Tim Buckley
A confession of infidelity spirals into a bargain: if both partners can stop guarding themselves and give in to feeling, the…
infidelity and justification sexual and emotional immaturity mutual hurt in a relationship
Tim Hardin
Tim Hardin's reading of this traditional folk ballad strips it to its bones, letting a weary, resigned voice narrate a life…
ruin and fatalism inherited dysfunction addiction
Prince
A brash, funk-drenched self-coronation written for the Joker character in Tim Burton's Batman, "Partyman" turns egotism into…
self-proclaimed dominance hedonism and spectacle performance of villainy/showmanship
Karen Dalton
Karen Dalton's reading of the Tim Hardin standard turns a folk-pop lament into something closer to a slow reckoning with…
self-deception emotional dependency betrayal
