mommy mommy who's the crappy Cat Power knock off singin with Elmo?

I realize that this is for children, but it's still cringe worthy.

that's adorable

OK she's hitting a little too close to home now.

"cringe worthy"???

get over yourself. it's cute.

this is horrible.

watch norah jones on sesame street -- it's wayyy better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c3fvqNlFvc

line in sand...meet crossing guard.

(yea, i know it's not funny)

Canadian commercial indie pop is terrible.

BROKE MY MAC BOOK AIR......

which one is feist?

you people are losers - i dont even like her and i admit that this is cute

OKOKOK...that's actually pretty sweet.

"which one is feist?"

hahahahhahahhahahaha thats fucking great.

agreed with 1:40 Get over yourself. It's only music. Can't wait for BSS on Zoom!

i agree with anon @ 1:50. i don't like her at all, but this is insanely cute.

"1-2-3-4 chickens just back from the shore." Come on you cynics, how can you not like that?

I got 1-2-3-4- 4 1/2 for Feist.

I can't think of a more appropriate venue for this kind of pap.

super-fun. this is outside the realm of hipster-hate, and made me forget growing up over the last 24 years...for a second.

ok. i'll be the first to say it. i really miss feist in broken social scene. good for her, of course, but this stuff bores me to tears.

Can a female explain to me the appeal of Cat Power and Feist and St. Vincent? They are frail and frankly "girly" as opposed to feminal. Why isn't Marnie Stern on Sesame Street? She can hold her liquor.

support your local programing.

Cute...but I wonder what the woman who wrote this song (New Buffalo) thinks about all this...
..also I was waiting for "The Count" to make an appearance...

"Why isn't Marnie Stern on Sesame Street? She can hold her liquor."

Because it's goddamn Sesame Street?

@ 1:49 -- That's the funniest thing I've read all goddamned day.

I have to agree, this is great and made me feel like a kid again and drop my cynicism. It felt refreshing. By doing this, Feist is above any further hipster recrimination.

anyone's cute on Sesame Street surrounded by bright colored muppets. but feist is crap

I see one big ole big caboose on Feist

Feist rules, fuck all you Dan Deacon worshiping, American Apparel wearing, gentrification committing hipster douchebag sheep.

feist rules? seriously?

Feist advertises iPods, among other upper middle class lifestyle products. I think the marketeers are pretty savvy about who they have shill for them. The woman is popular among yuppies. These are the people who live in luxury condos on the East River shore.

To claim her detractors are the gentrifiers is pretty comically off. Feist is the face of the new urban professionals. She and Sufjan oughta have a baby and buy the penthouse at "Edge: a riverfront community"

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3:22 made me laugh.

yes, we all laughed, at and not with

FEIST IS SO PUNK

There aren't enough creepy pictures of random girls in the article. You're slipping BV.

ps.- Lemmy would have done this better.

sesame street is so indie rock, c'mon guise

what they didn't tell you is that members of grizzly bear and the national were conrolling all the sesame street characters

I like how everyone ignored Josh Brown, his question was far too dumb to reply to.

I though Brown's question was pretty apt.

all you yuppie dumbshits really get hard ons for these frail women and ignore ladies who project real power

Love it. Sesame Street appearances are the true measure of how widely an artist is affecting culture. Could be alot worse than Ms. Feist, right?

or a shitload better

I hate little kids.

"all you yuppie dumbshits really get hard ons for these frail women and ignore ladies who project real power"

So then Amy Winehouse must be your dream girl eh? Shes so powerful shes not going to rehab.

all I know is my 3 year old who can't count goes bananas for Fiest, St. Vincent and skinny, hepburn-esque singers in general. side note: does american apparel make bibs? The kid wants one... whattya gonna do!?

You people are robots. If you don't find anything cute in this, I pity you.

cute yes, but also grating

esshhh.. if you're implying that Feist got paid a lot to do the Sesame Street thing then you've got to be kidding me. It's a PBS show funded by grants and viewer support.

its just fucking music....my god people.... you like it or you dont....

Feist got paid nothing to do Sesame Street, I'm sure.

but that doesn't make her not suck and it doesn't make her not a hack

This appeals to my inner child.

a total hack

As a casual fan, I can't understand where all the hate for this woman comes from. She makes pop music! It happens to appeal to others outside of your demographic - big deal! She writes her own songs, she seems to be able to play guitar a little bit. It's not like she's lip syncing at her shows. And if she wants to make a little bit of money selling ipods, that's her perogative. It's not like anybody buys records anymore.

