Melissa Etheridge should not do Christms songs. Period. That's just as wrong as digging up Janis Joplin and having her sing a cover of "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire." Wrong. Not right. Wrong.
However, I do play drums, and have recently re-acquainted myself with the deluxe version of MLE's debut CD. (Self-titled, incidentally.) If you crank up the stereo on the new-and-improved version of "Chrome Plated Heart," you realize that she can really pick a drummer. He complements her guitar well, which is very easy to hear on this cut.
As with so many other artists: the deeper you dig into the archives, the better MLE is. Even if she did have that weird, 80s-style, heavy bassline intro to "Similar Features."
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