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| From | Mark Smith <markmsmith@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Antony and The Johnsons |
| Date | Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:55:02 +0000 |
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I have I Am A Bird and as well as the artist you mention as guests, it
also features Lou Reed and Boy George. Antony sang on Reed's The Raven
and went on tour with him a couple of years ago.
His voice initially I found a turn off and the vibrato is excessive
but after a few listens I accepted it and the album is pretty good.
Really quite emotional lyrically and I was impressed by Boy George's
vocal performance. The Reed track is good too with some nice horns.
I'm getting more out of it than the latest Wainwright album anyway.
Mark
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:30:51 +0000, erhoek@comcast.net
<erhoek@comcast.net> wrote:
> Kind of sounds like Klaus Nomi by this description.
> -r
>
>
> > Based on an article and review in a recet Mojo, I decided to pick up CDs by
> > Antony and the Johnsons; his self titled debut and the recently released 'I Am A
> > Bird'.
> >
> > After giving both albums quite a few spins this past weekend, I still have a
> > pretty hard time descibing his music. The best I can come up with is to imagine
> > that the late Nina Simone is being channeled through the body of an
> > gender-confused gay man who is being backed by an arty chamber pop band. I
> > would imagine fans of Rufus Wainwright or Devendra Banhart (who both supply
> > vocals to the new album) would really enjoy these discs.
> >
> > As for me, while I found a few of the song a bit tedious, for most of the
> > tracks, I found myself drawn in by the beauty of the arrangements. I would
> > imagine Antony's dramatic vocal phrasing (and vibrato) could be a turnoff to
> > some (or many), but after repeated listenings, I became quite used to it. I
> > would be interested to know what others think of these releases...
> >
> > Mark E.
>
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