When Jessica Lang took on the role of Big Edie in the HBO produced Grey Gardens, based on the Maysles brothers' documentary of the same name, she decided she was "going to be reckless" and do her own singing -- something she had never done before, although her lip-syncing to Patsy Cline was exquisite in Sweet Dreams.
She does quite a bit of her own singing in Grey Gardens, and three of those tracks make it onto the soundtrack CD. One is a mono, old time recording of "We Belong Together," something Big Edie could certainly have recorded back in her day. The track I use, however, is the duet version with Malcolm Gets.
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