Chinawoman — Go
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I'm walking in the streets tonight
Walking aimlessly tonight
The direction to your house
There is a great intelligence
Leading me to climb the stairs
Climb the stairs up to your house
Go!
To the smell that calls to you
Where the animal leads you
Even when you don't know
Why you ought to go
Walking aimlessly tonight
The direction to your house
There is a great intelligence
Leading me to climb the stairs
Climb the stairs up to your house
Go!
To the smell that calls to you
Where the animal leads you
Even when you don't know
Why you ought to go
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That's not the preferred nomenclature, Dude.
Really like this- as has been noted, shades of Blodie's Atomic very much in evidence.
Anyone else note the strong similarities with the Lera Lynn remix on rotation here (the only thing worth fighting for is you)? Another very moody track, but the similarities seem more striking than a simple homage. Most cool...
Anyone else note the strong similarities with the Lera Lynn remix on rotation here (the only thing worth fighting for is you)? Another very moody track, but the similarities seem more striking than a simple homage. Most cool...
westslope wrote:
Thanks. Good to know.
Goth Yoko Ono..... shudder.
Interesting that you would assume someone else's opinion would predict your own opinion of Chinawoman's music -- especially after listening to this track yourself. (I assume you listened to this track, since you commented on it.)
I like this, and would describe her voice as a deep alto version of Annie Lennox.
Thanks. Good to know.
Goth Yoko Ono..... shudder.
Interesting that you would assume someone else's opinion would predict your own opinion of Chinawoman's music -- especially after listening to this track yourself. (I assume you listened to this track, since you commented on it.)
I like this, and would describe her voice as a deep alto version of Annie Lennox.
Love that blistering guitar tone in the solo..... very lo-fi, tube-feeling.... I was going to say "tubular" but that's a SoCal surfer word meaning something else entirely different :)
Ledsteplin wrote:
funny, I thought the opposite - will look up her other tunes and see if this changes
Like the music. Vocals are average. Not shabby at all!
I feel like this has been out of the rotation for years - I'm glad to hear that it has returned!
Thanks B&R!
Thanks B&R!
Bass line sounding very Alan Parsons-ish...
dpamcmanus wrote:
Yep. That's what I thought it was when it started, and now I'm disappointed it's not. That one soars. This one plunks along.
Reminds me of Blondie's Atomic.
Yep. That's what I thought it was when it started, and now I'm disappointed it's not. That one soars. This one plunks along.
I love this song! Not sure why, but it's catchy and haunting!
Today it went from just plain bad to annoying
2->1
One of the few times I wish I had a PSD button on FStream
2->1
One of the few times I wish I had a PSD button on FStream
Go!
To the smell that calls to you
Where the animal leads you
Even when you don't know
Why you ought to go
Love it!
To the smell that calls to you
Where the animal leads you
Even when you don't know
Why you ought to go
Love it!
Whoa. I flashed back to the 80s and all my underground alternative playlists. I'm sorry - tapes. Tapes and vinyl.
dpamcmanus wrote:Reminds me of Blondie's Atomic.
Like the music. Vocals are average. Not shabby at all!
Reminds me of Blondie's Atomic.
Hasan wrote:
Thanks. Good to know.
Goth Yoko Ono..... shudder.
This is great. It's a pity that the rest of the album is intolerable. It's sort of Goth Yoko Ono.
Thanks. Good to know.
Goth Yoko Ono..... shudder.
coloradojohn wrote:
Yes! Vocals work too.
I love that distinctive pulsing heartbeat thing at its center, as well as that wicked guitar ripping, and that odd, addictive syncopation in there.
Yes! Vocals work too.
On_The_Beach wrote:
Despite the alarming lack of musical content in this song - after a DMB tune, this sounds scintillating.
Chinawoman = KD Lang with a Casio keyboard.
This is great. It's a pity that the rest of the album is intolerable. It's sort of Goth Yoko Ono.
No matter who you are, we all jump to conclusions at some point.
I thought this was some ballsy CBC woman from Toronto the Good. CBC = Canadian-born Chinese.
Nope. Nope, nope, nope. I should have known better when I thought I heard her channeling Annie Lennox.
