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Whatever happened to Leopard and the Lamb?

― Peter Parasol, Saturday, 4 January 2003 13:40 (twenty-three years ago)

one month passes...

I'm loving this album. Revive.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 24 February 2003 23:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Reminds me of Epic Soundtracks stuff.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 24 February 2003 23:04 (twenty-three years ago)

is it better than moonpix sterling?

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 13:49 (twenty-three years ago)

V. different I think than moonpix, much more open and melodic and piano riff driven.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 17:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Much less claustrophobic and self-consciously arty.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 17:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Like Norah Jones, but more shouty.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 20:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Though to be honest Tiffany sounds less affected than either.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 20:31 (twenty-three years ago)

''V. different I think than moonpix, much more open and melodic and piano riff driven.''

diff is good. will buy and post.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 21:00 (twenty-three years ago)

more shouty is good, norah jones is bad but i'll get it.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 21:01 (twenty-three years ago)

I lost my copy and I'm not cheeky enough to ask Curt, again.

― Cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 21:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Thoughts on CP: YAF here

― jm (jtm), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 03:44 (twenty-three years ago)

I like this a lot better than I thought I would... I have to admit she's got a really beguiling (yes beguiling) voice.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 20:28 (twenty-three years ago)

three weeks pass...

Do you ever get the feeling that Beth Orton would be Cat Power if she got her records right?

― S Samson, Monday, 24 March 2003 00:42 (twenty-three years ago)

two years pass...

New album January 24! MP3: The Greatest.
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― La Monte (La Monte), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

great tune.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

someone started a thread about this a few days ago. i can't stand that cover! (the boxing gloves are fine, but the hot pink is burning holes in my eyes.)

― glasgow coma score (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

i dont think thats the real cover. but its funny as hell.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:40 (twenty years ago)

Oh, so now she's Aimee Mann?!

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:43 (twenty years ago)

the sisterlovers comparison on the other thread is pretty accurate (for this song).
http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/c/clay_cassiu_iamthegre_101b.jpg

― La Monte (La Monte), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:45 (twenty years ago)

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― donut hallivallerieburtonelli omg lol (donut), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

Ummm, ha-ha?

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

did you mean pubic tAimieMann?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 19:00 (twenty years ago)

wow, that snare drum comes in EXACTLY WHEN I KNEW IT WOULD!!!

could the arrangement be anymore predictable?

it may as well be norah goddamned jones

― bb (bbrz), Thursday, 13 October 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

pre-You Are Free=under-produced
post-You Are Free=over-produced?

And how come she barely sounds like Beth Orton anymore?

― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

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http://duckman.pettho.com/characters/gyro.jpg

― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

kinda tom waits-y?

― Jimmy Mod wants you to tighten the strings on your corset (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

where's the other thread?

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

And how come she barely sounds like Beth Orton anymore?

Because she sounds like Edie Brickell now?

― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)

It's not a bad song - even with the arrangement, the Celine Dion-esque fiddling, the background chants of "greatest! greatest!" Hell, I always kind of wanted Ms. Marshall to completely and unreservedly embrace her massive ego - beats playing demure games with it.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:55 (twenty years ago)

Wow - I never noticed how much Marshall and Leslie Feist sound alike until hearing that track.

― darin (darin), Thursday, 13 October 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

who's playing drums? i like this a lot better today than i did yesterday.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Thursday, 13 October 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

this is supposed to be all grizzled memphis session musicians, right? not a bad move.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 21:51 (twenty years ago)

wow, that snare drum comes in EXACTLY WHEN I KNEW IT WOULD!!!

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 (twenty years ago)

post-You Are Free=over-produced?

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 (twenty years ago)

she does sound like edie brickell lately

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 13 October 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)

she sounds like karen dalton.

― glasgow coma score (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 October 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)

(which, considering chan's penchant for that type of folk music, is probably exactly who she's aping.)

