kd lang
kd lang
I have always loved kd lang. Always, always. I liked her punk-country performance art style from Angel with a Lariat. She caught my eye at some point in the 80s when I was surfing television. Spiky hair, Buddy Holly glasses, and country-western wear — she was a genre-bending artist as much as a gender-bending one. I didn’t really pay attention to her until Shadowland. I played the shit out of that CD. I went through a country phase during my senior year in high school, dating a redneck sort of guy with a truck and a feed hat. It was the Urban Cowboy days when country music became country pop. Somewhere along the way during my Texas days, I did develop a half-assed appreciation for old-time country music. So as country music became more pop, kd lang’s Shadowland harkened back to the Kitty Wells/Patsy Cline kind of country-torch. It has a medley with Loretta Lynn, Kitty Wells, and Brenda Lee. It’s pure pleasure. The album, of course, was produced by the famous Owen Bradley, who was Cline’s producer. I read somewhere once that kd believed she was Patsy Cline’s reincarnation, thus the name of her band, “The Reclines.” Later she denied this.
Of course, there’s kd’s hotness. That can’t be denied.
I remember a conversation with someone around the Absolute Torch and Twang days where we discussed who we would be if we could be anyone else. My answer was kd lang. I said I just wanted to know what it felt like to have that powerhouse voice come out of me. Her voice is indescribable.
So I’ve been on a kd kick lately and I’ve found two delightful videos to share. The first is an interview with Dame Edna. The second is a duet of kd and Dame Edna singing, of course, “I’m Every Woman.” It’s not to be missed, I promise.
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