Members Jimbroni Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 I checked out Grace Potter and Feist. They didn't do much for me. (I liked Potter better on the gutbucket rock in the second vid -- but Neil Young's "Cortez the killer" is kind of sacred turf to me... I liked the horn, hated the guitar, didn't much care for the blues mama vocalisms.) The Feist video was too cute. By half. A half point for Busby Berkeley rip off (aerial cam shot with the star 'shooting down' the other dancers as he/she spins in the middle). Minus five points for that hideous pants suit that makes her look like Grandma shopping at the Galleria.As long as we're just throwing girl singers into the thread with no apparent rhyme or reason, let me just say that the woman who is killing me deadest right now is Gillian Welch. She's not a babe. But she's a hell of a writer and singer. Not, I'm sure, everyone's cup of mountain rye. I saw Gillian and David Rawlings at Bonneroo a few years back and it brought tears to my eyes. That woman has so much soul and emotion. It makes me shiver. Not to mention her man is a monster on guitar, such chops and so subtle and tasteful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 I saw Gillian and David Rawlings at Bonneroo a few years back and it brought tears to my eyes. That woman has so much soul and emotion. It makes me shiver. Not to mention her man is a monster on guitar, such chops and so subtle and tasteful. Yeah... I'm not sure why it's taken so long for me to get on to her. One of my good pals and his wife have been huge fans of hers for a long time. But she kind of snuck up on me. You know, she's kind of plain on a lot of levels... but, like Woody Guthrie's plainness, it kind of sneaks up on you and you go... wow, there's so much there... still waters and all that. But I know she's not going to do much for a lot of pop and rock -- or Nashville pop -- fans and that's cool. Different strokes and all that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bbach Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 I'm in the wrong thread. I thought we were going to talk about diesel engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 Chan MArshall, right? Pronounced "Shawn?" What I heard was pretty good. I read that she had a real problem with excessively cavalier performances before entering rehab...or something like that. Don't want to spread rumors, but I think she had a bit of a drinking problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 Believe me... put another 25-30 lbs on her and the cats got no meow. Thats not my opinion, just the way the pop world works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cheeky_m0nkeys Posted February 6, 2008 Members Share Posted February 6, 2008 Her voice isnt really anything special...but it's unique all the same. To me her music seems to work within that eclectic area where Feist, Esthero, Fiona Apple and PJ Harvey are prominent. To me, you have to really be in a certain mood to listen to them, but when you are, you definitely feel the way they're singing and what they're singing about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dean Roddey Posted February 6, 2008 Members Share Posted February 6, 2008 I don't need to be in any special mood to listen to Fiona Apple generally. She can croon in my ear any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dean Roddey Posted February 6, 2008 Members Share Posted February 6, 2008 BTW, I got a CD a while back and actually forgot about it, and tonight finally gave a listen to some of the tracks, and REALLY enjoyed it. It's Vienna Teng, and the album is Dreaming Through the Noise. All of the tracks are good but some are really, really good, and very cleverly arranged. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Teng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Believe me... put another 25-30 lbs on her and the cats got no meow. ... let Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted February 6, 2008 Members Share Posted February 6, 2008 Vienna Teng, while quite different than Grace Potter, is still very enjoyable. I had never heard of her before, but then, that's one of the great things about this site. She reminds me of someone, but it's too late for me to figure it out.... maybe in the morning, well, later morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members captain average Posted February 6, 2008 Members Share Posted February 6, 2008 grace sounds a little like lucinda williams, who is the greatest female singer/songwriter in the world, and i'll stand on joni mitchell's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tradivoro1 Posted February 6, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 6, 2008 ... let Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super 8 Posted February 6, 2008 Members Share Posted February 6, 2008 I don't need to be in any special mood to listen to Fiona Apple generally. She can croon in my ear any time. Cat Power couldn't touch Fiona with a 10-foot polecat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted February 6, 2008 Members Share Posted February 6, 2008 This is the funniest post so far... Don`t I get credit for at least inspiring Gus? EB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chipmcdonald Posted February 7, 2008 Members Share Posted February 7, 2008 I think the Cat Power thing might be built around sick people hoping to see a train wreck. She used to play around here a bit, and people would talk about her mental state like it's part of the show; I could see Certain Nefarious Industry Types thinking they could cash in on that. Kinda makes me wonder about the last Fiona Apple record fiasco: why did they hold such a brilliant record back for so long? Then mess around with it? If you want to hear a female singer do something different (who definitely can sing), check out Julia Easterlin, a former student of mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0iHRjWzNN4 (watch all the way into it; it turns out more elaborate than you might think...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted February 7, 2008 Members Share Posted February 7, 2008 That Grace Potter song didn't do it for me at all. Turning a song as amazing as "Cortez The Killer" into a soulless wankfest doesn't win points in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dean Roddey Posted February 7, 2008 Members Share Posted February 7, 2008 If you want to hear a female singer do something different (who definitely can sing), check out Julia Easterlin, a former student of mine: She's doing kind of the same thing that Imogen Heap does sometimes, though Imogen does it better (nothing personal to your student, Imogen is just further along the path.) I love this tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSIbfzK2spg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted February 7, 2008 Members Share Posted February 7, 2008 K T Tunstall doing something similar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIO2qpSsUTAThis is the first song I ever saw her do and I immediately became a fan. She reminds me a bit of Joan Osborne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tradivoro1 Posted February 7, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 7, 2008 I think the Cat Power thing might be built around sick people hoping to see a train wreck. She used to play around here a bit, and people would talk about her mental state like it's part of the show; I could see Certain Nefarious Industry Types thinking they could cash in on that. This I can believe and it's sad that the company would try to benefit from somebody's mental state, hoping that it will create enough "buzz" to sell more records or bring more people to a show... You see this type of thing happening with Britney, except that here the whole world is trying to make a buck from her mental state... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kennychaffin Posted April 3, 2008 Members Share Posted April 3, 2008 I'll take Grace... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paeNnR33i5Q Wow. Give me Grace! KAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kennychaffin Posted April 3, 2008 Members Share Posted April 3, 2008 Have you ever noticed that Cat Power and Feist are never seen in the same room at the same time?Hey...you don't suppose... KAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted April 3, 2008 Members Share Posted April 3, 2008 Wow. Give me Grace! KAC Ok.... here's some with her band. This is the first performance that I saw from her and the one that made me a fan. The song is in two parts. This is from the "RaveHD" program "Beautiful Noise". Part 1: Part 2: It's better on my big screen and through my JBL 4430's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kennychaffin Posted April 3, 2008 Members Share Posted April 3, 2008 I watched the Red Rocks one since that venue is just down the road from me. She's good. KAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted April 3, 2008 Members Share Posted April 3, 2008 Well, as long as we're focusing arbitrarily on today's crop of female singer songwriters and instrumentalists (and, if you ask me this is clearly where the action is right now--they puke all over Jack Johnson et. al.), let me reiterate my enthusiastic endorsement of Jesca Hoop, the Ditty Bops, and The Bird and the Bee. Then there's the nutso Joanna Newsom stuff. Then there's whatshername, the NYC woman who plays old-timey piano and does a speak-sing kind of Rickie Lee kinda thing...damn, forget her name. And then (not for the faint of heart) there's...Her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members yermej Posted April 3, 2008 Members Share Posted April 3, 2008 Might as well mention Regina Spektorhttp://www.myspace.com/reginaspektor CocoRosiehttp://www.myspace.com/cocorosie Jana Hunterhttp://www.myspace.com/janahunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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