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Lisa Germano is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, writer and arranger from Mishawaka, Indiana.
After years playing violin as a session musician with the likes of John Mellancamp, 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.
After years playing violin as a session musician with the likes of John Mellancamp, 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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Geek the Girl
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In the Maybe World
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Lullaby for Liquid Pig
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Slide
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Miamo-Tutti wrote:
this maybe night all my hearts for you lisa... i don't wanna be a wire either :(
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Ulubione88 wrote:
prześliczne ;)
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ThoseDamnTwins wrote:
So so so so so good!
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Pan_Totencham wrote:
"entertainment" [2]
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catachresistant wrote:
[ethical questions regarding the use of something like that on an album for people's "entertainment"]
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Pan_Totencham wrote:
as far as I know the police didn't get on time and she was raped.
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pedroneto wrote:
I wonder what happened to the woman from the 911 call.
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Otherness wrote:
"A Psychopath" still gets me every time. It would surely scare the bajeebies out of me on its own, but the 911 call adds to the effect. I say keep the call, elect Lisa for president and make the song the hymn of our republic. Then we take over the world.
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Beppi-Size wrote:
you should ask Lisa. She mixed the song totally on her own at home scaring the crap out of her. Anyway... A Psychopath is perfect as it is IMO.
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Pan_Totencham wrote:
v no. I don't think there is.
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aermancer wrote:
Is there a version of A Psychopath without the 911 call on top? Yeah it was affecting the first time, but it's starting to get annoying. I want to listen to the song.
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thibaultrivrain wrote:
Magic Neighbor pays a nightly visit on GoogMorninCaptn.com: http://www.goodmornincaptn.com/2009/10/22/lisa-germano-magic-neighbor/
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eternalcowboy2 wrote:
:3
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shinoque wrote:
Just love the new album.
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Nochek wrote:
lOve.
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xeYe wrote:
Listened to the album 3 times so far. My AEP will likely drop below 4 again... Bad thing? Definitely not! :)
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psychicdrill wrote:
I came around on my opinion. I think Magic Neighbor is a kick ass album! And the cover is out of this world amazing!
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argonheart wrote:
the new album is great. i'm in love with the the prince of plati/a million times/magic neighbor/suli-mon/snow sequence.
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psychicdrill wrote:
I'm disappointed as well. The new album is boring, and all songs sound the same (more or less) so I really hope it's a grower, cause so far, I'm kinda hating it.
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davidgoosey wrote:
lisa germano, you are a true inspiration!
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