Re: (TV) Some Ominous News on Waterman's '33 1/3: MM' Approach

[Jesse Hochstadt <jesseh58@yahoo.com>]

Natalie Merchant - what a perfect comparison! Although as with Meloy, there's a 
personal memory that leavens my aesthetic dislike. Some of you might remember 
that a friend of mine - a college roommate with whom I initially bonded over 
music - died at the World Trade Center on 9/11. David and his wife had John 
Hiatt's "Have a Little Faith in Me" as "their" song. We made an attempt to get 
Hiatt to come sing it at the memorial service - worth trying, right? - but 
Hiatt's management apologetically said that wasn't possible. But David was 
friends with Yael Evelev, the head of David Byrne's record label, Luaka Bop. And 
Evelev got Natalie Merchant to come to the memorial and sing the song, which she 
had no association with whatsoever. I thought, and still do, that it was 
enormously generous of her.

- Jesse



----- Original Message ----
> From: Ty Burr <tyburr@comcast.net>
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Sent: Fri, April 29, 2011 11:26:22 PM
> Subject: Re: (TV) Some Ominous News on Waterman's '33 1/3: MM' Approach
> 
> On Apr 29, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Jesse Hochstadt wrote:
> 
> > While we're on  the topic of bothersome voices, does anyone else have a 
>problem
> > with  Colin Meloy's singing?
> 
> YES. So glad it's not just me. 'Affectation' and  'semi-nasality' are good 
>qualifiers; I just hear a preciously literate  self-regard that sets my teeth on 
>edge, even on the songs I like ("California  One"). He's the male Natalie 
>Merchant.
> 
> Ty
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