― glasgow coma score (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 October 2005 22:18 (twenty years ago)

did she always sound like her? i just remember at one pt. thinking she sounded kinda like herself...and then voice changing. never thought she sounded like the horrible beth orton tho.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 13 October 2005 22:23 (twenty years ago)

chan's material used to be less blues/country, more mumbly-electric-indie. so yeah i suppose her vocal mannerisms adapted to the style of the later records.

― glasgow coma score (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 October 2005 22:25 (twenty years ago)

post-You Are Free=over-produced?

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.

I shall try to listen to the rest of the album without prejudice.

― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 13 October 2005 23:52 (twenty years ago)

i can't stand that cover! (the boxing gloves are fine, but the hot pink is burning holes in my eyes.)
-- glasgow coma score (theundergroundhom...), October 13th, 2005 3:33 PM. (Jody Beth Rosen) (link)

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i dont think thats the real cover. but its funny as hell.
-- maria tessa sciarrino (mari...), October 13th, 2005 3:40 PM. (theoreticalgirl) (link)

I think it might actually be the real cover. The album was recorded with a bunch of Stax/Volt studio alumni, so they might as package it in the same sense (i.e. a lot of the original Stax art was awful, despite the label having the greatest logo ever)

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 13 October 2005 23:55 (twenty years ago)

I assume it's the real cover. While the electric pink is pretty crazy, it's not like it's not very indie-rock, too -- the who whole thing, in fact, is strongly reminiscent of Songs:Ohia's Axxess & Ace.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Friday, 14 October 2005 07:29 (twenty years ago)

it looks very much like the fake album covers on the insert included with yo la tengo's "i can hear the heart beating as one".

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 14 October 2005 15:35 (twenty years ago)

three years pass...

http://oh-audrey.com/shows/index.php?args=10

― Swat Valley High (goole), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 14:55 (seventeen years ago)

She looks thrilled to be on that interwebs cooking show. She's looking good, tho.

― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 19 May 2009 15:11 (seventeen years ago)

Lookin' damn good, actually.

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:05 (seventeen years ago)

two years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGMaEvhQj1E

so hey this sounds pretty good!! i tuned out but she doesn't seem to be using her ~smoky~ voice anymore, & the group sounds good

― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 21:58 (fourteen years ago)

I'm glad she's moved out of her "Memphis" phase at least, even if this is just a revision of an older song.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 22:07 (fourteen years ago)

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the nico jaar remix of "cherokee" is HEAVENLY though

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 15:24 (thirteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

i like this album a lot

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 11:44 (thirteen years ago)

this is kinda terrible imo

― some dude, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 13:17 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

the monkey on your back song rules

― spazzmatazz, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 14:06 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

Bought this yesterday, played it once through last night, and thought it seemed awesome.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 11:57 (thirteen years ago)

the real long track on this is fucking amazing

― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:07 (thirteen years ago)

'nothin' but time' ??

― pandemic, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:26 (thirteen years ago)

the superhero one i think

― pandemic, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:26 (thirteen years ago)

― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:27 (thirteen years ago)

Does it take the chord structure from Heroes by Bowie?

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:28 (thirteen years ago)

this is kinda terrible imo

― some dude, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 13:17 (Yesterday) Permalink

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 21:34 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

one month passes...

So, she broke?

― Moka, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 22:09 (thirteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

should i go see her when she comes to philly?

pros: i love her music
cons: chances are good she won't finish the show?

― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 05:02 (thirteen years ago)

I don't think she's "not finished a show" in years and years.

― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 15:10 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

maybe like a cat power people's choice awards, researched without having actually talked to anyone

― kelpolaris, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 18:41 (thirteen years ago)

three years pass...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwray/surrounded-by-legends#.wbRYqRy7e

― 龜, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 15:52 (ten years ago)

that was excellent, thanks

― rip van wanko, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 21:45 (ten years ago)

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