Pasted from the biography:
The daughter of a Kirov ballerina and an engineer from Leningrad, Chinawoman grew up listening to her parents’ collection of
Soviet and 70’s European records. Her music has drawn comparisons to Nico and Leonard Cohen, Soviet era singing stars
such as early Alla Pugacheva, with a voice akin to Tanita Tikaram. While her concerts include more live aspects and a line-up
of musicians, she continues to record and release in the same bedroom manner as her first two albums - maintaining an
intimacy and singleness of expression: from her bedroom to yours. A genre based partly on elements of melody and style,
but moreso, a signature fatalist-celebratory approach to songwriting
This sounds inspired by Metric.
Or similar to Metric if you prefer.
This woman's voice could be best described as "thuggish"
wow! as somebody who spent many hours upon hours in my college radio studio in the mid/late 80s (wusm), when i heard this, i thought, "how did i miss this one back then?" had me completely fooled. definite omd vibe to it.
Johnny Cash to Dave Mathews to retro electronica in less than 10 minutes? My ears are happy!
Leads you.
fredriley wrote:
Agree. I really like her voice because it makes you sit up and think but the rest of it is like Neue Deutsche Welle (which I didn't like all that much even back then)
My immediate thought on hearing this was that it's just soooooooooo 80s, my dear, so had a double-take when I looked at the RP page and saw that it dates to 2010. Holy retro electronica, Batman! Cute enough to bear a few more listens, though.
Agree. I really like her voice because it makes you sit up and think but the rest of it is like Neue Deutsche Welle (which I didn't like all that much even back then)
Nice follow-up to Joy Division. Fits the mood well.
I love that distinctive pulsing heartbeat thing at its center, as well as that wicked guitar ripping, and that odd, addictive syncopation in there.
i like the song
My immediate thought on hearing this was that it's just soooooooooo 80s, my dear, so had a double-take when I looked at the RP page and saw that it dates to 2010. Holy retro electronica, Batman! Cute enough to bear a few more listens, though.
peterneorr wrote:
I think that's the title of Harry Whittington's solo album.
For a split second I read the album title as Shoot Me in the Face.
I think that's the title of Harry Whittington's solo album.
oooh! oooh! I know what would make this better! A loud guitar solo!
I appreciate an 80s homage as much as the next 40-something, but this rather pale in comparison to the better tracks from that era. I'd much rather hear some obscure Vapors or OMD or whatever else than this with its affected vocals...
"Show me the face." Dangerous utterance here if addressed to a woman. Me? I really like Chinawoman. Lyrics to this are startling.
love the guitar solo
she has a unique voice
First song I heard on rp. Was enough to tune me in. Rp...the best place to be
Ugh, STOP. 
Bill, thank you so much for this discovery -
Here is a link to another one : https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=xeeosq6jGzE
(and the lyrics)
twice a year seems reasonable to me
to take care of one's extramarital needs
rise above them
they only grow
so how to deal with the inevitable
I have seen the result of discipline
makes a beast what would just been a whim
always have been one to endorse openness
now I fear some things best not discussed
to be with others
the need to be with others
for just a couple hours
to be with others
the need to be with others
you're the one I choose
the best I ever knew
how to make light of this thing
as to not give it reign
like the rest
doesn't deserve to have power over us
dread to be a couple harboring secrets
we are smart
we can crack the formula
learn to laugh about the occasional fuck
always have been one to endorse openness
now I fear some things best not discussed
to be with others
the need to be with others
for just a couple hours
to be with others
without destroying ours
Here is a link to another one : https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=xeeosq6jGzE
(and the lyrics)
twice a year seems reasonable to me
to take care of one's extramarital needs
rise above them
they only grow
so how to deal with the inevitable
I have seen the result of discipline
makes a beast what would just been a whim
always have been one to endorse openness
now I fear some things best not discussed
to be with others
the need to be with others
for just a couple hours
to be with others
the need to be with others
you're the one I choose
the best I ever knew
how to make light of this thing
as to not give it reign
like the rest
doesn't deserve to have power over us
dread to be a couple harboring secrets
we are smart
we can crack the formula
learn to laugh about the occasional fuck
always have been one to endorse openness
now I fear some things best not discussed
to be with others
the need to be with others
for just a couple hours
to be with others
without destroying ours
auram wrote:
Well noted. This does have a very 80s feel. Right now it also reminds me of Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Now listen to Blondie, 'Atomic'
Well noted. This does have a very 80s feel. Right now it also reminds me of Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Nice segue from Joy Division.
Just can't rate it. Generally it has to be 7 or higher if I am going to rate it.
