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  • She's the sweetest thing in the South.

  • Oh she's lovely!

  • i know you cat

  • one of the few interviews on the hour that doesn't turn into something about gorges life. haha just hers. haha

    sometime your homework goes to far, it doesn't here.

  • I love her. She deserves all success.

  • He stares her like, I don't know, like if he had a crush or something. Love her.

  • she's so... naive.

  • Ha. Right.

  • Thank you, again. 40 watt Athens, GA

  • That was great. Her openness was very refreshing.

  • Love her, completely.

  • OMG she drinks too much before I hope she's ok now--she has a great voice...

  • this guy is one of the best interviewers i have seen... he is great and so is she

  • Chan is unique and a gift to us all, I love her to bits :)

  • christ he asks a hell of alot of personal questions. right? seems a bit uncool to influencing her towards a therapy session rather than a music interview

  • Wish the interviewer would just let her talk.

  • then this wouldn't be called an interview anymore,, more of a monologue

  • ....oh yes, hone in on the emotional torture. Always makes good celebrity interview fodder. (and) I thought I was going to hear about her amazing new album

  • This woman looks so sweet, and she's so beautiful, wow, now and then you find women like her on planet earth. Lucky the guy who marries her. And I'm definitely becoming a fan of her music. She's, in many way, the female Mark Lanegan (million cigarettes and gruff voice aside LOL)

  • MARK LANEGAN FTW!!!!!!

  • @Hamgammy

    Mark Lanegan rocks

  • I actually like the interviewer, he's quite confrontational.

  • she's captivating, and i'm really glad she's so much happier. but he seems like a dink. the way he leans in towards her is like he's hitting on her.

  • @bandini3383 if you watch other interviews he does, you see that he naturally does that

  • @bandini3383 lmao hes like that for everyone god it was embarassing when elton john was on

  • she seems inspiring

  • wovokanarchy - you've clearly never dealt with an alcoholic and I'll write off your insensitivity to your ignorance. Depression, suicidal tendencies go hand in hand with that disease and you're fortunate your postings are anonymous so that the world doesn't see what an ass you're making of yourself.

  • shes sweet beautiful and can sing!!!!!!

  • shes hot

    fucck

  • 40watt

  • Romanticizing suicide for artistic cred is bullshit. I drink tons and still keep down a job...I don't wallow in self-indulgent bullshit. I actually have to get out of bed at 6 a.m. for a shitty job.

  • If you think this was romanticizing for cred, you need to reconsider. That's just swell that you manage to drink lots and still function, and sorry about your shitty job, but you might want to try being a little less bitter and a little more understanding.

  • Rubbish. Total self absorbed drivel, Her music is great but playing up the fact she was ''ready to check out'' is total disingenous. " I suffer because I'm an artist'' is so hackneyed. I seem to recall Sinead O'Conner saying something similar right after Kurt Cobain did himself in.

  • I understand your disgust and disbelief, honestly. It's just that your comments affect me rather personally. My grandma was manic depressive (although I wasn't aware of this until long after her death-I was nine when she passed away). Anyways, my grandma was punjabi, and living in the Indian community, she was met with an absolute lack of respect. Men treated her like an "ailing, crazy female" and women scorned her because she wasn't taking care of her husband properly. [cont next post]

  • She suffered in silence and absolutely refused to visit a therapist or consider medication, because she was told to "suck it up and take care of her family". But depression doesn't work that way. You can't just decide to be happy, even when you know your emotions are irrational. So being so quick to label Cat Power as someone who 'fakes' depression to aid her art comes across as unbelievably judgmental to me. Gawd! sorry this is so long, but again-cont next post.

  • There is a difference between some emo 'artist' claiming that no one understands them, and a person who has genuinely been through a rough time and come out the other side. So I and others affected by mood disorders (be they the result of chemical imbalances or substance abuse) find great comfort in public figures like Cat Power and Eric Millegan coming forward with their stories, as personal as they are.

    Ok, I'm done! sorry I'm incapable of cramming all that into one comment!

  • Well you shouldn't personalize my comments on Cat Powers lack of sincerity about suicide. I'm truly sorry for your mental state as well as your grannies but my comments are about Cat Power trying to achieve artistic credibility by posing as a ''tortured artist''. Whereas there are actual people out there living and struggling with real depression and making it through another day while holding down a job and morgage. It's a ''poor me '' syndrome that started with Morrissey back in the 80s.rubish

  • See but this is my point exactly. My 'grannie' was always treated like a big fake. Why do you immediately deem Cat Power a fraud just because she is an artist? I mean come on, if she was on The Hour talking about her battles with cancer you wouldn't be accusing her of milking it. Why should it be any different when its mental health? Or do you just want all artists to be happy happy tra la la all the time because anything else comes across as the "poor me" syndrome...

  • I know when people are suffering and when they aren't. Cat Power was to eager and willing to talk about it. People in pain are for the most part reserved and ashamed about their station in life. I think she is playing to her teenage fans and trying to attrack more suseptable young people out in TV land who may be experiencing troubles. Why is she on The Hour anyway? To SELL her new CD. Not to talk about her "suicidal tendancies". She's there to promote her new work. A true capitalist for yeah.

