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Lucinda Williams — 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
Album: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
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Released: 1998
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You can't depend on anything really
There's no promises there's no point
There's no good there's no bad
In this dirty little joint
No dope smoking no beer sold after 12 o'clock
Rosedale Mississippi Magic City Juke Joint
Mr Johnson sings over in a corner by the bar
Sold his soul to the devil so he can play guitar
Too cool to be forgotten
Hey hey too cool to be for gotten
Man running thru the grass outside
Says he wants to take up serpents
Says he will drink the deadly thing
And it will not hurt him
House rule no exceptions
No bad language no gambling no fighting
Sorry no credit don't ask
Bathroom wall reads is God the answer YES
Too cool to be forgotten
Hey hey too cool to be forgotten
June bug vs hurricane
June bug vs hurricane
Hey hey

I had a lover
I thought he was mine
Thought I'd always be his valentine
Leaning agianst the railing of a Lake Charles bridge
Overlooking the river leaning over the edge
He asked me baby would you jump into the water with me
I told him no way baby that's your own death you see
Too cool to be forgotten
Hey hey too cool to be forgotten
June bug vs hurricane
June bug vs hurricane
Hey hey
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Sounds whiney to me 
Posted 2 months ago by Rcallinjr    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:

This can still bring tears to my eyes... So many things come to mind... Discovering Lucinda, hearing her on KBCO Studio-C while I was going through an Aztec-surgery divorce, seeing her a couple years later at Boulder Theater, WOW...and all the things the world and I have seen since then...and seeing her do an unforgettable in-home Covid-era concert jam on NPR.com... She is so ESSENTIAL to me...

I always loved reading your posts, you always have great stories.  I can understand your appreciation of Miss Lucinda. She just exudes desire, sensuality, longing, & obsession so well.  I have this album after hearing her on WYEP in the day. She writes so well. I'll have to watch for her to come around.  

Posted 9 months ago by eyke    [ Reply ]
 erwinphoto wrote:

A pathetic attempt to sound oh so cool....



Just like your post?
Posted 9 months ago by TC1    [ Reply ]
A pathetic attempt to sound oh so cool....
Posted 11 months ago by erwinphoto    [ Reply ]
I keep hearing Sweet Jane, covered by Cowboy Junkies? Dunno. But the guitar riff keeps sending me into that memory.
Posted 1 year ago by mac.knowles955    [ Reply ]
This is such a great album.
Posted 1 year ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
 easmann wrote:
See what's written on the wall, upper left (Junebug vs Hurricane 2-Kool 2-be 4 gotten):
June Bug vs. Hurricane

The song was inspired by the above photo, from a collection: 

Here's a nice article about the song:
Song of the Day #1,375: ‘2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten’ – Lucinda Williams


I have Juke Joint. I toured the Delta. Most jukes are gone. Oh to be a fly on those walls on a Fri, Sat night.
Posted 2 years ago by conkyjoe    [ Reply ]
 radioparadise9 wrote:

It wouldn't take  long for your brain to come out of your ears ....
Or blow it out of his nostrils.

Posted 2 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
The first Lucinda Williams song I've heard that is above a 3. This one is a solid 5. I know she's an RP darling. Funny thing is I love artists that LOVE her, just not her, for some reason.
Posted 2 years ago by jnhashmi    [ Reply ]
 easmann wrote:
See what's written on the wall, upper left (Junebug vs Hurricane 2-Kool 2-be 4 gotten):
June Bug vs. Hurricane

The song was inspired by the above photo, from a collection: 

Here's a nice article about the song:
Song of the Day #1,375: ‘2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten’ – Lucinda Williams
Thanks for that link. Interesting site.

