Thanks for uploading this, KidEh1979, I always come back to this version. It's so much more raw than the polished album version - the snare drum, the slight messy-ness of the piano... much more superior in my mind!
@anckr again, I'm sorry that you lack musical knowledge, I'm a BFL fan, but also a MASSIVE bjork fan, and the two sound NOTHING alike, bjork has a grain to her voice and sings full whack,,,kinda like kurt cobain did. Natasha sounds very smooth and melodic in comparison.
For me, one of the best surprises of the last years. Fell in love with it the first time i listened. Hope I get the chance to see them live one of these days.
She's like synergy...like a concoction of Tori Amos, Bjork, and Kate Bush...but not them at all. She reminds me of all three, but then again, she's her own artist. Amazing.
Imogen Heap doesn't have to autotune, she just loves the digital sound it brings to her music. If you think she can't sing, watch her sing "Blanket" with Jeff Beck.
watch?v=WjXIrDkc7BE - Redhead Outdoors - I don't know why
OR
watch?v=GdbOdFi0JcI - Redhead Outdoors - When you walk down
Redhead Outdoors - New Disco/Punk/Indie band. Listen/Watch the videos, give it 10secs, I'm sure that if you like Bat for Lashes, you'll love this new band ;3 =D Watch, it will worth it! :3
I'm seeing them in malahide,dublin,When i discovered they were supporting radiohead and looked 'em up here,i was a bit apprehensive at first, but they're growing on me the whole time,i think they'll do fine. Yes i can definately see bjork here, but bjork is great so it's all good!
not sure if i'm looking forward to seeing them or not. it's interesting.
i can see what people mean about the Bjork influence. Is anyone else seeing Radiohead this summer? Do you think they Bat For Lashes will satisfy a crowd at a Radiohead show?
they're the only ones that have been announced yet, but band often announce on then other a few weeks later. the Berlin show is being supported by Modeselektor. I'd kill to see Modeselektor & Radiohead in one day. if you don't know modeselektor, search them on here or myspace.
Their style is different, but I think that's a good thing.
If I was a HUGE RH fan, I would rather see a band that is not a genre I would normally listen to than a band that is similar to RH, but worse, because I'd just moan 'Radiohead are better' all the time.
yeah, great point. that's how i'm looking at it. in a support band i'd rather hear something new and make my mind up about it, rather than listen to another band try to be radiohead.
They sound absolutely nothing like Radiohead...in anyway, theyre alright though alright opening band. Certainly not like Beck back in 2006! Sorry folks, but that was damn good
This is such a soulful and uplifting song to me... and they play great even if she does make a couple of mistakes. It's not easy to play repeatedly like that and sing so fantastically anyhow!
yeah MICHALUS i saw bjork in Atlanta Oct.07 for the first time ,and i didnt just want to go there to be entertained you know?..i wanted to support Bjork..(ever since this Bob Dylan interview i saw -it was when he was young and always turned the interview around on the journalist) so i just kept screaming THANK YOU, BJORK! maybe you mean like Women of the Saggas(very strong women)
woman is so diferent then a man and her music then his..soft wasn't the best word for that couse there is no word for that space between them...U feel it or not.
The music somebody who happens to be female makes is not inherently different to that someone who happens to be male would make. I think what you mean is that Bat for Lashes make moving, ethereal, sparse music. That's no reflection on the music that every other female musician makes
..bjork as well and many others who really make a art not music for radio...anyway i fell that female see word in way we don't see and do things in her own way,it's not about wrong/right it's what i feel and U not.
Try listening to Arch Enemy, My Ruin or Kittie for examples of females being nothing remotely resembing "soft". While I think I see what you're trying to say, at the same time I have to disagree and say it's not an issue of gender, just the individual, who just so happens to be female.
Well, I'm going to wrap this up since sleep deprivation is impacting my ability to comunicate coherantly, so just going to end by saying this song was haunting and beautiful.
does anybody know what is the meaning for bat for lashes, is it an expression or what? im from mexico and translated in to spanish doesn`t make any sense, it would be "bat para pestañas" or "bat para látigos".
