Weather changes moods
Spring is here again
Reproductive glands
He’s the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he don't know what it means
Don't know what it means to love someone
We can have some more
Nature is a whore
Bruises on the fruit
Tender age in bloom
[Chorus x3]
Love someone, no
John Sturgill Simpson (born June 8, 1978) is an American country music singer-songwriter and actor. As of February 2022, he has released seven albums as a solo artist. Simpson's style has been met with critical favor and frequent comparisons to outlaw country.
His first two albums, High Top Mountain and Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, were independently released in the US in 2013 and 2014 and in Europe, through the British record label Loose. The latter album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, listed 18th on Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2014," and named among "NPR's 50 Favorite Albums of 2014."
Simpson's third album, A Sailor's Guide to Earth, was released in April 2016 on Atlantic Records and was his first major-label release, later earning him Best Country Album at the 59th Grammy Awards and also being nominated for Album of the Year. Simpson's fourth album, Sound & Fury, was released on September 27, 2019, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album at the 63rd Grammy Awards. He released two albums in 2020 – Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 – which feature bluegrass interpretations of songs from across his catalog, and marked his return to independent music. His seventh studio album, The Ballad of Dood and Juanita was released in August 2021. He has stated that The Ballad of Dood and Juanita would be his last album as Sturgill Simpson.
Personally, I'm appreciative for it.
Guess I'm the first to comment. It is an interesting cover. I give it a thumbs up, reserving a number for a few subsequent listens.
Agree with all the comments. This one stopped me in my tracks. Hardly teen angst, I wonder what Kurt would think?
Lol, my brain caught the lyric before the melody.
Same here, it ran in the background and I wasn't paying attention. During the refrain my brain suddenly started nudging me "listen up, you've heard this before".
Going with a 6 rating at first listen.
This borders on being what they call "country music" today. It's over produced, pop crap, while trying to sound "badass" to reach a defined market segment of Middle America, in which the market research group in a high rise Nashville office wrote the song and dictated to the sound engineer on how the song will sound.
But aw shucks. I wear cowboy boots and speak with alot of "yawlls"...so they makes me authentic. Genuine. Real country. And I always wear a cowboy hat. Outside. Inside. At the dinner table. On the toilet. At church. At funerals.
... It's a cover of a Nirvana song.
If it wasn't for Bill's "....Large and squishy soft spot for genre bending covers" (his words), Radio Paradise would be just another music streaming site.
Personally, I'm appreciative for it.
Covers are an important part of the musical universe. (Think about that next time you hear Beethoven, Hayden, or Mozart.)
This one sounds like a typical C&W tune blasting from a pickup truck's radio outside Jesup, Georgia. Respect to Mr Simpson, but I don't care much for C&W.