What are people's opinion on the Bird and the Bee album of Hall and Oates covers? I borrowed it from the library today. It's kind of cool. I'm about 75-80% into it. I feel like it's missing something (moustache?) It just seems like it's close to being great, but not really there.
What are people's opinion on the Bird and the Bee album of Hall and Oates covers?
Thansk for these, never heard of them before. I liked them, but these just happen to be my favourite H&A tracks too. I thought for a minute they may be hella hipster, like Pamplemousse (who are clever but hit and miss), but on hearing them, they do have that good "Slickness" to them.
I'll probably cop this.
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What are people's opinion on the Bird and the Bee album of Hall and Oates covers? I borrowed it from the library today. It's kind of cool. I'm about 75-80% into it. I feel like it's missing something (moustache?) It just seems like it's close to being great, but not really there.
It's on Blue Note too. Kind of weird.
I think it's likeable enough. Somebody posted something from it on here a few months ago, and it got absolutely slammed by just about everyone who responded to the thread. I guess this is an example of the "ironic" appropriation/re-evaluation that was talked about at the top of the thread, but I have to be completely honest and say that, in the age of the "ironic" cover version, I can't hear any more evidence of a smug, insincere, hipster mindset here than I've heard in any of a dozen or more other places over the last few years - a lot less, in fact.
What are people's opinion on the Bird and the Bee album of Hall and Oates covers? It???s kind of cool. I???m about 75-80% into it. I feel like it???s missing something (moustache?) It just seems like it???s close to being great, but not really there.
Judging from those two tracks it just sounds OK, a bit perfunctory.
And I'm a bit tired of breathy Feist-like femme vocals right now, so that's not a plus.
Getting kind of a detached feeling from these. Definitely needs more moustache.
I???m a bit tired of breathy Feist-like femme vocals right now
Indeed. The Bird & The Bee sound like a sincere version of that duo with the annoying, bug-eyed, psycho female singer. You know who I mean (I forget their name)...they make the Youtube videos where they're doing ironic indie-rock versions of Beyonce songs and whatnot...
I???m a bit tired of breathy Feist-like femme vocals right now
yup, talk about a sound that has been endlessly copied lately.
have you noticed a bunch of tv commercials aimed at 25-40 somethings are using a feist-like soundtrack: sort of kittenish vocals, acoustic guitar chords, a sprinkling of analog keys and effects, a whisp of childhood innocence and a boatload of "sincerity"...
I???m a bit tired of breathy Feist-like femme vocals right now
yup, talk about a sound that has been endlessly copied lately.
have you noticed a bunch of tv commercials aimed at 25-40 somethings are using a feist-like soundtrack: sort of kittenish vocals, acoustic guitar chords, a sprinkling of analog keys and effects, a whisp of childhood innocence and a boatload of "sincerity"...
Yes. That's the new TV commercial sound that's supposed to signify "youth market." And usually the kittenish vocals are blase and slightly off-key, like the character of "April" on the TV show Parks & Recreation (that is, if April sang). At least the Bird/Bee lady had a fraction of emotion.
This replaces the pseudo-Sheryl Crow sound which the ads were using five years ago (remember that horrible commercial where some lady remade "People Got To Be Free"?).
dude, it's perhaps one of the most irritating trends to hit in recent years. that Amazon kindle commercial with the stop motion and the girl floating through the air? Oh god, kill me. It's like a bunch of people saw the ipod commercial that used that 1,2,3,4 and everyone said "that's the ticket".
dude, it's perhaps one of the most irritating trends to hit in recent years. that Amazon kindle commercial with the stop motion and the girl floating through the air? Oh god, kill me. It's like a bunch of people saw the ipod commercial that used that 1,2,3,4 and everyone said "that's the ticket".
Yep, I've railed about this here in past threads.
Now it seems like every 'quirky' alterna-girl is trying to make music for the next viral ad.
Probably - Feist is dope, at least IMO. Don't think anyone here is saying she's wack, it's all the people saying "hey I can do that too!". And they sorta can't. Her voice is pretty unique, and her album (all of em, actually) was very all over the place --- wasn't all minimal irritating Juno sounding stuff. Cover of Inside and Out off the old LP was my ish.
I???m a bit tired of breathy Feist-like femme vocals right now
yup, talk about a sound that has been endlessly copied lately.
have you noticed a bunch of tv commercials aimed at 25-40 somethings are using a feist-like soundtrack: sort of kittenish vocals, acoustic guitar chords, a sprinkling of analog keys and effects, a whisp of childhood innocence and a boatload of "sincerity"...
Yes. That's the new TV commercial sound that's supposed to signify "youth market." And usually the kittenish vocals are blase and slightly off-key,.
bang on.
so if our generation (30-somethings on the board) was marked by "irony" or "cynicism" or "alienation" and this generation is characterized by "sincerity``, "whimsy", "collaboration" and "emotionalism" (is that even a word?) where the hell does the next generation of admen go from here?
for the record, i think feist is pretty good, i just don't like the way her sound has been co-opted...
nah, apparently some super feist clone named ane trolle. she even has a feist haircut.
