Joanna Newsom certainly has a special voice (love-it or hate-it, you could very well say), but I personally love it to bits. An acquired taste, perhaps, though it was love at first, eh, sight, here. Moving, gripping, fascinating, beautiful.
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Originally Posted by Mad_Cactuar
Well, the lyrics got her some recognition in Malaysia though. It appeared in the local FHM, the VJ's used it in their shows for Channel V and MTV, radio DJ's used it, etc. IMO, the best song in her career possibly, together with Kairo, Sakura DROPS and Hikari. I love it so much.  |
Indeed - whichever way you look at it, Easy Breezy really is pure pop genius. It's a song that got harshly (but unrightly) judged for its sometimes too simplistic lyrics (though this is debatable, imo - there's (much) more to the Japanesey line than just an awkward cutesy statement), but the musical side of it is simply astonishing. And I don't mind sitting through lines of Japanesey and her having a new microphone just to enjoy those few minutes of pure pop pleasure. Exodus easily ranks among my favourite records of the last five years, too. Great music, very underrated.
30th October 2006, 04:22 PM
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