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If you like Stina and that ilk, you'll probably like Joanna Newsom. Mender (2004); Ys (2006); Joanna Newsom & The Ys Street Band E.P. (ep, 2007); Have One On Me (3 CD set, 2010); Divers (2015).
woj really really likes her a lot, as do many people whose musical tastes I respect. However, I just can't get past her childlike voice. She sounds like she's six years old, and I just want to stab myself in the head whenever I hear her sing.
This distresses me, because I really *want* to like her as much as everyone else, but I just can't. (I've never been able to deal with those really fragile childlike voices anyway—Stina, for example, is another I can't handle.)
Your mileage may vary, of course. If you like Stina and that ilk, you'll probably like Joanna Newsom. Plus she plays the harp, and you have to give her points for that. ([email protected])
This distresses me, because I really *want* to like her as much as everyone else, but I just can't. (I've never been able to deal with those really fragile childlike voices anyway—Stina, for example, is another I can't handle.)
Your mileage may vary, of course. If you like Stina and that ilk, you'll probably like Joanna Newsom. Plus she plays the harp, and you have to give her points for that. ([email protected])
yeah well I have to admit I just don't get the appeal...I think she's aiming for 'delightfully whimsical' but for me it hits somewhere closer to 'plastic foam dragged across a glass pane'... you know, that sound that makes you want to run out of the room screaming. ([email protected])
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I would have said the same thing as meth and afries, and did—at least until a friend bought me Ys as a present. It only took a few listens until I fell in love with it. She's so creative and has such a way with melodies that it really grew on me and has utterly charmed me. (Neile)
Glad I'm not the only late convert to Joanna Newsom. At first I couldn't stand her voice. The new album gives it great context to work in. ([email protected])
i know nearly everyone dislikes joanna newsom's voice on her properdebut the milk-eyed mender (and the two self-released cd-rs which preceeded it, walnut whales and yarn & glue) but i would just like to state, for the record, that at least one person LOVES the way shesang and the way she played on that record. seriously. that albumresonated with me the same way veda hille's spine and tori amos'little earthquakes did: feeling like i already knew the songs like old friends the first time i heard them and never tiring of listening to it.
ys is a departure, for sure, and i enjoy it lots. ([email protected])
ys is a departure, for sure, and i enjoy it lots. ([email protected])