Bringing Some Perspective: A Reflection

Halloween_Jack

I'm not replying to anyone specific here; just a general observation:

Having been listening to pop/rock for over 40 years, it seems very apparent to me that the artistic steam which drives a songwriter or musician... almost always runs dry within 5 - 10 years. I have no idea why this is, but I will continue to appreciate their earlier work when the quality of their output fades. There are rare occasions when an artist can "bounce back" to original form, but this can take 10 years or more!

So I, for one, will always be a "fan", and remain hopeful that Goldfrapp will produce something of unique brilliance again... at some point.

tweety

no Lisa, its not a dig at you. its a dig at people who present themselves as having massive egos. I don't think this is the case with yourself as you don't choose to 'talk down' to the rest of us.

what I find tiring is the dragging up of peoples opinions about an album released in 2010 and the delivery of that opinion in what you choose to class as 'fun'.

when I first found this board I lurked for a couple of years because there was a clique of posters who appeared to consider themselves as an intelligentsia and derided anyone who opposed them and their views. they weren't very nice, or particularly welcoming. however since I joined this board, for the music, I've made some good friends and met up with them at gigs. together we have celebrated goldfrapp. its a shared value.

I want to make it clear that I bear you, and your reflection, no ill will. if you choose not to see it that way, that is your choice, we are all adults here, aren't we?

by all means encourage people to widen their musical tastes, but cutting out their tongues to do it is ill advised.

:)

thathurt

Um Mirror have you tried the Half man half biscuit fan board? Or maybe Morrisey?

I think Tanita Tikarams a bit below the belt.

are you Terry Hall?

LuDux

thathurt said:
I think Tanita Tikarams a bit below the belt

(I heard E's good at deflecting)

It just reminded me this

Border_Mind

LuDux said:

Border_Mind said:

What exactly happened in 1983?

Blue Monday, it's arguable that that wasn't even original electronic music, but it's still a classic that hasn't been rivaled very often I would say

Border_Mind · Post edited by Border_Mind at 2013-07-04 10:50:37

thathurt said:
Um Mirror have you tried the Half man half biscuit fan board? Or maybe Morrisey?

I think Tanita Tikarams a bit below the belt.

are you Terry Hall?

I realise I am probably in the minority here, but I love Morrissey. The Forum Morrissey Solo is a funny old place described by the singer as a 'hateful online creche' hmmmm

Mirror · Post edited by Mirror at 2013-06-28 18:19:00

Busy day
across the pond, both in this thread as in the other (“Farewell, Goldfrapp”).

Even if requested, Mirror shall not comment on that particular discussion, as
it does not know the details.

A lot has
been said today, almost even too much for the Mirror to assimilate.

Either way, Mirror noticed one particular point which occurred in both
Border_Mind, Dreeke’s and Sartori’s posts:

the wonderfulness that is Ms. Goldfrapp’s unique voice.

A few
reflections: of course Mirror did marvel at Lovely
Head and Utopia, but the question
is, can she actually still reach the high notes, and does she still experiment
with her voice? Or is she merely content being the sultry siren? Surely the
continuous chain smoking and the cosmetic teeth surgery must have their impact
on the vocals? Doesn’t appear that the singer takes her vocal abilities that
seriously at all.

Mirror seems to recall the singer herself commenting on the range of her voice
dropping a lot lower?

As an input
to discussion what do you make of this commercial?

Are her voice and sounds really that unique? It sounds pretty easy to imitate,
and one has to admit, it’s not even such a bad imitation…

Low

Seems to me, Mirror, that you get some sort of pleasure in debating and finding flaws in anything you can. You say you appreciate or marvel at something, yet you waste no time in launching back into criticism mode.

Seriously, there's having a different opinion to everyone else and wanting to get a good discussion going, and then there's just being negative for the sake of it.

Mirror

@Low

Why would you think Mirror is being deliberately negative, and therefore immediately go into defensive mode?

Most of the time its posts consist of questions, not opinions.

Maybe because what Mirror asks might be possibly true, or is grounded in a viable reality?

Mirror atleast tries to base their questions on source material (see clip).

Low · Post edited by Low at 2013-06-28 19:00:34

Mirror said:
@Low

Why would you think Mirror is being deliberately negative, and therefore immediately go into defensive mode?
Most of the time its posts consist of questions, not opinions.
Maybe because what Mirror asks might be possibly true, or is grounded in a viable reality?
Mirror atleast tries to base their questions on source material (see clip).

Probably because I don't see why anyone who would really consider themselves a fan of an artist would take time to sign up to their message board and post consistently critical posts. Why Goldfrapp? Why here? And why the 3rd person? That's the biggest question.
Questions they may be, but they're questions that are posted to evoke some sort of negative reaction from users on here. Why? Most of us are fans, happy fans at that. Why try to change that?
And I'm not being defensive. Just a bit fed up seeing that this is still going on after a good few days. I don't really think if's healthy to spend this long thinking you're a mirror and "reflecting" on all the duo's faults or negative qualities. If you're bored, get a hobby or something.

Border_Mind · Post edited by Border_Mind at 2013-07-04 10:51:00

Mirror said:
Busy day
across the pond, both in this thread as in the other (“Farewell, Goldfrapp”).

Etc

I feel sad for Alison is she reads these kind of posts lay off you made your point.

Sartori

Mirror said:
Busy day
across the pond, both in this thread as in the other (“Farewell, Goldfrapp”).

Even if requested, Mirror shall not comment on that particular discussion, as
it does not know the details.

... can she actually still reach the high notes, and does she still experiment
with her voice? Or is she merely content being the sultry siren? Surely the
continuous chain smoking and the cosmetic teeth surgery must have their impact
on the vocals? Doesn’t appear that the singer takes her vocal abilities that
seriously at all.

LuDux · Post edited by LuDux at 2013-06-28 19:52:49

folklore said:
Ming Ho the Third.

tweety

congratulations Mirror. In terms of making an entrance it was a good one. I think we all know you are here now.

Time to drop the mirage?

Border_Mind · Post edited by Border_Mind at 2013-06-29 01:27:26

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