9 Responses to “My Favorite Song of the Moment”

1. Catherine Posted: May 9th, 2007 at 3:52 pm

   1 I’ve never heard of her before, but I liked the song. I’ll have to check out more of her work. I love the bluesy raspy quality of her voice.

2. Eva Gale Posted: May 9th, 2007 at 6:20 pm

   2 LOVE her. She was a bit blurry in that one, though. And I love Rehab!

3. Laura Posted: May 9th, 2007 at 8:58 pm

   3 Love her. The woman is a total trainwreck, but lordy can she sing. And write.

4. Bettie Posted: May 9th, 2007 at 11:02 pm

   4 Me and Mr Jones is also my current Favorite.Song.Ever. I just finished my own squee! blog entry about that CD. I paid cash for it instead of bumming it from my musicy friends because we all got to do our part to keep that girl in hairspray and eyeliner. “What kind of fuckery is this?” is the perfect phrase for (almost*) any occasion. And how often do you hear the phrase, “You don’t mean dick to me.” in a song? Not often enough. The woman is a blessing to the English language. *YMMV

5. Carrie Lofty Posted: May 10th, 2007 at 4:37 am

   5 If you didn’t know, the “Mr. Jones” is the rapper Nas — she’ll let you go with missing Slick Rick, but no one’s gonna make her miss Nas. And yes, she’s brilliant. I think the trainwreck part is quite played up for her image, because she’s actually very savvy. Listening to this song, I always get the impression of that high school dance scene in American Graffiti where they’re all dancing in the gym — except dancing to this song. This clip of her on Britain’s Nevermind the Buzzcocks is brilliant.

6. bam Posted: May 10th, 2007 at 5:51 am

   6 Author Comment “What kind of fuckery is this?” is the perfect phrase for (almost*) any occasion. I have, in fact, used it in class. I was helping some kids workshop their poems and this girl only had one line in her poem… and the assignment was repetition. I looked at her and said, “What kind of fuckery is this?” Awesome. If you didn’t know, the “Mr. Jones” is the rapper Nas Carrie, yes. A friend actually told me. JUICY! I happen to love Slick Rick myself. As for American Graffiti… dude, good call.

7. Tumperkin Posted: May 10th, 2007 at 10:57 am

   7 LOVE this girl. I mean, she’s got a sailor’s tattoo of a pin-up on her arm, the biggest beehive in the Universe and she dances like a crazy person. She does a great cover of Monkey Man. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ucVmXNRps

8. Flo Posted: May 10th, 2007 at 12:04 pm

   8 I love this woman’s shit. Seriously she’s bringing back the big brass bands with a furiousness. I appreciate artists who actually bring in actual musicians with them, that it’s not all digitized crap pounding away in the background. She HAS to have a set of pipes. She HAS to have good jazz players for her arrangements because they ARE well written. My fave is “Tears Dry On Their Own” for various reasons. But I just LOVE the way it ends. With this wail and a big middle finger to fade off endings. It’s GLORIOUS. *swoons*

9. Joanne Posted: May 11th, 2007 at 4:50 pm

   9 Oh Mah. Gah. I LOVE Amy Winehouse. I heard her on the plane back to school at the beginning of winter quarter and have fallen ass-over-teakettle in love with this woman. And I love “Me And Mr. Jones” for the same reason you do (namely, “fuckery”).