| 词条 | Poor Poor Pitiful Me | ||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Poor Poor Pitiful Me | cover = | alt = | type = | artist = Warren Zevon | album = Warren Zevon | released = 1976 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Rock, Country rock | length = 3:04 | label = Asylum | writer = Warren Zevon | producer = Jackson Browne }} "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" is a rock song written and first recorded by American musician Warren Zevon in 1976. With genders reversed, it was made a hit twice: first as a top-40 hit for Linda Ronstadt, then over a decade later by Terri Clark, whose version topped the Canadian country charts and reached the country top five in the U.S. Warren Zevon versionBackgroundIn keeping with Warren Zevon's sardonic lyrical style, the song's verses deal with a suicide attempt, domestic abuse, and a brush with sadomasochism. The song first appeared on Zevon's 1976 self-titled solo album. It is reputed to be a friendly swipe at Jackson Browne, who produced the song; Browne's own songwriting (such as "Here Come Those Tears Again" and "Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate" from The Pretender) could be quite depressing. The song "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" was produced by Browne and was featured on Zevon's eponymous 1976 album Warren Zevon with backing vocals by Lindsey Buckingham. The track was later included on his greatest hits compilations A Quiet Normal Life (1986), I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (1996), and The Best of Warren Zevon (2002). Live versions appeared on 1980s Stand in the Fire and 1993’s Learning to Flinch. Alternate studio versions were included in the 2008 reissue of Warren Zevon, as well as the posthumous 2007 compilation Rare and Unreleased Recordings. Linda Ronstadt version{{Infobox song| name = Poor Poor Pitiful Me | cover = Poor_Poor_Pitiful_Me_-_Linda_Ronstadt.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Linda Ronstadt | album = Simple Dreams | B-side = "Simple Man Simple Dream" (or "Blue Bayou") | released = January 10, 1978 | format = 7" vinyl | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Rock, country rock | length = 3:42 | label = Asylum 45462 | writer = Warren Zevon | producer = Peter Asher | prev_title = It's So Easy | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = Tumbling Dice | next_year = 1978 }} BackgroundLinda Ronstadt recorded a gender-altered version of the song during 1977. Ronstadt would recall Jackson Browne had pitched "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" to her, teaching it to her in the living room of her Malibu home.[1] "The verse in “Poor Pitiful Me” was “I met a girl on the Sunset Strip,” I think, “She asked me if I’d beat her / She took me up to her hotel room / And wrecked my mojo heater.” It was really funny, and I’m saying to Jackson, “I can’t sing those words, man! That’s not who I am. . . . I have to leave that part out.”[2] Ronstadt's interpretation was produced by Peter Asher for her multi-platinum album Simple Dreams. Ronstadt’s live version appeared on the soundtrack album to the smash 1978 movie FM, while the studio version was included on her platinum-plus album Greatest Hits, Volume 2. ReceptionReleased as a single (on the Asylum label at the beginning of 1978, Ronstadt's version was the week's highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of January 28, 1978. It reached number 26 on the Cash Box Top 100[3] and number 31 in Billboard. Chart performance
Terri Clark version{{Infobox song| name = Poor Poor Pitiful Me | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Terri Clark | album = Just the Same | B-side = "Something You Should've Said"[4] | released = September 23, 1996 | format = CD single | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 3:10 | label = Mercury | writer = Warren Zevon | producer = Keith Stegall Chris Waters Terri Clark | prev_title = Suddenly Single | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = Emotional Girl | next_year = 1997 }} BackgroundAnother hit cover version of the song was recorded by Canadian country singer Terri Clark. It was released in September 1996 as the lead single from her second album, 1996's Just the Same. Clark told Billboard magazine that she heard Linda Ronstadt's version of the song in a local gymnasium while she was exercising. She said "and I thought, what a cool song. What a great country record that could make. I started doing it live, and it worked."[5] Reception"Poor Poor Pitiful Me" debuted at number 47 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 12, 1996. Clark's version was a number one hit on the Canadian RPM country charts, and a number five hit on the country charts in the U.S. Music videoThe music video was directed by Deaton Flanigen and premiered in late 1996. Chart performance
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References1. ^{{cite book| first=Linda | last=Ronstadt| year=2013| title=Simple Dreams: a musical memoir| edition=1st hardcover| publisher=Simon & Schuster| location= New York| pages=63| isbn=978-1-4516-6872-8}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/10/linda-ronstadt-parkinsons-listening-singing|title=Linda Ronstadt: I Know When Parkinson’s Hit from Listening to My Own Singing|last=Maiscott|first=Mary Lyn|website=Vanity Fair|language=en|access-date=2018-03-26}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19780318.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-05-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525064956/http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19780318.html |archivedate=2015-05-25 |df= }} 4. ^{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|pages=95–96|isbn=0-89820-177-2}} 5. ^Billboard, October 5, 1996 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9734&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996|work=RPM|date=December 16, 1996|accessdate=July 20, 2013}} External links
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