Sunny Top Ten: Lipstick Sunset (#1)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (78258)
United States
July 31, 2025 9:45am CST
Howdy from Jackson, Tennessee, where it really is “hotter than a pepper sprout”! It’s that way outside of Jackson, too. 
The sun is setting on the sun list with my favorite song by a favorite performer. Just a coincidence that he showed up in a discussion yesterday.
#1: Lipstick Sunset - John Hiatt
NJ Chic? The answer is slope. John Hiatt wrote “The Tiki Bar Is Open.” 
Dang this is such a beautiful song. The imagery (“there’s a lipstick sunset smeared across the August sky”) and the delivery (yes, I know Hiatt’s voice isn’t the sweetest thing you’ll ever hear) combine for magic. Not to mention Sonny Landreth’s great guitar work.
Yesterday I mentioned his song “Memphis in the Meantime.” Today I’ll be there…with my favorite song from my favorite living songwriter.
Thanks for reading.
Lipstick Sunset
Written by John Hiatt
Recorded by John Hiatt
From Bring the Family, 1986
There will come another day:
The sun is setting on the sun list with my favorite song by a favorite performer. Just a coincidence that he showed up in a discussion yesterday.
#1: Lipstick Sunset - John Hiatt
NJ Chic? The answer is slope. John Hiatt wrote “The Tiki Bar Is Open.”
Dang this is such a beautiful song. The imagery (“there’s a lipstick sunset smeared across the August sky”) and the delivery (yes, I know Hiatt’s voice isn’t the sweetest thing you’ll ever hear) combine for magic. Not to mention Sonny Landreth’s great guitar work.
Yesterday I mentioned his song “Memphis in the Meantime.” Today I’ll be there…with my favorite song from my favorite living songwriter.
Thanks for reading.
Lipstick Sunset
Written by John Hiatt
Recorded by John Hiatt
From Bring the Family, 1986
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@FourWalls (78258)
• United States
1 Aug
There will come another day and you’ll make your getaway to something you like. This isn’t that day.
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@FourWalls (78258)
• United States
1 Aug
@porwest — as the meme says, “tomorrow’s not looking good, either.” 
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@porwest (106634)
• United States
1 Aug
@FourWalls lol. Nope. This day certainly is not it.
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@AmbiePam (102162)
• United States
1 Aug
@FourWalls No way. Some of my favorite male country stars back in the day didn’t have great voices at all, but it’s more than that, that gets to me.
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@FourWalls (78258)
• United States
1 Aug
Hooray! I know his voice isn’t the best but that’s never stopped me from listening to people!
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@FourWalls (78258)
• United States
1 Aug
No, don’t think The Who have covered any of his songs. Clapton did, though.
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@FourWalls (78258)
• United States
31 Jul
Glad you liked it, or that it didn’t hurt.
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