Music recommendation: Nellie Mckay

PartyGirlUK · #1 01-23-2007, 12:27 AM

I recently purchased her double album "Pretty Little Head", and she is just amazingly tanted. Her music is heavily piano based & and I can't recall and artist so young producing such eclectic work. There are some poppy songs, a French whimsical song, soma political rocky tunes, even rap! 23 songs in all, and I dont skip many of them on a replaying. She seems not to have made it big based on playing almost 100% of her gigs in New York, but is highly recommended.

SL__72 · #2 01-23-2007, 12:41 AM

I never really got into this one. I just couldn't get past the rapping and some of the other weirder songs... "Pounce, pounce, Meow, like a pussy cat!" comes to mind.

That said, she is definitely talented. There are some definitely some good songs mixed in there.

mrpurple · #3 01-23-2007, 01:06 AM

I lreally like "get away from me." So, I'll have to check it out.

lippy · #4 01-23-2007, 01:16 AM

This isn't English is it?

English music has been entirely disappointing since The Spice Girls.

PartyGirlUK · #5 01-23-2007, 01:20 AM

She was actually born in England but lived almost all her life in the US, fwiw.

lippy · #6 01-23-2007, 01:23 AM

I don't know why I made a stupid joke. She's real good.

Kimbell175113 · #7 01-23-2007, 02:10 AM

Dean,

Agree 100%. If you haven't heard her debut album, "Get Away From Me," yet, do so at first opportunity. It's better than the new one in many ways.

PartyGirlUK · #8 01-23-2007, 03:14 AM

Bought it from itunes a couple of hours ago. First impressions are that it's fair bit weaker.