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Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Dec 18, 2011 - 07:46
 
 o_unico wrote:
I just logged my account to say how crappy her voice is. 1.{#Grumpy}
  Hey, don't insult crap like that, please.



misterbearbaby
(Marina del Rey, California)
Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 14:50
 

Ani DiFranco, pardon me, should go stick her head up a sow's derriere. My bad attitude goes back to the worst concert experience of my life. I got tix to see Maceo Parker at some outdoor venue at a golf course.. Little did I know that since the last time I saw Maceo (in a cool funky roadhouse) he had formed some sort of unholy liaison with Ms DiFranco and the concert had attracted about 300,000 of her pallid, feckless hippie fans.  I sure as hell hadn't bargained for any whiney white women, I just wanted to see Maceo and hear the horns. There was one road in and one single-lane  driveway entering the place and the traffic was at crawl speed for, honest, 20 miles from the venue. I sat crawling until over an hour after the posted start of the show and turned around and went home. Like $90 out the window, a funkless and enraged evening. Thanks, Ani DiFranco!



KevinGardner
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 14:35
 
Followed up today by Dylan's "Tangled Up in Blue" —- unusual vocal styles for each, but I'll take Bob any day of the week!

o_unico
Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 14:35
 
I just logged my account to say how crappy her voice is. 1.{#Grumpy}


bluecshells
(EARTH)
Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 14:34
 
 aspicer wrote:
Wow you guys are BRUTAL here?!  Ani is an incredible musician and worthy of some serious respect people.  This album in particular is amazing.  Let's expand those minds RP fans!!!
 

It's actually a good song.....great lyrics...

aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 14:32
 
Wow you guys are BRUTAL here?!  Ani is an incredible musician and worthy of some serious respect people.  This album in particular is amazing.  Let's expand those minds RP fans!!!

abbey_normal
Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 14:32
 
ohnoes!! the "assez assez" song.


voicers
(Sausalito, CA)
Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 14:32
 
Great song. Great album. Great singer. Great songwriter. Thanks, Bill!

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Sep 14, 2011 - 12:01
 
shut.up.please.

leathepea
(Hickory, NC)
Posted: Sep 14, 2011 - 12:01
 
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Her affected self-aware singing style is really irritating.
 
I prefer the way you stated it, much better than mine.

leathepea
(Hickory, NC)
Posted: Sep 14, 2011 - 12:00
 
I love her writing style and the bands musical ability. Hate her voice.


DanO-1
(Sandia Park, New Mexico)
Posted: Sep 14, 2011 - 11:58
 
 slartibart_O wrote:

 

'morning

govna
(beantown)
Posted: Sep 14, 2011 - 11:58
 
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Her affected self-aware singing style is really irritating.
 
wow, that is a brilliant and accurate way of putting it.  thank you.


On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: May 11, 2011 - 11:17
 
Her affected self-aware singing style is really irritating.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: May 11, 2011 - 11:15
 
Would someone get her a glass of water?

jerrieberrie
(Omaha)
Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 08:40
 
 fredriley wrote:
Oh, what bugs me is that she believes what she's singing. She's so metalfittin' twee and self-regarding. Her songs would be good on the Friends soundtrack, as I suspect that those who like Friends would go a bundle on Difranco. They just feel the same to me, middle-class metropolitan post-modern angst. Which is fine if you're middle class with metropolitan angst and weltschmertz (hey, I read the posh papers too :o)), but intensely irritating to the unsophisticated belt-and-braces Nottingham jury, who award a 2 before the blessed relief of the mute key.
 

TRUTH TO ME -    RIGHT SAID FRED  !   {#Roflol}

Lonestar
(Probably Above You)
Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 08:39
 
The album cover doesn't help the credibility of the artist which is sorely needed. 

stickers11
(New Westminster, BC)
Posted: Feb 05, 2011 - 08:05
 
fuck you all....i like this song.

okay, maybe that's harsh, but really i could care less what she's singing about. i like her music. she can play a guitar like it's nobody's business. saw her at the Edmonton Fold Festival....freshly tuned guitar for every song...that's all i need.

flyboy
(Sarah Palin's Hometown)
Posted: Jan 05, 2011 - 17:54
 
I gave this a 4?  What was I thinking?  4->1.

dogpound
(the island on which I belong)
Posted: Jan 05, 2011 - 17:52
 
please.
please.
Make it stop. 

