2006 : 33 "(Do You Wanna) Come Walk With Me?" by Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan

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With quite a few of my selections for this project, I've written about how some female singers can sound strong and fragile at the same time. Mark Lanegan does that perfectly on this track. He and Campbell sound amazing together on this disc, but I almost wish that this particular song was a solo for him. I'm not saying I love you, I won't say I'll be true, There's a crimson bird flying when I go down on you I'm so weary and lonesome and it's cold in the night, When the path to your doorway is a pathway of light. There are very few songs that can be evocations of both masculinity, insecurity, and sensitivity. Lanegan sounds tough, but there's much more being painfully pushed down below the surface. Jeremy wrote about The National expressing masculinity in the 21st century on the track "All the Wine." While these are two vastly different songs, I think that "Come Walk With Me" is another chapter in intelligent musical looks at what it means to be a man, fraught with complexities and a myriad of emotions. —Jamie Yates Listen: Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan >> "(Do You Wanna) Come Walk With Me?"