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| quote: | Originally posted by Spin Laden
thread not complete until Skipper posts :p |
ha ha.
I have said it before and I'll say it again, I haven't been in love with Barbara as a DJ for a few years. I don't think she ever evolved into the minimal sound in the way she was a hard techno DJ.
What I do respect about her is that she is constantly pushing herself to do something different, and it pisses a lot of people off but she does it anyways. Imagine doing the exact same thing for your entire career, and never changing? It's unrealistic to expect that of DJs and music artists in general. In a recent article in the Montreal Gazette she said that there is no country she's never been, no festival not headlined, and DJing is easy for her. This obviously is not, and I can't blame her for wanting to branch out.
while I don't love the album, I bought it and gave it a good listen to make that conclusion. And if you learned anything about where the album came from, and where the lyrics came from and how the whole project evolved (it was never her intent to go "mainstream"), I think you will see it conveys a lot of emotion, born from less than ideal circumstances in her personal life. The other tracks on the album aside from the one with Sam Roberts fluctuate between english and french over the course of the song and they are heavy and deep - not radio material.
Barbara makes a lot more as a DJ than she likely ever will as a live artist. This wasn't about money. Actually I think the whole project really opens up a new personal side of her as an artist, and I really respect her for putting that out there.
Lastly, she's not a lesbian. |
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