Mary Lee's Corvette - 700 Miles
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Artist: Mary Lee's CorvetteEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-04-08
Music Label: Bar/None Records
Soundtracks:
- The Nothing Song
- Out From Under It
- 700 Miles
- Like Water
- More Stupider
- (Give it To) The Needy
- All The Rage
- Haunting Me
- Herculetta
- Redemption Day
- Portland, Michigan
Free Music Notes for 700 Miles
Free Music Review: Not just a Dylan copycat
Hit: 5 Stars
700 Miles was one of the best album of 2003. In my opinion, it should have generated the same buzz as Patty Griffin's 2002 album 1000 Kisses (yes, it's that good). The comparison with Patty Griffin can be pushed further, in that both artists defy categorization. As for Mary Lee Kortes, she can deliver high-energy rock pieces like '(Give it to) the needy', play smart pop songs like 'The Nothing Song' or 'More Stupider', delve into folk with tales about growing up in a remote place ('Portland, Michigan'), sound a little bit country as in the title track, sing gentle love songs ('Like Water'), provide catchy melodies ('Redemption Day' , 'Out from under it') and look dismayed at the craziness of the world like in the gorgeous 'All the rage'.
Mary Lee says in the booklet that "this is an album about journey, transformation and freedom - the freedom to be who you really are". To go further, I'd say that it's an album for disenchanted grown-ups who see the world around themselves differently from when they were in their 20s. That's why you can no longer tolerate being dumb to please your partner (in 'More Stupider' she says: 'If I'd have been more stupider, not too intense, not too bitter, then you'd do me like you did her, I'd wear that silly grin upon my face') and when a relationship ends, that's for good, you don't make compromises any more (in 'Give it to the needy' the chorus says 'Don't you know you freed me when you walked out the door ?'). This mature and disillusioned attitude is also evident in phrases like this: 'All I want is to want nothing, but that's still wanting something, hope eternal springs while every summer brings the fall' ('The nothing song') or in the feel of helplessness that permeates through 'All the rage': 'The fear that takes us all by storm has cut a path now too well-worn where differences are hated instead of celebrated'. The rediscovery of her own roots after leaving for the big city is also typical of adulthood: 'But in the darkness and the light the past walks with me side by side and it feels like Portland, Michigan' (by the way, this is a poetic licence, since she comes from Montana). I could go on, but you got the point.
Now, don't be scared by this review: the lyrics are very intelligent, as I tried to say, but you can also enjoy the album on a shallow level without digging into the meaning of each word. In fact, the varied style and catchy melodies make for a pleasant listening.
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