It is a poetic name that really doesn't mean anything clear in English and can not be translated to Spanish. Except, I personally think of the expression "bat your eyes", kind like an attactive seductress blinking her eyes with long lashes very fast like in the old cartoons.
i heard the single whats a girl to do and was hooked. Its funny because i dont listen to this type of music i like Tool and Metallica and NIN, but i think their artist integrity is similar, natasha seems to hold herself as an artist instead of a cookie cutter(like anything thats big on MTV today) i think thats what i like most and if she records in forests thats cool too.
Im the same, listen to heavier rock really but music like this is beginning to inspire me. I like Bjorks stuff alot and Bat for Lashes reminds me alot of that kind of genre of stuff. I see this band going far :D
I love the fact that she makes her music in very different ways than the regular ones, ones that you'd call "proper" I find it aweosme that she records songs in forests, that its not oevr rpoduced and that she sues all sorts of instruments. I think she has something very very unique and I relaly hope no producers or ppl who think they know better than the artists themselves what they should be about change her.
I'm sorry, but your comment is completely unnecessary. Would it sound different if it was with any other fingers? Or with the toes? Yeah, I didn't think so.
Yeah well you'd think you could play a simple tune like faultlessly every time, it doesn't take Rachmaninoff to play 2 or 3 notes in a row. I'm just saying that... she's rubbish live.
I'd like to see you play 2 or 3 notes in a row faultlessly at glastonbury. She's probably nervous as hell and the more you repeat something like that the more your odds of messing up increase. Try it.
I did hear the similarity to Bjork. not in her tone or pronumciation, but in the melody lines. Natasha uses really creative intervals in her vocal lines, which Bjork does. That's the only similarity.
As for production, I thought Fur and Gold had a wonderful sound. It wasn't polished and that's the problem with too many bands today- a brilliant and unique sound is blanded down with pro-tools.
BFL is a national treasure. Unique, eclectic, beautiful and for once not trying to copy America. <3
I'm a HUGE Bjork fan and I did not think bjork when I heard her singing. Maybe it is because I can tell the difference, it is not the same. Could she be influenced/inspired in style by Bjork? sure, why not! no problem! This is weird and dumb to me that there are comparisons being made between them. She will never have Bjork's odd accent and pronounciation that is so pronounced (hehe no pun intended).
BTW: read the liner notes--Bjork writes all her own music. Yes--she has good producers to help her with some of the music. Something Bat for Lashes is in desperate need of. They have beautiful music with NO POLISH. A good producer would warn them of their jeuvanile compositions like a casio harpsicord playing pedal point or repetitive and over dramatic sub-bass piano...
yes, the truth you do speak.. yet the (current) lack of production helps to make their sound that much more unique...hopefully some stellar production will happen on the next album ; )
I think Bat for Lashes is just doing exactly what they want with their music, creative expression without allowing criticism to affect what they do. music doesnt' need polish, it needs emotion. p.s. maybe if you weren't a dumbass you could spell "juvenile" right.
Don't be ignorant. You can dislike Bjork's style, but she helped invent the whole electronica genre. Without here, portishead, tricky, massive attack, etc. this band wouldn't exist. I love them to, but it's like saying you love Nirvana and Pearl Jam and Elvis and the Beatles blow. Even if you don't like the style of those bands, you have to acknowledge that they paved the way.
I like bjork, but i LOVE bat for lashes...the emotion and ethereal qualities inherent within each song affects me much more than the majority of musik curently being produced by almost anyone else out there
She is one of the few who sound so amazing singing live! I would really love to see her perform live hopefully I get the chance <3 BFL is AMAZING :)
briannaheartsmj 5 months ago
she sounds just like the album and her band is kickass with those instruments
sosforever 9 months ago 2
Thanks for uploading this, KidEh1979, I always come back to this version. It's so much more raw than the polished album version - the snare drum, the slight messy-ness of the piano... much more superior in my mind!
TheJamstix 11 months ago
i love that head-thing ! Awesome
PPEZZ25 1 year ago
penacho!
nachasdemandril 1 year ago
they have to come to israel
naoradiver 1 year ago
Bjork when to a Bat For Lashes concert.She is a fan ha-ha love them both.
