the magnificent miss murphy

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I went to see Róisín Murphy last night (review in Grau tomorrow). She was WONDERFUL and her hats were FABULOUS. I know she's a long-time poptimist favourite but I don't think we've actually talked about her much, so shall we? Her album is one of the best of the year - my favourite is 'Tell Everybody', omg that was so good last night, she did it as the encore. And there are so many parallels with Gwen Stefani: platinum blonde MILF ex-frontwomen of 'alternative' acts who hit big late in their career, now embracing pop and offbeat couture for their solo careers.

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Re: Listening to the album

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'The album is very inoffensive, isn't it?'

couldn't you say this about SEB too? maybe this is a given and people expect Roisin to shock more i dunno.

i haven't noticed anything unusual or off about the lyrical patterns but will listen again. most if not all of the songs actually have conventional structure don't they? when i think of each one the first thing i get is the chorus which is usually big enough (Primitive, Footprints, the singles). and the danceable stuff on here seems perfectly danceable.

Re: Listening to the album

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

> most if not all of the songs actually have conventional structure don't they

That might be what I meant :) Overpowered really isn't though - it's much more of a floaty dance anthem that uses Roisin's voice as an instrument rather than the song merely being a vehicle for Roisin's voice.

And I don't think her voice is OMG AMAZING enough to pull that off - however it is definitely un-annoying (hi dere TashBed). Ha - Inoffensive! SEB's voice has much more character (a posh character maybe, but it's there); Roisin only occasionally dips into the 'Brrrraaargh' noise that she does (much more apparent in the Moloko stuff) which is how I'd normally recognise her.

Re: Listening to the album

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

but Overpowered is still verse/chorus/verse/chorus/middle8/chorus innit

Re: Listening to the album

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Ah but it's the same chords/noises/synths on each bit! The only thing that changes is the vocal melody. That = techno/haus music structure to me. That's why I like it!

Plus the vocals on the verse are so trampled on by the awesome squelching that they might as well not be there...