Pluton wrote:
Polly_Jean_Cave wrote:
Excue me!? Two pieces of shit?..Two masterpieces? I don't think so! All four are exceptional!
Oh come on! We Float and Horses In My Dreams are not her best songs, and I'm not a Stories hater by saying that (I love "Big Exit", "A Place Called Home", "One Line", "Beautiful Feeling"...). Like many great artists, sometimes she's less inspired. I can pick up one or two albums I totally dislike for each band I love (The Residents "George and James" -> yurk; Coil "Love's Secret Domain" -> boring...). IMO, "Stories" and "UHH" are the proofs of that, even if they're good albums. I don't know there is something less unique, in comparison with others.
Now I have a big problem with you liking One line but not Horses! One Line though it's well written(I suppose) Sonically lush, and the chorus is nice...Its just so sickly sweet! I could really see Madonna or Kylie Minogue almost covering it! Horses..I don't know how anyone could hate that song..I'm near numb everytime I hear it. It is written beautifully, the music (sonically speaking) alingn's with the visual created by the lyrics. I find it very visceral and moving. And it is obviously a very intimate song. We Float..I was not keen on at first, I thought it was a bit melodramatic to be honest (even though our girl specialises in melodrama..still) and I don't like the part where she says "This is kinda about you...this is kind of about me..we just kind of lost touch(Too many kind of"s? lol) but it is well written...and the ending is stunning.
I had no real problem with Uh Her Her either. I felt that it was disappointing in comparison to all her previous work, though I still found it good. And I think some of the songs e.g. Its You, Desperate Kingdom of Love and Darker Days of me and him are among the best she's ever written. I think the main reason I preferred it a lot more than others might have is because I found the album(for the most part) to be very warm, and intimate..it almost seemed as if she was truly revealing herself for the first time, though without giving herself away at all. These are the only objections I have regarding Uh Huh Her: part of the album did seem almost unfinished, the album practically lives on two chords, I think "No child of the mine" is the biggest piece of filler anyone could ever stick on an album, the letter and Cat on the wall(especially cat) are great sonically but are poorly written lyrically.