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[Tamora]

Go music box!  We geeks gotta stick together!


...and if you take 'geeks' as an insult, I may have to bite you.  I am very proud of my geekosity.


Well, I'm off to the concert!!!!!!  Yay!  First Dresden Dolls show... God, I'm giddy as a fruitbat.
Ta!
-Tamora

[CeeGBee]

define the "narnia crowd."

In this context:
People who go to overhyped major-studio CG-heavy "blockbuster" motion pictures.

[music box]

the type of movie that a music artist is put in doesn't matter. asking if regina spektor is right for the "narnia crowd" (which is just about anyone that sees the movie or read the books) is almost as ridiculous as asking if annie lennox is right for the "lord of the rings crowd."

[$ethie]

Funny, what I hate is when people think they're too cool to like someone who's achieved
"mainstream commercial success".   Ooops, she's got a single on the charts.  I guess she sucks now.




[I'm not actually picking at Seth.  I was just reminded of this all too common phenomenon, and he's
the closest offender.]

She lost a lot of her edge with begin to hope. It was over-produced, and it didn't have the raw quality that made her previous material so awesome. That's actually quite common when artists become a commercial success. They get over-produced, and they lose a quality that made them really good. It's not the fact that they're popular. Hell, the popularity is a good thing, because it means that the artist will be financially stable and therefore able to release more material. It's the simple fact that in Regina's case, Begin to Hope did not have the same striking quality as her previous work. Begin to Hope sucked, hard, and even though I'm still a huge fan, I really hope her next album isn't as... well, I just hope it doesn't have as much of a pop/rock feel to it.

[Emaline]

Funny, what I hate is when people think they're too cool to like someone who's achieved
"mainstream commercial success".   Ooops, she's got a single on the charts.  I guess she sucks now.




[I'm not actually picking at Seth.  I was just reminded of this all too common phenomenon, and he's
the closest offender.]

She lost a lot of her edge with begin to hope. It was over-produced, and it didn't have the raw quality that made her previous material so awesome. That's actually quite common when artists become a commercial success. They get over-produced, and they lose a quality that made them really good. It's not the fact that they're popular. Hell, the popularity is a good thing, because it means that the artist will be financially stable and therefore able to release more material. It's the simple fact that in Regina's case, Begin to Hope did not have the same striking quality as her previous work. Begin to Hope sucked, hard, and even though I'm still a huge fan, I really hope her next album isn't as... well, I just hope it doesn't have as much of a pop/rock feel to it.

For some reason, I thought I was the only one who thought this. But I'm not. And I feel way better. I still love Regina, but I'm hoping her next album is more SK and less BTH.

[music box]

i think her releasing a new album that's more like 11:11 would rock my face right off.

[doritojoe89]

the type of movie that a music artist is put in doesn't matter. asking if regina spektor is right for the "narnia crowd" (which is just about anyone that sees the movie or read the books) is almost as ridiculous as asking if annie lennox is right for the "lord of the rings crowd."

people who see the movie will here the song, go buy the soundtrack at walmart, listen to it in their big SUVs then forget about it in a week when the "next cool thing " comes out in theaters....   

ever heard of the Juno soundtrack?  Kimya Dawson?  Moldy Peaches?   yeah it happened to them.. society sucks em' up... brags to friends that they like them... then spits them out

what i'm saying is... Regina deserves better than this, she does and so do her fans...

[music box]

ever think it's well deserved recognition?

regina has been featured in lots of stuff already... csi, 27 dresses, jc penney commercials, etc.

[Emaline]

ever think it's well deserved recognition?

regina has been featured in lots of stuff already... csi, 27 dresses, jc penney commercials, etc.

I don't oppose musicians licensing their music. I interviewed Wakey!Wakey! in February, and he said that licensing is one of the few ways artists can pull in money these days, due to downloading, etc. (For example: Feist and "1234" in the iPod commercial.) Bands gotta eat, too.

[music box]

the dolls are a small example too.

wasn't girl anachronism was featured in an episode of weeds?

[CeeGBee]

the dolls are a small example too.

wasn't girl anachronism was featured in an episode of weeds?

...and one of their songs [I forget which song] is featured in a European [I forget which country]
TV commercial [I forget what product...  dish detergent maybe...  Mister Sparkle?  ]

[music box]

exactly, so stop bitching about regina getting featured in ads/movies/tv/etc.

[$ethie]

the dolls are a small example too.

wasn't girl anachronism was featured in an episode of weeds?

But the dolls, unlike regina, didn't lose their edge and style when they started commercializing.

[yosmark]

Funny, what I hate is when people think they're too cool to like someone who's achieved
"mainstream commercial success".   Ooops, she's got a single on the charts.  I guess she sucks now.




[I'm not actually picking at Seth.  I was just reminded of this all too common phenomenon, and he's
the closest offender.]

She lost a lot of her edge with begin to hope. It was over-produced, and it didn't have the raw quality that made her previous material so awesome. That's actually quite common when artists become a commercial success. They get over-produced, and they lose a quality that made them really good. It's not the fact that they're popular. Hell, the popularity is a good thing, because it means that the artist will be financially stable and therefore able to release more material. It's the simple fact that in Regina's case, Begin to Hope did not have the same striking quality as her previous work. Begin to Hope sucked, hard, and even though I'm still a huge fan, I really hope her next album isn't as... well, I just hope it doesn't have as much of a pop/rock feel to it.

For some reason, I thought I was the only one who thought this. But I'm not. And I feel way better. I still love Regina, but I'm hoping her next album is more SK and less BTH.

I feel the same way about her, hope she get to do something as 11:11.

[Tamora]

the dolls are a small example too.

wasn't girl anachronism was featured in an episode of weeds?

But the dolls, unlike regina, didn't lose their edge and style when they started commercializing.

For Gods sake, she isn't "commercializing".  She's developing her style in different ways.  The next album may be totally different from ANYTHING we've heard before, or it may be like "Soviet Kitch" or "Begin To Hope" or even like the older stuff again.

This is just one album.  One time in her life.  Sia's first album is considered by a ton of people to be more "deep" and "meaningful" and "raw", but she was also incredibly depressed and moody when she made that album.  She started feeling better, and came out with a cheerier album.  Suddenly people said that she was a "sell-out".

Tell me, isn't being a sell out not changing, just because some of your fans don't want you to?