Michelle Shocked
66 Shouts - 570,809 Scrobbles
Biography
Michelle Shocked (born Dallas, Texas, February, 1962) is the stage name of Michelle Karen Johnston, an American singer-songwriter. As a young feminist, she left Texas to travel, Kerouac-style, and was caught up in Reagan-era grassroots politics. Her musical career was ignited by a bootleg recording made around a Kerrville Folk Festival campfire on a Sony walkman. Released in England as ‘The Texas Campfire Tapes’ without Shocked’s authority, its success abroad enticed Mercury Records to offer the newcomer a recording contract.
Read more about Michelle Shocked on Last.fm.
User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
Top Songs
Total plays on Last.fm over the last 6 months-
- Download This Track
Amazon MP3
7digital
iTunes0.99 USD- Ringtone
Anchorage - (3:22) - 2,171 playsLyricsI took the time to write to my old friend
I walked across that burning bridge
I mailed my letter off to Dallas but
Her reply came from Anchorage, Alaska
She said, "Hey girl it's about time you wrote
-
- Download This Track
Amazon MP30.99 USD
7digital0.99 USD
iTunes0.99 USD- Ringtone
Quality Of Mercy - (3:37) - 1,735 playsLyricsAll you hypocrites and liars
In the temple seeking gain
All you senators and lawyers
With your motives to explain
All you victims and you heroes
-
- Download This Track
Amazon MP3
7digital
iTunes0.99 USD- Ringtone
If Love Was a Train - (4:05) - 885 playsLyricsIf love was a train I think I would ride a slow one
One that would ride through the night making every stop
If love was a train I would feel no pain
And I would never get off
If love was a train I think I would ride me a long one
-
- Download This Track
Amazon MP3
7digital
iTunes0.99 USD- Ringtone
When I Grow Up - (3:31) - 738 playsLyricsWhen I grow up I want to be an old woman
When I grow up I want to be an old woman
Oh, an old, an old, old woman
Then I think I'm gonna find myself an old man
Then I think I'm gonna marry myself that old man
-
- Download This Track
Amazon MP3
7digital
iTunes- Ringtone
Come a Long Way - (4:43) - 738 playsLyricsKicked in his door at 5 A.M.
"I've come for my bike" I told the repo man
My 920's gonna take me far today
You can travel for miles and never leave L.A.
I've come a long way
- Black Widow - (1:08) - 547 plays
- Download This Track
Amazon MP3
7digital
iTunes0.99 USD- Ringtone
- Memories of East Texas - (3:32) - 613 plays
- Download This Track
Amazon MP3
7digital
iTunes0.99 USD- Ringtone
- Hello Hopeville - (2:54) - 542 plays
- Download This Track
Amazon MP3
7digital
iTunes0.99 USD- Ringtone
- The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore - (4:08) - 440 plays
- Download This Track
Amazon MP3
7digital
iTunes- Ringtone
- Graffiti Limbo - (3:37) - 476 plays
- Download This Track
Amazon MP3
7digital
iTunes0.99 USD- Ringtone
