Taking Sides: "Snow in the Sahara" by Anggun vs. "Sleeping Sattelite" by Tasmin Archer

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Battle of the mid-90's exotic New Agey post-Seal pop!

Which is it? Sultry Paul Bowlesian (well, the Sahara part, anyway) ruminations of love and devotion from a disarmingly sexy Indonesian temptress or Vague pontifications about space travel from a soaring voiced chanteuse?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 23 January 2005 20:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Holy crap Alex, I never thought in a million years that Anggun would ever rise as a topic of conversation. I've got to wonder how you remember her. I only remember her because my first girlfriend told me about her but otherwise I didn't know she even registered on anybody else's radars. I have to pick Anggun...her song puts you in the same reflective mood that Tasmin's might, but it does so using middle-eastern accents that weren't trendy at the time. For adult contemporary, Anggun's not a bad way to go.

― Wookie Rookie, Monday, 24 January 2005 00:38 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread died too early a death.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 24 January 2005 20:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Solely in the interest of sparking activity in this thread, here are some truly eye-popping pics of the preternaturaly gorgeous Anggun. And might I say that her voice is as lovely as she is. Imagine a better looking Jennifer Lopez...WHO CAN ACTUALLY SING!

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:23 (twenty-one years ago)

That she happens to be a fabulous hottie should not, however, influence your answer regarding which single is superior here, of course.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:24 (twenty-one years ago)

One vote here for Tasmin Archer. Always liked "Sleeping Satellite" quite a bit as long as I didn't listen too hard to the lyrics.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:29 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

The Seal comparisions is interesting because, in fact, Seal was the one act I thought about too at the time. I saw those two as a breath of fresh air on a hitlist scene otherwise dominated by repetitive minimalist dreck with way too little focus on actual melodies.

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 12 October 2007 10:32 (eighteen years ago)

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