Lisa Germano
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Lisa Germano – Liquid Pig
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After years playing violin as a session musician with the likes of John Mellencamp, Indigo Girls and Bob Dylan, Germano embarked on a solo career in 1991 with the understated but occasionally brilliant On the Way Down From the Moon Palace on her own label, which led to a deal with Capitol, who released her second album. Although Happiness was a massive step up in terms of confidence and songwriting, troubles at the label led to her buying back the rights. In 1994 4AD released a re-sequenced and remixed version of Happiness with a new sleeve and a few different tracks (including a gloomy version of the formerly scintillating ‘… Dresses’).
She turned out to be not just a great musician (she plays most of the instruments: piano, guitar, percussion and tape effects, as well as her trademark violin) and a wittily melancholy if kooky songwriter (‘I Love A Snot’, indeed), but a phenomenal arranger whose innovation and breadth of expression is comparable to PJ Harvey at her tape-mangling best.
As her style developed, so the music’s potential commercial appeal increased without compromising its uniqueness. Bright kaleidoscopes during an otherwise dark time in 4AD’s history, the following three albums, Geek the Girl, Excerpts from a Love Circus and Slide all won critical acclaim, but sadly failed to reach the wide audience they deserved; Germano was dropped in 1998, and announced her retirement from the music business.
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No Elephants
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Geek the Girl
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lullaby for liquid pig
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In the Maybe World
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giordano85
http://www.flickr.com/photos/giordanocianfaglione/sets/72157633206122122/ Here's the photoset of Lisa Germano's concert in Rome 04/04/2013
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earthcrossing
Lisa's music is for cats. [4] that was too awesome not to repeat *nod*
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Beppi-Size
Lisa feeds https://twitter.com/huh_lisa
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Dreamglasses
Lisa, when will you come to Berlin? ;-)
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crawlpalmetto
No Elephants is truly gorgeous. I am loving it.
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cabfedhig
no elephants is honestly perfect. how does she keep doing it?
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MrGerard
No Elephants is exquisite [2]
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jeremy909
New album is Amazing
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SoapMagic
Lisa's music is for cats. [3]
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chairmanmeow9
Lisa's music is for cats. [2]
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Dado7
BallerCraig, Lisa's music is for cats. dogs just can't get it. Anyone who knows if she's going on tour, where is the list of the gigs?
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shinoque
No Elephants is exquisite.
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anawynn
leaked (the cover is awful)
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Beppi-Size
Finally official facebook https://www.facebook.com/lisagermanoofficial
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Beppi-Size
She ran out of physical copies ages ago.
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bryan12112
Does anyone know where I can get the "Rare, Unusual, or Just Bad Songs" album?
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Deformografy
new album!! :)
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Beppi-Size
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8gL88OG8cg&list=UUvsRdSp_PNHApLe8y71E8HA&index=1&feature=plcp
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