I can hear all of your collective disdain -- "I can't believe he likes Sheryl Crow." Bite me, ok? Sheryl is awesome: she's a great singer, she has a great public persona, and her music, well ... you have to admire her for her consistency.
She continually cranks out listenable, foot-tapping, driving-down-the-road, sing-along music with just enough lyrical depth to keep it interesting. Listening through this "best of" collection I have to say that there is really only one song here that I don't like. There are several that I really love, "Everyday is a Winding Road," "Steve McQueen", and the cover of the Cat Stevens song, "The First Cut is the Deepest." I don't even mind her song with stupid Kid Rock, "Picture".
I heard her in an interview once say that her goal is longevity and that she patterned herself after Tom Petty, that she just wants to be able to make a lifelong career out of recording these kinds of songs. And when you think about it, Tom Petty, I don't think, has never written more than about two lines per song of a decent lyric, and I don't think he's ever written a "whole" song. But there he is about every three or four years with another song on the radio. Now Sheryl's verses look like Longfellow next to Petty's -- at least she can complete the thought: "Like Steve McQueen, all I need's a fast machine".
So I can say this with confidence, from the rooftops and on my public blog -- I don't want to marry her, but:
I LOVE SHERYL CROW !!!
Plus there's something about these warm winter days -- it was 60 and sunny today in Texas -- that is conducive to rolling down the windows and singing at the top of your lungs to songs you know and love.
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