Ani Difranco by ~escape-is-at-hand
©2006-2010 ~escape-is-at-hand

at the 2006 Ottawa Bluesfest.
Not my best shot, but its hard to get something decent from 15 rows back

Borrows more than a bit of the bass line from The Pretenders - "My City Was Gone" off of the album Learning to Crawl.

Edit: Which Bill obviously noticed, since this song was played 2 songs after that one!

Heck, it's almost the same song, only this one is much, much worse.  
 

I have mixed feelings about this song.  The music is cool, though I don't like the chorus.  And the way she says "minor" creeps me out.  Sounds kind of lascivious to me.  I don't think I'd trust her around my daughter.

From Ray Charles What'd I Say to THIS. I can honestly say this is the worst seque I've ever heard.

 wenatchee wrote: 
Agreed. This is the kind of stuff that makes my wife come downstairs and insist on a change. Then I have to listen to her favourite pop crap.

Oh, now I get it . . . Emancipation . . . Redemption . . . you know, just because they go together conceptually doesn't mean that you need to play them together. I would have been happy with Redemption without Emancipation.

My wife's never heard this song and she doesn't ever want to hear it again. 

It does not bode well that this is the LEAST annoying Ani DiFranco song I've ever heard.

Pop rather than Funky

This song still rubs me the wrong way.  3!

"Don't think twice, just roll the dice, roll the dice."
Eloquent line ..or is it elegant...

Groovy.

usually not a fan, but like this.

 betsyroks wrote:  

DISCO SUCKS

SEXUAL COVER ART

 Govi wrote: 
Exactly my take on it.  Except too long and boring.

Must be a political thing....cause this one's not bad.  8.

Is she channeling Blondie?

Really like here song entitled "Recoil".....it really has heart and emotion along with a twangy acoustic, made appreciate her musicianship

Good stuff, Bill. I like Ani. 

Imitiation Luscious Jackson.  And yet I like it better than most of the rest of her stuff.

 dogpound wrote: 
I thought some of the percussion in the latter part of the song was really good. This the third time I have heard this and it is growing on me.

 hcaudill wrote: 
wait this doesn't suck? I must be listening to something else

Hey, an Ani DiFranco song that doesn't suck! I would never have given this a chance without Radio Paradise.

King of Leon followed by Ani DiFranco:  Dull and Duller

I really don't like her music.

 MojoJojo wrote: 
YES.  Yes it does.  Those sloppy strings are horrible!  Ugh, it's like the kind of song I'd hear in a fever dream.  And not in a good way.