Comments on: Song of the Day #290: ‘Little Rock Star’ – Lucinda Williams http://meetinmontauk.com/2009/05/10/song-of-the-day-290-little-rock-star-lucinda-williams/ Musings on movies, television, music and more Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:18:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dana http://meetinmontauk.com/2009/05/10/song-of-the-day-290-little-rock-star-lucinda-williams/#comment-2738 Mon, 11 May 2009 11:21:12 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.com/?p=4259#comment-2738 I don’t see Dylan as a whiner. To me, the whine voice consists of holding your notes in a slurry fashion, like Rufus and Lucinda. You can probably add David Byrne to that list. Others, like Costello, Folds, etc., do have “non-traditional” voices, but not that whiney quality.

]]> By: Clay http://meetinmontauk.com/2009/05/10/song-of-the-day-290-little-rock-star-lucinda-williams/#comment-2736 Mon, 11 May 2009 03:22:16 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.com/?p=4259#comment-2736 I love them to death, but Belle & Sebastian are most certainly whiners. Not sure if whining is the best way to describe Folds’ vocal limitations, but like all of these his is a non-traditional voice. Dylan is probably best characterized as a whiner, too.

]]> By: Dana http://meetinmontauk.com/2009/05/10/song-of-the-day-290-little-rock-star-lucinda-williams/#comment-2735 Mon, 11 May 2009 02:11:19 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.com/?p=4259#comment-2735 Well. I think Lucinda gets into a bit of a whine at times as well. Rufus, of course, lives in whine country. I don’t really hear whine in B&S or Folds.

]]> By: Clay http://meetinmontauk.com/2009/05/10/song-of-the-day-290-little-rock-star-lucinda-williams/#comment-2734 Mon, 11 May 2009 01:07:51 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.com/?p=4259#comment-2734 I think slurry and lethargic is a separate category from whiny. I do, of course, like whiny voices too (see: Morrissey, Belle and Sebastian, Ben Folds). But please respect the distinction!

]]> By: Dana http://meetinmontauk.com/2009/05/10/song-of-the-day-290-little-rock-star-lucinda-williams/#comment-2733 Mon, 11 May 2009 00:58:32 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.com/?p=4259#comment-2733 You do like your whiny voices:)

]]> By: Clay http://meetinmontauk.com/2009/05/10/song-of-the-day-290-little-rock-star-lucinda-williams/#comment-2732 Sun, 10 May 2009 16:25:04 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.com/?p=4259#comment-2732 I guess I’m a sucker for lethargy! :-)

]]> By: Dana http://meetinmontauk.com/2009/05/10/song-of-the-day-290-little-rock-star-lucinda-williams/#comment-2731 Sun, 10 May 2009 16:09:09 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.com/?p=4259#comment-2731 Funny you should mention Rufus, because, in an odd way, both voices have a similar lethargic quality–and it sort of turns me off in both cases.

]]> By: Clay http://meetinmontauk.com/2009/05/10/song-of-the-day-290-little-rock-star-lucinda-williams/#comment-2727 Sun, 10 May 2009 15:12:25 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.com/?p=4259#comment-2727 I’m just the opposite, Dana… Williams’ voice is one of the things I like best about her. I find I’m drawn to a lot of the non-traditional, love-it-or-hate-it voices out there, from Williams to Rufus Wainwright, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan and so on. Of course I have an aversion to Neil Young’s voice, so I guess it’s not a general rule.

Amy, this song came up in a thread about Amy Winehouse, I believe.

]]> By: Amy http://meetinmontauk.com/2009/05/10/song-of-the-day-290-little-rock-star-lucinda-williams/#comment-2726 Sun, 10 May 2009 15:04:34 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.com/?p=4259#comment-2726 Did we discuss this song during some other thread? It seems familiar. Thanks for the brief summary of the albums you couldn’t feature. Your appreciation of Williams makes me want to give her music a try more than any single song you’ve featured. I love the complialtion you made a few years ago, and my favorite song from that mix is “Little Angel, Little Brother.”

]]> By: Dana http://meetinmontauk.com/2009/05/10/song-of-the-day-290-little-rock-star-lucinda-williams/#comment-2725 Sun, 10 May 2009 13:48:54 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.com/?p=4259#comment-2725 Another good song, but I realize that, ultimately, what keeps me from jumping on the Lucinda bandwagon is her voice. Just a bit to slurry and lethargic for my personal taste. This is probably why I ultimately like Passionate Kisses better from Carpenter.

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