Corinne Bailey Rae - Crap/Not crap

[Dubversion]

she doesn't have a great voice, she has a mannered and limited voice of the kind that people always respond to with 'great voice'

 

[May Kasahara]

She strikes me as someone who erroneously thinks that 'coy' and 'whimsy' are attributes to aspire to.

 

[rosa]

the more i think about this, the more angry it makes me. I have close, close friends with (IMO) dreadful taste in music. And know some utter cunts with virtually the same record collection as me.

You need to have a think about how prejudice works.

My,i had no idea how seriously you'd take that comment.My deepest apologies,i'll keep my tongue-in-cheek nonsense to myself in future.

(and i'll try to restrain myself from pointing out that you've told me i must get to know people before i make judgements about them,while branding me a small-minded prejudiced idiot based on one sarky comment made on an internet message board on a Friday afternoon )

 

[ChrisFilter]

Touché Rosa, touché

 

[jodal]

Fucking hell Jodal, I knew you'd vote 'not crap'

I like that tune that she does... put on a record or whatever.

 

[ChrisFilter]

I like that tune that she does... put on a record or whatever.

 

[tarannau]

You don't know that Jodal fella do you Chris? I'd disown him if I were you. Like a pair of velvet-effect flared loon-pants he'll drag you down...

 

[ChrisFilter]

He is.. well, was my best friend..

 

[Erich Zann]

sorry for bringing this up again but it's MOBO tonight ,so kind of topical.

At first i thought pretty much the same as most of you lot, a bit dido, a bit norah etc. But I have actually listened to the album a few times now by proxy, as the woman in my life absolutely loves her. And I must say, it's definitely grown on me, she has, contrary to what you've read got a really good voice, not the greatest, but that's asking a lot of anyone. There's a lot of soul in her delivery, even been likened to Billie Holliday, i wouldn't go that far, but the same ballpark. On top of that, she's a good performer, having heard some live stuff now. Sure some of the stuff is bland, but that's par for the course, when you making lounge jazz music. I reckon she can get a lot better. About the glottal stop delivery, well if she talks like that why not sing like it as well.

She also does a good cover of since i've been loving you, so that keeps me happy.

 

[editor]

I've just merged three old threads together to keep things tidy.

I'm listening to her new album now At times it's a bit Minnie Ripperton-esque, although clearly soaked with her personal loss that adds a poignant edge to some of the songs on the album.

I'm not a massive fan of hers, but every time I've seen or read her in interviews, she always comes over as a thoroughly charming, likeable and sincere person.

 

[rover07]

I think she's very attractive... so its a YES from me.

 

[editor]

I think she's very attractive... so its a YES from me.

It's not a PHWOOOARRR! thread.

 

[Sadken]

Yeah, she is very attractive and has had a rough time of it, so I am not about to dump on her any more than life already has.
It's a NOT CRAP from me. I actually like that song about records being put on and everything, for some reason.

 

[May Kasahara]

Mr K and I watched her performance on Later a few months ago drop-jawed in amazement. It was fantastic, and much more interesting than I expected from her.

 

[killer b]

It's true that motherhood kills off a good portion of the brain then?

Ne excuse for your bloke tbf.

 

[May Kasahara]

No it's not (well, not in this instance anyway). It was a very musical performance of a song that was a great deal more interesting than anything of hers I've previously heard.

 

[rover07]

Oh yeah...she writes and sings the sort of tune that can stay in your head for days...and makes you smile