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Lee Newman said:
7/25/23

View attachment 178498Nico - Chelsea Girl



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Chelsea Girl by Nico released in 1967. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Music confession time. I've tried so many times and could never get into The Velvet Underground apart from maybe a few songs here and there. I'm not enjoying this one at all so far. I'm not sure if I've listened to 2 songs already or 10.
 
Easily the most sophisticated thing we’ve listened to. Probably the most interesting discovery for me so far. I like orchestral Velvet Underground a lot.
 
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Lee Newman said:
She reminds me of Yoko
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This is not an opinion I share. Yoko tried too hard to be artistic. I guess neither have traditionally beautiful singing voices so they are similar in that regard. I just find that most of Nicos music is more in line with 60/70 pop chanteuses of that era from a music standpoint and then she applies this deep heavily accented singing voice to it which gives it an air of eerie darkness. I feel like Yoko voice ya No redeeming value and that she music was too avant garde often birding on unlistenable.

I do appreciate Yoko as a person much more than Nico. Nico had said a few thing that sounded pretty Nazi-ish especially when said with a thick German accent.
 
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This is not an opinion I share. Yoko tried too hard to be artistic. I guess neither have traditionally beautiful singing voices so they are similar in that regard. I just find that most of Nicos music is more in line with 60/70 pop chanteuses of that era from a music standpoint and then she applies this deep heavily accented singing voice to it which gives it an air of eerie darkness. I feel like Yoko voice ya No redeeming value and that she music was too avant garde often birding on unlistenable.

I do appreciate Yoko as a person much more than Nico. Nico had said a few thing that sounded pretty Nazi-ish especially when said with a thick German accent.
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She is playing with harmony in the same way. She does not do the screaming thing, but the singing is very similar. Lower than the accompaniment and a bit flat compared to the rest of the composition. Her intonations and enunciation very much remind me of Yoko too. There is also a bit of Joni here, in as much as it is ornate and folky and her voice doesn’t quite match the setting. The music and composition reminds me of Mary Hopkin.
 
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Lee Newman said:
She is playing with harmony in the same way. She does not do the screaming thing, but the singing is very similar. Lower than the accompaniment and a bit flat compared to the rest of the composition. Her intonations and enunciation very much remind me of Yoko too. There is also a bit of Joni here to in as much as it is ornate and folky and her voice doesn’t quite match the setting. The music itself and composition reminds me of Mary Hopkin.
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it sounds like you have listened to much more Yoko than I. I have never found her music to be enjoyable enough to explore. The handful of songs I have heard (and the live performance we endured at Pitchfork Music Fest years ago) have never lead to me exploring her music in any meaningful way.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
it sounds like you have listened to much more Yoko than I. I have never found her music to be enjoyable enough to explore. The handful of songs I have heard (and the live performance we endured at Pitchfork Music Fest years ago) have never had me explore her music.
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She’s an interesting songwriter. Wish she wouldn’t scream. Her voice is an acquired taste. I went through a phase post college trying to understand her. I respect what she does but it’s not really for me. There are a few albums like Season of Glass that are incomparable from an emotional standpoint. I also really like Double Fantasy - even her songs. She’s kind of like free jazz or Sonic Youth, it takes an effort to really get what is going on. I’m not sure I found it rewarding enough to recommend her to other people. But there is something there for those willing to put forth the effort.
 
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Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca



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Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors released in 2009. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Lee Newman said:
I have never listened to this album. Last.fm tells me I listened to Lamp Lit Prose once.
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Dirty Projectors came on my radar with Rise Above, albums prior to Bitte Orca. It’s has an interesting concept where the lead singer, David Longstreth attempted to record his own version of Black Flag’s Damaged from memory. It sounds nothing like hardcore punk and explored lots of African Rhythms, I enjoyed it quite a bit but Bitte Orca ratcheted things up several levels. I think the part what makes Bitte Orca so interesting is the complex vocal harmonies of Amber Coffman, Angel Deradoorian, and Haley Dekle. Turning the spotlight on them really allowed this album to shine. It was kinda their apex as a group though. There follow up was still very good though they lost Deradoorian from the mix. After that things change quite a bit after Longstreth and Coffman broke up and she too left the group, he would create a self titled a break up album that’s lyrics read a bit too much like diary entries to be enjoyable.

One of my coolest moments of the Bitte Orca’s era was when the girls blew Questlove’s mind backstage at Fallon.
 
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
Dirty Projectors came on my radar with Rise Above, albums prior to Bitte Orca. It’s has an interesting concept where the lead singer, David Longstreth attempted to record his own version of Black Flag’s Damaged from memory. It sounds nothing like hardcore punk and explored lots of African Rhythms, I enjoyed it quite a bit but Bitte Orca ratcheted things up several levels. I think the part that makes Bitte Orca so interesting is the complex vocal harmonies of Amber Coffman, Angel Deradoorian, and Haley Dekle. Turning the spotlight on them really allowed this album to shine. It was kinda their apex as a group though. There follow up was still very good though they lost Deradoorian from the mix. After that things change quite a bit after Longstreth and Coffman broke up and she too left the group, he would create a self titled a break up album that’s lyrics read a bit too much like diary entries to be enjoyable.

One of my coolest moments of the Bitte Orca’s era was when the girls blew Questlove’s mind backstage at Fallon.
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That’s pretty fucking cool. Like the Staves on acid.
 
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