Dusty in Memphis Poll

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It is all that.

Fun facts:

Final vocals were recorded in New York City.

"All Aretha ever said to me - and I died - we were in a lift, and she put her hand on my arm and went, 'Girrlll!'" (page 5 from Jim Feldman's liners to Rhino's 1999 reissue which adds fourteen largely forgettable bonus tracks)

Dusty's favorite is mine too, "I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore."

Poll Results

Option	Votes
"Breakfast in Bed" (Eddie Hinton, Donnie Fritts) – 2:57	7
"Son of a Preacher Man" (John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins) – 2:29	4
"I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore" (Randy Newman) – 3:11	4
"Just a Little Lovin'" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 2:18	2
"Don't Forget About Me" (Goffin, King) – 2:52	1
"Just One Smile" (Randy Newman) – 2:42	1
"So Much Love" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:31	0
"The Windmills of Your Mind" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 3:51	0
"In the Land of Make Believe" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:32	0
"No Easy Way Down" (Goffin, King) – 3:11	0
"I Can't Make It Alone" (Goffin, King) – 3:57	0

― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 16 April 2010 12:20 (fifteen years ago)

"Breakfast In Bed" kills me: the, er, earthiness of the wordplay aside (and did the songwriters know about Dusty's inclinations?), the lyric is so sad: "nothing need be said", so little is demanded of the lover; the narrator is open and giving fully of herself, and while she's trying to convince her lover to return, she knows that her lover "will come again" (also, can be read a couple of ways). And Dusty's vocal is as gentle and open as the lyric.

― Euler, Friday, 16 April 2010 12:31 (fifteen years ago)

Breakfast in Bed for me too

― caek, Friday, 16 April 2010 12:32 (fifteen years ago)

Wow – just finished Warren Zanes (frustrating) 33 1/3 book.

I voted for "I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore," for the way the oboe darts around her vocal.

― Throwing Muses are reuniting for my next orgasm! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 April 2010 13:10 (fifteen years ago)

btw my edition (1992, I think) has "Willie and Laura Mae Jones" and "What Do You Do When Love Dies," which are just as essential."

― Throwing Muses are reuniting for my next orgasm! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 April 2010 13:11 (fifteen years ago)

Haven't read Zanes' book. What was frustrating about it?

― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 16 April 2010 13:28 (fifteen years ago)

Loved the interviews with Jerry Wexler, but he concentrated on the mythology of the South, about which much has been written. More interesting: the British way of approaching the American South.

― Throwing Muses are reuniting for my next orgasm! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 April 2010 13:30 (fifteen years ago)

'Just One Smile', would've loved to hear a Dusty sings Newman album.

― The Man With the Magic Eardrums (Billy Dods), Friday, 16 April 2010 15:57 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Thursday, 22 April 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

Least fave: "No Easy Way Down" even though I still love it.

Also, the album's brevity (33 minutes) only adds to its greatness for me (easier to obsess on its greatness and all that). I wish more artists would shoot for the half hour range.

― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 22 April 2010 23:14 (fifteen years ago)

In the Land of Make Believe 0
No Easy Way Down 0

WTF?!

― Paul, Thursday, 22 April 2010 23:25 (fifteen years ago)

I am more surprised by the zero votes for "I Can't It Make Alone." Great tune. Maybe I am biased because I first heard and loved the Maria McKee version.

― medelman, Friday, 23 April 2010 06:12 (fifteen years ago)

Surprised by not enough votes, period.

― billstevejim, Saturday, 24 April 2010 06:29 (fifteen years ago)

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