A completely implausible and not even remotely possible scenario that played out in my head while I was washing my hair this morning:
"If I ever put out an album, I think I'd want Jack White to produce it. He did a great job with that Loretta Lynn record he produced a while ago. Or if he couldn't do it, maybe Mutt Lange or Rick Rubin. Or John (my husband, who I'm positive would be a really good producer if he ever took a shot at it) of course."
The most ridiculous part of this musing of mine is not that I will never meet any of those people, excepting John, naturally. No, the most ridiculous part is that I cannot sing, nor can I play any instruments. I am unlikely to ever record an album. Prior to this morning I had never even given a passing though to recording an album. It would be like giving thought to climbing Mt. Everest or being able to fly. Actually, I've probably spent more time contemplating having the ability to fly, which would be both cool and useful, than I have any hypothetical album recording. I love listening to music and discussing music but I do not create music.
On top of that, I don't really know much about Loretta Lynn beyond having seen a couple of music videos from that album she did with Jack White, and, of course the movie with Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones. I think I was thinking about her because I've been loading more music on to my new iPod and I asked John to pick some songs for a country section because I don't know much about country. Just to be clear, I don't like crappy, lame, overly sentimental country. The stuff I like tends to fall in to three categories: old-timey stuff from the 20's to the 40's that is practically folk music in some cases, a select few artists like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline, and then what is technically alterna-country, like Kasey Chambers, Allison Krauss, Neko Case and Lucinda Williams. John is also responsible for the metal selections, because I am terrible at knowing song names. I generally refer to them with overly complicated descriptions "you know, the song where they whistle like Guns & Roses and talk about Gorky Park. I think it is the Scorpions?" and "that Motorhead one that I like."
At least with John's help I'll be able to identfity them. You know, in case I want to cover one of them on my album.
I looooove country music. Although I most love the overly sentimental country from the past couple decades (early '90s were the best!). There's a new song I absolutely love by Jason Aldean that I send to people who are TTC call Laughed Until we Cried:
http://www.cmt.com/videos/jason-aldean/179649/laughed-until-we-cried.jhtml
I don't care for country music either, but I do like some of the artists you named.
And how about I have the titles of my first two albums already picked out? Even though I can't sing, don't know anything about music, and will never be "putting out" an album of any sort, ever.