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Miss Tammy Faye Starlite And The Angels Of Mercy | On My Knees

EP, milesofmusic.com

Tekst: Maurice Dielemans

Publicatiedatum: 04 februari 2001

She might look like a very innocent girl, but don't let Miss Tammy Faye Starlite fool you. Just like you shouldn't judge a record by its cover, you shouldn't judge this "lady" by the big cross around her neck. Believe it or not, but this is probably the most controversial country record ever released.
Her real name is Tammy Lang, and she's a New York-based actress and country singer. Though Tammy Lang has a Jewish background, Miss Tammy Faye Starlite sings controversial country songs about incest, the Holocaust, nymphomania, and her love for Jesus Christ. Wearing long white dresses with feathers and glitter all over, Starlite reminds us of country legend Tammy Wynette. Together with her backing band, the Angels of Mercy, she is spreading the word of her "filthy gospel country" around small venues across the United States. Now she has released her first EP.
'On My Knees' includes five songs from a live radio show broadcast made during a barn dance at 4am. While her twangy voice and music perfectly fit in the Nashville scene, her lyrics and performance may be offending to some people without any sense of humour. "I loved that dichotomy between, you know, the upstanding family-values Christians and then the drug-taking, philandering, wife-killing reality of it all", she once said. So it's not unusual that people walk out during a Miss Tammy Faye Starlite show, because she likes to entertain with the thrill of provocation. Besides the nice melodies and Tammy's beautiful voice, I also like this EP for its weirdness and original song titles such as 'Did I Shave My Vagina for This?' (her version of Deana Carter's 1996 hit 'Did I Shave My Legs for This?') and the anti-abortion anthem 'God Has Lodged a Tenant in My Uterus'. Also included is 'Moonshiner's Child', another shocking song about incest and her answer to 'Coal Miner's Daughter'. Well, she might not receive any airplay with these songs, but she already was voted 2000's "Best Female Sinner", by the readers of "Nastyguy" magazine. Indeed, Tammy Faye received more votes than all of the Spice Girls together, and her music is much better also. 'On My Knees' is without any doubt a promising debut EP that will put a smile on your face

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