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#87 - o hai gaiz long tyme no c.
Dec. 18th, 2007 01:22 pmWHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S ALREADY THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER?!
...ahem. So I finally got my hands on Vanessa Carlton's Heroes and Thieves (you need not ask how) and after giving it a few listens, I'm finding that I'm liking it better than I did the first time I listened to it on VH1.com. I still wish she'd given studio treatment to "All Is Well", but it looks like she's at least performing the song on her current tour, so that means I can get good live recordings off YouTube.
At first, the absence of any seemingly darker tunes (something along the lines of "Rinse" or "The Wreckage") and the prominence of songs about love and happiness on the album irritated me. (Yes, I know, I'm an emo kid. I'll cheer up soon. Maybe.) But I've become hooked on the title track and "Nolita Fairytale". Unfortunately, the arrangement for "This Time", a song that I was looking forward to after hearing it for the first time a while back, didn't stick with me. It should be also be noted that Vanessa's voice has lost some of the "whine" that it possessed on her first two albums, and it really makes her music sound more mature. It's still there, but I suspect that's just sort of her trademark by now.
Here's the music video for "Nolita Fairytale".
I hate the cold. :(
-Reileen
I feel like I've found some kind of fairytale
...ahem. So I finally got my hands on Vanessa Carlton's Heroes and Thieves (you need not ask how) and after giving it a few listens, I'm finding that I'm liking it better than I did the first time I listened to it on VH1.com. I still wish she'd given studio treatment to "All Is Well", but it looks like she's at least performing the song on her current tour, so that means I can get good live recordings off YouTube.
At first, the absence of any seemingly darker tunes (something along the lines of "Rinse" or "The Wreckage") and the prominence of songs about love and happiness on the album irritated me. (Yes, I know, I'm an emo kid. I'll cheer up soon. Maybe.) But I've become hooked on the title track and "Nolita Fairytale". Unfortunately, the arrangement for "This Time", a song that I was looking forward to after hearing it for the first time a while back, didn't stick with me. It should be also be noted that Vanessa's voice has lost some of the "whine" that it possessed on her first two albums, and it really makes her music sound more mature. It's still there, but I suspect that's just sort of her trademark by now.
Here's the music video for "Nolita Fairytale".
I hate the cold. :(
-Reileen
I feel like I've found some kind of fairytale