In the history of pop music, there is exactly one great song about winning: We Are the Champions, by Queen. Otherwise, from Orbison to Springsteen to Eminem, losers and loners have ruled the school. Kathleen Edwards, an alt-country singer from Ottawa, has titled her jangly debut album Failer, so clearly she has been paying attention to market trends.
Edwards' loser love affair kicks off with Six O'Clock News, a nearly great song about a pregnant woman who watches as her lover is shot dead during a police standoff. Read the chorus--"I tried to come clean but I guess it's no use/Your...
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