SuperKare123 1 year ago 3
and also that blonde girl doing the backing vocals is amazing. anyone know who that is?
kfizzle441 1 year ago
I think i used to use a Yamaha snare like that, until my instructor bought a Pearl Philharmonic =)
kfizzle441 1 year ago
this song reminds me of a fairytale taking place :)
miahammfan99 1 year ago
One of the best live performers on the planet, now fuck off and leave us in peace..peace !
itchcitizen2 1 year ago
Love this! The words of this song are epic you can smell the forest....great live performance, love how everyone on stage glitters....
Goingbeach 1 year ago
I. want. that. HAT!
xmomoreo 1 year ago
She is not like Bjork at all, listen to more of her music first before saying ignorant things like that.
SarahLee1 1 year ago 4
she is good but im sorry bjork is just on another level......
ghazalhora 1 year ago
This is an EPIC performance!
inkybuz 1 year ago 7
Love this song soooooo much!
Buzz93bee 1 year ago 2
you know, you sohouldn't debate or start quarrels. you should just enjoy the music.
ninbin34 1 year ago 5
@anckr again, I'm sorry that you lack musical knowledge, I'm a BFL fan, but also a MASSIVE bjork fan, and the two sound NOTHING alike, bjork has a grain to her voice and sings full whack,,,kinda like kurt cobain did. Natasha sounds very smooth and melodic in comparison.
blindingsun 1 year ago
one of my favorite songs by Bat for Lashes!!! :-D
VenusAsABoyFilms 1 year ago 5
This song makes me think of The Legend of Zelda.
tytoalba 1 year ago
@tytoalba actually I think that this song would be great for a epona-link video tribute
freakynintendoguy00 1 year ago
Herregud och jag upptäckte precis hennes musik, hon är ju otrolig!
suckerupper 1 year ago
Hennes musik är magisk!
MajkenEva 2 years ago
awesome song, I love the high pitch wale that she does :)
jimbo222000 2 years ago 6
until I saw this, I could have sworn that was a theremin.
jehovahbackwards 1 year ago 2
she looks SO young, she looks like she could be 16 or 17 !
lails2000 2 years ago
yahhh.i tot so too!!!
hahaha!
burberryicecreamtop 1 year ago
Bellissima!!!!!
jeff11081977 2 years ago 2
yay i was there
tobyoho 2 years ago
OMG her voice is like butter. <3
joshnshan7744 2 years ago 6
They sang to me, "This is yours to wear. You're the chosen one, there's no turning back"
(8)
Psico5 2 years ago 3
For me, one of the best surprises of the last years. Fell in love with it the first time i listened. Hope I get the chance to see them live one of these days.
AliceDamnation 2 years ago 2
She's like synergy...like a concoction of Tori Amos, Bjork, and Kate Bush...but not them at all. She reminds me of all three, but then again, she's her own artist. Amazing.
styx3956 2 years ago 5
I completely agree! I thought the same thing when I first heard her. She's amazing.
fairiebee 2 years ago 2
yup, she's so magnetic! I just saw her 2 days ago and cannot get over the show, i wanna keep watching and watching youtube videos of BFL
polarbyrd23 2 years ago
Sorry...I agree with you but with a Smattering of Old Cat Power...and sprinkling of Imogen Heap
Arkanix 2 years ago
She couldn't sound like Imogen Heap. She can actually sing. Imogen has to autotune
dancetoska 1 year ago
Imogen Heap doesn't have to autotune, she just loves the digital sound it brings to her music. If you think she can't sing, watch her sing "Blanket" with Jeff Beck.
oddrulerofmars 1 year ago
Who's that sour-faced girl on the drums? Every time i see her on one of these vids she always looks like she can't be botherd to be there.
leapoffaith20 2 years ago
but she kicks fuckin ass
xXsickXpuppyXx 2 years ago 2
wow, I have to say, I think I like this more than the album version. And her hat is just amazing! love love love her
clarinetist13 2 years ago
I never thought there would be anyone better than Tori A!
ladyloveliness 2 years ago 3
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yeah, shes indian or pakistani or something like that
lkndovlknv 2 years ago
yea,h they seem really influencecd by bjork.....
love her
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RedHeadOutdoors 2 years ago
i la la la la love her *___________*
VeniceQueenxxx 2 years ago 4
she's not like kate bush at all!!!!
lemylus 2 years ago 5
sorry to piss anyone off. but she's NOTHING like bjork. she's probably more similar to kate bush than bjork..
blindingsun 2 years ago 7
I Agree if anyone really heard Kate Bush she is more like her.
Still good through
stevetadams1963 2 years ago
wow assholes can really make stupid comments
blindingsun 2 years ago 27
yeah she reminds me of bjork.
keithatthedisco 2 years ago 2
bjork for lashes.
CobaltNight 2 years ago
Meant to be a compliment :)
mentalmortiis 2 years ago
she reminds me of one of the lost boys from Peter Pan here
student389 2 years ago 2
Really sweet, sparse and lovely
funkydafunker 2 years ago 2
juste magique!
matsou75 2 years ago 4
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weedy pop
badmichelle1978 2 years ago
TemaZO
kkndevlin 2 years ago
Great performance.
marcuspessoa4 2 years ago 5
she is at the pinnacle of music tomorrow.
IIILeafGreenIII 3 years ago
So talented, all of them
MrsMouseMan 3 years ago
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B12345678910 3 years ago
Her hat's awesome! Haha I want it! The song is awesome too! ^-^
chobits245 3 years ago
she's incredible, gifted, and full of power
mizkisskatt 3 years ago 3
just once I'd like to have a horse give me a headdress!
sammyshoe 3 years ago
She's a little pitchy live... but I love this song!!!!
sarailynette 3 years ago
shes adorable ! [:
hunnybunny23 3 years ago 4
Verry cute, good dinger too.
leapoffaith20 3 years ago 2
i too appreciate her dinging
Yarwer 3 years ago
Not only is she a good dinger, she is also a good singer.
It is a very nice ding though....
leapoffaith20 3 years ago 2
^.^
Yarwer 3 years ago
leapoffaith20 - Don't you mean it is a very nice dong?
pastaface100 2 years ago
excellent
4712POMMES 3 years ago 5
They seemed influenced in my opinion by Bjork, Cat power, and Radiohead. I might be wrong, lol but that's how it sounds to me.
ernestotorres1977 3 years ago 17
and a little bit of PJ Harvey!
linkades 3 years ago 3
@ernestotorres1977 Hmm, interesting. To me they sound heavily influenced by 'The Cure' and 'Siouxsie & The Banshees'
ContagiousChameleon 1 year ago
@ernestotorres1977 i highly disagree
embi3n 8 months ago
@ernestotorres1977 I actually see more Dead can Dance, Depeche Mode and nursery lullabies gone mystic.
estareenEileanDonan 4 months ago
Well just seen BRL backing Radiohead last night in Manchester and they were brilliant.
Such a beautifull sexy airy voice she has live, fantastic night.
ChrisyMcCullagh83 3 years ago 5
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SO DID I .. i nearly fell asleep
lacey4k 3 years ago
yes, Quality songs she has,
RadioHead and BFL at Manchester, ,
CANT WAIT!!! :) :) :)
ChrisyMcCullagh83 3 years ago 3
Bat for Lashes is one person.
g7ad2v 3 years ago 7
awesome. video needs to be deinterlaced tho
feel bad for the audience as well, the acoustics seem off on some high notes
sammygun 3 years ago
They're supporting Radiohead next month and i'm going to see them. So people whos said they sound like female version, yeah!
Vega0900 3 years ago
the best music around today so good
sonicjay007 3 years ago 4
This video/performance is so excellent. Looking forward immensely to seeing her open for Radiohead in Amsterdam.
kinkysaint 3 years ago
Love Bat for Lashes! They were amazing at the Mercury Awards too!!
Sibzlipz 3 years ago 3
I am so increibly jealous of anyone who gets to see BFL open for Radiohead!
GlovesGloves 3 years ago 6
i really love this band
i need to get back into them
ryry12121 3 years ago
I'm seeing them in malahide,dublin,When i discovered they were supporting radiohead and looked 'em up here,i was a bit apprehensive at first, but they're growing on me the whole time,i think they'll do fine. Yes i can definately see bjork here, but bjork is great so it's all good!
thelegendroger 3 years ago
this band is supporting radiohead this summer.
not sure if i'm looking forward to seeing them or not. it's interesting.
i can see what people mean about the Bjork influence. Is anyone else seeing Radiohead this summer? Do you think they Bat For Lashes will satisfy a crowd at a Radiohead show?
chrisisbent 3 years ago 2
i have no idea, i doubt it to be honest, you sure its JUST them supporting?
Mangomorse 3 years ago
they're the only ones that have been announced yet, but band often announce on then other a few weeks later. the Berlin show is being supported by Modeselektor. I'd kill to see Modeselektor & Radiohead in one day. if you don't know modeselektor, search them on here or myspace.
chrisisbent 3 years ago
Well, I think bat for lashes are an incredible support. I'd be happy to see them perform as a headline act.
TheKinkyShrink 3 years ago 2
oh yeah, don't get me wrong, i'm completely happy that they're supporting Radiohead, i just don't know if they will appeal to a crowd at a RH gig
chrisisbent 3 years ago 4
Hm.
Their style is different, but I think that's a good thing.
If I was a HUGE RH fan, I would rather see a band that is not a genre I would normally listen to than a band that is similar to RH, but worse, because I'd just moan 'Radiohead are better' all the time.
Do you get me?
TheKinkyShrink 3 years ago 4
yeah, great point. that's how i'm looking at it. in a support band i'd rather hear something new and make my mind up about it, rather than listen to another band try to be radiohead.
chrisisbent 3 years ago 3
that's what i was trying to say, haha.
It'll be a great concert.
:)
TheKinkyShrink 3 years ago 2
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They sound very much like a female radiohead...which is no detriment.
FrowningIke 3 years ago
I don't think so, but eh.
Each to their own.
TheKinkyShrink 3 years ago
They sound absolutely nothing like Radiohead...in anyway, theyre alright though alright opening band. Certainly not like Beck back in 2006! Sorry folks, but that was damn good
Mangomorse 3 years ago
There's some bad grammar going on in these comments i tell you!
3morand 3 years ago
She blatently smokes a fat skunkweed
mareslips 3 years ago
I love their song and their stage presence.
Karencorpse 3 years ago
This is such a soulful and uplifting song to me... and they play great even if she does make a couple of mistakes. It's not easy to play repeatedly like that and sing so fantastically anyhow!
jo71queen 3 years ago
yeah your gonna loose uyour breath&stuff-but,listen 2 the lyrics AND BJORK KICKS ASS!!
allsfullofluv 3 years ago
There are no only influences from Bjork but also the Portishead, Stereolab, The Coctyeau Twins...
Nice sound, greetings from Peru
cardenasr 3 years ago
the camera shuda caught the moment she does that hi note...
telecaster228401 3 years ago 3
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Since when is Bjork so ugly?
brocoliskism1 4 years ago
since she was born, in fact Natasha is soooo much pretty.
SOOOO MUCH.
valeloco 3 years ago
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yeah she is, i mean for a neanderthal like you, no talent what so ever pigs nose, BTW I hate Bjork but at least she has some production value.
brocoliskism1 3 years ago
Truly a haunting performance.
onewingedangel1988 4 years ago
yeah MICHALUS i saw bjork in Atlanta Oct.07 for the first time ,and i didnt just want to go there to be entertained you know?..i wanted to support Bjork..(ever since this Bob Dylan interview i saw -it was when he was young and always turned the interview around on the journalist) so i just kept screaming THANK YOU, BJORK! maybe you mean like Women of the Saggas(very strong women)
allsfullofluv 4 years ago
amazing live performance actualy
domoreyoga 4 years ago
hän on söpö :)
tomgibo 4 years ago
woman's music is so soft
michalus 4 years ago
uummmmm. Huh?? what do you mean 'soft'?
GenShanahan 4 years ago
woman is so diferent then a man and her music then his..soft wasn't the best word for that couse there is no word for that space between them...U feel it or not.
michalus 4 years ago
The music somebody who happens to be female makes is not inherently different to that someone who happens to be male would make. I think what you mean is that Bat for Lashes make moving, ethereal, sparse music. That's no reflection on the music that every other female musician makes
GenShanahan 4 years ago
..bjork as well and many others who really make a art not music for radio...anyway i fell that female see word in way we don't see and do things in her own way,it's not about wrong/right it's what i feel and U not.
michalus 4 years ago
go listen to "pluto" by bjork
baleenfilms 4 years ago
(that was a reply to michalus)
i don't like "pluto" much
but i don't think you'll be able to call bjork's music "soft" again :p
baleenfilms 4 years ago
ones again ''soft'' was wrong word for me to say.
michalus 4 years ago
oh sorry, i must have missed that
i still disagree, but i guess it's just a matter of opinion
peace
baleenfilms 4 years ago
no problem
michalus 4 years ago
Try listening to Arch Enemy, My Ruin or Kittie for examples of females being nothing remotely resembing "soft". While I think I see what you're trying to say, at the same time I have to disagree and say it's not an issue of gender, just the individual, who just so happens to be female.
Well, I'm going to wrap this up since sleep deprivation is impacting my ability to comunicate coherantly, so just going to end by saying this song was haunting and beautiful.
CaribouAndCake 4 years ago
that hat is rad
Zombabe80 4 years ago 2
Getting a big Bjork vibe from her music... nice stuff
KaceKlosed 4 years ago
beautiful♥
XxCrYsTaLBlAcKRoSE 4 years ago
cool head dress
shmaveyea 4 years ago
totally INSPIRING my songwriter crazy artist in me... xxoo
MargotMalia 4 years ago
i cant this out of my head.i think thats a good thing
1ppennysweet 4 years ago
same here. and its definitely a good thing:)
poophead3456 4 years ago
love ittt!!
HreNmyhead 4 years ago
does anybody know what is the meaning for bat for lashes, is it an expression or what? im from mexico and translated in to spanish doesn`t make any sense, it would be "bat para pestañas" or "bat para látigos".
SydPoe 4 years ago
i believe it's a poetic name therefore the meaning is intentionally ambiguous.
wonspec 4 years ago
It is a poetic name that really doesn't mean anything clear in English and can not be translated to Spanish. Except, I personally think of the expression "bat your eyes", kind like an attactive seductress blinking her eyes with long lashes very fast like in the old cartoons.
doubled7 4 years ago
Its just bat 'your' lashes but bat 'for' lashes, not that difficult
shmaveyea 4 years ago
Apart from being a play on words of 'bat your eyelashes' there's nothing to it other than it's cool to be honest
wanthony640 4 years ago
Como abra y cerra los ojos.
raymondtylerduke 4 years ago
1:35 gives me chills.
spritenite 4 years ago
I know, her voice is beautifully disturbing at that point.
silentmemory123 4 years ago
this is awesome.
RainaBeeford 4 years ago
Love this song!! Beautiful voice, originality what more can you ask for.
dangermousesbigbro 4 years ago
i'm the same as nds87, i love metal and rock and all that kind of music, but i think this is amazing, GO BAT FOR LASHES!!!!
imighthaveurpassword 4 years ago
her voice is amazing live!!
FOBxxROCKER 4 years ago
bjork for lashes.
CobaltNight 4 years ago
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wtf is this nigger shit?
llama3aterr 4 years ago
You're beyond absurd.
ashleyisasweatervest 4 years ago
not only did you manage to make a comment completely unrelevant to this video, you also made it racist...
but then again i guess if your only seven years old u dont really care/know
Vigere 4 years ago 2
i heard the single whats a girl to do and was hooked. Its funny because i dont listen to this type of music i like Tool and Metallica and NIN, but i think their artist integrity is similar, natasha seems to hold herself as an artist instead of a cookie cutter(like anything thats big on MTV today) i think thats what i like most and if she records in forests thats cool too.
nds87 4 years ago 3
Im the same, listen to heavier rock really but music like this is beginning to inspire me. I like Bjorks stuff alot and Bat for Lashes reminds me alot of that kind of genre of stuff. I see this band going far :D
GrizzlyKat 4 years ago 2
I love the fact that she makes her music in very different ways than the regular ones, ones that you'd call "proper" I find it aweosme that she records songs in forests, that its not oevr rpoduced and that she sues all sorts of instruments. I think she has something very very unique and I relaly hope no producers or ppl who think they know better than the artists themselves what they should be about change her.
Heidjin 4 years ago 2
She's playing with her index fingers, not exactly proper piano technique.
manco82 4 years ago
I'm sorry, but your comment is completely unnecessary. Would it sound different if it was with any other fingers? Or with the toes? Yeah, I didn't think so.
carcaroth 4 years ago
yes, she is.
purplepassion69 4 years ago
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She keeps messing it up too. I'll stick to the studio version.
meu02136 4 years ago
yeah sounds v reasonable that, if artist makes a couple errors live, just stick to cd... the same version over and over...
telecaster228401 3 years ago
Yeah well you'd think you could play a simple tune like faultlessly every time, it doesn't take Rachmaninoff to play 2 or 3 notes in a row. I'm just saying that... she's rubbish live.
meu02136 3 years ago
I'd like to see you play 2 or 3 notes in a row faultlessly at glastonbury. She's probably nervous as hell and the more you repeat something like that the more your odds of messing up increase. Try it.
AsparagusSpears 3 years ago 2
Some people are just dumb.
DarkColossi 3 years ago
I was there and so drunk I didn't care. In fact it wasn't until you lot were talking about it that I noticed at all.
enemysprout 3 years ago
Wow. Tres beau.
helloweeny 4 years ago 7
I did hear the similarity to Bjork. not in her tone or pronumciation, but in the melody lines. Natasha uses really creative intervals in her vocal lines, which Bjork does. That's the only similarity.
As for production, I thought Fur and Gold had a wonderful sound. It wasn't polished and that's the problem with too many bands today- a brilliant and unique sound is blanded down with pro-tools.
BFL is a national treasure. Unique, eclectic, beautiful and for once not trying to copy America. <3
nocrezvitus 4 years ago 9
I love bjork and your completely right
Poetrychic222 4 years ago 3
"Unique, eclectic, beautiful and for once not trying to copy America. <3"
very unique indeed---though that might be a native american headdress she has on ;) (jk)
This song is beautiful--
I think her voice is incredible and as her song-writing gets better, she's going to come up with some really amazing stuff.
podunk5 4 years ago 3
thats an amazingly beautiful song...
magookid 4 years ago 4
Hmmm i didnt know her but i liked it. However i think she has to get some piano lessons...
cidadaovagamundo 4 years ago
I'm a HUGE Bjork fan and I did not think bjork when I heard her singing. Maybe it is because I can tell the difference, it is not the same. Could she be influenced/inspired in style by Bjork? sure, why not! no problem! This is weird and dumb to me that there are comparisons being made between them. She will never have Bjork's odd accent and pronounciation that is so pronounced (hehe no pun intended).
doubled7 4 years ago 2
BTW: read the liner notes--Bjork writes all her own music. Yes--she has good producers to help her with some of the music. Something Bat for Lashes is in desperate need of. They have beautiful music with NO POLISH. A good producer would warn them of their jeuvanile compositions like a casio harpsicord playing pedal point or repetitive and over dramatic sub-bass piano...
JoChanErin 4 years ago
yes, the truth you do speak.. yet the (current) lack of production helps to make their sound that much more unique...hopefully some stellar production will happen on the next album ; )
andreasdiscgolfer 4 years ago
I think Bat for Lashes is just doing exactly what they want with their music, creative expression without allowing criticism to affect what they do. music doesnt' need polish, it needs emotion. p.s. maybe if you weren't a dumbass you could spell "juvenile" right.
katmichelle88 4 years ago
Don't be ignorant. You can dislike Bjork's style, but she helped invent the whole electronica genre. Without here, portishead, tricky, massive attack, etc. this band wouldn't exist. I love them to, but it's like saying you love Nirvana and Pearl Jam and Elvis and the Beatles blow. Even if you don't like the style of those bands, you have to acknowledge that they paved the way.
JoChanErin 4 years ago
beautiful music right there.
crusher99 4 years ago
the differance between bat fl and bjork? BJORK SUCKS.
DrOrgasmo1 4 years ago
i agree but not so bluntly lol. i just dont like bjork, bfl just has something she doesnt
Fropo 4 years ago
her voice is amazing. She is so beutiful
semskees 4 years ago
I like bjork, but i LOVE bat for lashes...the emotion and ethereal qualities inherent within each song affects me much more than the majority of musik curently being produced by almost anyone else out there