Everybody's a critic. It's always fun to take a trip down to the uber-pessimistic-psycho-babbling-secretly-self-loathing-"the more adjectives and adverbs you use in your hate rant, the cooler it makes you"-world of the majority of you cyber blogging info sheep. Keep up the negativity, if it makes your world go round.

Oh, and have a chew on this one... I can confidently guarantee that upon review of 95% of the material you were subjected to at age 5 (assuming you don't still watch fraggle rock) under the critical eye used here to relieve your http blue balls, you would find it nothing short of absurd, silly, cringe worthy, whatever. The point is, a count that LOVES to count isn't exactly shouldn't be subject to some greasy, semi-balding, 27 year olds anonymous ranting from the safety of his computer chair.

Cheers.

"1,2,3,4
How'd I get these herpes sores?"

The difference between horseface Feist and the luminescent Norah Jones is that Jones' bit was actually funny. Remember when you use to laugh at Sesame Street when you were young? Then too many dumb kids tried to fall down some stairs like that fucking baker and they started to excise all the funny, becoming calculated and precious in the process.

A shit in a tote-bag. That's what this dopey Feist song is.

nah dude, it's just that Feist SUCKS

the melodies are catchy only in that grating stuck-in-your-head kind of way and the vocal affectation is complete bullshit.

it's really calculated to sell records / concert tickets / ipods / whatever. completely phony persona and very contrived music.

nah dude, it's just that Feist SUCKS

the melodies are catchy only in that grating stuck-in-your-head kind of way and the vocal affectation is complete bullshit.

So in other words, Feist sucks because she actually has vocal talent, unlike most of the hacks that are hyped on this blog but won't be remembered by anyone six months from now.

Everything a band does is "calculated to sell records / concert tickets / ipods / whatever." It's called starting a band to make a living so you don't have to get a crappy day job.

Welcome to the world of music my friend.

I have a good feeling there are lots of you here who only think bands with less than 1000 myspace friends are cool. God forbid anyone else like the music you do. IF the Reminder had not been such a big hit, most of the haters here would be praising this album.

i liked it

Spin Doctors on Sesame Street

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sC-KaKAmmEY

who do you think is going to be the music fans of tomorrow? the kiddies of today ;~)

wouldn't it'd be great if this was the album version?

Guess kids these days don't have the attention span to rock out to 7 minute long drug fueled funky jams?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ul7X5js1vE

7:33: you are completely wrong. 99% of all bands that exist, and have ever existed, make zero money and do it for the love.

Feist and similarly cynical marketed bullshit are the exception not the rule

Unfortunately, what you fail to mention is that 99% of broke bands can't play music very well...

It's funny to read all the stupid hipster comments that whine whenever someone makes money for their music and said music actually makes a connection with people that aren't wannabe artists living off a trust fund in Brooklyn.

people who don't like feist are stupid dummies!

williamsburg trust fund wannabee stupid stupid dumb bad people!

You think Feist is a virtuoso then, Mr Reed?

The rock n roll biz is careering out of control!

Reed. There is a LOT of unappreciated talent out there. far more talent that is obscure and unknown than is heralded. You are foolish if you think the music "industry" is efficient or fair in any way at getting the cream to rise to the top.

everybody in Williamsburg has a trust fund! It's science fact!

can we put some kind of import tariffs on Canadian indie pap?

Feist, Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Crystal Castles, Death From Above 1979... all crap

I really like they've been unfairly unloading their garbage inventory onto our shores for the last few years.

can we get the World Trade Organization involved?

Every single human being in North Brooklyn is a wannabe artist living off a trustfund - it's why the music scene is SO bad up there. Wannabe artist trustfunders have terrible taste in music. Seriously, they would never apprecaiet the subtle beauty and genius of Feist, or even Spoon.

We had a wannabe artist trustfund infestation out here in Astoria for awhile, but we sprayed and set up traps and bait and it's gone down a lot.

I hear there were problems in the Lower East Side and Park Slope for a while too, but thankfully every single human being living in those neighborhoods now is a successful, world-renowned artist living on a self-made salary, with a minimum of at least two Antony and the Johnsons albums in their iTunes.

Antony and the Johnsons is a genius you know! He played Carnegie Hall! With an orchestra!

You are all 5 year olds.

7:16

vocal talent? are you kidding me? the woman whimpers through her songs. she's ingratiating and shrill

10:31, though I agree that Feist has a super annoying vocal affectation, I think you meant to use a different word than "ingratiating".

Annoying, grating, tedious, phony, affected, these would all more appropriately describe Ms Feist's voice.

If you want ingratiating and shrill go jerk off on Joanna Newsom records.

