--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've always been curious about Bjork, and her new > one had been discussed here > several times lately, so I got Vespertine the other > day. I've listened to it > several times, and so far, um, I don't get it. It > kinda reminds me (this is > where I fear the flames) of Jane Siberry and/or > Ricky Lee Jones *after* > they'd kinda lost control of their stuff. > ...
> I'd liked what I'd > heard of Bjork in the past, but Vespertine almost > puts me to sleep, and... I > don't know, somehow Joni can experiment and get away > with it (imho) but I > don't think rlj and js and now Bjork have succeeded > with too much freedom of > structure. Unfortunately I don't think I can do a very good job of explaining *why* I like Bjork or Jane Siberry, but I do, I do! I appreciate they wouldn't be everyone's cuppa tea - they're both kind of space cadets, but I think of their music as alternating between loud and exuberant (as in Bjork's "Army of me", a great song for angry women! not exuberant, but loud and kind of menacing!, or her version of "It's oh so quiet" (not sure if that's the right name, but her voice goes from a whisper to a shriek and I want to laugh every time I hear this); or as in Jane Siberry's "The Speckless Sky", probably one of the most joyous songs about just being alive that I've heard) (it's taking a heckuva long time to reach the last part of this sentence, isn't it - jeez, don't you hate that?) and meditative or trancelike, as in just about all of JS's "when I was a boy" and "Vespertine". You have to be in the right mood to listen to that kind of stuff and you have to kind of let it wash over you - otherwise, it could be quite annoying! ______________________________________________________________________ Web-hosting solutions for home and business! http://website.yahoo.ca
