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\nLast week, an I Found Some Blog<\/a> commenter kindly posted a question. What do I think about the single \u201cA Woman\u2019s Story,\u201d he asks, I\u2019m guessing in light of all my recent Phil Spector bashing.<\/p>\n

Well, I like the wall of sound. I really do. I appreciate it. But I also feel Cher is a wall of sound unto herself and two walls of sound can make one feel a tad claustrophobic. That said, this single and I go a long way back…<\/p>\n

The first time I heard the opening bars was in background footage of a documentary that had Sonny discussing his feelings about Phil Spector…the same early 80s Spector documentary I mentioned a few blog posts back<\/a>. Not only was it a Cher song I had never heard before (and I thought I had all the albums by then); but it sounded crazy-cool. Haunted. Unlike anything I had ever heard her do. And she\u2019s recorded in every conceivable style, so that\u2019s sayin’ somethin’.<\/p>\n

It was the mid-80s and I was 15 or 16 years old. I had no Cher community. All I had were record guides from Waldenbooks at the mall. I would scribble down record lists on the back of envelopes without paying for the books. This was before the big chain bookstores encouraged you to sit for a spell and read all day. <\/p>\n

There were no good Cher discographies or biographies out yet. The J. Randy Taraborrelli<\/a> book might have been out but I hadn\u2019t read it yet. So I was on the lookout for the song but I didn\u2019t even know the name of it.<\/p>\n

Soon after I got my driver\u2019s license (the summer of 1986), I was still terrified to drive on the highways. So one Saturday afternoon I took a very slow, surface-street drive across St. Louis to make it to the south county used-record stores. I found the 45 sitting innocently in a huge 45 bin. I bought it for $1.50. Can you believe it? I paid $75-100 for similar Warner singles years later on ebay. When I got home I was immediately in trouble for making everyone late for an Olan Mills<\/a> family portrait sitting. But I didn\u2019t care because I loved my trip to get that 45. I was finally breaking out and finding hidden treasure!<\/p>\n

The song\u2019s writing credits are Spector-Tempo-Stevens. Which looking back now, the lyrics feel slightly woman-hating, in a sort of \u201cI\u2019m-trying-to-be-sympathetic-but-I\u2019m-showing-my-hidden-prejudices\u201d sort of way. Especially depending upon how you interpret \u201cwoman.\u201d Is this woman the universal woman or one particularly unusual woman? In any case, woman equals whore. And if you\u2019re following the Spector trial, he has a tendency to generalize all women as whores. His high school girlfriend claimed he had jealousy issues. Which links quite easily to \u201cif you sleep with anyone other than me you must be a whore.\u201d It\u2019s disturbing how far we can take this train of thought. <\/p>\n

But let\u2019s separate these latest unsettling allegations from the song itself, a ballad about a lonely hooker. What an awesome opening: shrill, creepy backups until Cher\u2019s voice comes rolling in. <\/p>\n

I would almost think the wall of sound would suits Cher\u2019s voice; it tries to coat her vocals in sound. But in this case, it\u2019s too loud. Cher sounds a bit unenthusiastic, mumbling a few words. Then again, Cher might be performing a very convincing depressed character. <\/p>\n

The biggest problem is that the song sounds too dated for the mid 70s. It sounds very late 60s which was such a specific sound remarkably tied to its time. But then even the backup \u201cahs\u201d in the middle of the song are too clunky for the late 60s.  <\/p>\n

I both love and hate this song’s oddness, its tripped out atmosphere; but I\u2019m glad this wasn\u2019t the sound that Stars<\/em> turned out to be. \u201cFrom now on I say hell no.\u201d <\/p>\n

The B-Side provides us with more Spector: \u201cBaby I love You,\u201d a remake (and some say dis<\/em> on the Ronnie Spector original). Again, another song on drugs. But I still love parts of it. I love the ethereal texture of the introduction, the heartbeat bass, the vulnerable way Cher sings the verses, not teenage-frantic like the original. A great quiet performance by Cher (lovely falsetto). Kim and Kath<\/a> would say \u201cIt\u2019s nice. It\u2019s unusual.\u201d  I even love the outro with the free-style guitar.<\/p>\n

But then by the time the chorus comes around, you feel like you\u2019re listening to molasses. A musical goopy mess. The song feels like a single-engine plane that can’t quite take off. Double Darn It.<\/p>\n

Then there was also \u201cA Love Like Yours\u201d by Cher and Harry Nilsson. Same story: dated, maddeningly-slow, messy. I can\u2019t even understand what they\u2019re singing. Plus it seems like a rip off of Dylan\u2019s  \u201cKnocking on Heaven\u2019s Door.\u201d The whole thing is labored, plodding and lifeless; although it almost sounds like Cher is screeching at the end.  <\/p>\n

Speaking of Phil working with Cher, we can\u2019t forget her first studio performance, \u201cRingo I love You,\u201d a bizarre sounding thing, a garage-band guitar, Beatlesque tempo and yeah yeahs.\u201d And still, the song has no omph, it\u2019s so slow. A flat, Frankenstein vocal performance, too.  This was an unfortunate way to introduce Cher to the public. Many thought she was a man singing. But I think she sounds more exotic than masculine.<\/p>\n

The best wall of sound Cher song, in my humble opinion, is \u201cDream Baby.\u201d And this was a Sonny Bono interpretation of the wall. I only have a stereo version on my iPod. Does anybody out there have the mono version? What\u2019s the difference? <\/p>\n

Anyway, Sonny captured a Ronettes-like sound except Cher\u2019s makes it a Gothic girl group. Her 60s voice can sound amazingly innocent and experienced at the same time. It\u2019s a great, simple vocal. And Sonny does the right thing by tempering the wall of sound so as not to compete with Cher\u2019s voice. The percussion sounds cleaner and the sax is fun. It\u2019s like a little wall Cher can sit on and kick up her feet.<\/p>\n

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