Saturday, June 24, 2023

Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III

Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III
3:05
Album III, 1972
Written by Loudon Wainwright III

I came to LWIII's music through other albums and other songs, not through his one hit, this novelty number.  He's a lyricist with introspective, brutally honest songs, when he's not penning insightful, witty lyrics, and that's what I love him for.  This one, which I finally got around to hearing, is like Shania Twain's would-be paramour: it don't impress me much.  The title says it all; it's about a dead skunk in the road.  It's not a metaphor.  It's not meant to be a life lesson.  It's just a song about roadkill.  That's nice, I guess?
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