Posted 2 years ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
Another great song from a talented singer
Posted 2 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
this girl rocks my boat big time!
Best concert I have had the luck of attending in Edmonton.
Doug Pettibone on guitar,  magic.
Posted 2 years ago by flatop    [ Reply ]
This can still bring tears to my eyes... So many things come to mind... Discovering Lucinda, hearing her on KBCO Studio-C while I was going through an Aztec-surgery divorce, seeing her a couple years later at Boulder Theater, WOW...and all the things the world and I have seen since then...and seeing her do an unforgettable in-home Covid-era concert jam on NPR.com... She is so ESSENTIAL to me...
Posted 3 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Lucinda and Steve Earle… this is one of my favorite Lucinda albums
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Thanks for the Steve Earl tidbit. I did not know that!
Posted 3 years ago by Ralf    [ Reply ]
 grhorn wrote:

i'm not gonna tell ya what i rated this song
it's a secret


IMHO the album as a whole is really good.
Posted 3 years ago by BiffP    [ Reply ]
 I wish I could dry your tears
10
Posted 3 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
This album was produced by Steve Earle with help from E-Streeter Roy Bittan. Just FYI.
Posted 3 years ago by SchoepTone    [ Reply ]
Fantastic... impression of Eliza Gilkyson!
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
 Matt_Maurer wrote:
Too whiney for my taste. 3/10.
 
i'm not gonna tell ya what i rated this song
it's a secret
Posted 4 years ago by grhorn    [ Reply ]
 tulfan wrote:
Tortuous
 
This song is about a turtle?
Posted 4 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
This whole album is too Cool to be 4 Gotten...thanks RP..
Posted 4 years ago by neptunejeff    [ Reply ]
Too whiney for my taste. 3/10.
Posted 4 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
 hansotten wrote:
all her titles are boring repeating same songover and over
 Think of her as you might think of port. A little port after a fine meal is excellent. A barrel of port - too much. Everything in moderation. ;)

Posted 4 years ago by jamesallen    [ Reply ]
One of the best country / folk  rock albums of 1998. Lucinda has a very sweet voice 
Posted 4 years ago by neptunejeff    [ Reply ]
all her titles are boring repeating same songover and over
Posted 4 years ago by hansotten    [ Reply ]
saw here this past summer, absolute best show I've been to!
Posted 4 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
She presented this entire album, as part of an ongoing tour, in Oakland recently. Lucinda Williams definitely gives you the complete package. Closed with Keep on Rockin' by Neil Young. I had seen her at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in a brief (45 minutes) set, but she and her band put on a great show. At times it seems as if she emphasizes the Louisiana/Mississippi/Texas drawl a bit, but she's the boss in a concert!
Posted 4 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
Terrific . We saw her last night 29 July '19 in Brighton,UK. All of the album with explanations. This song is prompted from a book photographs of old juke joints (can't remember the author). A lot of these words were on the walls of the pictured huts.
Posted 5 years ago by hbs47    [ Reply ]
 sronis wrote:
I simply can't listen to this bulls&%* anymore. my brain is coming out of my ears... Just by the stupid title one can understand how sucko-barfo this song is gonna be...


 
It wouldn't take  long for your brain to come out of your ears ....
Posted 5 years ago by radioparadise9    [ Reply ]
 tulfan wrote:
Tortuous
 
Well, at least it's not torturous for you.
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
OK I suppose.
Posted 5 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
Great album!  "June bug vs hurricane"...  Lucinda can write a song.
Posted 5 years ago by tlbritton    [ Reply ]
Gritty & smooth at the same time
Posted 5 years ago by jcleworth    [ Reply ]
Outstanding track from an outstanding album.
Posted 5 years ago by raenvald    [ Reply ]
Outstanding album
Posted 6 years ago by WBOB    [ Reply ]
This is the song that got me into Lucinda. Thanks to RP years ago!
Posted 6 years ago by mrselfdestruct    [ Reply ]
 LaurieinTucson wrote:
Love this woman's music, and that album title is the greatest

 
Yes, although I strongly believe that she'd have wanted it to be "oyster shell road" because that's all we had back in those days. Tons of bright white oyster shells poured on top of the grass or dirt to make a driveway, because they were plentiful and cheap.

