musicology
| | Posted: Jan 24, 2010 - 19:39 | |
only 7.2 avg rating for this incredible tune? tough audience...
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tpa29970
| | Posted: Jan 24, 2010 - 19:39 | |
Thank goodness for Radio Paradise. I guess I live in a cave, and I wouldn't have otherwise had any exposure to Patty Griffin. Them internets brings culture, even to us cave-dwellers.
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claire_k
(mainland europe) | | Posted: Jan 01, 2010 - 07:00 | |
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foothillfreak
(Salt Lake City) | | Posted: Dec 28, 2009 - 09:58 | |
Awesome! total 10. I'm gonna go cry now...
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Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague) | | Posted: Dec 16, 2009 - 05:27 | |
She may be a good song writer, but her voice is like listening to the sound of blowing on a blade of grass held between your thumbs.
Ugh.
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lattalo
(Beartooths) | | Posted: Dec 06, 2009 - 20:51 | |
If there is ant doubt that this women is the best female singer/songwriter
of our generation, this completely proves it. Patty Smith is a close second
for song writing and Aretha Franklin for singing but for both, she is the one!
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gatorade
(Ocean Park, WA) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2009 - 22:20 | |
Powerful pipes. Amazing performer live.
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vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | | Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 13:24 | |
juliamak wrote:I like that the last note is flat but have to admit that I never noticed that was until I read this thread. I think it works with the song and gives it a little something extra. Perfection is overrated.
Here, here! |
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copymonkey
(in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool) | | Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 11:36 | |
tompoll wrote:One word for Patty - AutoTune. If you can't hit all the notes, you may as well cheat like most everyone else does.
Four words for you: You don't get it. |
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stevo_b
(Rock Ridge) | | Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 11:30 | |
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old_shep
(Iowa) | | Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 13:16 | |
I'd remember, sweetheart.
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juliamak
(Seattle, WA) | | Posted: Oct 22, 2009 - 13:54 | |
I like that the last note is flat but have to admit that I never noticed that was until I read this thread. I think it works with the song and gives it a little something extra. Perfection is overrated.
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gregormiz
(Portland, OR) | | Posted: Sep 21, 2009 - 00:20 | |
Since I can't stay away from the trainwreck that is this thread... yes. it's a very nice song. yes, that last note is flat. No, it's not an accident. This song, and the rest of the album, is very carefully produced. even if you think that Patty can't sing, maybe you should consider the fact that this is not a live abum. There were many takes, and the producer signed off on the final cut. Clearly Ms Griffith can hit the notes. She's a professional and an artist, as is her producer. Let it go.
(since i'm still listening, i'll point out that Joe Jackson has made a career out of singing flat)
Ok, now that I have THAT out of the way... how short IS this song??? Hm... Amazon says 2:09. seems shorter than that.
I feel like I notice it, and it's gone. somehow I don't think that's an accident.
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lattalo
(Beartooths) | | Posted: Aug 24, 2009 - 13:07 | |
runningtwig wrote:That's one of my favorite parts of the song! She's about a quarter step flat —- just a little below that C. I simply can't believe that it's unintentional. The song is about an unrealistic hope for the future, but it's filled with despair. The sour note is part of the mood of the song. (I mean, do we really believe that every schmoe on this board noticed the last note, but no one did during production?)
I have heard her sing this live and she hits the notes on purpose. This women is so incredible, she writes these incredible songs, then sings them just like she wants to.  |
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sqqqrly
(Baboosic Lake, NH) | | Posted: Aug 20, 2009 - 12:18 | |
I love autotune. Have you seen Nancy P "singing" in session? Hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBb4cjjj1gI
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MsJudi
(Houston, TX) | | Posted: Jul 27, 2009 - 21:43 | |
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stromdal
(Just to the left of that store that sells weird imported foods that I have no idea how to prepare. I mean - I can hardly pronounce some of the names, let alone know what to do with the stuff.) | | Posted: Jun 22, 2009 - 04:21 | |
Frater_Kork wrote:
Quoted for truth.
Autotune is a great tool for removing any shred of soul or feeling left by the artist, nothing else.
If by "soul" you mean "not being able to sing in tune", then yes - you're right. DISCLAIMER: I have no idea how autotune works or how it would affect this song or any other song. I just know I'm getting chills down my spine - and not the good kind - every time I hear Griffin try to hit those last notes. If autotune makes the voice sound like a can of beans then there's that little thing called "re-take". And if you're unable to hit the note on X re-takes then carpentry is probably a better career choice - at least for the listener. |
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Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden) | | Posted: Jun 22, 2009 - 04:13 | |
RadioDoc wrote:tompoll wrote: One word for Patty - AutoTune. If you can't hit all the notes, you may as well cheat like most everyone else does.
Go listen to Little God and then reconsider that "word".
Quoted for truth. Autotune is a great tool for removing any shred of soul or feeling left by the artist, nothing else. |
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zair99
(In Cognito) | | Posted: Jun 09, 2009 - 20:39 | |
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agnes
(heaven) | | Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 14:31 | |
This woman is a goddess. |
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RadioDoc
(Chicagoland) | | Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 14:31 | |
tompoll wrote:One word for Patty - AutoTune. If you can't hit all the notes, you may as well cheat like most everyone else does.
Go listen to Little God and then reconsider that "word". |
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OHMish
(Copenhagen) | | Posted: Dec 18, 2008 - 06:39 | |
Nice. And Norah Jones started crying..
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Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home) | | Posted: Dec 10, 2008 - 08:27 | |
ca1vinandhobbes wrote:Too short!
Too long, is it over yet? |
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Oggy
| | Posted: Nov 22, 2008 - 19:33 | |
Man, this lady has an incredible voice, power and control.. .. wow.
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Kittee
(NC- Dreaming of the Mountains) | | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 08:06 | |
Her voice is AMAZING. Agree with below poster...Love her!  |
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holborne
(New York) | | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 08:04 | |
Love Patty Griffin SO MUCH. |
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jim1964
(british columbia by way of bklyn) | | Posted: Sep 10, 2008 - 15:31 | |
MrKite wrote:Â gandalfbmg wrote:I am SO underwhelmed by everything I've heard from this album, and I've loved everything else I've heard from her... Â Same for me Listen to " No Bad News" and turn it up when the horns come in, that might change your mind, ...or not. |
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kellis
(Eastern Canada) | | Posted: Sep 06, 2008 - 14:45 | |
ca1vinandhobbes wrote:Too short!
Definitely! I just start getting into it and it ends..... |
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MrKite
(An Isiltir) | | Posted: Jul 29, 2008 - 02:08 | |
 gandalfbmg wrote:I am SO underwhelmed by everything I've heard from this album, and I've loved everything else I've heard from her...
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Same for me |
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ca1vinandhobbes
(Atlanta, GA) | | Posted: Jul 09, 2008 - 10:06 | |
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