Thursday, September 21, 2006

Richard Thompson - I Misunderstood

Richard Thompson (solo here) from Rumour & Sigh...a truly great CD. This guy can write songs, and also play guitar, like very few other people can. Rumour & Sigh was nominated for a Grammy in 1991, and contains some of the blackest lyrics you'll ever hear on a record, bar none. It may have to do with the fact Thompson was spending a lot of time hanging around Loudon Wainwright III at this point, one of the most unusual (and gifted) songwriters to ever grace the planet Earth. A sample from the tune "Mother Knows Best"...

Well your baby's hungry
Your baby's sick
Don't make babies
That'll do the trick
Put another string of barbed wire
In your little love nest
It's better than a cardboard box
'Cause mother knows best

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