Monday, March 30, 2009

"From Texas": Rod Stewart, Baby Jane

Finally I’ve found out the name of the song by Rod Stewart I’ve listened to a lot of time on the radio; I listened again to it a couple of nights ago, in a bar in Bryan (Texas), and lots of guys were singing it.
It took me about a couple of hours to get the name, I opened several videos on Youtube trying to find which one it was.

It’s “Baby Jane” (1986), a song with a particular rhythm that make you dance while you’re listening to it and sing it the whole day after you’ve listened to it.
It talks about the end of a love story with a woman who “threw” him away once she reached for the high society and got what she needed for.

I’m not really keen on Rod Stewart, the song mentioned is one of the few songs by him I know, so I cannot say that I really like him, but for sure I’m in love with his voice.
It’s a distinctive “rasping”, hot and sexy voice, immediately recognizable...once you’ve got Rod Stewart’s existence! In fact at first I confused it with the voices of other great singers, especially with Roger Taylor (Queen’s drummer)’s one. Actually, they are pretty similar.

I’ve read that Belle and Sebastian performed a cover of this song. I haven’t found it on the web, so please, if someone have it, upload it! Thanks!

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