geoMp3 of The Week: Eleni Mandell’s “Iowa City”
It should be easy to find a dark, sweet Greg Brown talker about Iowa City. But his best songs aren’t about places (his worst songs might be). So perhaps the next best place to look is L.A., where perennial bridesmaid Eleni Mandell released Country for True Lovers (2003), on which appeared today’s track, “Iowa City.” It’s whistful and a little minor, suggesting the narrator isn’t fully trusting what she’s saying about how easy it is for a girl to live there and look for something. But that’s not my bag anyway, and perhaps I’m reading some sadness into it.
Why? Because my wife is in Iowa City this week without me. Which means no matter what this week’s track was going to be the blues. Could have been “On Top of Old Smokey” for all I care. Just need wife back.
So it’s a sweet Iowa waltz, “Iowa City.”
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