Post by the Scribe on Aug 6, 2021 8:23:28 GMT
“Telling Me Lies” (1987, “Trio” with Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton)
“You don’t know what a chance is/Until you have to seize one/You don’t know what a man is/Until you have to please one.” These laser-sharp lyrics were written by British folk singer Linda Thompson as she was famously divorcing Richard Thompson. (Check out their lacerating album, “Shoot Out the Lights.”) According to Thompson, she nursed her wounds by staying with friend Linda Ronstadt. Some years later, Ronstadt sang lead on the song, with Harris and Parton on backup harmonies. The gorgeous melody belies the bitterness and frustration of a woman who can’t cover her ears or close her eyes enough to block out the memory of being lied to; it’s one of the most peaceful sounding songs about romantic anguish you can ever imagine.
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