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I have been a big, nay obsessive, Cat Power fan for years. I even paid $20 for the impossible-to-find Undercover seven-inch. So, when I eagerly downloaded He War in preparation for my next big Chan fix in February, I expected something like a cross between the circular beauty of Moon Pix and the near-naked genius of The Covers Record and the Peel Sessions. Not exactly the same, of course--bands are allowed to grow, change, evolve, whatever you want to call it.
But very few people seem to have noticed about the new song what I did. To me, it sounds like just another slab of boring college rock. I keep listening to it to find out what I'm missing, but it leaves me cold. It just doesn't have that certain something that made me fall in love with Cat Power.
I am trying to remain optomistic about the rest of the record.
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diff is good. will buy and post.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 21:00 (10 years ago) Permalink
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― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:40 (7 years ago) Permalink
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:43 (7 years ago) Permalink
― La Monte (La Monte), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:45 (7 years ago) Permalink
pCatPower = new tCatPower();pCatPower->FaultInject();delete pCatPower;
― donut hallivallerieburtonelli omg lol (donut), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:48 (7 years ago) Permalink
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:52 (7 years ago) Permalink
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:55 (7 years ago) Permalink
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 19:00 (7 years ago) Permalink
could the arrangement be anymore predictable?
it may as well be norah goddamned jones
― bb (bbrz), Thursday, 13 October 2005 19:11 (7 years ago) Permalink
And how come she barely sounds like Beth Orton anymore?
― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:11 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― Jimmy Mod wants you to tighten the strings on your corset (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:22 (7 years ago) Permalink
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:31 (7 years ago) Permalink
Because she sounds like Edie Brickell now?
― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:42 (7 years ago) Permalink
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:55 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 21:51 (7 years ago) Permalink
wow, i bet you can predict all the chord changes in ramones songs too!!
― glasgow coma score (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 October 2005 22:05 (7 years ago) Permalink
sister lovers was overproduced too, but that's part of the beauty of it. it's gloopy, indulgent, and a total mess, and i couldn't imagine it working any other way.
― glasgow coma score (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 October 2005 22:12 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 13 October 2005 22:23 (7 years ago) Permalink
Can't judge the full album yet but Ruin doesn't sound like it has enough going on to pull my attention or demand a replay.
― Moka, Monday, 2 July 2012 08:34 (10 months ago) Permalink
Without the hypnotic, nudity of her voice
this is lovely & otm, moka. i def can't get anything out of the performative tone she has on the last few.
i always try to find a live version of what would the community think that i can't find online anywhere, to post in support of my old-cat-power-best-cat-power argument. her voice used to just carry & call out.
― blossom smulch (schlump), Monday, 2 July 2012 10:31 (10 months ago) Permalink
ohhhh
chan your voice is like a wonderful harmonica
― blossom smulch (schlump), Monday, 2 July 2012 10:36 (10 months ago) Permalink
man, the new album is really bad
― Number None, Saturday, 28 July 2012 13:48 (9 months ago) Permalink
and everyone otm about what she's lost from her vocals
― Number None, Saturday, 28 July 2012 13:49 (9 months ago) Permalink
aw that's sad
― , Blogger (schlump), Saturday, 28 July 2012 14:30 (9 months ago) Permalink
Have people heard this yet? Am I the only one who thinks it's kind of great? It's her best since You Are Free by a mile, but it feels more like a counterpoint to that album than a sequel. It's so bright and buzzy and the bass on every song is just huge; it's distinct from all of her other records.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 15:46 (9 months ago) Permalink
And yeah, there are a few kind of embarrassing stylistic flourishes or indulgences throughout the album, but I don't think they really detract from anything. Even Moon Pix had its share of those
I heard it casually last night and I liked what I overheard! Has a I do not want what I haven't got kind of production vibe? Considering I have no love for any Cat Power post-Moon Pix I was pretty impressed, will listen again
― Ówen P., Monday, 13 August 2012 17:23 (9 months ago) Permalink
Uh, that was not meant to be a sideways dis at 00s CP. Just mentioned it b/c I'm a specific fan of two awesome records, I can see how the new one would dismay fans of "You are free" etc.
― Ówen P., Monday, 13 August 2012 17:25 (9 months ago) Permalink
Been listening to this constantly for the last week or two. I'm still impressed by how much umphff and authority these songs have. Not something I expected from Cat Power.
― Evan R, Monday, 13 August 2012 21:33 (9 months ago) Permalink
i can't really work this album out: i like the sound, i like her voice, but a lot of the time it seems kind of blustery and empty? and doesn't go anywhere much? idk.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 15:24 (9 months ago) Permalink
the nico jaar remix of "cherokee" is HEAVENLY though
i like this album a lot
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 11:44 (8 months ago) Permalink
this is kinda terrible imo
― some dude, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 13:17 (8 months ago) Permalink
i still don't know what i think of this but "manhattan" has this glorious day-drunk vibe. more songs like that plz
― monotony, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 13:21 (8 months ago) Permalink
the monkey on your back song rules
― spazzmatazz, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 14:06 (8 months ago) Permalink
I think the truth is, really, I've never liked Cat Power as much as I've pretended to like Cat Power. Community and Moon Pix have the bulk of the material I like, then there's a few songs on You Are Free and The Greatest (and I like her "Hanging on the Telephone" cover for the cellphone commercial), but that's about it really. The pre-Community albums, the covers albums and Sun are all mostly in one ear out the other for me.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 14:36 (8 months ago) Permalink
Bought this yesterday, played it once through last night, and thought it seemed awesome.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 11:57 (8 months ago) Permalink
the real long track on this is fucking amazing
― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:07 (8 months ago) Permalink
'nothin' but time' ??
― pandemic, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:26 (8 months ago) Permalink
the superhero one i think
ya
― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:27 (8 months ago) Permalink
Does it take the chord structure from Heroes by Bowie?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:28 (8 months ago) Permalink
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― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 21:34 (8 months ago) Permalink
what would the community think is her masterpiece. that is the sound of pure fucking desolation, being in a hole
― spazzmatazz, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 23:22 (8 months ago) Permalink
Started listening to this now. Don't know if it will turn out to be Tron or Field Day.
― POLLed Turkey Has Got Me (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 23:58 (8 months ago) Permalink
So, she broke?
― Moka, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 22:09 (6 months ago) Permalink
should i go see her when she comes to philly?
pros: i love her musiccons: chances are good she won't finish the show?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 05:02 (5 months ago) Permalink
I don't think she's "not finished a show" in years and years.
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 15:10 (5 months ago) Permalink
Based on the show I saw, and what I've read of the others, these are some of the most confounding shows she's ever played. They begin really shaky (so much so that a lot of people leave) and then end triumphantly. At times the juxtaposition between the good and the bad felt deliberate, almost as if she was faking the bad parts. I tossed around some theories about what might have been going on in my review of the show, but really, I have no idea what she was going for.
Anyway, as a fan I'm glad I went, because it was an experience and when she hits her stride it's still really glorious.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 15:32 (5 months ago) Permalink
looked at a few setlists and found almost nothing from moon pix or wwtct, but a TON of covers. uninterested. love her new hairdo tho
― black redhead (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 16:21 (5 months ago) Permalink
might be worth going just to do a head-count of all different eras of cat power haircuts the audience is miming
― kelpolaris, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 18:40 (5 months ago) Permalink
maybe like a cat power people's choice awards, researched without having actually talked to anyone
― kelpolaris, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 18:41 (5 months ago) Permalink