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Yeah... Brave to take on such a beloved album by an equally beloved artist, and some interesting thoughts behind it, but ultimately half-arsed and beige. Seriously, as Alan said above, it is a delicate art, when you take the original and remove some of the things that made it great, you need to put something equally great, but different back in, that makes people think "oh wow, i never thought of it that way before". None of these artists did that. It mostly sounds like stoned students farting about. Fun maybe, but nothing of value has been added to make up for all the brilliance that has been removed. Kind of like Michael Buble or Rod Stewart covering all those old standards, kind of nice, but in the end, blah.
Posted by: Mitsquana on A Post About PostScore = 0
couldn't agree more! If i could have chosen people to cover this song, i would have chosen these dudes. if asked "what bjork song should ed droste cover with owen pallet?" i probably would have picked this one. FTW.
Posted by: Evan in reply to bjorkzine's comment on A Post About PostScore = 0
I'm a total fan of Björk, her music is as original as it gets though her personality can be a bit fiery at times, like that incident with the photographers where she hit a reporter, lol.
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oh lordy.
I dont know if it was the artist choices, or what, but something just did not work with this album.
There is a delicate art form to the "cover". It is not necessarily "better" to be as true to the original as possible, nor is it necessarily interesting to deviate tremendously from the original.
It feels like most of these artists did neither. It strikes me as though the artists simply stated aloud, "I love this song!", then proceeded to jam out some half-hearted "tribute" to Bjork's intricate melodies.
Every single one of Bjork's albums have a universe of layers tangled to form some kind of rich melody. The overwhelming positive media that trendy, new indie bands receive is only enforcing a lack of musical discipline. Gone are such things as "bridges", "beat", and "the chorus", modern day, trailblazing bands instead are simply applauded for turning it up to 11.
Lord, if you're going to just jam it out, at least strive to jam at a HIGH SCHOOL level, fellows. Bjork deserved at least that.
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As a fan of Xiu Xiu and not so much of fan as of Björk, this song is a complete disappointment. Loving this song is only missing the point of loving music itself.
Posted by: Sven on 7. Xiu Xiu - "Isobel"Score = 2
Why is it only available in MP3 and not a lossless format like FLAC?
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I need to go swab out my ears and schedule some shock-therapy.
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this is gorgeous. it makes me realize that Possibly Maybe is one of my favorite songs, ever. I also loved the remix of it on Telegram.
Posted by: birch on 8. Final Fantasy & Ed Droste - "Possibly Maybe"Score = 1
en eefecto esta es la unica canción que sobresale de las expuestas en este album...
asi que por este medio felicito a los integrantes de este proyecto
FELICIDADES AND CONTINUE MAKING MUSIC!!!!
Posted by: kereq on 8. Final Fantasy & Ed Droste - "Possibly Maybe"Score = 1
Whoever that guy was who did Hyperballad frigging butchered it horribly. My ears feel raped.
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