Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs is like the love child of Siouxsie Sioux and Zeus. She has a voice that goes from soft and syrupy to sounding like a skinned ferret is trying to scratch it's way out of her throat. Her performances are weird, awkward, often times bordering on silly and incomprehensible with her strange yoga-like poses and costumes that would make Elton John look like a high school principal. Sometimes she drops the microphone and smiles crookedly, sweetly. Sometimes it's hard to tell if she's having an orgasm or a seizure. When she performs she's like a fire breathing goddess with restless leg syndrome in a pair of fishnets.
She also has fantastic legs and the weirdest hair cuts I've ever seen.
When I first heard Fever to Tell I couldn't decide if it made me want to dance or have an orgy with robots in outer space. The songs are little bursts of sexually charged, anarchistic musings with guitar and drums that at first seem pretty indie-standard, but coupled with Karen O's strange vocals and omnipotent stage presence, they become almost extraordinary. I'm no musical genius, but Brian Chase (on drums) and Nick Zinner (on guitar) sound pretty great to me, but that being said, it's sort of all about Karen O. They don't seem to mind..
Choosing a video to post was tough- there is a lot out there, and truthfully, some of the live stuff is either thrilling or .. meh.. Karen O does, however, seem to only be getting better as a performer, and it's exciting to watch her become more comfortable and further transform into the bizarre creature you see before you.
This first selection is a cool video for the song Gold Lion off their second studio album Show your Bones.
Fire good.
She also has fantastic legs and the weirdest hair cuts I've ever seen.
When I first heard Fever to Tell I couldn't decide if it made me want to dance or have an orgy with robots in outer space. The songs are little bursts of sexually charged, anarchistic musings with guitar and drums that at first seem pretty indie-standard, but coupled with Karen O's strange vocals and omnipotent stage presence, they become almost extraordinary. I'm no musical genius, but Brian Chase (on drums) and Nick Zinner (on guitar) sound pretty great to me, but that being said, it's sort of all about Karen O. They don't seem to mind..
Choosing a video to post was tough- there is a lot out there, and truthfully, some of the live stuff is either thrilling or .. meh.. Karen O does, however, seem to only be getting better as a performer, and it's exciting to watch her become more comfortable and further transform into the bizarre creature you see before you.
This first selection is a cool video for the song Gold Lion off their second studio album Show your Bones.
Fire good.
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