Stevie's Post on Ukraine

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Originally Posted by bwboy

I am right there with you with everything you just said. She is a remarkable woman and I am so glad I saw her when I did. I bought her greatest hits cd when I knew I was seeing her live, and was amazed at how many songs I recognized but either forgotten about or never knew she sang in the first place. She is an incredible songwriter, too. She has a song called the Secondhand Store or something like that, and it basically compares how having an affair with a married man made her feel secondhand- itÂ’s a very clever song. She also has some surprisingly dark themes in her lyrics, but counters that with bouncy, catchy music. And ditto your comments about 9 to 5, that could have gone so wrong but it went so right.

Are you talking about her song "The Bargain Store"? To my knowledge, she has never mentioned anything about that song having anything to do with an affair with a married man. She says it is about a woman finding love again after being emotionally damaged by a relationship. She explains all the metaphors such as "If you don't mind the merchandise is slightly used, with just a little mending it can be good as new", as being about having a little patience because my heart was broken etc. Interestingly enough she also told a story about how when the song first came out a lot of radio stations wouldn't play it because they thought it was suggestive and she was mortified because the song wasn't about sex at all. Dolly's words were that she had never meant it in any vulgar way. (I guess some folks out there just have their minds in the gutter all the time) That's awesome that you got to see her. I have never had a chance to and I think she is so talented and by all accounts a wonderful person as well. The total package.