{"id":1544,"date":"2012-08-17T11:30:52","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T15:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=1544"},"modified":"2012-08-15T22:37:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T02:37:08","slug":"august-video-challenge-mary-chapin-carpenter-never-had-it-so-good-shut-up-and-kiss-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/08\/17\/august-video-challenge-mary-chapin-carpenter-never-had-it-so-good-shut-up-and-kiss-me\/","title":{"rendered":"August Video Challenge: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Never Had It So Good \/ Shut Up and Kiss Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Picking just one Mary Chapin Carpenter<\/a> video turned out to be impossible. She just has so many<\/i> good songs. <\/p>\n

But since this week has been about country love songs – for certain definitions of “country love songs” – I picked two of those, one for the broken-hearted and one for those in the first flush of passion.<\/p>\n

The sad song is first, and it is Never Had It So Good<\/i> from State of the Heart<\/i> (1989). The blue filter is perhaps a tiny<\/i> bit dated (it was the ’80s, is all I can say) but the song itself is timeless. <\/p>\n

Listening to it now has just reminded me how satisfying singing along to all that bitterness could be. And the thing is, even when she’s bitter, Mary Chapin Carpenter is a breath of fresh air.
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\nAnd then to go into the weekend on an up-note, the one for people with stars in their eyes and sexy activities on their minds: Shut Up and Kiss Me<\/i> from Stones in the Road<\/i> (1994).
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\nAlso, she’s on tour for a big chunk of the fall. Check her listings<\/a> and get out and see her if you can!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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