angry johnny by poe

this song brings me back to 1997 or so, just before i gave birth to simone. it's angry and poignant and beautiful at the same time. i don't know exactly what to feel when i listen to it, even now. not because of the memories of sim's biological father, but because of how poe sings it. low, clean, husky voice, classy yet pained and shameful--of what? why?--all at once. i think that's why i like it, because it's so multi-textured, but very sexual--at the same time.

Angry Johnny

Johnny, Angry Johnny, this is Jezebel in Hell I wanna kill you I wanna blow you... Away. I can do it to you gently I can do it with an animal's grace I can do it with precision I can do it with gourmet taste But either way Either way I wanna kill you I wanna blow you Away I can do it to your mind I can do it to your face I can do it with integrity I can do it with disgrace But either way... I can do it in a church I can do it any time or place I can do it like an angel To quiet down your rage But either way... I can do it in the water I can do it on dry land I can do it with instruments I can do it with my own bare hands But either way Either way, tou know where it stands I wanna kill you I wanna blow you Away Where did your pleasure go When the pain came through you Where did your happiness go This force is running you around now Getting you down now Where is your pleasure now Johnny Where has your pleasure gone now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sBvxqB5VT4