I like Norah, she's good for when we need something relaxing, or music when you're too wired to sleep?

Is she overly original? No, but she's good for what she is-her voice is soothing, and it's simple in its execution. She's not my first choice for favorite artist, but I think if anything maybe people might look into older artists as they get more into her-which is never a bad thing.

For the record PurpleCharm-I fucking love Sade.



(Funk with that people!)

Why do the people that don't care for Norah have to be shitted on? Last I check, everyone is entitled to their opinion. The few songs that I have heard sound boring as hell. That doesn't mean that she is not talented, it just means that her music doesn't 'move' ME.

I like Sade, but some people don't.I have heard it said that Sade's music should come with a rope to hang yourself with because it sounds like suicide music. I disagree with that, but who am I to go off on a tangent about how people don't know good music when they hear it because they don't like Sade. Good grief.

I couldn't understand the hype at first (and I'm still not sure if it was so deserved, lol) but I do like her now. When she first dropped I thought her stuff was SO BORING!!! It just didn't move me, but it's not really supposed to "move" me She grew on me. I listen when I'm cleaning up around the house or feeling REALLY leisurely (sp?), it's good music for that. I'd probably never go see her live, but I do enjoy both cd's She serves a purpose...

CalhounSq said:

How leisurely - comatose?

VoicesCarry said:

Like, when I take a long, mag reading bath or something It's nice b/c it sounds good yet it's easy to ignore... perfect for background @ home...

CalhounSq said:

I listened to Norah's first album a few years ago (back when Audiogalaxy was out). I tried to get through it, but I ended up falling asleep. I awoke hours later and it was a brand new morning.

At least I got to class on time that day.

CalhounSq said:

I listened to Norah's first album a few years ago (back when Audiogalaxy was out). I tried to get through it, but I ended up falling asleep. I awoke hours later and it was a brand new morning.

At least I got to class on time that day.

JANFAN4L said:

I know, I know I think it just has to grow on you. A friend of mine would play it all the time, otherwise I never would have bothered with it. It's very, very, VERY tame

CalhounSq said:

Norah strikes me as the demure-but-gorgeous spinster who will never get laid.

Chico1 said:

She wrote the song "Come Away With Me" NOT the album. If you look at the credits, she wrote that one and Nightingale and co-wrote The Long Day is Over. Everything else was written for her by someone else. (My boyfriend got her cd as a promo and I'm looking at the liner notes right now.) The Song of the Year grammy for "Don't Know Why" went to songwriter Jesse Harris.

VinaBlue said:

endorphin74 said:

Thank you! no really, THANK U

Ain't no pleasing folks, its a desparate case. They're crying their lungs out about NOT seeing a real talent in the mainstream but when they do, they tend to jump on the "so & so shoulda been taking that glory instead of her" bandwagon.

Without any rambling. To me, there're 2 TYPEs of music: good music & bad music. The one that feels good in my ears are good music, Norah Jones is DEF falls in this category. Why? Cuz for ONCE, she's somebody with a high sense of individuality(as opposed to whats happening out-there esp with folks who walk around with their chests all out actin as if their shit is FRESH,,,,not!) she knows what she has which is not that much but she brings it ALL to the table and thats a big deal, instead of trying to be something she's not.

Like Billie Holiday, Nina Simone & Sade b4 her, she's an individualist/stylist. Give her some time, she'll woe everybody. For now she's a musical protege but in the long run she'll def force her stamb and soon you'll see everybody kissing her ass.

I personaly dig her ALOT and find her to be a very promising artist with a unique musicianship. Shit, cool thing is she doesn't rely on gimmickry like ALOT folks out-there,,,lemme just point that out

P.S. I thought about posting this thread myself but then I said why bother, most FOOLS over here are shallow & look at things with a cliche vision. What do you expect?

Chico1 said:

Truth hurts

VoicesCarry said:

Actually in this case it doesn't! Sorry to disappoint you.

It's easy to generalise- "everyone"???

I like some of Norah Jones' work, and think she is great live. I have to add that i don't know whether i "like" her, as i don't know her personally.

She seems alright, as a person.

i can't really say i "hate" norah jones - i don't think her music really inspires such heated emotion one way or the other - but i don't really care for her music. she's got a nice voice, she seems to be a really talented musician and a competent songwriter - i just find everything i hear by her to be really bloodless and sexless. sure, sade is just as mellow, but there's a suggestion of "va va voom" to her music that kinda makes a sade album something you wanna listen to when you're getting lucky. norah jones music is good for, like, i don't know - folding sheets. it's music i'd buy a relative who i don't know very well. it's music that matches the furniture. and if someone else finds something about her stuff that isn't just kinda vanilla or at most "agressively beige", more power to 'em. meanwhile, i'm not going to take the time to trash or "abhor" norah jones - in my opinion, she just kinda "exists". and good for her if she can make a career out of music that sounds like it's just kinda there.

i can't really say i "hate" norah jones - i don't think her music really inspires such heated emotion one way or the other - but i don't really care for her music. she's got a nice voice, she seems to be a really talented musician and a competent songwriter - i just find everything i hear by her to be really bloodless and sexless. sure, sade is just as mellow, but there's a suggestion of "va va voom" to her music that kinda makes a sade album something you wanna listen to when you're getting lucky. norah jones music is good for, like, i don't know - folding sheets. it's music i'd buy a relative who i don't know very well. it's music that matches the furniture. and if someone else finds something about her stuff that isn't just kinda vanilla or at most "agressively beige", more power to 'em. meanwhile, i'm not going to take the time to trash or "abhor" norah jones - in my opinion, she just kinda "exists". and good for her if she can make a career out of music that sounds like it's just kinda there.

You are incredibly intelligent.

she was stoned at her concert in Amsterdam.....if you can't handle it, stay away from it, Norah!!!

abierman said:

haha..was that the concert where she told the
story about meeting Tom Waits?
stoned? that's a little bit harsh..
But she was definately intoxicated with something

smellmyfunk said:

stoned, as in 'intoxicated'! I think it's an insult to her audience who paid a lot of money to see her perform, no respect!