I'm not all about labeling and genre's. I think they are pretty lame and controlling to be honest. But the problem these days is it's cool to not be great at what you do. If you make money, you don't fit into this category. If you can actually play an instrument well, you don't fit into this category. If more than 15 people dig your sound, you don't fit into this category. LISTEN people, you can stop trying to be yourself and just be yourself. It's OK to SHARE things with people that aren't as hip as you. Like stated earlier, if The Reminder wasn't a hit, most of you negative nancys would be drooling on this shit.

Oh, they loved Feist when she made Broken Social Scene good, but not when she got big doing her own thing.

broken social scene sucks ass and I didn't like them or her in any configuration

it's all dull dull dull

feist and joanna newsom mare largely the same, except that jn has a lot more talent for playing & composing songs

they're both really annoying.

Everyone who says they hate it here knew they were going to hate it before they watched the video. I don't get the need to share your negativity with other people.

I think this is adorable and colorful and fitting to Feist's music. Sorry she's not talking about giving blowjobs and fucking the cause anymore.

the video is fine. I like colorful puppets.

but the performer is bullshit

bitch looks old.

1-2-3-4 TELL ME I'M A DIRTY WHORE

the chickens are back from the shore though !!!!

now show the video of kenny rogers ainging the gambler with the muppets

what's interesting on this thread is seeing the shock of Feist fans to the realization that their bourg-ey tastes are no longer as safely cool as they thought they were.

What you're watching, right here on this thread, is people realizing they're old.

she's Cat Power-lite, right down to the phony scared-little-girl act.

And Cat Power's pretty fucking lite already!

Has anyone seen the James Blunt "You're a Triange" video? I thought the lyrics for that one were more creative... "I saw your shape in a crowded place"...

Their is actually only one person posting messages on this entry, under the moniker, Anonymous. He posts comments and counter remarks to his comments to stir up attention on this blog. Its a marketing ploy to see how many hits the word "feist" gets on BV.

imagine that.

9:54. hardly.

the negative posts are legit,a s are the positive ones. imagine that

>>Feist advertises iPods, among other upper middle class lifestyle products.

???

since when is an Ipod a BMW ? freaking 8 year olds have them

well off 8 year olds, yes.

the median income of people in the US is around $24,300 a year, before taxes.

The iPod she advertised was the Nano. It costs $150. If you account for taxes, that's between .75% and just under 1% of total yearly income for an average individual in the US. It's about 3 or 4 day's work.

That's a pretty pricey chunk of a lot of people's lives. It's a bourgeois, upper middle class item.

It would be intelligent of you to try not to forget the fact most of us here on this website and in the indie scene in general are pretty lucky and wealthy by national and especially international standards.

on to much more important topics, anyone know who designed her shirt?

true that 10:39. I'd also add that New Yorkers make higher incomes than the rest of the country and have more dollar signs with which to buy pricey gadgets.

New Yorkers are also more Apple-centric than the rest of the country and less squeamish about displaying expensing little things on their person.

If you leave the city, you see a lot fewer of them. Outside of NYC, Ipods are a lot more of a badge of yuppiedom and the bourgeoisie in general.

It's her fucking song, she can do whatever she wants with it.

I never said a word about whether it's ok for her to sell her shitty tune to whoever she wants. What I said is that the fact the the marketeers for this particular product wanted her says something about who her target market is.

and her target market is boring early 30s urban professionals who like conspicuous consumption.

Its a device that plays music , she makes music that people might want to play on this device. Would it be better if she was selling Pepsi because everyone can afford Pepsi ?

>> never said a word about whether it's ok for her to sell her shitty tune to whoever she wants. What I said is that the fact the the marketeers for this particular product wanted her says something about who her target market is.

and her target market is boring early 30s urban professionals who like conspicuous consumption.

>>Do you own an Ipod , yes or no ?

It's absolutely ok for her to sell her crap song to anyone.

But who's buying says something. There's a reason she was chosen to be the spokesmodel for this particular product.

Feist makes safe music for dull people to listen to. She is not the coy, skittish character she portrays through her scared-little-girl vocals. It's an affectation, and she's a phony. She's meant to be Cat Power without all the weird. The music is middle of the road. All of this is calculated to draw customers of a certain moneyed demographic.

Do you dispute this?

I totally own an iPod, and other expensive accoutrements, but I'll readily admit that I make more money than the average person and that I've had more advantages in life. Most of us here have.

WOW. 10:07... Sort of pathetic.

