A Reflection on Songs & Sexual Asymmetry
I’ve been listening to music in my garage again. A song that I’ve heard before caught my attention in a new way. “Save Me” by Jelly Roll is a duet, which he sings with Lainey Wilson of “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” fame.
In country music, the duet often explores relationships between men and women. While I can’t say it grows out of the tradition of the Old Testament Song of Songs, which is written as a poetic dialogue, it is in harmony with that tradition. The male and female voices each explore their own side of the same situation.
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