Posted 6 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 
Image result for Lake Charles Calcasieu bridge

 

Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
 twoplain2sea wrote:
I need a mondegreen for June bug vs hurricane
Hey hey

 
junebug vs hurricane, it's life
Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Bill Frisell on guitar.
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 jimtyrrell wrote:
 Sorry man. Saw her 6 months ago, one the best shows in years for an old hippie. Her band blew the house down. The governor had to call in the guard. 8

 
I meant "When she wrote good songs."
Posted 8 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
 nutrod42 wrote:
When she was good. Great album.

  Sorry man. Saw her 6 months ago, one the best shows in years for an old hippie. Her band blew the house down. The governor had to call in the guard. 8


Posted 8 years ago by jimtyrrell    [ Reply ]
When she was good. Great album.
Posted 8 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
I need a mondegreen for June bug vs hurricane
Hey hey
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
a great song, from her masterpiece
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Love this woman's music, and that album title is the greatest
Posted 8 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
Incredible, how her voice just drips with the vibes of Louisiana and Mississippi...How well I remember how cool it was to discover her, at the turn of the Millennium, just as my marriage was burning up on re-entry to the changed old USA... First heard her "Train Wreck" on KCBO's Studio C 2000 collection, right when it came out, back when that was still a decent radio station, and didn't really know this stellar record until I was in Tokyo and it was often played here on RP. Then I dove right into all her stuff. I saw her at the great Boulder Theater on vacation here a year or two later, and — wow — she and her band are REALLY SOMETHING TO SEE! and by the way, her latest double album has some very juicy tracks; her voice is as sorrowfully nuanced as ever, and wicked guitar hooks abound...
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
Maybe not true for everyone, but if you grew up in south Louisiana, traveled many gravel roads, and entertained death thoughts on the old Lake Charles Calcasieu bridge this incredible collection probably captures your soul. If you don't get the accent, you really ought to think about traveling more often, and getting off the main roads when you do.
 
LaGrange gator here. You speak the truth.

This song immediately throws me back to that rural, humid, organic place that I couldn't stand. Weirdly, that's a good memory.
Posted 9 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
She Kills It
Posted 9 years ago by hempmandan    [ Reply ]
See what's written on the wall, upper left (Junebug vs Hurricane 2-Kool 2-be 4 gotten):
June Bug vs. Hurricane

The song was inspired by the above photo, from a collection: 

Here's a nice article about the song:
Song of the Day #1,375: ‘2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten’ – Lucinda Williams
Posted 9 years ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
Nice song... but the title seems more like an early 90's Prince title.
Posted 10 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
Her rough, gritty voice is perfect for this, and quite pleasing in general.
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:


Everybody in my church loves this cool song...
 

 

Kool song indeed!
Posted 11 years ago by Keef    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:

Have I ever said you have great taste in music?

 
Have you ever noticed it's just a drone auto-pasting in the same comment over and over? I bet it's not even in a hotel room.
Posted 11 years ago by coccyx    [ Reply ]
long time no hear!!!! {#Dance}
Posted 11 years ago by juanos    [ Reply ]
 Groogrux69 wrote:

Me too.
 

Everybody in my church loves this cool song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
This song title seems to come from the texting age, yet written in 1998:  2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten.  This song is very nice.
 

It's what kids were writing in each other's high school yearbooks long before cell phones appeared.
Posted 11 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]

Love Lucinda.  That was a hell of an album.
 
Posted 11 years ago by hallogallo    [ Reply ]
I just like Lucinda. Smoky, cool, understated, and poetic.
Posted 11 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
How about playing songs from Sweet Old World or Essence? Play the sings with Bo ramsey on guitar.
"Baby, sweet baby, I wanna feel your breath
Even though you like to flirt with death Baby, sweet baby, can't get enough
Please come find me and help me get f——-d up"

Ooooh man, does she sing these lyrics in a seductive way.


Posted 11 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
More Lucinda! So glad to hear her on RP
Posted 12 years ago by leafmold    [ Reply ]
Love Lucinda Williams. Entire album is great. 
Posted 12 years ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
is the title from The Artist Formerly Known As....Lucinda?
Posted 12 years ago by LongGoneDaddy    [ Reply ]
Long live the goddess Ms. Lucinda Williams
Posted 12 years ago by Moak    [ Reply ]
Been caught trying to emulate this guitar tone once or twice...
Posted 12 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

2 bad 2b hurd. F*ckin' long, innit?

