tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post2420616176183256706..comments2023-12-19T06:54:20.572-05:00Comments on Answer Girl: "Shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather."Ellen Clair Lambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-21631572869970811242010-09-26T00:37:51.170-04:002010-09-26T00:37:51.170-04:00Boy I'm with Ed (on some things). I kind of li...Boy I'm with Ed (on some things). I kind of liked the "Shiver in my Bones" song and her version of Peace Train was pretty good but overall I just think she is boring. She is the equivalent of the skinny white boy band. Once you have heard one song you have heard them all. I dislike her in the same way I dislike Huey Lewis. Sooo boring.<br /><br />(Unlike Ed I do like female singing voices. Much more than males.)Thomas Hogglestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284352537015457974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-51717244047944170752010-09-24T09:54:16.081-04:002010-09-24T09:54:16.081-04:00Wow, and I would say I like her for all those reas...Wow, and I would say I <i>like</i> her for all those reasons. So there.Ellen Clair Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-48099612038036605982010-09-24T09:52:23.881-04:002010-09-24T09:52:23.881-04:00While I would stop well short of characterizing my...While I would stop well short of characterizing my distate for Natlie Merchant as "violent," I do think the world would be better off if she had never recorded anything other than the 10,000 Maniacs' cover of "Because the Night" on <i>MTV Unplugged</i>. In main, I lodge three objections to Ms. Merchant's career:<br /><br />-- She's a woman. This is a fault of mine, not hers. I simply do not enjoy the overwhelming majority of female singing voices.<br /><br />-- She is not as attractive as she should be. Again: my bad. Merchant doesn't have to be Britney Spears, but would it kill her to brush her hair, wear something other than sack dresses and put on a little blush and mascara?<br /><br />-- All her songs are so studiedly and calculatedly dour. I love me a sad song, but all Merchant ever seems to do is lightly rework the Sylvia Plath she half remembers from English 101. Merchant would do well to lighten up once in a while and to show some real emotion instead of stealing from the Depression for Dummies guidebook.<br /><br />-- EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com