Oooh shit, I was listening to that thinking "I know that voice".
Ane Trolle is Danish and an old friend of mine, and I can say nothing bad about her.
Yeah, she sounds Feist-y on this one, but she's actually got many styles, and she's always had that voice.
Haven't seen her for a while, wasn't aware she was getting that advertising cheese. Good for her.
check out the series on youtubne called "darryl's house" where he invited various musicians to that house to talk and jam...he does little tours of the house and talks about the history of it and the construction etc...
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What are people's opinion on the Bird and the Bee album of Hall and Oates covers? I borrowed it from the library today. It's kind of cool. I'm about 75-80% into it. I feel like it's missing something (moustache?) It just seems like it's close to being great, but not really there.
It's on Blue Note too. Kind of weird.
Thansk for these, never heard of them before. I liked them, but these just happen to be my favourite H&A tracks too. I thought for a minute they may be hella hipster, like Pamplemousse (who are clever but hit and miss), but on hearing them, they do have that good "Slickness" to them.
I'll probably cop this.
I think it's likeable enough. Somebody posted something from it on here a few months ago, and it got absolutely slammed by just about everyone who responded to the thread. I guess this is an example of the "ironic" appropriation/re-evaluation that was talked about at the top of the thread, but I have to be completely honest and say that, in the age of the "ironic" cover version, I can't hear any more evidence of a smug, insincere, hipster mindset here than I've heard in any of a dozen or more other places over the last few years - a lot less, in fact.
Judging from those two tracks it just sounds OK, a bit perfunctory.
And I'm a bit tired of breathy Feist-like femme vocals right now, so that's not a plus.
Getting kind of a detached feeling from these. Definitely needs more moustache.
Indeed. The Bird & The Bee sound like a sincere version of that duo with the annoying, bug-eyed, psycho female singer. You know who I mean (I forget their name)...they make the Youtube videos where they're doing ironic indie-rock versions of Beyonce songs and whatnot...
Pamplemousse
yup, talk about a sound that has been endlessly copied lately.
have you noticed a bunch of tv commercials aimed at 25-40 somethings are using a feist-like soundtrack: sort of kittenish vocals, acoustic guitar chords, a sprinkling of analog keys and effects, a whisp of childhood innocence and a boatload of "sincerity"...
Yes. That's the new TV commercial sound that's supposed to signify "youth market." And usually the kittenish vocals are blase and slightly off-key, like the character of "April" on the TV show Parks & Recreation (that is, if April sang). At least the Bird/Bee lady had a fraction of emotion.
This replaces the pseudo-Sheryl Crow sound which the ads were using five years ago (remember that horrible commercial where some lady remade "People Got To Be Free"?).
Yep, I've railed about this here in past threads.
Now it seems like every 'quirky' alterna-girl is trying to make music for the next viral ad.
Probably - Feist is dope, at least IMO. Don't think anyone here is saying she's wack, it's all the people saying "hey I can do that too!". And they sorta can't. Her voice is pretty unique, and her album (all of em, actually) was very all over the place --- wasn't all minimal irritating Juno sounding stuff. Cover of Inside and Out off the old LP was my ish.
bang on.
so if our generation (30-somethings on the board) was marked by "irony" or "cynicism" or "alienation" and this generation is characterized by "sincerity``, "whimsy", "collaboration" and "emotionalism" (is that even a word?) where the hell does the next generation of admen go from here?
for the record, i think feist is pretty good, i just don't like the way her sound has been co-opted...
H&O have become a staple of many philly DJ's sets.
i think i even heard i cant go for that 3 times in a single night.
but beyond all that i ride for them, maybe partially for the same reason quoted above, but i do think they are solid songwriters/musicians.
"Is this the line for the Zooey Deschanel lookalike contest?"
(BTW, I've never heard Zooey's duo, She & I, but if she sang in that same indiegirl voice, it wouldn't shock me.)
Oooh shit, I was listening to that thinking "I know that voice".
Ane Trolle is Danish and an old friend of mine, and I can say nothing bad about her.
Yeah, she sounds Feist-y on this one, but she's actually got many styles, and she's always had that voice.
Haven't seen her for a while, wasn't aware she was getting that advertising cheese. Good for her.
Hall's house
check out the series on youtubne called "darryl's house" where he invited various musicians to that house to talk and jam...he does little tours of the house and talks about the history of it and the construction etc...
http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/oh_erie/huron-county-man-robert-oates-charged-with-assault-for-allegedly-biting-face-of-neighbor-scott-hall
Also, coincidentally, the victim is named "Scott Hall"
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