Album notes: Recording information: 1935 - 1999.
Filmmaker John Waters spent his career refining the idea of bad taste to the point where it actually became good. A DATE WITH JOHN WATERS--the follow-up to the delightfully odd holiday compilation CHRISTMAS WITH JOHN WATERS--is in many ways the musical equivalent of one of his movies. Like his sleaziest masterpieces, this Valentine's Day mix-tape features both Mink Stole ("Sometimes I Wish I Had a Gun") and Edith Massey ("Big Girls Don't Cry"); it's funny (John Prine and Iris Dement's "In Spite of Ourselves"), a bit kinky (Elton Motello's "Jet Boy Jet Girl"), a bit gay ("Johnny Are You Queer" by Josie Cotton), and at times uncomfortably bizarre ("Tonight You Belong to Me" by Patience and Prudence ). However, like all of Waters's best work, A DATE WITH also contains its strokes of pure genius. In this case, it's his inclusion of Ike & Tina Turner's show-stopping live version of "All I Can Do Is Cry."
Track listing
1. Tonight You Belong To Me - Patience & Prudence2. Jet Boy Jet Girl - Elton Motello
3. Ain't Got No Home - Clarence "Frogman" Henry
4. I'd Love To Take Orders From You - Mildred Bailey
5. Inspite Of Ourselves - John Prine/Iris DeMent
6. All I Can Do Is Cry - Ike & Tina Turner
7. Big Girls Don't Cry - Edith Massey
8. Imitation Of Life - Earl Grant
9. Sometimes I Wish I Had A Gun - Mink Stole
10. Johnny Are You Queer - Josie Cotton
11. Right Time, The - Ray Charles
12. Hit The Road To Dreamland - Dean Martin
13. If I Knew You Were Comin' Id've Baked A Cake - Eileen Barton
14. Bewilder - Shirley & Lee
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