The Chicks, Gaslighter | Mad Monday 💎

Spicing up Mad Monday with some awesome music, we look to The Chicks, who are definitely ‘not ready to make nice’ on “Gaslighter.”   

Mad Monday serves as a marvelous means to start off a hectic, work week for many.  Monday is among the more hated days of the week, so let’s spice it up with some music, shall we? Today’s Mad Monday (April 13, 2020), arrives courtesy of The Chicks with “Gaslighter”. With Natalie Maines and company, they are pretty great when it comes to angry, feisty songs.  Remember “Not Ready to Make Nice”?

“Gaslighter, denier
Doin’ anything to get your ass farther
Gaslighter, big timer
Repeating all the mistakes of your father.”

After an extended hiatus, the ladies came back strong in 2020 with the awesome “Gaslighter,” which serves as the promo single from their long-awaited LP, Gaslighter. “Gaslighter” is an electrifying country record, plain and simple –#LIT.  Opening with powerful, piercing harmonized vocals, the tone is set early on by The Chicks.  Set in a major key, producer Jack Antonoff constructs a potent, country/folk backdrop for the girls to ‘do work’ on.

“Gaslighter” seems to be about a failing relationship that includes deception and most pertinent to Natalie Maines, divorce – those exes!  “You thought I wouldn’t see it if you put it in my face / Give you all my money, you’ll gladly walk away,” she sings on the second verse, continuing, “You think it’s justifiable, I think it’s pretty cruel / And you know you lie best when you lie to you.” The rest of the chorus, excerpted earlier, goes something like this:

“Gaslighter, you broke me
You’re sorry, but where’s my apology?
Gaslighter, you liar.”

Angry Natalie Maines is the best in all honesty, hence why the terrific “Gaslighter” is the perfect fit for any MAD MONDAY.

The Chicks • Gaslighter • Columbia • 2020

Photo Credits: Alexis, Brent Faulkner, Columbia, The Musical Hype, Pixabay, Robin Higgins, taniarose, Tumisu