hit the floor and do a little dance with me.

i'd like to just take a moment to discuss--weston g. flippo style--the album the one and only waylon jennings by waylon jennings (and, partially, the waylors).

now, this is my first real and true exposure to anything waylon jennings other than that song "satisfy you" and the basically five-minute role of waylon jennings played by his son shooter in the film walk the line, and i must say: i am impressed. i have not removed this guy from my turntable since i stuck him on there (save, perhaps, for an intermittent and always necessary listening of janet jackson's rhythm nation: 1814, duh). i got it out of the $1 record section at roanoke's former local independent record store (what a record store should be), and was depressed when i got home and discovered some faint scratches, but, knowing how strict Plan 9's policy is on listenability before the resale of media, i took it for a spin anyway.

first off--in true weston flippo fashion--let me start by admiring the cover. look at waylon: he's goin' somewhere. and all he needs is his guitar, corduroy jacket, collared shirt, tight, short pants, and tall, black boots, and a pack of smokes on this clear summer day. has he been ridin' the rails? aw, he wouldn't need to anyway. he left that train. it was a-goin' too fast. he's takin' his time. and he doesn't need a fuckin' freight train; he's got rhythm. leavin' it in the dust. oh, yeah.

i have to be honest and say that i really like the first side of this album so that's basically all i listen to. sorry. but it's really good! the first song, "yes, virginia" is about waylon's telling the aforementioned that he's found another woman who loves him more and he's going with her, and that basically virginia can go suck an egg for all he cares. i like erin's interpretation of this, which was, "i love it when people say things like that...because it's like, 'obviously you still care about so-and-so or you wouldn't be TORTURING HER.'"

"you beat all i ever saw" is good. and also, "she loves me, she don't love you," which is basically about a love triangle meeting its final confrontation in a bar. someone's in denial. i can't figure out who yet.

mainly i also like that all of the songs are less than 3 minutes. waylon jennings is so punk rock.