St Vincent on Graham Norton... Bizarre but good!

Dominic

Different,talented,arty,aquired taste for sure PJ Harvey influenced Bjork with a guitar.
She can actually play well .

Jalapeno

earwighoney said:

AlexC said:

Regardless of whether people like the music or not - she's hardly a 'new' artist. Been recording for ten years and now promoting her 5th album. Her Musicman signature guitar is a sonic and build innovation, not just body shape. Most of what she does is actually synth lead, not guitar based. She sounds nothing like PJ Harvey. Can the comparison between every woman under 40 who sings and plays an electric who is slightly 'alternative' to Polly Jean be knocked on the head, please.

I'm fairly sure being compared to PJ Harvey would be seen to be a compliment.  

I don't think her music sounds like PJH for the bits I have heard, but I'm sure she has a multitude of different influences - one of the videos above to my ears belies a Moloko/Roisin Murphy sound of sorts. 

Vocally, very similar ...... IMHO and all that, and the thick eye make up, and the provocative outfits .....

TTony

All the - sadly - predictable dumb comments deleted because they weren't worth my time splitting them into a separate BCD discussion.

Talk about the music here.

Talk about other aspects elsewhere.

ToneControl

It's great that she's doing this stuff, and she seems to be pretty musical

I don't like the songs or the playing style though

prowla

I think some of the vocal hints (the random squeaks) go back to the 80s - Toyah and suchlike.

rico

Not really my thing, fair play to her though! I wonder what the requirements for a sig with MusicMan are...

Musicman20

She plays great and her writing style is very interesting. 

Her guitar also kills. I want one.

I'd much rather see this odd approach to guitar rather than the same old blues or shred guy/girl. 

Funkfingers

Veganic said:

While we are on St.V, the riff to birth in reverse, where have I heard it before?  Played slower and possible as the end of a song.  It's doing my head in.

That motif would not be out of place on the Prince album, Around The World In A Day. I could also imagine it fitting in with Belew, Bowie, Cardiacs, Devo, Madonna and whoever made that album titled Uh Huh Huh.

Veganic

Funkfingers said:

Veganic said:

While we are on St.V, the riff to birth in reverse, where have I heard it before?  Played slower and possible as the end of a song.  It's doing my head in.

That motif would not be out of place on the Prince album, Around The World In A Day. I could also imagine it fitting in with Belew, Bowie, Cardiacs, Devo, Madonna and whoever made that album titled Uh Huh Huh.

I will stick it on Soundcloud if I get time. Maybe tomorrow. See if anyone can place it.

BigLicks67

She's good to watch from a performance point of view, she reminds of David Byrne in that you can see her thinking of ways to grab your attention, a lot of it seems to have a sense of humour to it. Musically, I've heard some songs I quite like but overall I wouldn't buy it.

bluechargeboy

I was watching some of her live performances last night and I thought it was cool. Good "non-standard" guitar work/melody is always interesting. I need to listen to some of it outside the context of the live performance (and skin-tight catsuits) to see if I still like it!

DrBob

I worry that we're missing the real issue here.
What the f**k is she thinking with that paint/pickguard combo ?

Sassafras

The few songs of hers I've heard so far seem a wee bit more pretentious than I care for.

Lebarque

Would this thread have attracted so much interest if it weren't for her outfit in the photo? Kudos to her wardrobe advisor on a job well done! 

mikem8634

Lebarque said:

Would this thread have attracted so much interest if it weren't for her outfit in the photo? Kudos to her wardrobe advisor on a job well done! 

Well, the vast majority of the comments appear to have been about guitar, so I'm going to say yes it would. Minus you.

Legionreturns

Lebarque said:

Would this thread have attracted so much interest if it weren't for her outfit in the photo? Kudos to her wardrobe advisor on a job well done! 

I chose to include the picture to illustrate the "odd" part of the performance. 

The lions share of the comments have been about her music, guitar playing and performance. 

I don't really see any evidence that this would have been discussed less without the picture. 

fields5069

She's middling to me. Quite interesting, good that she is quite inventive on the guitar, and interesting performer. The song on Graham Norton did nothing for me, but some of the tracks I've heard have been quite good.

peteri

I really want to like her but just can't.

Too pretentious for me, reminds me of Madonna to be honest - very well constructed and composed, but ultimately...

ICBM

peteri said:

Too pretentious for me, reminds me of Madonna to be honest - very well constructed and composed, but ultimately…

I've always thought that Madonna is a very talented person.











Just not at music.



To be clear, I like her - I've got almost every one of her albums. She's a genius at self-promotion and knowing who to collaborate with to get good musical results - but actual musical ability, I suspect not that much.

As a musician, St. Vincent is in a different league.

earwighoney

ICBM said:

To be clear, I like her - I've got almost every one of her albums. She's a genius at self-promotion and knowing who to collaborate with to get good musical results - but actual musical ability, I suspect not that much.

As a musician, St. Vincent is in a different league.

Agree.  I think with STV and something that applies to some other contemporary musicians e.g. Ed Sheeran, One Direction etc is how memorable they are as celebrities but how unmemorable their music is in contrast to their predecessors.  I think this something that just doesn't apply to myself is how I could name a single song by these artists, which is something I could never say about the music of the predecessors e.g. Madonna, Take That.

However there is a very good chance my perspective is out of touch with the very youth/demographic that actually buy and listen to the relevant contemporary music, I guess age/nostalgia catches up with us all...