 

Riley-Fred you are a true bore!

says,

the world-jury,

through their first officer,

STINGRAY


Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 marmelock wrote:
This whole album is 'Godlike'.
 

True - very true!

Too cool to be forgotten!


Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 marmelock wrote:
This whole album is 'Godlike'.
 

I agree
Posted 12 years ago by Baketown    [ Reply ]
LOVE YOU, LUCI...!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
This whole album is 'Godlike'.
Posted 12 years ago by marmelock    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:

Everybody in my hotel room loves this cool song...


 
 
Have I ever said you have great taste in music?
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
I like this insecure girlish voice too..
Posted 12 years ago by Burg    [ Reply ]
Lucinda sits unchallanged at the Pinnacle of Cool...{#Clap}     {#Notworthy}
Posted 12 years ago by Moak    [ Reply ]
 MLavender wrote:
My favorite artist is Bob Dylan, so I'm clearly okay with less than beautiful voices.  And I like some of Lucinda's stuff (I own this album, for example), but alas, her voice does detract.
 



She has a perfectly lovely voice. There's clearly a double-standard with respect to women singers; if their voice isn't "lovely" then they can't sing well. Clearly this expectation isn't the same with male singers, most of whom rely on their ability to approximate notes rather then sing them clearly. Of course I'm talking about the stuff we hear on RP as my sample.
Posted 12 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:

Everybody in my hotel room loves this cool song...


 
 
Me too.
Posted 12 years ago by Groogrux69    [ Reply ]
My favorite artist is Bob Dylan, so I'm clearly okay with less than beautiful voices.  And I like some of Lucinda's stuff (I own this album, for example), but alas, her voice does detract.
Posted 13 years ago by MLavender    [ Reply ]
 sronis wrote:

I simply can't listen to this bulls&%* anymore. my brain is coming out of my ears... Just by the stupid title one can understand how sucko-barfo this song is gonna be...


 
{#Lol}

Posted 13 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]

I simply can't listen to this bulls&%* anymore. my brain is coming out of my ears... Just by the stupid title one can understand how sucko-barfo this song is gonna be...


Posted 13 years ago by sronis    [ Reply ]
This song title seems to come from the texting age, yet written in 1998:  2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten.  This song is very nice.


Posted 13 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Gotta say this song and "Righteously" really work for me.
Posted 13 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
{#Hearteyes}Find me a cooler groove than she creates in this song...rock's destination...arrived 
Posted 13 years ago by Moak    [ Reply ]
 Jeff09 wrote:
Well, and evocatively, put, B.  You got a talent...
Thanks, please tell my editor! Caught Lucinda in a small venue (House of Blues New Orleans) show a few weeks back. She does not front, not an ounce. Pure soul pours out of every pore, and that ragged voice flows like molten iron. Her new guitar player was a bit long on technique and short on raw meat, but CC Adcock came out for the encore to show him how it's done. A national treasure.

Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
Every soul in a high wind and a light rain on a motorcycle at midnight has, involuntarily. It's a creepy, high arcing, narrow steel spider of a nightmare structure, festooned (at least at one time) with ornaments of crossed flintlock pistols on the stiles to commemorate the exploits of pirate/patriot Jean LaFitte.

Built under the administration of Governor Earl K. Long, brother of the Kingfish Huey P. Long himself, it has an unstable, acrophobic draw that will pull you against your will to peer over the 135 foot railing to the muddy water below.

I avoid it if at all possible.


 
Well, and evocatively, put, B.  You got a talent...

Posted 13 years ago by Jeff09    [ Reply ]
Saw her at the Orange Peel in March of this year - she opened with this one and did a great job. She must have not done it in awhile because she had to keep looking at the words.
Great song!
Posted 13 years ago by SCJoniguy    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
One of the greatest recordings of all time.
Maybe not true for everyone, but if you grew up in south Louisiana, traveled many gravel roads, and entertained death thoughts on the old Lake Charles Calcasieu bridge this incredible collection probably captures your soul. If you don't get the accent, you really ought to think about traveling more often, and getting off the main roads when you do.