  • yeah but she's talking about the past, now she seems a more positive person , without any "poor me" pose

  • eh. You're entitled to your opinion.

  • As are you no matter how susceptable it is.

  • Susceptible? Sure. Or you know, less cynical.

  • touche.

  • this guy is the best interviewer in the world. we need more people like him in the u.s.

  • wow, i cant believe that they played music and then when she started talking about suicide they stoped. None of us where expecting that.

  • this is the most authentic i've seen her during an interview. i love her honesty. inspiring.

  • She's a total babe and a great musician to boot.

    Would marry.

  • I'm sure she's flattered.

  • I love this woman, and I embrace her courage to pull herself out of a dark place and shine. Her new music sounds like she tore off all that heaviness. She's beautiful and inspiring.

  • Hows This "dukeon" All Caps! if The Girl Wants To Write This Way Who The Fuck Cares!? Listen To "The Cat" Shes Amazing! Ya Fuckin CockSmoker!!!

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  • @maltinej how is he a bad interviewer ??? dumbass

  • TESUDA

  • this guy is an ass.

    chan is perfect.

    thats what i think about that :]

  • I don't buy it...love her music but it looks fake....i am still a fun

  • i wish cat power to be my waitres :D

  • i LOVE this woman!

  • This woman is a Goddess... humble with the voice of a Siren...

  • She's Breathtakingly Honest~Incredible Woman! Cat Power Is One Of My Favorite's Because Of The Raw Talent That Is Chan Marshall...

  • That had to be hard...

  • God, she's perfect. If only all women were like her.

  • absolutely wonderful woman

  • Good for her.

  • Chan is the most totally honest person and so incredibly talented, yet so humble and REAL! There is NO ONE like her!

    I LOVE you Chan. You are THE GREATEST, for sure!

    XXXXXXOOOOOXXXXOOOO

  • at least ONE honest artist

    (after Jimi, Iggy and very few others).

    Chapeau, Chan Marshall, to your innocent honesty.

    I wish i could get to know you better.

  • What an honest woman, and a good listener George is.

    Thats probably why she opened up to him

  • oh good lord i love her

  • she's pouring her heart out ...! im suprised to see someone so honest in front of the camera

  • she´s so sweet! love her music ...

  • I had no idea... her singing makes soooo much more sense after watching this...

    my second best interview ever.... my fave is Trent Reznor's interview on the digg...

  • i adore her and her raw honesty - she is real and true.

  • she's adorable and has such talent, but she also seems so sensitive and fragile. she can't even look in his eyes during the talk.

  • I want to swaffel her.

  • Fuck all of you guys insulting George and his interviewing style. It's what makes him so unique. I've never seen anyone interview in a way where one is actually istening to every word the person is saying and is asking questions that most people are afraid to ask. That's what a good journalist does. They provoke and are outside of the box. Sometimes his questions can hit home, but that's what makes him so good. You pussies need to man up.

  • I agree with you. He is so sincere and it seems like he is doing "active listening" which is a technique used in counseling and peer helping - not something you except in television or journalism.

  • well written!!! bravo for being so raw with your comment (-; me likey the way you express your opinion in a way that doesn't sound completely idiotic, arrogant, or asinine. I agree with your comment about the interviewer. I appreciate his style after seeing this interview, and of course SHE is brilliant for too many reasons to list here in such a small box!

  • Thank you mexbecks!

  • she is great and real

  • ohh sie ist so wunderbar! :)

  • I love her. Love her honesty.

  • oh man, i love her interviews. she is so real and so honest. i love her.

  • 1:40 I love her laugh! And her voice and her honesty and how she's so down to earth but somehow still makes you FEEL her music so clearly;she's real.

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  • Cat Power, Chan, you're the best. I'm so glad that you found some light, because you can make music that will touch people through your whole life. Til you're 80! Longer even. You got that inexpressable thing, and it's beautiful. In your songs, in your personality. Keep on keepin on.

    George, you rock too:)

  • jesus freak

  • Get your feet of the furniture

  • I swear George S. is such a real dude!

  • really great interview

  • This guy does great interviews. And he really leans right in there!

  • cat power GRRR!!!

  • i love her! afore she stay with me every summer and she is very amiable, crazy and funny i love her really much! I really miss you cat power ='(

  • What is the name of the other US female

    artist who appeared in the UK a year or so ago. Thin ('ish) woman with blode hair and amazing husky voice. She appeared live on Merseyside, London, and a few other provincials?

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  • she's been around since the 90's and she has a totally different sound. feist is the wannabe.

  • feist is also very talented but they are both so different, the only thing that might be alike is that they are indie/rock artists and have brown hair. that is all.

  • excuse me, neither of them are wannabes and they are both equally as talented.

  • i really like both. they are pretty different. ugh i hate when ppl compare them like this. puta

  • what a BABE!

  • i love her dearly but i get that sense too.

  • why?

