Nellie McKay

So, since I picked up the Nellie McKay album a few days ago, I’ve been debating making a thread about it. In the end, I decided to go with it, because I have yet to find anyone else who has listened to her, and I’m curious to see what other people think.

Her cd came out last year, I guess, but I never would have heard of her if she hadn’t been mentioned on allmusic.

I don’t know how to describe her cd, really. It’s just a fun and strange pop album, I guess. She experiments with a lot of genres, but I think the Doris Day-esque stuff is probably the most fun.

You can listen to samples of her stuff on her official site,
nelliemckay.com (http://nelliemckay.com/). I’d be happy to send anyone full songs if they’re curious about it, though.

My favorite songs are probably "Ding Dong", "Really", "The Dog Song", and "Suitcase Song".

Her music sounds good, but she looks like an over-happy teletubby (sp?)

It does sound pretty cool. She has a great voice, there’s snazzy music and the lyrics seem sorta oddball in a good way.

Even with just 30 second song clips (musicians should just put up a few full songs instead of a preview of every song :(), I think I like her stuff. I wouldn’t mind hearing a full song though, if you’re offering Ndi: bigfoot4k at hotmail dot com

That reminds me…I sent you the Ramones cover of Tom Waits’ ‘I Don’t Wanna Grow Up’ a while back and I never heard if you got it.

She experiments with a lot of genres, but I think the Doris Day-esque stuff is probably the most fun.

Awesome. I listened to a few previews and I think they’re great overall. I will probably get it next time I pick up some music.

You can email me a few complete tracks( [email protected] ) and I’ll put them up for everyone. That goes for anyone that ever wants to make a topic spotlighting musicians.

I’m sending songs to rezo now, so people should be able to listen to more then just clips soon.

Bigfoot: I got your mp3 after the internet at home went down, and I’m not supposed to listen to that sort of thing at work. =/

So I am glad you reminded me, and I am listening to it now.

Pretty exciting stuff, in my opinion! I love Tom Waits. 🙂

And here the songs are:

Ding Dong (http://ribaldyouth.com/mp3/Nellie%20McKay%20-%20Ding%20Dong.mp3)

Really (http://ribaldyouth.com/mp3/Nellie%20McKay%20-%20Really.mp3)

Suitcase Song (http://ribaldyouth.com/mp3/Nellie%20McKay%20-%20Suitcase%20Song.mp3)

The Dog Song (http://ribaldyouth.com/mp3/Nellie%20McKay%20-%20The%20Dog%20Song.mp3)

Toto Dies (http://ribaldyouth.com/mp3/Nellie%20McKay%20-%20Toto%20Dies.mp3)

Hmm, not bad. I like "Really".

I just now watched an interview about her on launch, and she’s the coolest lady I’ve ever seen! She seems so sassy and real and has a great outlook on the world. And she’s funny. She’s has a goofy hair cut, but I guess it works for her…. Anyway, I love her now and I thank Ndi and Rezo for bringing her to me!

I wish I could have seen the interview! I love her cd, but I really don’t know very much about her.

I’ll try and find it online, I guess.

I like Ding Dong best, I think. Piano is cool but she’s not really my style overall. I wouldn’t complain about somebody putting her on, though.

I wish I could have seen the interview! I love her cd, but I really don’t know very much about her.

I’ll try and find it online, I guess.

I will try and download it from Limewire and host it if you have problems.

Saint hooked me up already, actually.

But thanks a lot for offering.

No Problem. I wonder if her album will be in my local HMV.

I’m guessing that it will be. Wait a while for the dualdisc on the 29th though. It has a lot of nice stuff on the DVD side, as it says on the website:

The DVD side of the DualDisc Get Away From Me includes the entire album in 5.1 Surround Sound and enhanced LPCM Stereo; "San Francisco Night – Live at the Independent," an eight-song set recorded in High Definition video on November 23, 2004 capturing the unpredictable wit, musical elegance, and charismatic on-stage bravado of Nellie live in concert; and a bonus audio tracks page debuting two previously unreleased songs, "John-John" and "Teresa," written and produced by Nellie McKay.

Also, Ndi, I posted the mp3s at the TNL in the "recent discoveries" music thread and everyone loves them.

That makes me pretty excited, actually.

I think I’m going to go to tnl just to read those posts. ^^

Hey Mandi, clear some space in your PM box!