Dresden Dolls followup

[holly_evolving]

I'm not saying they're not talented. The music itself is quality. And I'm sure the sentiments are genuine. No, what I don't like about them is...the way they sound. The same way I don't like skulls. You can draw the most beautiful, hi-fidelity, pen-and-ink skull, with gorgeous lighting, that somehow EMOTES even though it has no eyes...

And I'll still hate it because it's a skull in the first place and I don't like skulls.

This is the way in which I don't like the Dresden Dolls. Not that they're bad at music, but that they're good at bad music. I can't listen to 40 seconds of the same chord, no matter how well it's played.

Comments

[msrp.livejournal.com]

Amen. I actually ditched a potential cover because I didn't want the comparison between me and their lead singer. For starters...I sing. She croaks somewhat melodically (at least this is based on the handful of songs I attempted to listen to by them). I was afraid that, even though my version would have been VERY different, people would either love me for making so different, or HATE me because I didn't do it just like her.

Which is why we're covering a lot of relatively obscure songs from the 1930's and 1940's....nobody else is doing them!

[glamour-junkie.livejournal.com]

Don't sweat it, seriously. Not even remotely.

I'm sorry if I came off at all like "WHY [smash] DON'T YOU LIKE [punch] DRESDEN DOLLS [kick]???"

Conversations about musical tastes create a war zone in my office, practically every other day.

You have every right to like exactly what you like, and not like what you don't like. I just figured I'd let you know that they do actually have the "grow on you" effect on some people, because I hated them at first, and they do progress as artists with their later work.

Now, if you said Muse sucks, THEM'S fightin' words. *wink/smile*

[holly-evolving.livejournal.com]

Oh, not at all. I can see why someone would like them. And when someone likes something, they want to share it. I appreciate that you'd want to share your appreciation with me.

And if you mean Faith and the Muse, I frickin love them.

Appreciate?