I'd like to hear from someone who listened to the record before seeing a picture of the singer or hearing about them.

When I first heard it, I thought it was a black woman with a deep voice. I really liked it too.

But, I think people might be put off my the homosexuality.

My Dad fancied going to see him, but said he wasn't sure if he fancied going to a gig full of "shirt lifters".

Hahah.

NOT CRAP.

PINK WAFFLES.

I like him. It's not often that you hear a genuinely different voice, and he's certainly in possession of one of those.
His homosexuality is of no concern to me, but I realise that at over six feet tall it may be an issue to people that are eternally fearful of a bumming.

NOT CRAP, with a side order of Rodabod's Pink Waffles.

Rodabod wrote:I'd like to hear from someone who listened to the record before seeing a picture of the singer or hearing about them.

My Dad fancied going to see him, but said he wasn't sure if he fancied going to a gig full of "shirt lifters".

Hahah.

NOT CRAP.

PINK WAFFLES.

I am that someone. Listened to the first album at least 2 times before
deciding to check out the cover art.

Might i also say how proud i am of you limey bastards to recognize the worth of something artistic and give it the Mercury prize.
Salut! you land of repressed Pooftahs!

My father would not go to see Antony and the Johnsons if i paid for his ticket, dinner and paid for a limo to take him to the venue.

He's Catholic dont you know. If there is gonna' be any buggering it's gonna' be underage and dressed like an alterboy! Not a six foot tall behemoth with a voice of an black angel.


Not Crap, the first album is a masterpeice.

I heard the first album before reading anything about him/seeing a photograph.

Like Rodabod, I thought it was a black woman singing.

I love Nina Simone. I would much rather listen to Nina Simone.

I don't understand the hype surrounding the album/Antony.

And the lyrics are HORRIBLE.

And what makes you all think he's gay?

Angus Jung wrote:"I Am A Bird Now"

Horrible Crap. Not even close to a waffle.

I put him right up there with Davandra Banhart, Jo. Newsom, and cocorosie as the quatrain of bad ideas. It seriously sounds like children coming up with songs set to 'music' made on ukes, casio kids keyboards, and chirping birds. My kid, aged 16 months, made up a song called 'Happy' today--it's infinitely more interesting than Antony.
To me it is, at least. My friends here love it and I cannot fucking understand it.
My brain is small, though.

Small brains.
Ike

MajorEverettMiller wrote:And what makes you all think he's gay?

The sex change? He's a bird now.

Chapter Two wrote:

MajorEverettMiller wrote:And what makes you all think he's gay?

The sex change? He's a bird now.

That bird is foul.

Ike wrote:I put him right up there with Davandra Banhart, Jo. Newsom, and cocorosie as the quatrain of bad ideas.

While I can see why you hate said acts, I think this guyette is different from them. But maybe the only difference is that I like Anthony´s music. It reminds me of Nina Simone.

Not crap.

Heard "Hope There's Someone" recently and for some reason was really knocked out by the beauty of it. That song, more than any other that I've heard by him, really works.

Don't think he's in the same league as those other 'freak folk' guys though. This guy actually seems to have a good deal of talent.