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i just heard a version (maybe the original) of said iris dement song on wfmu. its reminded me how much i loved a live version by 10,000 manics at the end of my high school years despite sonic youth being my favorite band.

so now the 2 part question:

1. what can you tell me about said song or its composer

and more fun (cause i know how to use google)..

2. what modern versions of old folk (or standards) songs sucked you back into stuff from before yr time or a genre you never expected to listen to.

― b b, Monday, 9 May 2005 14:34 (twenty-one years ago)

1. "Our Town" is actually the best song on DeMent's first album. Check out her second, 'My Life.'

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Monday, 9 May 2005 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I love the Maniacs version! It's one of the few Maniacs songs I can hear these days without puking. And isn't David Byrne wonderful on it too?

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 9 May 2005 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

"My Life" was shortlisted on many 1994 top-1o lists. It's always been on my list of albums to buy.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 9 May 2005 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

whatever happened to her?????

i used to really like the first iris dement LP but i wonder if i still would. i like her version of lefty frizzell's "mom and dad's waltz" a lot, of that much i'm sure.

hmmm...: Whatever happened to Iris Dement?

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 04:18 (twenty-one years ago)

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