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Nov 03, 2010 - 10:24
 
 fredriley wrote:
Oh, what bugs me is that she believes what she's singing. She's so metalfittin' twee and self-regarding. Her songs would be good on the Friends soundtrack, as I suspect that those who like Friends would go a bundle on Difranco. They just feel the same to me, middle-class metropolitan post-modern angst. Which is fine if you're middle class with metropolitan angst and weltschmertz (hey, I read the posh papers too :o)), but intensely irritating to the unsophisticated belt-and-braces Nottingham jury, who award a 2 before the blessed relief of the mute key.
 
Ha! Laugh out loud Fred. 

"unsophisticated belt-and-braces Nottingham jury"? I seriously doubt your unsophisticated label and indeed that you actually wear both belt AND braces. 

Whatever. . . another fine comment, thank you.

The tune? . . . Mumbly old bint. 3 at most. 

Delawhere
Posted: Aug 31, 2010 - 19:25
 
"Ani Distinko"

bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Aug 31, 2010 - 19:22
 
 Hannio wrote:
The poor woman.  When did she suffer a stroke?
 
Some support. . . I got dragged along to see her live. . .2002 maybe?  (hadn't heard of her before) and wondered the same thing - not a fan of her brand of mumble.


Shaker
(Canada)
Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 09:25
 
THANKS SO MUCH for playing this BILL!!!!! I love Ani and all her wisdom.{#Heartkiss}

voicers
(Sausalito, CA)
Posted: Jan 21, 2010 - 18:54
 
Thank you! I love this song and Ani DiFranco and would love to hear more of her on Radio Paradise. {#Roflol}

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Dec 21, 2009 - 09:03
 
 Sloggydog wrote:
It always surprises me that RP listeners, or the ones who comment, seem to really dislike anyone who actually has something meaningful to say.
 
You plainly don't read enough comments, then. Yer woman has plenty to say, all right, but it's about herself and her minor travails and 'relationship issues'. If she were saying anything with import beyond her own self-regarding world she might be worth listening to. Don't underestimate the discrimination of RP listeners, who can appreciate a 'message' as well as any other body of listeners.


fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Dec 21, 2009 - 09:00
 
Oh, what bugs me is that she believes what she's singing. She's so metalfittin' twee and self-regarding. Her songs would be good on the Friends soundtrack, as I suspect that those who like Friends would go a bundle on Difranco. They just feel the same to me, middle-class metropolitan post-modern angst. Which is fine if you're middle class with metropolitan angst and weltschmertz (hey, I read the posh papers too :o)), but intensely irritating to the unsophisticated belt-and-braces Nottingham jury, who award a 2 before the blessed relief of the mute key.

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: Dec 21, 2009 - 09:00
 
"When I look down I miss all the good stuff...When I look up I trip over things"-priceless!

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Nov 19, 2009 - 23:02
 
It always surprises me that RP listeners, or the ones who comment, seem to really dislike anyone who actually has something meaningful to say.

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Oct 19, 2009 - 12:37
 
 Hannio wrote:
The poor woman.  When did she suffer a stroke?
 

i know...that chorus is horrible. does she have something wrong with her??

ortallcowgirl
(Globe, Arizona)
Posted: Oct 19, 2009 - 12:36
 
{#Puke}

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Aug 17, 2009 - 11:11
 
 Ulises wrote:

As an aside, after reading some of your other comments, thanks for reminding me of why I left the little state of Tejas.
 

I was wondering why it has been so much better here lately. 

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Aug 17, 2009 - 11:07
 
The poor woman.  When did she suffer a stroke?

jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Aug 17, 2009 - 11:06
 
blech!

LowPhreak
(United States of Duplicitous Tools)
Posted: May 14, 2009 - 06:47
 
 greenighs wrote:
Didn't Ani DiFranco choke on her own smugness a few months ago? I thought I heard she was in rehab for the insufferably hip and self-righteous.
 
I think the same could be said for at least half of bands/musicians or singer/songwriters. "Insufferably hip and self-righteous"...a lot of that going around these days, though in different flavors & forms.

Droidac
(4066 kms east of Paradise)
Posted: May 14, 2009 - 06:43
 
Drives me nuts when all I can hear from the guitar is the fingers sliding along the strings when she's changing chords! Otherwise, a pretty good song.

