This is a fantastic album and I rally like this song.

Poacher wrote:
She gets a lot of play at the oldsaxon hall, too, but I remember seeing her once in Canada. At that gig she had a small band with her in a nice intimate venue. I could not hear her singing, I could not hear her guitar, I could only hear the massive bass booming over everything, and I mean everything. That bass could have drowned out a jet engine in the same room! At the time I blamed the sound guy, but maybe it's just that Beth sucks at live performance. I believe I left early.

This song was one of the only memorable points about the movie "The Next Best Thing"

I sincerely doubt it was stage fright or lack of preparation.  She's been in the biz much to long for such amateurism.  

Beth Orton suffers from Crohn's disease and was probably having a bad day.  Maybe she should have cancelled, but ya know "the show must go on" and "keep a stiff upper lip" and all that rot....

Ever since I started noticing that she sticks an "h" into nearly every word she sings* I've found it very difficult to listen to her.  Which is a shame as some of her songs are really strong and she has a good voice.
*If you don't know what I mean, Beth would sing this phrase: "nearhearly everhery worhord shehee sings"

It certainly does, I believe her voice to go very nicely over electronic music.  I hope she does more.

I'm wondering if "kills this" has the same meaning for two different listeners...

that eurotrash lounge backbeat kills this

A couple of months ago, I was very excited to see her perform a solo show in a venue of less than 500 people in San Francisco. Very quickly, it became apparent that we were in for a disappointment. There was no support band or other performers, just 100% Beth, so when she didn't take the stage for 30 -45 minutes, the audience just got to wait. Then she began the show. By the end of the 3rd song, she started screwing up — she could not remember how her music went! She fumbled and fumbled for minutes on end before figuring it out amidst profuse apologies. Then she made it through the next song, only to get hung up on the next 3 songs, fumbling and apologizing like before. After the show mercifully ended, the clock had elapsed 35 minutes; another 10 minutes of audience persuasion got her to come out for 1 more song that truly ended the show. Total time from Beth Orton's entrance to her final departure: 58 minutes! She appeared to suffer not from inebriation, but from stage fright or lack of preparation. I expected much more for my $45 ticket.

A couple of months ago, I was very excited to see her perform a solo show in a venue of less than 500 people in San Francisco. Very quickly, it became apparent that we were in for a disappointment. There was no support band or other performers, just 100% Beth, so when she didn't take the stage for 30 -45 minutes, the audience just got to wait.

Then she began the show. By the end of the 3rd song, she started screwing up — she could not remember how her music went! She fumbled and fumbled for minutes on end before figuring it out amidst profuse apologies. Then she made it through the next song, only to get hung up on the next 3 songs, fumbling and apologizing like before.

After the show mercifully ended, the clock had elapsed 35 minutes; another 10 minutes of audience persuasion got her to come out for 1 more song that truly ended the show. Total time from Beth Orton's entrance to her final departure: 58 minutes! She appeared to suffer not from inebriation, but from stage fright or lack of preparation. I expected much more for my $45 ticket.

Nice curse :). Perhaps we should bring back some archaic insults/curses for use on this board.  Something like "May her camel be afflicted by the hoof-rot of Azrael", or "Thou whoreson of a syphilitic strumpet", or "He who bothers the bovines of the field in unnatural and noisome ways". It would make a nice change from "it/you/s/he sucks".

A pox on all you haters.

A pox on all you haters.  I love Beth, and she's a hit among my friends too.  She's got a cool, quirky voice.

the sound of a wailing goose

Rent the Movie Southlander.

Never heard a goose wail....I've heard a dove cry though.

the sound of a wailing goose

I like Dido, but hope she gets a bit more edgy as she gets older, like Beth Orton already is (at least in this track).

I think this is beautiful.

A couple of months ago, I was very excited to see her perform a solo show in a venue of less than 500 people in San Francisco. Very quickly, it became apparent that we were in for a disappointment. There was no support band or other performers, just 100% Beth, so when she didn't take the stage for 30 -45 minutes, the audience just got to wait.

Then she began the show. By the end of the 3rd song, she started screwing up -- she could not remember how her music went! She fumbled and fumbled for minutes on end before figuring it out amidst profuse apologies. Then she made it through the next song, only to get hung up on the next 3 songs, fumbling and apologizing like before.

After the show mercifully ended, the clock had elapsed 35 minutes; another 10 minutes of audience persuasion got her to come out for 1 more song that truly ended the show. Total time from Beth Orton's entrance to her final departure: 58 minutes! She appeared to suffer not from inebriation, but from stage fright or lack of preparation. I expected much more for my $45 ticket.