  • It's an interview about her you twit

  • Fragile, gifted souls produce the most brilliant music. No wonder her music is so beautiful, it comes from a very lonely and melancholic place. Love this interview. It's the most honest interview I've seen -- most interviewees just seem fake and cliche, always having the "right" answer. Chan doesn't even have good eye contact, she's nervy and feels "too much". She's not perfect, hence makes her more easy to relate to :)

  • hhaaaa. isthis show called THE HOUR because there;s already a show called sixty minutes in australia?

    haa.

  • She's sober now... dammit. I just started drinkin again.

  • shes pretty

  • she has depth, character, and honesty. That's more than a lot of regular people have, it's definitely more than a lot of celebrities have or care to share with the public. She didn't appear to be a "God Fanatic" to me. She seemed spiritual. There's a difference.

  • Please don't tell me she's 'Gotten God'. She's better than that. Oh fuck. Fundementalist America: give it up, for fuck's sake.

  • that was amazing. such an inspiration. shes a beautiful person.

  • hahahahhahaha

  • she seems very nervous :(

  • That was an excellent interview with actual real and challenging questions. You people need to relax, Chan's a big girl, she can answer more than the standard interview garbage.

  • Right on, kapuskasing! Everyone knows that all religious people are stupid fanatics! Go atheists! We are so, like, intelligent!

  • "and she like, found God..."

    Are there any other words that make an intelligent person instantly stop listening to another person?

  • what do you mean?

  • shes hot

  • real.

  • 4.55 she's knocking on the microphone :P

    I love her music. She's beautyful and awesome

  • but what a beautiful BEAUTIFUL woman. i love her

  • idk how much i like this interviewer. i feel like he keeps interrupting her

  • The fact that Chan is not only very talented, but is humble enough to candidly admit to her past mistakes and move forward, makes me love her even more.

    (C)harming (H)onest (A)nd (N)ice

  • Hi again ! Hope I won't bore you with all my comments, but I like when people are sincere and natural, and that's what I think about you. Like your music, and I'm stonished not to have known you before. It's a friend that sent me "Remember me", and I've listened 5 or 6 videos. Keep on the good job. BYE !

  • ;-)

  • The coolest people are always the ones who push themselves to the edge and almost die then pull themselves together. Adversity builds character.

  • not always, they have pure hearts but most dont amount to shit. she was lucky to turn out the way she did and she knows it...

  • not nescssarily the "coolest people" "always" ...that a very general statement.how about those who are the ones without the "emotional issues" and pity parties who contribute the most to help those who throw sympathy trips realize that there is more to life than just themselves and their feelings.there is no glory in adversity.she has great music and her new positive outlook can be attributed to realizing that the world exists beyond herself and how she feels.

  • LOVE HER :)

  • I love her and even if she has maken mistakes, I think that makes her human. I'm so grateful for her music and for her being.

  • George kicks butt and so does Cat Power.

  • How the fuck does a girl ravage herself with whiskey and cigarettes for about 18 years from 15 to 33...and come out looking this fucking beautiful?!?!?!?

  • she seems quite genuine to me

  • What is the name of her friend who saved her I wanna buy one of her paintings

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  • Susana

  • nice

  • i really like his interviewing style...and she's amazing.

  • she's so amazing.

  • She is gorgeous and totally my type. I'd totally date her. :)

  • Dude, all of the heavy hitting viscitudes of life that she is detailing off and all you can think about is this blase tripe?

  • yeah, george used to be alright when he was on 'the new music' but, he's really evolved into a huge douche. good guests though.

  • this is a great interview! man, i just cried cause i'm so proud of her...

  • Cat Power.... Power of example!! <3

  • What is her friends last name I wanna look at her paintings

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  • Susanna Vapnek :)

  • wow...what a story...

    she is amazing...and beautiful...

  • I love her!

    but I also love George Strombolopoulous.

  • I want her to know how much I love her

  • her hands and nails are so fascinating.

  • I totally agree.

  • mmm,she is awesome...love her!

    i watched the feist interview too and  they look a little bit like sisters:-)

  • Cat Power is what Amy Winehouse should've been.

  • why do so many find it hard to appreciate life and existence without thinking it has to be defined, as if we can understand this. A quote that approaches this tendency, "man couldn't create a worm, but he creates gods by the dozen." I'd say, instead of trying to find god, realize that living an honest and sincere expression of yourself is the closest to the truth we can get.  any thoughts? am i not ambitious enough?

  • I hate the man that interviewed her..he's seems so cold and it seems as though he's not really listening to her.He's extremely rude.Anyways I love Cat, she is amazing, she has a beautiful voice and she seems genuine <3

  • I don't see it as cold at all. What was he supposed to do? Give her a hug. He listened and asked questions that kept her thinking without being too obtrusive. She's so open with everything that there isn't a whole lot for him to do.

  • love her and her bangs!

  • He did an excellent job, unobtrusive is good. Not cracking jokes for layabouts is good. Listening is good.

    What is interesting about her remarks is that she believed she was the typical Southerner, it makes one turn to drink.