You know, I don't really go for country music. Too many bad associations between that and my stepfather. Not to mention that there's been more than a little bit of MURICA (and not the fun kind) going around in the genre for my liking.
If it's fused with something else, though, like Alabama's or Lynyrd Skynyrd's country-fried rock, or even early Kid Rock with his country-attitude rock/hip-hop fusion, then it goes down smoother than a fine bourbon.
Unfortunately, Fleetwood Mac, for the most part, runs too close to the Country side of Rock for my liking. But this one track, Gold Dust Woman, has been picked up and covered by quite a few artists.
This particular version is interesting because it's a remix of someone else's cover of the original song.
Gold Dust Woman, originally by Fleetwood Mac (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3fDEH8zci4)
Cover by Julia Holter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c72dRiQsN6s)
Dishonored 2 Trailer Remix by the late Daniel Licht
Produced by Copilot Music+Sound
This, I believe, is one of those situations like the one where Johnny Cash covered Hurt by Nine Inch Nails. (I don't see the attraction myself - see above.) Basically, as far as I'm concerned, this song has found its true home. This ominous bassline combined with... Is that a harpsichord? Whatever. It is moody, it is ominous, and it fits the lyrics perfectly.
I don't see this as being a villain's song. I don't know why - it just doesn't seem to fit.
What it does sound like, though, is the song for an anti-hero+anti-villain type - a woman who is perfectly willing to tear down her very own empire in order to achieve her goals. Ruthless, but at the same time, lonely and longing for comfort.
I know there's characters out there that fit into this particular glass slipper, I'm just drawing a blank for the moment.
If it's fused with something else, though, like Alabama's or Lynyrd Skynyrd's country-fried rock, or even early Kid Rock with his country-attitude rock/hip-hop fusion, then it goes down smoother than a fine bourbon.
Unfortunately, Fleetwood Mac, for the most part, runs too close to the Country side of Rock for my liking. But this one track, Gold Dust Woman, has been picked up and covered by quite a few artists.
This particular version is interesting because it's a remix of someone else's cover of the original song.
Gold Dust Woman, originally by Fleetwood Mac (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3fDEH8zci4)
Cover by Julia Holter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c72dRiQsN6s)
Dishonored 2 Trailer Remix by the late Daniel Licht
Produced by Copilot Music+Sound
This, I believe, is one of those situations like the one where Johnny Cash covered Hurt by Nine Inch Nails. (I don't see the attraction myself - see above.) Basically, as far as I'm concerned, this song has found its true home. This ominous bassline combined with... Is that a harpsichord? Whatever. It is moody, it is ominous, and it fits the lyrics perfectly.
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LyricsI don't see this as being a villain's song. I don't know why - it just doesn't seem to fit.
What it does sound like, though, is the song for an anti-hero+anti-villain type - a woman who is perfectly willing to tear down her very own empire in order to achieve her goals. Ruthless, but at the same time, lonely and longing for comfort.
I know there's characters out there that fit into this particular glass slipper, I'm just drawing a blank for the moment.