Easy as 1-2-3: Vic Chesnutt –> “Flirted With You All My Life”

King of Pain

Vic Chesnutt‘s song “Flirted With You All My Life,” from the album At the Cut, in three sentences:

1) This is glorious death through rightful eyes.

2) Majesty is upon us in the confluence of strings, hi-hat rat-a-tats, and deliberate bass notes floated over with electric guitar.

3) When Chesnutt sings, “Ohhhhhh … death,” Blind Willie Johnson groans “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground” from his grave.

“Flirted With You All My Life”