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Cat Power
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Charlyn Marie Marshall, also known as Chan (pronounced “Shawn”) Marshall, was born in the U.S state of Georgia on 21 January 1972. After dropping out of high school, she started performing under the name Cat Power while in Atlanta, backed by musicians Glen Thrasher, Mark Moore, and others. She soon moved to New York City where, after opening for Liz Phair in 1994, she met Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Tim Foljahn of Two Dollar Guitar, who encouraged her to record, and played on her first two albums, 1995’s Dear Sir and 1996’s Myra Lee. In 1996 she was signed to Matador Records, and released her third album, What Would the Community Think, which spawned a single and music video, “Nude as the News”.
Shortly following the release of What Would the Community Think Marshall disappeared from the musical scene, initially working as a baby sitter in Portland, Oregon and then moving to a farmhouse in Prosperity, South Carolina with boyfriend Bill Callahan (who performs under the name Smog). The plan was to permanently retire from music but during a sleepless night resulting from a nightmare, Marshall wrote several new songs. These songs would make up the bulk of Moon Pix. The album was recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne in eleven days with backing musicians Mick Turner and Jim White of the Dirty Three. [1] The album was well-received by critics, and gained her recognition in the indie rock scene. However, during the subsequent tours she grew tired of her own material. This resulted in a series of shows during 1999 involving Marshall providing musical accompaniment to a series of screenings of the silent movie The Passion of Joan of Arc.
Shortly following the release of What Would the Community Think Marshall disappeared from the musical scene, initially working as a baby sitter in Portland, Oregon and then moving to a farmhouse in Prosperity, South Carolina with boyfriend Bill Callahan (who performs under the name Smog). The plan was to permanently retire from music but during a sleepless night resulting from a nightmare, Marshall wrote several new songs. These songs would make up the bulk of Moon Pix. The album was recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne in eleven days with backing musicians Mick Turner and Jim White of the Dirty Three. [1] The album was well-received by critics, and gained her recognition in the indie rock scene. However, during the subsequent tours she grew tired of her own material. This resulted in a series of shows during 1999 involving Marshall providing musical accompaniment to a series of screenings of the silent movie The Passion of Joan of Arc.
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Cat Power - Who Knows Where The Time Goes
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Shoutbox
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vold wrote:
just saw the commercial and was like whoa is this shit cat powa? it must be cat powa LOOOOOL
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tinyteacup wrote:
new lincoln car commercial with cat powers cover of david bowies 'space oddity' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_JGDO3X87g it sounds freakin rad.
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bearfist wrote:
one of my really cool college english teacher's told me a story just like that. His first time seeing Cat Power was great, but his second time he said Chan didn't really put out a good show.
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HalfAPerson wrote:
i've had two different experiences seeing her live, the first time was amazing, she was with the memphis rhythm band and seemed to have so much fun with them, talk to the audience a lot, etc. the second time was at osheaga where she seemed miserable, only did covers, read lyrics off a sheet of paper and then backed off stage apparently saying "i cant, i cant"...so i dont know if ill go see her again.
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Mokami wrote:
she is the best
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bearfist wrote:
well.. if she smokes the ganja then she is perfect no matter what. haha jk
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FaultyClockwork wrote:
She's not perfect yet... She still smokes.
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Taip wrote:
pity, love those depressive alcoholics. oh well.
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alomaxx wrote:
I love her Space Oddity cover!
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rigostillisphat wrote:
@Taip. yes. im sorry she isnt a depressed suicidal alcoholic anymore for your enjoyment. and im sorry she sings on tv commercials cause she has bills to pay and a mortgage to pay for her mother.
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jliue wrote:
chan i love you
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Taip wrote:
is it my imagination, or has she changed?
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zorastrus wrote:
Cat Power has always taken me away to a place that doesn't really exist in the real world, a world where it's always dark and the people you find are few and far between, but always devastatingly interesting. That's what Chan is, devastatingly interesting and absolutely beautiful in every way.
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patman2769 wrote:
Moon Pix is good enough. Everything else I've heard is mind-numbingly dull.
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musiky wrote:
yeah i dont think its the same release, the sun is another different thing...the EP, are the songs that did not make into JUKEBOX a sort of CD TWO as on INRAINBOWS,and these are songs chan performs live, all the time, so it's only natural, im excited to see this, although i wish the sun would come out first, i wanna see some chan original stuff, she excells at that...
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escalonab wrote:
she sucks live???? well not last june in berlin where i saw her from the first row. sorry for ryue65 and his bad experience, maybe just a matter of luck, but i found her amazing live, her voice was as beautiful as on cd, and there was no problems with the sound in general.
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rigostillisphat wrote:
space oddyssey wont be on the new EP. and the new EP isnt called Sun EP. so im wondering if its two different releases...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_End_Of_The_Street_(Cat_Power_album)
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rigostillisphat wrote:
4chan marshall
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jerkus wrote:
high school dropout what a fucking failure
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Fleurdesaison wrote:
I've always found her amazing live: very honest and powerful
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Palladium Ballroom, Dallas, United States
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Warehouse Live, Houston, United States
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