I've been hanging out with my Mom all weekend and we've been listening to her Best of Sheryl Crow CD on heavy rotation while we are out and about running errands. Well, this gem of a ditty caught my ear and once I listened to the lyrics closely, I realized that this might be the most. Amazing. Song. EVER!
I never thought I'd say this--and I might even lose some street cred for making this assertion--but the duet "Picture" by Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock is kind of blowing my mind. The song was released a few years back, which is evident by Sheryl's "Rachel" haircut and Kid Rock's inclusion at all.
Here's the gist: two lovers in bands are separated on the road. They haven't talked in three damn days. The dude (Kid in a pained performance) deals with this by screwing chicks, downing whiskey, snorting coke, and crying. The girl (Crow) copes with the distance by sleeping with another dude, drowning her sorrows in cheap wine and going to church.
Additionally, there are several video cliches showcased in the clip including:
- The "in the studio clutching one earphone while make a strained face" cliche
- The rocking guitar solo cliche
- The footage of "hammering out the lyrics on a legal pad" cliche
- The "longing looks across the studio sound boards that imply that these two singers are lovers" cliche
Thanks, Kid and Sheryl, for such a rockin' nonsensical ballad. This almost beats Extreme's "More Than Words" for that honor. Wow. I'm totally gonna karaoke this song the next chance I get!
2 comments:
OK, I have heard this song a million times, and I would have SWORN to you that it was a remake of an old country song that I used to know in my country years (you'll remember it as the late 80s glam-rock-revival), but I just researched it and it is original to the two of them.
Crazy.
I really, really thought this was a remake. There's some Country song out there that's a lot like this one.
By the way, if you want a country song with a lot of the same feel and liquored up anguish, you need to check out "Killin' Time" by Clint Black. The chorus is really unforgettable.
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