[Vision2020] Jane Siberry

[Tbertruss at aol.com]

Auntie:

I don't have "Lost in Space" but I do have Mann's "I'm With Stupid" and the Magnolia sound-track which features music by Aimee Mann.  She had such a close relationship with the director she became more than just a background music source for the film, but entered into the creative process of how the film was made.

I will listen to "Lost In Space."  And do please listen to any one or all of the Siberry albums I mentioned.  

I already like Aimee Mann.  However, for a variety of reasons, I find Jane Siberry's music to be expressive of a spirit I cherish more than what I perceive to be behind Aimee Mann's work.

But I really don't want to rate artists like this.  Unless it's something extreme, like saying Britney Spears is equal to Bob Dylan, in which case I become apoplectic.  It's the old apples and oranges thing.  Like when people say Beethoven is greater than Debussy, and denigrate Debussy's music as inferior.  They both have their expressive style that taken on its own terms is worthwhile, even if Beethoven's music is more complex and elaborate.

Ted

In a message dated 7/16/2004 6:26:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Joan Opyr" <auntiestablishment at hotmail.com> writes:

>Ted writes:
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>>Yes, OK, laugh all you want, your humor is relentless, and much needed in these strange times, but who wrote the >song you say is so lovely, "Calling All Angels," from the Jane Siberry album "When I Was A Boy?"  Not the grand k. d. >lang.  The divine Siberry! Great voices are all over the place but divinely inspired song writing is rare.
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>Okay, Ted.  You're correct -- the divine Siberry did write "Calling All Angels," which is a truly beautiful song, but I must object to your implication that k. d. lang is just a throat.  Though lang is primarily an interpreter, she writes songs, too.  They are not as lyrically sophisticated as Siberry's (or Morrissey's, or Cole Porter's, or W. S. Gilbert's . . . you get my drift) but she has a voice straight from God and lungs like weather balloons.  Hearing her sing live is an amazing experience; indescribable.
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>But I tell you what -- since we're talking about very smart singer/songwriters, and since I *do* like Jane Siberry, I will listen to "When I Was a Boy" all the way through.  You have to promise me, though, that you'll listen to the excellent Aimee Mann's "Lost in Space."  If you can't find a copy, I'll be happy to loan you one.  Aimee Mann is a genius.  Vive l'Aimee Mann!
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