― paul cox (paul cox), Thursday, 21 November 2002 01:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― ron (ron), Friday, 22 November 2002 03:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
I have been a big, nay obsessive, Cat Power fan for years. I even paid $20 for the impossible-to-find Undercover seven-inch. So, when I eagerly downloaded He War in preparation for my next big Chan fix in February, I expected something like a cross between the circular beauty of Moon Pix and the near-naked genius of The Covers Record and the Peel Sessions. Not exactly the same, of course--bands are allowed to grow, change, evolve, whatever you want to call it.
But very few people seem to have noticed about the new song what I did. To me, it sounds like just another slab of boring college rock. I keep listening to it to find out what I'm missing, but it leaves me cold. It just doesn't have that certain something that made me fall in love with Cat Power.
I am trying to remain optomistic about the rest of the record.
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― Curt (cgould), Monday, 25 November 2002 13:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 24 February 2003 23:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 13:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 20:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
diff is good. will buy and post.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 21:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 21:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 21:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― La Monte (La Monte), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― glasgow coma score (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― La Monte (La Monte), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link
pCatPower = new tCatPower();pCatPower->FaultInject();delete pCatPower;
― donut hallivallerieburtonelli omg lol (donut), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link
could the arrangement be anymore predictable?
it may as well be norah goddamned jones
― bb (bbrz), Thursday, 13 October 2005 19:11 (eighteen years ago) link
And how come she barely sounds like Beth Orton anymore?
― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link
http://duckman.pettho.com/characters/gyro.jpg
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― Jimmy Mod wants you to tighten the strings on your corset (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Because she sounds like Edie Brickell now?
― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― darin (darin), Thursday, 13 October 2005 21:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Thursday, 13 October 2005 21:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 21:51 (eighteen years ago) link
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 (eighteen years ago) link
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 (eighteen years ago) link
weirdest thing about it is how after an intro that sounds like nu-era-digital-cat-power it morphs into something sorta moon pix-esque - the tangled guitars and layered singing
― blossom smulch (schlump), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 11:33 (eleven years ago) link
She's always been aimless and plain but she used to have a very hypnotic, breathy voice that made the meandering passages seem worthwhile... she might have been rubbish for all I care but it sounded heartfelt and it got into my nerves in a good way. Without the hypnotic, nudity of her voice we're just left with a pointless version of her.
― Moka, Monday, 2 July 2012 08:31 (eleven years ago) link
Can't judge the full album yet but Ruin doesn't sound like it has enough going on to pull my attention or demand a replay.
― Moka, Monday, 2 July 2012 08:34 (eleven years ago) link
Without the hypnotic, nudity of her voice
this is lovely & otm, moka. i def can't get anything out of the performative tone she has on the last few.
i always try to find a live version of what would the community think that i can't find online anywhere, to post in support of my old-cat-power-best-cat-power argument. her voice used to just carry & call out.
― blossom smulch (schlump), Monday, 2 July 2012 10:31 (eleven years ago) link
ohhhh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97nNDDDUWHs
chan your voice is like a wonderful harmonica
― blossom smulch (schlump), Monday, 2 July 2012 10:36 (eleven years ago) link
man, the new album is really bad
― Number None, Saturday, 28 July 2012 13:48 (eleven years ago) link
and everyone otm about what she's lost from her vocals
― Number None, Saturday, 28 July 2012 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
aw that's sad
― , Blogger (schlump), Saturday, 28 July 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
Have people heard this yet? Am I the only one who thinks it's kind of great? It's her best since You Are Free by a mile, but it feels more like a counterpoint to that album than a sequel. It's so bright and buzzy and the bass on every song is just huge; it's distinct from all of her other records.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
And yeah, there are a few kind of embarrassing stylistic flourishes or indulgences throughout the album, but I don't think they really detract from anything. Even Moon Pix had its share of those
I heard it casually last night and I liked what I overheard! Has a I do not want what I haven't got kind of production vibe? Considering I have no love for any Cat Power post-Moon Pix I was pretty impressed, will listen again
― Ówen P., Monday, 13 August 2012 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
Uh, that was not meant to be a sideways dis at 00s CP. Just mentioned it b/c I'm a specific fan of two awesome records, I can see how the new one would dismay fans of "You are free" etc.
― Ówen P., Monday, 13 August 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
Been listening to this constantly for the last week or two. I'm still impressed by how much umphff and authority these songs have. Not something I expected from Cat Power.
― Evan R, Monday, 13 August 2012 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
i can't really work this album out: i like the sound, i like her voice, but a lot of the time it seems kind of blustery and empty? and doesn't go anywhere much? idk.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
the nico jaar remix of "cherokee" is HEAVENLY though
i like this album a lot
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 11:44 (eleven years ago) link
this is kinda terrible imo
― some dude, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 13:17 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
the monkey on your back song rules
― spazzmatazz, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Bought this yesterday, played it once through last night, and thought it seemed awesome.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 11:57 (eleven years ago) link
the real long track on this is fucking amazing
― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:07 (eleven years ago) link
'nothin' but time' ??
― pandemic, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:26 (eleven years ago) link
the superhero one i think
ya
― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:27 (eleven years ago) link
Does it take the chord structure from Heroes by Bowie?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:28 (eleven years ago) link
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― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
So, she broke?
― Moka, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
should i go see her when she comes to philly?
pros: i love her musiccons: chances are good she won't finish the show?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 05:02 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think she's "not finished a show" in years and years.
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
maybe like a cat power people's choice awards, researched without having actually talked to anyone
― kelpolaris, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwray/surrounded-by-legends#.wbRYqRy7e
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 15:52 (eight years ago) link
that was excellent, thanks
― rip van wanko, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 21:45 (eight years ago) link