It did for me too, but after a few more, I'm done with it..blotto wrote:
Right, what's going on here then?
this kind of works for me, on a first listen.
this kind of works for me, on a first listen.
auram wrote:
SPOT ON :)
Now listen to Blondie, 'Atomic'
SPOT ON :)
Now listen to Blondie, 'Atomic'
Hey thanks for that tidbit. Just looked up the word on wikipedia. Some pretty neat women on the list of famous non opera contralto's.
BlueHeronDruid wrote:
I think contralto is my favorite range. I like this.
I think contralto is my favorite range. I like this.
Definitely sounds a bit like Carol Pope (Rough Trade).
And now that brings me to Rough Trade. Does anyone remember the DIRECT TO DISK RECORDING they made? Live in studio one take to the gizmo that creates the original cutting. So the limited edition copies came from a pressing only once removed from the master.
Now that was a treat for my Rega Planar 2. (Although I could only borrow the vinyl - could not get my hands on one permanently).
And now that brings me to Rough Trade. Does anyone remember the DIRECT TO DISK RECORDING they made? Live in studio one take to the gizmo that creates the original cutting. So the limited edition copies came from a pressing only once removed from the master.
Now that was a treat for my Rega Planar 2. (Although I could only borrow the vinyl - could not get my hands on one permanently).
Right, what's going on here then?
this kind of works for me, on a first listen.
this kind of works for me, on a first listen.
Sometimes RP puts me on the track of something I hadn't noticed, like this; I actually thought it was something from the 80s I'd missed. I rather like the synth BBoyes deplores.
The timbre of her voice reminds me of another singer that eludes me for the moment, but not one second did I mistake it for a male voice.
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Tennisgirl wrote:Carol Pope from the Canadian Band of the 80's, Rough Trade, by chance....that's what I got from it.
I hear a little bit of Annie Lennox.
Makes me think of — and want to hear! — the new stuff by Johnny Marr...similar guitar, bass and progressions maybe...anyway, it's not bad — quite good, really!
Stop.
The eighties are back! 
roeland wrote:
Carol Pope from the Canadian Band of the 80's, Rough Trade, by chance....that's what I got from it.
Sometimes RP puts me on the track of something I hadn't noticed, like this; I actually thought it was something from the 80s I'd missed. I rather like the synth BBoyes deplores.
The timbre of her voice reminds me of another singer that eludes me for the moment, but not one second did I mistake it for a male voice.
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Carol Pope from the Canadian Band of the 80's, Rough Trade, by chance....that's what I got from it.
Sometimes RP puts me on the track of something I hadn't noticed, like this; I actually thought it was something from the 80s I'd missed. I rather like the synth BBoyes deplores.
The timbre of her voice reminds me of another singer that eludes me for the moment, but not one second did I mistake it for a male voice.
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Huey wrote:
Or the damn keytar?
Really like the damn geetar, 7.
Or the damn keytar?
Really like the damn geetar, 7.
Do I recall someone saying..
"strange name as:
She is not from China ...
and she is not a ...?"
"strange name as:
She is not from China ...
and she is not a ...?"
Sounds like something "New Oder" would do...
I had a hard time believing this is a woman singing — until I went to youtube and checked her out. Pardon my naivete and my ignorance, but geeze, the deep voice threw me off. More power to her!! Even deeper than Tanita Tikaram. Maybe this "she" is a trannie. And very talented.
Two days later — nope, she ain't no trannie. She's got a lower register voice, and if you looked at all her live performances, like I did, there's no further reason to believe she wasn't born a woman with an extremely low voice. I harken back to Marlene Dietrich, and CLICK! No wonder she's such a sensation overseas. I'll say one thing — this woman has talent, and is a gifted artist.
Two days later — nope, she ain't no trannie. She's got a lower register voice, and if you looked at all her live performances, like I did, there's no further reason to believe she wasn't born a woman with an extremely low voice. I harken back to Marlene Dietrich, and CLICK! No wonder she's such a sensation overseas. I'll say one thing — this woman has talent, and is a gifted artist.
peterneorr wrote:
For a split second I read the album title as Shoot Me in the Face.
I'd maybe like this if not for the monotonous synth track that sounds like a phone ring tone.
For a split second I read the album title as Shoot Me in the Face.
Reminds me of Blondie's Atomic.
It's the bassline pivoting between the octave