durdencommatyler wrote:“I’m not interested in the romanticized version of people, but what they actually are. Not because that’s all dark, but because it’s a lot of things. It’s generous and empathetic, and it’s also vile and crass. We’re all these conflicting things melted into one. I feel like a student of human nature. I like to explore what it actually is, because that’s more interesting than rainbows and butterflies. People are weird! There’s nothing as weird as a person.”
— Annie Clark, St. Vincent
NEWSFLASH: Yeah, people are very flawed, odd, contradictory, etc...
This pretentious bullshit she occasionally pukes out is her one big, glaring wart.
durdencommatyler wrote:“I’m not interested in the romanticized version of people, but what they actually are. Not because that’s all dark, but because it’s a lot of things. It’s generous and empathetic, and it’s also vile and crass. We’re all these conflicting things melted into one. I feel like a student of human nature. I like to explore what it actually is, because that’s more interesting than rainbows and butterflies. People are weird! There’s nothing as weird as a person.”
— Annie Clark, St. Vincent
NEWSFLASH: Yeah, people are very flawed, odd, contradictory, etc...
This pretentious bullshit she occasionally pukes out is her one big, glaring wart.
Sometimes Annie Clark feels kind of like the real-life analog to Winona Ryder's impersonation of Bjork on SNL "Celebrity Jeopardy." Her theater antics are over my head -- thankfully the songs stand alone.
VinylGuy wrote:yeah, sometimes she sounds like that....but its actually out of context too. Any of us can say something like that.
This is reasonable. To an extent I think I have been unconsciously assuming that these quotes are just random, unprompted tidbits that Annie Clark has been leaving on Joey's voice mail or something.
VinylGuy wrote:yeah, sometimes she sounds like that....but its actually out of context too. Any of us can say something like that.
This is reasonable. To an extent I think I have been unconsciously assuming that these quotes are just random, unprompted tidbits that Annie Clark has been leaving on Joey's voice mail or something.
I haven't listened to her albums since I decided to reorganize my digital music collection. Today shall be the day I download all her albums again. It's time for a St. Vincent binge.
Mike wrote:I haven't listened to her albums since I decided to reorganize my digital music collection. Today shall be the day I download all her albums again. It's time for a St. Vincent binge.
The end of 'Surgeon' with that strange solo is cool. It's like I'm suddenly listening to Prog/Kraut-Rock. Nice transition and contrast to 'Northern Lights' with the straight forward beginning.
