It’s just part of the morning routine: sift through the promos, sip on some coffee, and watch the Today show morph from its news-lite early hours into The View with a dash of Al Roker by, oh, 9:30AM or so. So yesterday, when Roker grinned away, standing family-portrait-style next to Hoda and Ann while Natalie Morales engaged Feist with some adorably bubbleheaded banter (“You pretty much went from indie-rocker to mainstream right away, so, sort of an overnight sensation!”), our BSS reflex was to be caught off guard (still). But only for a second; this is Leslie Feist, Grammy and Gummy beloved artist of 2007 ubiquity. She’s everywhere! And somehow that enrages people. Which is amusing, of course. It’s not like this is ’84 and we have to listen to the radio and hear the same song over and over. Sick of it? Change the channel! Backlash the backlash, we say. Listening to this pre-tune interview, it’s a nice reminder of where Feist’s been — from Bitch Lap Lap and back — and how it’s just genuinely her moment. Let’s get back to celebrating it, or at least, dunno, being cool with it. And listen, if you think you have mixed feelings about Feist’s “1234″‘s success, just think about Sally. Note: F sweaters are the new sparkly armbands.
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feist didn’t write 1 2 3 4?
so she is unable to pen her own songs, EVEN WHEN THE LYRICS INVOLVE COUNTING TO 4?
that is impressive.
WHO GETS UP THIS EARLY???
Maybe if you had a job you’d get up that early.
So if she is singing into some new studio wireless mic how come it sounds like a 1950′s ribbon or something. That couldn’t just be the tone of her voice?
she looks like Alanis. canadian thing?
I love that post! And I so agree, backlash the backlash! (fist raised)
So Lucy, honey, looks as if you are trying to fit into the stereogum comment culture. You’ve got the the hate, over reacting and the sarcasm thing down. Now all you have to do is work on being well informed.
“so she is unable to pen her own songs, EVEN WHEN THE LYRICS INVOLVE COUNTING TO 4?”
Really!? So you’re saying that because there is counting in a song it is easy to write? Don’t insult Sally.
FYI Feist writes pretty much all of her songs.
FYI P – check the writing credits on her albums…Feist does not in fact write most of her songs. That is actually entirely wrong.
@ pet
What?
THE REMINDER
1. “So Sorry” (Feist, Mocky)
2. “I Feel It All” (Feist)
3. “My Moon My Man” (Feist, Gonzalez)
4. “The Park” (Feist)
5. “The Water” (Feist)
6. “Sealion” (Nina Simone)
7. “Past in Present” (Feist)
8. “The Limit to Your Love” (Feist, Gonzalez)
9. “1234″ (Sally Seltmann, Feist)
10. “Brandy Alexander” (Feist, Ron Sexsmith)
11. “Intuition” (Feist)
12. “Honey Honey” (Feist)
13. “How My Heart Behaves” (Feist)
yes, “let it die” was half of a covers album. er, where’s the criticism of her songwriting coming from now?