Cat Power - 'Metal Heart' on Letterman (video)

GIVE. UP. NOW.

when will someone just get her a mic stand

one of the great things about the original version of metal heart is chan's subtle, nuanced delivery. this sucked.

jim white, however, was brilliant.

>jim white, however, was brilliant.
agreed. jim white is always brilliant. it pains me to even think he's on that new record of hers. i'm just looking forward to a new dirty three release and tour.

the band killed it, chan's performance was pretty odd.

remember when she was crazy from drugs and alcohol? that needs to happen again.

Don't know why this was panned so hard. She is brilliant.

>She is brilliant.

hmm. by "brilliant" you mean she looks to be going into convulsions and trying to channel christina aguilera....then yes, she was indeed.

damned if you do, damned if you dont.

she's such an annoying phony now

Yeah, it's so "annoying" and "phony" that she can actually get through a song without asking for more reverb now.

She moves like a weird polar bear...

^^^^LOL I am DYING right now

"weird polar bear"=PERFECT DESCRIPTION

do any of you have a pulse, that was ragin' full-on...

i mean, what the fuck is her trip, man? something is seriously not right about her. it's like she's channeled the spirit of fucking sammy davis jr. or something. seriously, it's hard to even watch.

Hmm so much negative energy . Start your own band and do it better the then ... That is all

Let's address this ... Annoying(opinion) ... Phony(no) ...
Doing well and free of the demons that almost kill her(yes) .. .
So the folks that want her to be the same ... Wake up it is 2008 not 1998 ... crying about it on blog sites won't bring it back , all your doing is circulating bad energy , and no one wants to hear your lame whiney indie(or so called) opinion ... Seriously while Chan and co are out touring the world trying to do something ... ya'll are sitting in a cubicle or at pizza hut looking for some meaning ... It is rock and roll ... it will make your life better , but it can't define you.
That is all ...

this was great- whats wrong with everyone?

Obviously what's wrong with everyone is that their taste is not identical to your own 3:17. The very idea! Harumph!

Seriously, does Matador have all their interns posting comments here? Or are people really that offended when others don't dig some singer they like? Either way it's weird. I thought she sucked even more when her publicists were marketing her as a "troubled artist." Whatever.

I agree with Letterman ... that was great!
Either you like her or you don't and I DO

Go back to writing and reading about the fucking new kids on the block or timberlake fcol!!!

So her performance was "odd." Was Chan Marshall ever NOT odd? It's part of her package. I guess some types of odd are considered cooler than others.
I don't see phoniness here. It looks to me like she's working something out--like how to perform without hiding behind a guitar or a piano or total darkness.
As far as wishing she was back on drugs and alcohol again, why don't we just bring back bear-baiting so we won't have to get our kicks watching human misery?

Does anyone else find it ironic that she's learned the moves that go along with belting out a song right at the same time that she stopped belting out songs. Granted, it sucked that she could barely finish a whole song, but when she sang, she sounded great. This throaty, raspy whisper thing that she's doing now makes no sense. It's like she's gained the confidence to be a celebrity but lost the confidence to sing.

I think she's at a crossroads. She needs to admit to herself that her old fanbase is long gone, and that's okay. If you want to be Mary J Blige, go be Mary J Blige. She's more than halfway there already.

I mean, she's got some decent songs. But, despite the arrogant lecture (courtesy of 2:10), I believe I can sum it up quicker: Wildly Overrated.

definitely overrated... but the performance was fine. oh: and i'd hit it.

she's diana rossin' it

huh

It's not that I don't like her, it's just that the performance is weird. It's like she is teasing herself with the mike, trying to bite it...

"This throaty, raspy whisper thing that she's doing now makes no sense."

I hate to say this, but she may have blown out her voice. Years of drinking, smoking, and touring can do that. Usually it'll come back with some rest, but if you push it too far you end up like Marianne Faithful. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing...

Paul, do you enjoy the "Cat Power" lady?

you people are shits quite simply and too cool for school

people,
Please learn to use punctuation.

she must be joe cocker's illegitimate daughter.