![]() ![]() – I always wonder, how did Natalie Merchant sneak into this party? One of these things is not like the other. When I think about the other music makers, past and present, who dominate my musical landscape – Talking Heads, The Clash, St. ![]() ![]() In some ways, I agree with these assessments. That being said, though, I’ve always been able to understand the criticisms lobbed at her – her music is middle-of-the-road, preachy, sterile. There have been periods in my life in which I have loved Natalie Merchant’s music above all others. Natalie Merchant began to wear me down, chip away at my defenses little by little. And like all mature, opinionated listeners, I loved to hate!Īs I got older, though, something strange happened. ![]() This emotion seemed terribly mature at the time no longer just the kid who placidly took in the music my older siblings and peers favored, I was now becoming a mature and opinionated listener. I decided in that very moment to passionately hate the music of Natalie Merchant. I was quite young at the time, still in grade school. I will always vividly remember the emotion I experienced the first time I heard Natalie Merchant’s voice pouring out of my older sister’s stereo – that emotion was hatred. ![]()
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