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I do not understand how this band wound up on Touch & Go.

Minotaur029 wrote:I do not understand how this band wound up on Touch & Go.

They touched somebody and made him go.

DazeyDiver wrote:

Shotgun-Charlie wrote:

sleepkid wrote:But this is just so much crap.

What.

The.

Fuck.

Was.

That.

Is THAT what they got arrested for?

Maybe "arrested" = slow ticket sales = cancel shows.

They should line up a series of shows at institutions for the mentally ill, like the Cramps did.

Their voices are like the songs of sirens! Their music the freest expression of the human soul!

Actually, I assumed the appeal was that if you gave them heroin they'd blow you.

Camaro wrote:Their voices are like the songs of sirens! Their music the freest expression of the human soul!

That's because when you hear them, YOU WANT to crash your ship on the rocks, just to get the unbearable noise over with.

Rimbaud III wrote:
THIS is what they should have been arrested for.

Now you see, that song actually redeems them somewhat. It's not bad.

It's that other one which is fucking terrible.

I think the pseudo-outsider music observation is an interesting one. The faux-white trash stylings, the Billie Holiday channeled via Erykah Badu vocals, the pseudo-mystical folk lyrics, mixed in with some classically trained musicianship.

At their best, CocoRosie is kind of like listening to a Henry Darger painting.

At their worst, it's incredible crap.

Redline wrote:This is probably the best Cocorosie song.

That... was... brilliant.

sleepkid wrote:

Rimbaud III wrote:
THIS is what they should have been arrested for.

Now you see, that song actually redeems them somewhat. It's not bad.

It's that other one which is fucking terrible.

I think the pseudo-outsider music observation is an interesting one. The faux-white trash stylings, the Billie Holiday channeled via Erykah Badu vocals, the pseudo-mystical folk lyrics, mixed in with some classically trained musicianship.

At their best, CocoRosie is kind of like listening to a Henry Darger painting.

At their worst, it's incredible crap.

Henry Darger never had any intention of showing his art to the outside world. That's what makes it so interesting, at least in part. It's also good.

If Cocorosie had kept their music to themselves, that would have been much better.

When I listen to Cocorosie, I am amazed. Amazed that a band could accurately represent the sounds of turds hitting different surfaces in every song. Salut!