tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post2610500398978805161..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Agnes Obel: PhilharmonicsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-65914765370410293272017-04-06T04:34:28.048+03:002017-04-06T04:34:28.048+03:00Sorry, I mean stream the shit. Downloading is so 2...Sorry, I mean stream the shit. Downloading is so 2006...JimmADerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331334978761537408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-21586314481574345462017-04-06T04:33:44.693+03:002017-04-06T04:33:44.693+03:00"your average indie-folkie-singer-songwriter ..."your average indie-folkie-singer-songwriter churning out generic heartbreaker stuff (to be used in the soundtrack to your average indie-director melodramas about uninteresting problems in the lives of everyday boring people)." Or worse, the soundtrack to any given MTV/CW/Teen angst TV tripe. But, At least they tell you where to download the shit at the end of the episode (or even better, in a pop up during) instead of making you sit through five minutes of credits...JimmADerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331334978761537408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-64352365093386889422017-04-05T20:53:19.511+03:002017-04-05T20:53:19.511+03:00CHEAP trans-human characters are the best!CHEAP trans-human characters are the best!Federicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474347952219526863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-53957571124924037252017-04-03T01:53:09.233+03:002017-04-03T01:53:09.233+03:00All hail to both ladies.
I tend to be often pissed...All hail to both ladies.<br />I tend to be often pissed by both of the cinematographies.<br /><br />Back to the topic:<br />I see no appeal in Agnes Obel muzak. Because it is muzak. Don't care where it is from.<br />I also don't care how fluent is she in her English, and her choices what she wears.<br /><br />You didn't expect here more than 0 comments, didn't you? ;-)Simpliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13125893204327162588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-38348532975933295742017-04-02T03:44:34.714+03:002017-04-02T03:44:34.714+03:00I love when George manages to pull a genuine and u...I love when George manages to pull a genuine and unexpected <i>recommendation</i> out of the sea of current music instead of lamenting its homogenized decline and heavily qualifying even his thumbs-up judgements.<br /><br />Or is this some April Fool's ruse???Stalvernnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-79626977107806680562017-04-02T00:40:02.808+03:002017-04-02T00:40:02.808+03:00You just don't get the Scandinavian appeal, th...You just don't get the Scandinavian appeal, that's all. Let me guess: Brigitte Bardot or Greta Garbo?G. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05848634884798924824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-6681503654212940462017-04-02T00:07:34.502+03:002017-04-02T00:07:34.502+03:00Ew, yes George. Joan Jett, nice try. You can do be...Ew, yes George. Joan Jett, nice try. You can do better.<br /><br />I am all about last years La Femme - Mystere album.<br />Very nice frenchy music, and a cute female image on its cover. I am really hooked up to recent French music in the last few months. Yup, the real cradle od impressionism.<br /><br />To Ceres:<br />Bjork and Portishead? Oh, now I see why is this so awful. She better listened to Massive Attack and Broadcast.<br /><br />Even then... how would I put it... Say, the kitsch painter that sells his paintings on the street says that he is influenced by Rembrandt or Van Gogh. Well, now that statement makes him an artist in the same league, right?Simpliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13125893204327162588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-78695255429043501062017-04-01T23:57:03.559+03:002017-04-01T23:57:03.559+03:00So sorry if the review misled anyone into expectin...So sorry if the review misled anyone into expecting a Joan Jett - but yeah, I'll take the "passionlessness" of A. O. here over the "passion" of Joanna Newsom any time of day.G. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05848634884798924824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-11674797140607873362017-04-01T23:43:55.048+03:002017-04-01T23:43:55.048+03:00C'mon man, admit it, you're in love in the...C'mon man, admit it, you're in love in the effigy presented on the cover. No other explanation how to be passionate about this passionless music.<br /><br />I wish it was an elaborate prank, but...<br /><br />Now, the real Agnes Obel looks like more common female specimen, found anywhere between Iceland and Turkey. As evidenced on a live YouTube video, where in some Leonard Cohen homage, she performs the worst possible Hallelujah version, done by anyone.<br />As expected.Simpliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13125893204327162588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-68079315116125497052017-04-01T22:43:51.150+03:002017-04-01T22:43:51.150+03:00Simplius also hates Björk (see his comments on thi...Simplius also hates Björk (see his comments on this site), so this is quite a predictable reaction. He hates it when people transform themselves into trans-human characters. Me, I only hate it when people transform themselves into CHEAP trans-human characters.G. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05848634884798924824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-55132164267573489232017-04-01T22:23:08.315+03:002017-04-01T22:23:08.315+03:00To add: maybe this is interesting? Her "curre...To add: maybe this is interesting? Her "current favorite tracks", which she posted somewhere.<br /><br />http://www.deezer.com/playlist/1001574751<br /><br />Björk, Portishead, Cocteau Twins, chamber music, ambient... some expected artists there.Cereshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07754814228147925321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-67369750600912783852017-04-01T22:19:01.883+03:002017-04-01T22:19:01.883+03:00I don't know, why should musicians always be e...I don't know, why should musicians always be extroverted personalities that seem like they want to publicly express themselves? I spotted an interview where she says she likes childish melodies, that she prefers piano music over vocals, that she finds it difficult to write lyrics, and so on. I guess that is the enigma: she wrote private music for herself, but still did so as a public artist. <br /><br />Why would you stop at the third Kate Bush album anyhow?Cereshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07754814228147925321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-24995329942193053242017-04-01T21:57:06.855+03:002017-04-01T21:57:06.855+03:00Boy, are you in love with this.... woman?
I mean,...Boy, are you in love with this.... woman?<br /><br />I mean, whatever I gleaned from YouTube suggests that this is a computer generated, or, even better, AI <b>muzak</b>. Even the performer looks like a virtual character.<br /><br />Time to revisit first three Kate Bush albums for a real female impressionistic <b>music</b>.Simpliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13125893204327162588noreply@blogger.com