It's always a drag, working the evening shift in the lobby of the local Taco Bell and having to clean up after a crowd of people that don't seem to know how to clean up after themselves. That's the situation I was in from October of '99 to June of Y2K, and it got old real fast. Sure, I had the music piped into the restaurant to listen to as I worked the lobby. But there was never any telling what kind of music was to be played. There was everything from pretty good stuff (The Steve Miller Band doing "The Joker" and "Fly Like An Eagle") to the annoying (The Backstreet Boys, early Britney Spears, and other late '90s pop trash), to the just plain corny ("She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy," anyone?!). Sadly, there wasn't really much in the way of "my kind of music" (classic rock, for example) in the mix.
During work one especially busy Friday evening (It was busy pretty much every Friday night anyway), I thought I heard the sound of muted (but beautifully-played) violins. As crowded as it was in the restaurant, I only heard bits and pieces of the song that followed. I deduced three things from that first encounter: it had a seductive beat, it was performed by a woman, and I wanted to hear it again.
I eventually DID hear that song again, and after a few more times listening to it, a little confusion on my part, and doing a search on the first few words of the song via AltaVista, I found the title of the song, as well as the singer: k.d. lang. I'm not going to come right out and tell you which song got me interested in Ms. lang at first, but as I get this section built up, you will find the answer in this section.
I will say that since that fateful Friday night, I've come to really like k.d.'s music. For those that might not know, k.d. lang is a Canadian who got her start in the music business by heading a country band called the Reclines (she chose that name as a tribute to Patsy Cline). She released a few country albums in the mid '80s before turning to a more pop-oriented sound in 1992. As for her voice, I like to compare it to the voice of Karen Carpenter, of '70s sibling supergroup The Carpenters. Ms. lang definitely has an easy-to-recognize voice, and a versatile range that compliments every song that she sings.
My k.d. lang CDs
This is not all the material that k.d. has put out, but by checking out these CDs, you should get a good idea as to what she sounds like since she's gone from country to pop. So far, only the reviews for Ing�nue and "Invincible Summer" are done, but stay tuned...
Ing�nue
(1992) |
All You Can Eat
(1995) |
Invincible Summer
(2000) |
Live By Request
(2001) |
I have a little story that pertains to the "Live By Request" CD. Look for it when I do the review.
PLEASE NOTE: This section is under construction until further notice.
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