What is this Cat Power song?
April 30, 2009 1:19 PM Subscribe
What's the deal with this Cat Power song, apparently titled "Make Me Feel So Bad"? Did she write it? If not, who did? Is there a studio version, does it appear on any albums?
I've checked many wiki pages, googled obsessively, searched for the lyrics, and can't find anything.
In the linked youtube video/audio, she segues into "Lived in Bars" but I'm only interested in the first part. Did she ever perform it anywhere else? I'm starting to wonder if she was making it up on the fly during that performance - which would be awesome.
I want an mp3 of it and am more than willing to pay. It's not on amazon music or itunes.
I've checked many wiki pages, googled obsessively, searched for the lyrics, and can't find anything.
In the linked youtube video/audio, she segues into "Lived in Bars" but I'm only interested in the first part. Did she ever perform it anywhere else? I'm starting to wonder if she was making it up on the fly during that performance - which would be awesome.
I want an mp3 of it and am more than willing to pay. It's not on amazon music or itunes.
Best answer: Check this questionable link:
http://sharebee.com/0c626d0b
I haven't tried it but it appears to be a link to mp3s of that show.
posted by bengarland at 4:18 PM on April 30, 2009
http://sharebee.com/0c626d0b
I haven't tried it but it appears to be a link to mp3s of that show.
posted by bengarland at 4:18 PM on April 30, 2009
Best answer: There's a reference to a performance of it in this blog post, with a link to what purports to be a concert recording (I didn't check to see if it was legit).
posted by bwanabetty at 4:26 PM on April 30, 2009
posted by bwanabetty at 4:26 PM on April 30, 2009
Best answer: I downloaded the concert bwanabetty linked to and she introduces what is referred to as Make Me Feel So Bad by saying,
"This is an older song that I play nowadays."
Even then, it is barely two stanzas long and soon segues into something different.
I trolled through all the clips from her pre-2004 albums and none of the songs bear any resemblance to this one. It also doesn't seem to feature on any later recordings.
I wondered whether she could be riffing on John Lee Hooker's Sometimes You Make Me Feel So Bad, but on listening to it I seriously have my doubts - the two songs are lyrically and musically too far apart.
I guess that would appear to lead us to the conclusion that it is an unrecorded, self-penned title that is about as long as your original YouTube clip.
posted by roryks at 1:19 AM on May 1, 2009
"This is an older song that I play nowadays."
Even then, it is barely two stanzas long and soon segues into something different.
I trolled through all the clips from her pre-2004 albums and none of the songs bear any resemblance to this one. It also doesn't seem to feature on any later recordings.
I wondered whether she could be riffing on John Lee Hooker's Sometimes You Make Me Feel So Bad, but on listening to it I seriously have my doubts - the two songs are lyrically and musically too far apart.
I guess that would appear to lead us to the conclusion that it is an unrecorded, self-penned title that is about as long as your original YouTube clip.
posted by roryks at 1:19 AM on May 1, 2009
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I used to record a lot of shows in Atlanta, and I know I recorded a CP show at the Earl in 2004, so I *may* have recorded this one... send me a memail and remind me to look in my archives (they are offline on DVD-R).
posted by bengarland at 4:14 PM on April 30, 2009