28 August 2006

And in Disturbing Pop Culture News . . .


Jessica Simpson’s new album features a cover of Patty Griffin’s poetic, powerful breakup song “Let Him Fly.” On Simpson's forthcoming album A Public Affair The beautifully-crafted song by Griffin (also covered by the Dixie Chicks) is only separated by a few songs from a song co-authored by Simpson called “Push Your Tush.” Possibly a shoutout to her Dukes of Hazzard days, the song has classy lyrics such as "baby it's a hoedown, we can get lowdown 'round here/ take it to the floor now, we can get our flow down 'round here/ cowgirls, cowboys, make noise 'round here."**

Now, I'm not a pop princess hater. I've danced to Spears' "Slave for You." I've turned up the radio to Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man." Jessica even sings a song I've played on repeat back in the day: "Did You Ever Love Somebody?"

It's just that I like "Let Him Fly." And I especially like it without all of the breathy pop accents and pauses between every consonant.

Seriously.






**lyrics to the song are not released online yet; these are the lyrics I heard, so forgive me if they are incorrect

3 comments:

Liz said...

This hurts my heart....

Anonymous said...

So, what did you think of the new "Grey's"?

Leslee said...

That's just sad.