 

yes, that's right

Posted 13 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Forgot just HOW GOOD this song is. Lucinda in transition but still dead, cold on.  UK, you're just not going to get this. That's OK. Just refrain from being an ass please.

Posted 13 years ago by merobreno    [ Reply ]
 tulfan wrote:
Tortuous
 
tor·tu·ous. adj ˈtȯrch-wəs, ˈtȯr-chə-. Definition of TORTUOUS. 1. : marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding tortuous path>

Posted 13 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
I know that she's kinda important in this world and from this song, at least, I kinda get why. But it's still not my thing.
Posted 13 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
 tulfan wrote:
Tortuous
 
2 bad 2b hurd. F*ckin' long, innit?

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Tortuous
Posted 13 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
johnjconn wrote:
Who hasn't entertained death thoughts on the old Lake Charles Calcasieu bridge...
Every soul in a high wind and a light rain on a motorcycle at midnight has, involuntarily. It's a creepy, high arcing, narrow steel spider of a nightmare structure, festooned (at least at one time) with ornaments of crossed flintlock pistols on the stiles to commemorate the exploits of pirate/patriot Jean LaFitte.

Built under the administration of Governor Earl K. Long, brother of the Kingfish Huey P. Long himself, it has an unstable, acrophobic draw that will pull you against your will to peer over the 135 foot railing to the muddy water below.

I avoid it if at all possible.


Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Everything I love about Lucinda is in this song.  Just might be my favorite.
Posted 13 years ago by Moak    [ Reply ]
One of the greatest recordings of all time.
Maybe not true for everyone, but if you grew up in south Louisiana, traveled many gravel roads, and entertained death thoughts on the old Lake Charles Calcasieu bridge this incredible collection probably captures your soul. If you don't get the accent, you really ought to think about traveling more often, and getting off the main roads when you do.

Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Coolest voice in business!
Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
always
Posted 14 years ago by peacockangel    [ Reply ]
Artists I know in Real Life get 9's.  No exceptions!
Posted 14 years ago by james_of_tucson    [ Reply ]
 cc_rider wrote:


Not everyone knows 'zactly what that accent is. It's called 'Texas Stoned', aka 'Austin'.

c.
 

I call it "Drunkard" or "Barfly"...either one.

{#Smile}
Posted 14 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
 Frater_Kork wrote:

For once I concur. This entire album is tripe with an exception for "Can't Let Go" (In My Opinion)
 
This entire album is composed of 8's, 9's, and 10's.  Lucinda could do no wrong on this one.  Sublime.
Posted 14 years ago by alux    [ Reply ]
 Randomax wrote:
I believe it's a purposeful throwback to school when sayings like "2 kool 4ever", etc. were the fun norm.

 
Well, this was released in 1998...

Posted 15 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
I believe it's a purposeful throwback to school when sayings like "2 kool 4ever", etc. were the fun norm.

Posted 15 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:

Somebody with that user name commenting on the use of numerals in a song title makes me full of ironic glee.
 
I do appreciate the irony, but I use the numbers because I find the handle AgentOrange is always either taken or blocked. And I've been using this handle since the September That Never Ended, so it's not like I'm a latecomer to it. Did Lucinda Williams run out of letters at the printers'?


Posted 15 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:
"2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten"

Was this song written by Prince?
 
Somebody with that user name commenting on the use of numerals in a song title makes me full of ironic glee.


Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
 wilcogirl11 wrote:
The_Enemy wrote:
I'm not sure that's an insult. Wreck is an easy 10. Sure, it was overplayed in its day and it's sappy but it has a visceral truthiness to it that's hard to resist. 2 Kool isn't bad. I give it a 7.
I think this person meant "truthfulness". Not everyone watches Jon Stewart.
 
holborne wrote:
Uh...do you know what "truthiness" is supposed to connote?
 
