Cat Power is Atlanta-born singer-songwriter Chan Marshall,
hagged out and mobbed up. Her 1998 breakthrough, , was a
feast of raggedy, sorrowful folk-punk hymns like "Metal
Heart," and while we await her next album of new material, due
next winter, The Covers Record provides a stopgap fix of
her unnerving, coldblooded voice and shaky acoustic guitar.
Marshall covers her personal hit parade: Moby Grape, Lou
Reed, Smog, Michael Hurley and, best of all, the Stones'
"Satisfaction." The only other woman singer who's really
claimed "Satisfaction" is Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi, who
had to translate it into Spanish ("Satisfecha") and then become
an international alleged-sex-crime fugitive to pull it off. But
Marshall strips it down, ditching the chorus and wailing with
terrifying power. "Baby baby baby, come back," she pleads.
"Can't you see I'm on a losing streak?" She waits a week. He
doesn't come back. She still can't get no satisfaction. Scary shit,
and a typical Cat Power bone chiller. (RS 838)
ROB SHEFFIELD
--
gender is just an excuse, relationship shouldn't just be an excuse,
love is often an excuse, although sometimes these excuses are all
we have to hold onto,
death is the reason and living is the celebration
- Beth Orton
--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.twbbs.org)
◆ From: 192.192.49.72