Darn sexy...............

 a_genuine_find wrote: 

i like how rp plays all kinds of women artists on here. most rock stations play just a few,
 yes, this whole album is Beatlesque—-very, and i have a pet peeve regarding folks saying something sounds like the Beatles, that' too easy most of the time.
we got to hear her and her ex-hubbie (t.bone burnett, criminal album) on same day today.

I get a  'If I Needed Someone' by the Beatles vibe from the guitar piece here.

 BKardon wrote: 
Edge to Neko for more good songs, but otherwise, ditto.

I worked clothing retail for several years and this song was included on the corporate soundtrack. We heard it 5 or 6 times a day, every day for 2 years. Any joy I would have taken from this song evaporated after about 24 listenings...

was this on a movie soundtrack?

 earthbased wrote: 
Yes. Used name Leslie Philips. Then she left the church, disavowed all her previous work, took the name Sam, and recorded The Indescribable Wow. This album is the third of her reinvented career.

 Excelsior wrote: 
Sam wrote this song. Maybe you should buy it from her and show us how it should be done.

 gjeeg wrote: 
Yeah, the voice and lyric is hers but the guitar lick is all T Bone Burnett.

Mary Chapin Carpenter.... Bonnie... Nina Gordon...  Chrissy...

 smehan55 wrote: 

A forgotten Revolver track.
Her voice is eccentric.
The guitar breaks give me chills.

Tuneless song, crass lyrics, screetchy voice, and she's not even wearing a bikini

mwsteele79 wrote: And to my ears Neko Case has zero control, subtlety, nuance or creativity in her voice. Unless she's singing background vocals she screeches and yodels and seems to think that if she sings loud enough it'll cover for the lame songs. She really needs to learn to use her voice as a precision tool and not a jackhammer. Most of her stuff sounds like drunken karaoke at a broken down country bar.

Since you brought up the comparison, I've seen Sam Phillips a half dozen times in various small venues and she is light years ahead of Neko in style, control, emotion and depth.

I need love, not some sentimental prison,
I need god, not the political church.

Indeed.. 10

 RadioDoc wrote: 
That's because Neko can sing.

EDIT: To me, the beauty of the music is most important... not originality, not technical artistry, but beauty, which is of course completely subjective.  I find Neko's music and her voice to be beautiful, that's all.  This to me sounds like a bad American Idol audition.

 RadioDoc wrote: 
They are both great.  Nothing wrong with either.

OK all you Sam Philips voice haters ... WHO should sing her songs? WHO are these mysterious other wonderful singers you'd rather hear? Telling us that would be helpful. ABBA? Michael McDonald? Celine Dion? Mariah Carie? Steve Perry? Really, I'm curious. 

mwsteele79 wrote: Yet you appear to love Neko Case. Go figure.

Nasal, annoying, and repetitive... not a good combo...

IMO, her very best song.

I just adore her horriblebeautiful voice, the arrangement, the electric riffs (I f I Needed Someone!) the hooks, the overlays!

traysza wrote:

Absolutely. Whoever her songwriter is should have sold it to a different vocalist.

Wow. Her voice is really awful. Would be a good song otherwise.

Anyone else hear a twinge of Dixie Chix?

KathySmith wrote:

Good one!

I suspect that most of the comments about similarities to Beatles riffs and interesting phrasing are due in large measure to the T Bone Burnett influence. It seems a bit similar to the effect that Daniel Lanois has. Both these producers add considerably to what the artists are doing. That said, Sam Phillips does have something unique, even if her singing can abrade ones' inner ear.