I think this person meant "truthfulness". Not everyone watches Jon Stewart.

I doubt that because  the adjective "visceral", used before "truthiness", reinforces the meaning of "truthiness" - truth that comes from the gut. I think The_Enemy meant to use that word.
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 Excelsior wrote:
Puts the "S" in stoned, sodden, slurring, sucks...
 
For once I concur. This entire album is tripe with an exception for "Can't Let Go" (In My Opinion)
Posted 15 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
wilcogirl11 wrote:
The_Enemy wrote:
I'm not sure that's an insult. Wreck is an easy 10. Sure, it was overplayed in its day and it's sappy but it has a visceral truthiness to it that's hard to resist. 2 Kool isn't bad. I give it a 7.
I think this person meant "truthfulness". Not everyone watches Jon Stewart.


But everyone should . . . {#Wink}

BTW, I think truthiness is Steven Colbert's invention, though Jon may have had a hand in it . . .
Posted 15 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
 wilcogirl11 wrote:
The_Enemy wrote:
I'm not sure that's an insult. Wreck is an easy 10. Sure, it was overplayed in its day and it's sappy but it has a visceral truthiness to it that's hard to resist. 2 Kool isn't bad. I give it a 7.
I think this person meant "truthfulness". Not everyone watches Jon Stewart.

 
colbert.

Posted 15 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
The_Enemy wrote:
I'm not sure that's an insult. Wreck is an easy 10. Sure, it was overplayed in its day and it's sappy but it has a visceral truthiness to it that's hard to resist. 2 Kool isn't bad. I give it a 7.

 
holborne wrote:

Uh...do you know what "truthiness" is supposed to connote?

 
I think this person meant "truthfulness". Not everyone watches Jon Stewart.

Posted 15 years ago by wilcogirl11    [ Reply ]
Lucinda is just dusty, ground down and real.
Posted 15 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
 The_Enemy wrote:
I'm not sure that's an insult. Wreck is an easy 10. Sure, it was overplayed in its day and it's sappy but it has a visceral truthiness to it that's hard to resist. 2 Kool isn't bad. I give it a 7.
 
Uh...do you know what "truthiness" is supposed to connote?

Posted 15 years ago by holborne    [ Reply ]
I really love the production on this CD.  It was what introduced me to the world of Lucinda.  She is an amazing songwriter and performer.
Posted 16 years ago by jeremyleo    [ Reply ]
steeler wrote:
Too cool, indeed. The emotions just drip off of her vocal stylings. She puts the "S" in sultry.
Puts the "S" in stoned, sodden, slurring, sucks...
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
oh, not her drivel again. Go away, Barfly....
Posted 16 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:
"2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten" Was this song written by Prince?
Prince suggested the title via text message.
Posted 16 years ago by alph    [ Reply ]
one of my favourite L.W. songs for sure.
Posted 16 years ago by linz_bobinz    [ Reply ]
Too cool, indeed. The emotions just drip off of her vocal stylings. She puts the "S" in sultry.
Posted 16 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
The goofy spelling of the title aside, this is my favorite cut from what I think is her best album. Listening to this I can imagine being in a hot Mississippi beer joint on a summer night. She is an acquired taste, but well worth the effort, because she's a great storyteller.
Posted 16 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
RadioDoc wrote:
And yet, you rate " The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" a 10. Sorry if we don't take you seriously.
I'm not sure that's an insult. Wreck is an easy 10. Sure, it was overplayed in its day and it's sappy but it has a visceral truthiness to it that's hard to resist. 2 Kool isn't bad. I give it a 7.
Posted 16 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
Lucinda live is a great experience, she is the quintessential singer/songwriter and storyteller between songs. One surprise for me was how petite she is, this is a tiny woman with a big voice. Saw her last year in Buffalo and she rocked the place, too bad it was stadium seating and people couldn't really move around. For me, Essence is one of the great songs of all time, just a raw, aching, wanting song...
Posted 16 years ago by Tomcat12    [ Reply ]
"2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten" Was this song written by Prince?
Posted 16 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]