Blog: Cover Me

Double Negatives

Mar 17, 2009, 4:32pm Cover Me
The grammar police will be on your back if you use a double negative, there ain't no doubt. But from my brief days a linguistics major, I learned that "grammatically incorrect" language like this, when used widely enough, takes over. It's how language evolves. So "whom" Nazis, give it up. The double negative is a unique "mistake" though, as it seems socioeconomically based, and racially some too. So I can't tell you whether it will ever become an "acceptable" for of speech. What I do know though, is a lot of great tunes [...]
Artist:Aaron Neville
Title:Ain't No Cure For Love
Link Text:Aaron Neville - Ain't No Cure For Love
File Name:06 Ain't No Cure For Love.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:1995
Artist:Bob Dylan Bootlegs
Title:Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie (Elizabeth Cotton cover, Hamburg 6/12/98)
Link Text:Bob Dylan - Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
File Name:Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie (Elizabeth Cotton cover, Hamburg 6:12:98).mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Buddy Guy w/ Tracy Chapman
Title:Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers)
Link Text:Buddy Guy - Ain't No Sunshine
File Name:iTunes 20090317 1656.mp3
Bitrate:206 kbps
Artist:Dolapdere Big Gang
Title:Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones cover)
Link Text:Dolapdere Big Gang - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
File Name:081214-Satisfaction.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Francis and the Lights
Title:Can't Tell Me Nothing (Kanye West cover)
Link Text:Francis and the Lights - Can't Tell Me Nothing
File Name:08 - Can't Tell Me Nothing.mp3
Bitrate:250 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Hell Blues Choir
Title:I Don't Need No Doctor
Link Text:Hell Blues Choir - I Don't Need No Doctor
File Name:05 I Don't Need No Doctor.mp3
Bitrate:197 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:Jah Malla
Title:Ain't No Man Righteous (Bob Dylan cover)
Link Text:Jah Malla - Ain't No Man Righteous
File Name:02 Ain't No Man Righteous (Bob Dylan cover).mp3
Bitrate:203 kbps
Artist:Lyle Lovett
Title:Ain't No More Cane
Link Text:Lyle Lovett - Ain't No More Cane
File Name:Ain't No More Cane.mp3
Bitrate:211 kbps
Artist:Peter Case
Title:A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today (Merle Haggard)
Link Text:Peter Case - A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today
File Name:03 A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today (Merle Haggard).mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1994
Artist:Santa Esmeralda
Title:Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Nina Simone cover)
Link Text:Santa Esmeralda - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
File Name:10 Santa Esmeralda - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood.mp3
Bitrate:229 kbps
Year:2003
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