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| From | Anna Borg <anna@tallboyrecords.com> |
| Subject | Re: Lily Allen (I made a mistake...) |
| Date | Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:10:32 -0800 (PST) |
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First off, i went a little nuts...my inner (hell, my
OUTER) bitch kind of went off because I just don't get
this artist and she is being shoved down my throat. I
realize, of course, that she is a performer and she
can affect whatever accent she wants. I also realize
that her personal life and background shouldn't have
any bearing on whether or not I enjoy her art. I
apologize for reducing her. Hell, I LOVE the Strokes,
and it would be hard to find a band from a more posh
US background, yet they try to appear all dirty and
downtown. Kind of like that Phantom Planet record
where they are all sitting on some Brooklyn-looking
stoop. Give me a break! They should have been posing
on the Sunset Strip surrounded by super models.
Anyway...
The ONLY issue I have with any of this is Stewart's
quote that she is a "talented singer" I am quite sure
she is not a talented singer, by any stretch of those
word. I'm not talking about being on key or having
perfect pitch either...Tom Waits is a talented singer.
Kim Deal is a talented singer. Kelly Clarkson is a
talented singer.
Lily Allen lucked into a crew of men who could write
and produce hooks for her.
a
--- Stewart Mason <craigtorso@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Farrar Hudkins" <fhudkins@gmail.com>
> > And today I heard one of the most useless -- an
> interview with a
> > British singer who spontaneously composes her
> half-spoken songs in
> > the studio. Hm, I guess that's why she has yet to
> come up with a
> > hook, and why her ‘music’ is ripped from Motown
> and disco records
> > and an old TR-81 drum machine. And also why it is
> crap.
>
> Except that it, erm, isn't. Lily Allen's ALRIGHT
> STILL is probably
> the best album I've heard so far in 2007, and her
> first single "Smile"
> was one of the top singles of last year by a mile.
>
> So sad to see reflexive bashing of talented singers
> just because
> they're not someone's little pocket secret no one
> else knows about.
> Not for the singers, mind, but for the listeners.
> It must be tiring
> to survive solely on indie cred.
>
> S
>
>
Anna Borg
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TallBoy Records
P.O. Box 27757
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