Songs from an Unmarried Housewife and Mother, Greenwich Village, USA

Artist: Suzzy Roche Label: Red House Category: Music Average customer rating: Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 033651013624 EAN: 0033651013624 ASIN: B00004SR2N Release Date: 2000-05-09

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Tracks:

1. Yankee Doodle
2. Looking For God
3. G Chord Song
4. Out Of The Blue
5. No Such Thing As Love
6. Cold Hard Wind
7. To Alaska With Love
8. Love Comes To Town
9. Goodbye Cruel World
10. Suit And Tie
11. Born Yesterday
12. Sweetie Pie

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Customer Reviews:

Everybody Writes a G-Chord Song.......2002-08-12

Songs from an Unmarried Etc. is a collection of choice folk songs that cover the folk range from the jazzy to the more humble American standard "Yankee Doodle" and always come up with something unexpected, either in the arrangement or the timing. Solo, Suzzy Roche carries the music, sounding like a cross between early Indigo Girls and Aimee Mann. A capella, she treats "Yankee Doodle" with such awareness that you find yourself listening closely as if this song was new.

Roche is also an exceptional writer of lyrics. Her poetry is reminiscent of Paul Simon or Suzanne Vega--at times, the words take center stage. In G-chord song, for example, she outlines all the different kinds of songs folk singers write-- rain songs, pain songs, g-chord songs--and then concludes that as long as you're going to "sound just like everybody else's/you might as well like singing the tune."

Perhaps the most haunting song is "To Alaska With Love" in which Suzzy Roche describes the day-to-day details that make a couple's love real even while one is saying goodbye to the other. That's followed up with "Love Comes to Town" which has a country-western rhythm contrasted with Roche's full intimate jazzy voice.

I bought this cd from Kozmo.com's big clearance sale as they went out of business, and I bought it because of the title. I'd never heard of Suzzy Roche, but I was an unmarried housewife and mother, so I thought she might have something to say that I'd relate to. Well, there's nothing here that's specifically domestic-the lyrics are much more universal. I've listened to this c.d. almost every day for the last month and I want to sing along with it every time. Definitely a 5-star experience.

Suzzy Roche - Songs From An Unmarried ...............2000-06-08

When I played this CD for my wife the first time, she was sort of perplexed - unlike most of the music I buy. But after a couple of times through she is hooked.

Suzzy most reminds me of Rebecca Pidgeon - another favorite of mine and highly recommended!

Suzzy Soars!.......2000-06-02

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