Although based in Nashville, Tennessee, the capital of country music, Lambchop cannot easily be classified into a genre and certainly not into that of traditional country music. The collective around frontman Kurt Wagner has a fluid membership, at times including as many 18 musicians, and is frequently associated with alternative country. Lambchop’s music combines wryly ironic lyrics that are complex in form and content with harmonious tunes and soulful background vocals. It is indebted to folk and country as much as to the smooth soul of Barry White, Curtis Mayfield or Marvin Gaye and can be seen as a fine exemplification of Kris Kristofferson’s famous line: “country music is the white man’s soulâ€.
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(Kurt Wagner)
the old fat robin
sticks his beak into the ground
with the brain, the size of an eraser
kitty runs by causes
the robin, she does floppin'
soon another one lands there to replace her
hear the tweeting and your sinuses
count the pluses and the minuses
turn frustration into sadness
say goodbye to mister badness
a strong gust of wind
blows upside my balding head
makes my balls shiver
makes a lump in my hoaky bed
except for a squirtle and some gasoline
completely distracted by the american dream
hear the tweeting and your sinuses
count the pluses and the minuses
and though I may be wrong
we're so glad you came along