what do I love to argue about more than a genre taxonomy?)