Guilty Displeasure: Chrissie almost-but-not-quite rescuing one of the worst soul lyrics of the '70s.
Really? I thought this was one of the most daring lyrics of the early 70's. AMG says it's the first chart-topper to deal with domestic violence.
Had it been about a guy beating up his woman, perhaps. But here's this guy moaning about how this chick put him in the hospital because he came home late one too many times... I mean, maybe it's because I was a white kid living in a whiter-than-white environment at the time, but the song struck me as immensely silly.
ETA: Dunno where you got the lyrics you posted, but the Persuaders orig version was sung by a guy: "Here I am in the hospital", not "I see her in the hospital"
I got them from the Pretenders website, those are the lyrics we just heard. But I see the confusion, Chrissy did a little editing when she recorded it. I think in her version 'she' stood up for herself & 'he' beat the crap out of her for doing so. Or else 'she' attempeted suicide by jumping off the roof but didn't quite die.
In what has to be the "TANC" of the week, I'm listening to JJ on KPOO, and he just played the Persuaders' follow-up to "Thin Line...", a song called "Love Gonna Pack Up (And Walk Out)", which I'd never heard before. No domestic violence in this one. Not especially memorable either; their best song remains "Some Guys Have All the Luck", later covered by Rod Stewart. Too bad he didn't try "Thin Line..." -- the idea of Rod in the hospital "bandaged from feet to head" after having had the crap beat out of him by Britt Ekland or Rachel Hunter is quite amusing. :wink:
