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Natalie Merchant — Topsy-Turvey World
Album: Leave Your Sleep
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4.8

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Total ratings: 116









Released: 2010
Length: 5:05
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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The faux (or faux sounding) horns nearly sink the song but Natalie keeps the ship sailing and brings it safely into port. Well done captain Merchant! {#Clap}

Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 j2e1n9 wrote:
Why do you like her so much? {#Wall}
 
What is there not to like? I like her voice!

Really, reading the endless complaining that seem to fill these boards is tiring at times.
You will never have a playlist perfectly tailored to your tastes here, so why don't give the whining a rest?

Posted 14 years ago by Darkmatter    [ Reply ]
Wow. I don't particularly like this song, but I don't hate it anywhere near as much as everyone else seem to.
Posted 14 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
 mgoldman wrote:
How about a one week Natalie break?? Universally annoying.
 

Hear-hear! I cannot STAND this!
Posted 14 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
Her music is quasi-hippy pretentious as Loreena McKennit's is to New-Age Wikkanismology.  Icch.
Posted 14 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
Ugh...
Posted 14 years ago by serendipity_blue    [ Reply ]
Dull.
Posted 14 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
Why do you like her so much? {#Wall}
Posted 14 years ago by j2e1n9    [ Reply ]
Make it stop!!!!!!
Posted 14 years ago by titanium667    [ Reply ]
{#Yawn}
Posted 14 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
The cover says Selections from the Album "Leave Your Sleep."  There's 26 songs listed for this CD.  There were more?
I'm not really liking what I've heard from this 'selection.'

Posted 14 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
As a fan of reggae music, I find this personally offensive. Make crap out of your own style of music Natalie, and leave this alone.
Posted 14 years ago by Forest267    [ Reply ]
pretty unoriginal song. It's like she woke up one day and said, "Reggae. Let's do Reggae today." Then took a non-reggae song and put some reggae sounds in it, hired a Jamaican guy to say some words, and published the song. Oh how Fun!
Posted 14 years ago by tputkey    [ Reply ]
I came in to see what others were saying. Because I thought it was me. Surely, this is supposed to be a great song. I've given it more than a few chances to catch on, to see if it would grow on me. But...gack. Hate it. Big horns, reggae, trite lyrics. And is that calliope music? Just too much of a mishmash.

Posted 14 years ago by suitep    [ Reply ]
Follow it with Skankin Pickle's Fakin Jamaican and I'll raise my rating 1 point.
Posted 14 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Awful. No soul at all. Karoke anyone?
Posted 14 years ago by titanium667    [ Reply ]
How about a one week Natalie break?? Universally annoying.
Posted 14 years ago by mgoldman    [ Reply ]

While not one of my favorite tracks off this album, it still warrants a 8.

Pretty nice and very clean.


Posted 14 years ago by wordguy80    [ Reply ]
3 * 1 = 9?

how about generic pop reggae tune * incredibly trite lyrics = 2. {#Snooty}
Posted 14 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Not bad for being out of the biz for so long.

Some better songs on the cd though. 
Posted 14 years ago by sloroll64    [ Reply ]
fake reggae: not good. Natalie has many, many excellent songs. this is not one
Posted 14 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
It should be called 'Leave Your Sheep'. She could lose the braying.
Posted 14 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
This song is annoying.
Posted 14 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
 rtwingo wrote:
From Wiki:

Leave Your Sleep is a concept album by Natalie Merchant and is her fifth solo album. The album is "a project about childhood" and is a collection of music adapted from 19th and 20th century British and American poetry about childhood.
 
Right on. It's definitely not a children's CD, it's an impressive project that Natalie's completed here ( 26 songs ) and the reviews I've read have been glowing. I've also liked the few songs that I've heard off the recording. And that album cover is a winner.

Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
How many years did she spend not recording? You'd think in that time she could have found a vocal coach to help her loose that incredibly annoying nasal quality she has.
Posted 14 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
I keep hearing "the wheels on the bus go round and round......."

 Businessgypsy wrote:
Yes - there was an interview on NPR this past weekend featuring several of the songs. All were uniformly painful to hear.

 


Posted 14 years ago by Bakaretsu    [ Reply ]
 Bakaretsu wrote:
Is this a childrens CD?

 
From Wiki:

Leave Your Sleep is a concept album by Natalie Merchant and is her fifth solo album. The album is "a project about childhood" and is a collection of music adapted from 19th and 20th century British and American poetry about childhood.



Posted 14 years ago by rtwingo    [ Reply ]
Bakaretsu wrote:
Is this a childrens CD?
Yes - there was an interview on NPR this past weekend featuring several of the songs. All were uniformly painful to hear. Well intentioned, I suppose - but absolute dreck to my ears.

Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
If I could look at her picture but not have to hear this song I'd be happier.  Oh wait... volume control!!!
Posted 14 years ago by Canlistener    [ Reply ]
Hold on, I am busy imagining an owl and porcupine -
Posted 14 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Simply awful.
Posted 14 years ago by otis_of_moab    [ Reply ]
{#Lol} I'm officially no longer surprised by the suckness I hear on RP.

Posted 14 years ago by zipper    [ Reply ]
First to rate it.  Yes, I rated this within seconds of it starting. No, I had no idea what the song would be like.  Just to annoy people more, I rated it 10.  For a brief time this song had a rating of 10.0.

I now see it took a rather rapid flight downward to 2.8. 

Oops.  Back to 3.5.

Stay tuned...

Posted 14 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
oh I do love her!
but maybe not this song...
Posted 14 years ago by dogpound    [ Reply ]