Hank Williams "You win again"

[sasquatch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w2aRoJueUs
The news is out all over town
That you've been seen a runnin' round
I know that I should leave but then
I just can't go, you win again.

This heart of mine could never see
What everybody knew but me
Just trusting you was my great sin
What can I do, you win again.

I'm sorry for your victim now
'Cause soon his head like mine will bow
He'll give his heart but all in vain
And someday say you win again.

You have no heart, you have no shame
You take true love and give the blame
I guess that I should not complain
I love you still, you won again...

[jobycom]

1. Mary-Chapin Carpenter "You win again."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq8PITIRIKY

I'm standing here freezing
at a phone booth baby
In the middle of God knows where
I got one quarter left your machine packs up
But baby I know you're there

And I just start crying
'cause it makes no sense
To waste these words and twenty-five cents
On a losing game
Baby you win again

I've been turning it over and over again
Like a stone I'm waiting to wish on
I've been holding my breath
just wondering when
You'll make some sort of decision
To let me in or let me go
I'll always lose if I never know
Where I fit in
< Find more Lyrics on www.mp3lyrics.org/7gGJ >
Baby you win again

I can't be right if I'm always wrong
I can't stand up if I'm always kneeling
At your altar or at your throne
You could show just a little feeling
For who I am
Baby you win again

Last night I dreamed we were standing here
On the corner of love and heartache
You jumped into your car you found first gear
And baby I felt the earth shake
And I woke up trembling with
my heart in my throat
'Cause there's never a look a word or a note
At the bitter end
Baby you win again

I can't be right if I'm always wrong
I can't stand up if I'm always kneeling
At your altar or at your throne
You could show just a little feeling
For who I am
Baby you win again
Baby you win again
Baby you win again

[CreekDog]

12. Love her. She was my crush in 1990.

:P

[susanna]

2. Oh noes!

Another Hank Williams (as completely distinct from his evil spawn) fan out there? Say it ain't so...

Myself, I like "Cold, Cold Heart", "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" or "Mind Your Own Business." He was an unusual artist; my grandparents loved him, and I caught the bug. :-)

[jobycom]

3. Everybody likes Hank. It's his son who ain't so popular.

Sonny-boy was pretty good when he was younger, but he got too impressed with his own image later on. His early songs were almost like country-rap. They had an anger and energy and rebellion to them. His later songs tried to be rebellious, but by then he was mainstream, and there's just something lame about being mainstream while pretending to be a Maverick, ifunowadimean.

Daddy was one of a kind.

[susanna]

4. OK, we may be psychic twins.

Back in the day, I loved the Jr.; he said so many things I wanted to, especially to stuffy aunts, uncles and the assorted family. Now, I think he's a dipshit and way too full of himself for polite company.

But Daddy? You're right. One Of A Kind. Will always love him. The proverbial "classic" vs. "trend", albeit within the same family. :-)

[jobycom]

5. Yeah, Jr was cool when he was part of the outlaw movement in country.

But he just got too full of himself.

To me the greatest outlaw is the one people forgot about--Waylon. He and Hank both had that "go to hell" attitude, but Waylon always knew it was about the music, and Hank always thought it was about himself. Waylon never took himself too seriously, but he always took his music seriously. He was also the best at infusing country with just a little rock guitar, but never making it feel like rock. He moved country forward but didn't lose where it had come from, with just enough Texas swing and just enough Williams twang. Charlie Daniels was close, back when he was civilized, but he always sounded like a rocker with a twang rather than a country singer with a rock guitar.

Miss ole' Waylon. I was glad to see Johnny Cash suddenly get his due near the end of his life, but I always liked Waylon better, and wish he'd have gotten more attention.

How's that for old country memory lane? :)

[susanna]

16. I could have sworn I responded to your post here. Oops!

Sorry it's late. Completely agree re: Waylon. I love that guy. And Cash? Well, "A Boy Named Sue" was a staple around my house (my dad played guitar and sang for us kids when we were little, and that song was always on the menu). FTR, I'm not a boy, but I was very competitive and tomboyish as a kid so the parents got a kick out of the song. They dedicated it to me at my wedding LOL. Guests not in on the "secret joke" were kind of perplexed by that one! Love me some Cash.

[sasquatch]

7. Afraid so, I somehow caught the bug from my grandfather

[susanna]

9. That's where I got it, too.

My granddad actually used to play guitar in some of the same Alabama honky-tonks as Williams when HW was starting out. He was always a fan and played HW all the time. Granddad lost the use of an arm in '55 or so after a work accident and couldn't play anymore, but he always loved old country music so I grew up on it. Good memories. :-)

[sasquatch]

14. That sounds cool

[susanna]

15. Yeah. I wish I had listened more to his stories as a kid, you know?

I guess I thought he'd be around forever, but we know how that goes. I miss the old man, he was something else. :-)

[RetroLounge]

6. His talent skipped a generation

Hank III = the real thing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6B-X6EEiHE

RL

[susanna]

10. He looks like his granddaddy!

Kind of eerie actually. That lanky high-cheekboned thing. I hadn't seen much of him in several years. He's really pushing the envelope, isn't he? Thanks for the link!

[jobycom]

13. Junior is talented, he's just a self-centered prick who believed his press releases.

His early stuff was good, even some of his later stuff was okay. But he got so caught up in being Bocephus that he stopped making music, and just wrote songs to fit his image.

Listen to this duet with him and Waylon Jennings (who is underappreciated). He could sing, and early on he was trying to bring blues and rock into country, with the early outlaw movement. He just lost his integrity and turned into an ass. So I don't think the talent skipped a generation, I just think Jr tossed it aside so he could be in love with himself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoOEEQPiUxE

"Now the ones who called him crazy, are still riding on his name."

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. who would have guessed...

sasquatch is a Hank fan. There may be hope for you yet :D

[sasquatch]

11. Yep

:P