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Life in a Northern Town
hey om, om, om, om boo de nay
hey om, om, om, om boo de nay
(playing time: 4:50)
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I honestly don't remember ever hearing this song until I heard it on TDAY. I was hoping to catch the original video to see if it would bring back some memories, but not such luck on that as of yet. I did get a copy of the 45 single and listened to that. Can't say that it rings a bell at all. One thing that sticks out totally for me is the way in the original song they say "the children drunk lemonade", and Rick changed it to "drank". Way to go Rick! Drunk bugs me. This did not stand out as one of my favorites either when listening to the cd. Didn't love it, didn't hate it. Then I heard Rick perform it lived and everything changed (kind of like Jesus Saves). It's funny how Rick can do that for a song. It's definitely the first song from TDAY that I heard him perform that I really felt like he was wanting to perform it. He gives this song some real energy doing it live. My favorite part of the song during the live performance is when he yells "get back".....
I also like Rick's recorded version much better than the original. His voice is so smooth and the song totally flows. Now the question, is this a song Rick could have written? I just don't feel it. It's kind of too sweet. Now if the children's parents were splitting up, or one of the siblings was pregnant and contemplating suicide, well maybe :-P There are points of references that are very much Rick - Frank Sinatra (who he mentioned on Larry King Live), The Beatles, and John F Kennedy (who he mentions in My Depression). This song has moved up on my list of favorites, though. Rick does a very nice job covering this song. His voice is strong and sensual and has a longing to it that makes you believe the story he is telling. LIANT is a great song and I can see where Rick would include it in the songs that he wished he had written. But what I like best about this song is the way Rick performs it live. It's kind of like how I felt about Jesus Saves. . .I liked it on the CD but it doesn't hold a candle to hearing it in person at a show. LIANT is a lot of fun, and you can tell that Rick is having fun performing it. I think I have the chant down pat, but I would have no way of putting it down on paper, so kudos to whoever typed up the lyrics to this song.
I was shocked that Rick would pick this song to play. I can't say that I like it, I can't say that I hate it. I'm impartial to the tune in general. Rick does a great job on this one. I find it kind of funny that a lot of the songs Rick covers, performs, or even writes, have this na na, aye aye, la la, a na na , chant inside, and I kinda dig that! Rick must be part aborigine (lol). This song to me is somewhat vague, as in it kind of just goes over my head and when it is done I think, WHAT? I know that I can look at the lyrics, even hear them, and understand them, but, it has this... WHAT? Factor to it. I like the fact that I live in a Northern Town and Rick sings about it, does that mean anything? He did do a great job with this one. I don't like it live, as I have seen it, and it just doesn't have the energy I'm used to seeing when Rick performs. It is the song, not Rick. Rick's performance of it is great.
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