Dumb question for anyone and everyone

[littlecricket2]

Originally Posted by GateandGarden

My mom was just like that when I played that song for her! She said, "That song would be bearable if she didn't do that ridiculous thing." But she gave it time, and she developed a fondness for it.

Anyway, I just got into Ani in 2003 and I bought her Evolve album. I think it's really great. You ought to check it out. But I'm with you about some of her earlier stuff being better. I think I'm an early to mid-nineties Ani girl, my fave album is Puddle Dive. The two you mentioned are wonderful, too. I recently bought her newest album, Knuckle Down, and it has some great music, though it just doesn't blow me away like her earlier stuff did.

By the way, how old is your mom, if I can ask that? I was just wondering if age had anything to do with tolerance or intolerance of Ani's weird voice acrobatics, if that's what you call them. My mom's 55.

My mom is nearly the same age as Stevie--about a month-and-a-half younger. She'll be 57 on July 9. So yeah, maybe age is a factor!

You have more patience than I do, apparently. I can't stand to try to change my mom's mind about anything because it often takes too long, involves her going into wild and illogical tangents, and usually results in me raising my voice. I just don't play my favorite music when she's around and I try my best to avoid certain subjects. I honestly don't think she's capable of listening to Ani long enough for it to grow on her. At least your mom said the song would be bearable if Ani didn't do that thing with her voice. That proves that she was listening to the lyrics (not just the fact that Ani uses the word a$$hole in the song), and that she appreciated some aspects of the song. My mom didn't even act like she noticed a song was playing until she heard something she didn't like. Oh well! We get along great most of the time.

*Lisa Anne*