For all the comments aimed at the merit, or as some have pined, lack thereof in one Feist's reinvisioned
polemic known as 1234, I must hope to clarify that no one person here may speak for myself or any other person of said age. Furthermore, it is of the greatest importance that the sagacity of all inquiries into the alleged abominations of one Ms. Feist be put into the larger context of her obligations first as a citizen and second as an artist of notoriety. I cannot speak for all 5 year olds, but I for one find no fault in her dalliance with the rags of Sesame Street. Counting to four is a most noble enterprise and shame on the man who claims it not to be the case! Carry on Ms. Feist.

9:45.. you need to wake up to the real world and stop having your parents pay for your williamsburg apartment, your student loans, and realize your liberal arts degree from that party school you attended don't mean shit.

>>I totally own an iPod, and other expensive accoutrements, but I'll readily admit that I make more money than the average person and that I've had more advantages in life. Most of us here have.

>> so what's your point ? what are you bitching about ?

Does the fact that you own an Ipod make you a
"boring early 30s urban professionals who like conspicuous consumption " ?

I understand what you are saying but I don't understand why any of this would upset you or have any negative impact to your daily life.. unless you just like to get on a soapbox...

3:39pm. I'm a man in my his thirties who lives in Queens and hasn't seen a dime from my parents in 15 years. I grew up in relative poverty and my wealth, such that it is, is all self made.

don't be so presumptive that the people whose opinions you don't like are going to fit into the cliches that you want them to, it makes you look like a jackass.

4:40. you either didn't read the thread or are willfully ignoring parts of it so that my argument sounds weaker. The comment about Feist and her schlepping for Apple was in response to an earlier, very ridiculous post that accused the folks who were dissing Feist of being "gentrifiers".

The only reason the ipod ad subject was brought up at all was to show how insanely ironic such an accusation is. Feist is liked, largely, by yuppies.

This is not necessarily good or bad, but it certainly places her fanbase closer to the "gentrifier" label than her detractors are.

to anticipate your bullshit criticism of the explanation I just gave, the reason that the ipod ad is relevant to the argument is because it proves who Feist's target market is. The people who market ipods are savvy as to who they choose tho schill for their product, and their market is the urban upper middle class, the same as Feist's fans, and the very same folks who are gentrifying the city and pricing you out of your neighborhood.

12:23. Good for you on your journey of independence.

OK so Im going to sum up this argument...

Feist sucks (and it pains me to type those words even as a quote)

Ipods suck

People who have Feist on their Ipods really suck

If you dont like things that are popular you are cool...

GROW UP.

LET ME SUM UP, ONLY BETTER, AND ACCURATELY:

Feist is garbage.

nothing wrong with iPod's, but they're expensive little gentry gadgets and who the company chooses to be their spokesmusician says something about that musician.

The problem with Feist is not that she is popular, but that she is mediocre pap. We're all for quality rising to the top and being rewarded with fame and riches, but Feist ain't quality.

THINGS THAT WERE NEVER SAID IN THIS THREAD, EXCEPT IN THE MISREPRESENTATIVE SLAM POST 4:24:

"ipods suck"

"If you don't like things that are popular you are cool"

SOMETHING THAT HAS BECOME OBVIOUS FROM READING THE RESPONSES ON THIS THREAD:

Feist fans are very defensive about being called out for their socio-economic status.

Feist sucks!

Wait, this last post was a joke right?

It's obvious 11:07 is mocking all the people who can't get off in conventional ways so they come here to explode with their hate rants. And it's also obvious he's not direct quoting anybody. This is a great argument. "You're garbage..." "No you're garbage..." Soooo progressive.

Rick never actually said "Play it again, Sam." But it still represents the picture pretty well.

There has been a lot more substantive said on this thread than "you're garbage" "no, your garbage."

why don't you actually read the posts, then get back to me

one man's hate rant is another man's interesting discussion.

5:19, do you think all debates are just negative energy burn off for people with sticks up their asses?

would lincoln / douglas fall into that category for you? what about the snopes monkey trial?

you're probably right, talking about things is just... dumb

lets talk about existentialism.

"substantive" is an adjective.

539 thats a good way to put a halt to things. just tell them they dont get it. it works all the time. and its easy!

People really need to stop lumping Cat Power and St. Vincent together with Feist.

Both C.P. and S.V. are miles ahead of Feist in every way. They deserve the national attention and success that the dull Feist has over the last year! It's as if the public of the last 3 decades all of a sudden decided to flock to mediocrity. How else do you explain the fame of Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews, Norah Jones and Feist?

OK...I love Sesame Street, but for some reason, I just can't bring myself to like Feist. I don't like her half-awake singing, her annoying bangs and that ponytail...how old are we?

I'm not a cynical person usually, but man, I just can't stand Feist, no matter how "cute" she tries to be.

Wait, did someone call Feist "Hepburn-esque"? Give me a break.