Angel ,'Shells'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Okay, question: chatty!co-worker, who is a music snob and trends toward all things BritPop, told me that Frou Frou is "girlie" music.
I called bullshit and told him it was electronica-esque, which is not what comes to mind when *I* think of "girlie" music.
Opinions?
"Girlie" music has lyrics about flowers and horses and unicorns.
Or not.
Maybe shopping is mentioned....
I only know "Beauty in the Breakdown," but I can see why that song wuld be considered "girly" (for certain values of girly). It has soft, fuzzy edges and a female vocalist, and there's nothing to play air guitar to. It's not macho music, anyhow.
But I don't think "girlie" should be an insult.
It has soft, fuzzy edges and a female vocalist, and there's nothing to play air guitar to. It's not macho music, anyhow.
As a comparison, he cites Sarah McLachli-howeveryouspellit as "girlie." And I just wouldn't put Frou Frou in the same category as Sarah Mc.
I only know "Beauty in the Breakdown,"
"Let Go."
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I called bullshit and told him it was electronica-esque, which is not what comes to mind when *I* think of "girlie" music.
I agree with you. I think more electronica/trip-hop with Frou Frou, not Sarah McLachlan. Is Azure Ray girlie? Portishead? Massive Attack's "Teardrop"?
Maybe shopping is mentioned....
So, the Pet Shop Boys, then.
And I just wouldn't put Frou Frou in the same category as Sarah Mc.
I think it depends how he's dividing music. They both seem to be both atmospheric, pretty music, though they come from different traditions --- Mclachlan is like a pop Tori Amos, where Frou Frou (from the little I know of them) is electronica-y. If the choice is girly vs. macho, I'd put them both on the girly side, though.
"Let Go."
Thanks. I suspected I was getting the title wrong, but I was too lazy to check.
Oh, suh_NAP!
Fans of small, pretty-voiced soprano Sarah Brightman will not be disappointed by this CD. In addition to some pop songs, Brightman sings high-flying excerpts from Orff's Carmina Burana, Puccini's "O mio babbino caro" (performed better by almost any other operatic soprano elsewhere), and "Alleluia" from Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate. One might call this a crossover disc; others might just see it as a recording featuring a pop singer with artsy aspirations. Whatever it is, Brightman's fans love her; others do not. Two duets with tenor Jose Cura remind the listener what opera singing really ought to sound like.
That's the official Amazon review explaining why "Time To Say Goodbye" is an official Amazon Essential Album (TM).
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