Gryn
(Oregon)
Posted: Jan 10, 2009 - 23:23
 
 redeyespy wrote:
Next you'll say that any non-hallucinagenically engineered Edgar Allen Poe writings were/would've been crap, too.
 
Well, that does go without saying.  But thanks for saying it, anyway.


davin
(Victoria, British Columbia)
Posted: Sep 03, 2008 - 15:27
 
5 -> 4

musikalia
(Somewhere (over the rainbow))
Posted: Aug 11, 2008 - 06:37
 
This song sung normally= 7
This song sung in this weeeieeeiiirrieeirrd way= 4

tputkey
Posted: Jul 10, 2008 - 15:57
 
I Ani.
Marr
(Houston (dreaming of Austin))
Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 06:54
 
Odyzzeuz wrote:


Yeah, thanks. The most polite version of stfu I've ever seen.


Nah, nothing of the sort. I really don't care if you want to say negative things about Ani or any other artists. I may disagree with you, but it will be polite. I was just suggesting that you try to change things up a bit. Saying the same thing about an artist over and over till it's actually noticeable that you're doing so is just dull.
Odyzzeuz
(Austin, Texas)
Posted: Jul 02, 2008 - 11:32
 
Marr wrote:


Not to be too picky, but you've said pretty much the exact same thing before about Ani on at least 4 different occasion (not including today's comments). Always minor variations on the theme of 'Oh how I WISH I like Ani, really really I do...'

If her music really bothers you that much maybe you should start muting. Or you could come up with something different to say about her. Just a gentle suggestion from someone who likes the idea of Ani as well as the reality of Ani.

And to be fair, I've probably said similarly positive things about Ani on numerous occasions. But I do try to not be too repititious.


Yeah, thanks. The most polite version of stfu I've ever seen.
Marr
(Houston (dreaming of Austin))
Posted: Jul 02, 2008 - 10:46
 
Odyzzeuz wrote:
Oh how I wish I liked Ani DiFranco. I love the idea of her, really. But in practice, not so much. Precious, affected, kindof insufferable.


Not to be too picky, but you've said pretty much the exact same thing before about Ani on at least 4 different occasion (not including today's comments). Always minor variations on the theme of 'Oh how I WISH I like Ani, really really I do...'

If her music really bothers you that much maybe you should start muting. Or you could come up with something different to say about her. Just a gentle suggestion from someone who likes the idea of Ani as well as the reality of Ani.

And to be fair, I've probably said similarly positive things about Ani on numerous occasions. But I do try to not be too repititious.
greenighs
Posted: Jul 02, 2008 - 10:39
 
alux wrote:
Oh, if only you recognized the irony in your comment, but I doubt we could be so lucky...



You want to get into a smug-off, I'm game. Bring it.

No, really, the tone of my post was part of the (poor) humor.
Odyzzeuz
(Austin, Texas)
Posted: Jul 02, 2008 - 10:33
 
Ulises wrote:


17 years? Damn son, you're a bit slow.

As an aside, after reading some of your other comments, thanks for reminding me of why I left the little state of Tejas.


Lived in Alaska myself for four years, with the angry wife, till the paper closed. Miss it sometimes. Alaska, not the ex. And yeah, if not for the kid, I'd have gotten out of that sooner. But there's such a thing as being trapped.
gandalfbmg
(3 mi from Paradise (Missouri))
Posted: Jul 02, 2008 - 10:31
 
Normally not an Ani fan (usually for the same reasons a lot of others have expressed: too self-rigeous, etc.), but the more often I hear this one the more I really like it. The message rings true, with catchy music too...
wenatchee
(Duvall, WA)
Posted: Jul 02, 2008 - 10:31
 
For a moment, a long moment I thought she was channeling the BGT's?
Odyzzeuz
(Austin, Texas)
Posted: Jul 02, 2008 - 10:30
 
Oh how I wish I liked Ani DiFranco. I love the idea of her, really. But in practice, not so much. Precious, affected, kindof insufferable.
goldberry
(Somewhere between Seattle and Vegas)
Posted: Jul 02, 2008 - 10:28
 
Excelsior wrote:


Hmm, this playlist looks pretty familiar!


'Bill' is not a real live person methinks.
goldberry
(Somewhere between Seattle and Vegas)
Posted: Jul 02, 2008 - 10:27
 
Ani.

Yes.