Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Tammy Wynette - "Stand By Your Man" (the song remains the same)

A special topical Women's History Month installment: Kellyanne Conway standing by her man.  Perhaps more accurately, standing by her other man.

"Stand by your man" is the single (released in 1968) from Tammy Wynette's 1969 LP of the same name.  What can I say about this universally recognized song that hasn't already been said?  I'll just point out that in 2010 the Library of Congress selected it for preservation because it is "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".  Obviously, that's the highest honor I can think of...

There are more covers of this song than I could possibly address, so I'll choose just one: the 1982 duet by Lemmy and Wendy O. Williams

Tammy Wynette - "Stand by your man"
Plasmatics & Motorhead - "Stand by your man"
Sometimes it's hard to be a woman
giving all your love to just one man.
You'll have bad times
And he'll have good times,
Doin' things that you don't understand.
 Right, Kellyanne?

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