Before her endearing single "The Way I Am" became the soundtrack for Old Navy commercials, Ingrid Michaelson was another anonymous, witty musician singing tales of love and loss to an audience that didn't yet exist. She funneled that uncalculated energy into Girls and Boys, her debut offering of clever, twisting piano pop. Released independently on the singer's own label, Girls and Boys is a rare treat -- an album created without the constraints of a label or the demands of modern radio, yet wholly able to woo both. Michaelson clearly favors well-crafted pop melodies, but she ornaments these hooks with fractured instrumentation, shifting between time signatures during the chorus of "Masochist" and allowing guitars to drop out mid-song in "Die Alone." When she saunters into full-fledged coffeehouse mode with "The Way I Am," she subverts the song's Norah Jones-styled progression by adding handclaps, echoing harmonies, and quirky lyrics. "I'd buy you Rogaine when you start losing all your hair," Michaelson croons with a hint of vibrato, making the sentiment sweet instead of condemning. Brainy turns of phrase pepper the rest of the album ("Glass" describes a make-out session in sexy detail, with Michaelson recalling how she "rolled around on kitchen floors [and] tied my tongue in pretty bows with yours"), and Girls and Boys ultimately remains true to its title, examining the relationships between both titular characters without delving into too many grown-up issues. Perhaps Michaelson will compose a thematic sequel entitled Women and Men in the future, but these well-voiced love songs leave little room for complaint.
wow.evidently, i have a sinus infection..and i'm supposed to go see one of my longtime friends this weekend.but, i'm still completely happy.i just got my music back up and running,and i got my Heart cd back,and i got to watch Moulin Rouge twice today.ahh, it's all sunshine.
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Travel music for upcoming trip (read: desperate escape from crazy work):Song name, ArtistHow Will I Ever Find My Way Home?, British Sea Power (almost put "true adventures in, but it's not the right speed and honestly, the chorus on "how" should be my theme.) Any song that says "it's over, it's over" as well as "I'm leaving here, getting out of this place" repeatedly is good for me. Perfect pre...
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Another lovely live performance from Ingrid at the Mile High Music Festival...think I need to join that music club...lol I woke up this morning with a funny taste in my head.Spackled some butter over my whole grain bread.Something tastes different, maybe it's my tongue.Something tastes different, suddenly I'm not so young.I'm just a stranger, even to myself.A re-arranger of the proverbial books...
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Ingrid Michaelson's songs are like Valentine's day cards. Lines like, "I love the way you say good morning," and "I'll buy you Rogaine when you start losing all your hair," bring to mind construction paper hearts and secret admirer notes sealed with lipstick kisses...
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I have an affinity for this song. Have you ever stopped dead in your tracks in the middle of your day-be it at work, home, walking down the street-and think to yourself "I've got to get away." Well, I have. I'll find my life getting too routine for comfort and need to shake things up a bit, so I do and sometimes a little too much. But, the idea is, is that sometimes we need to get away from...
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Oh my goodness...CUTEST THING EVER. Ingrid Michaelson live remix of "The Way I Am". I am so sick of this song, but this video is hilarious and adorable and you just have to watch!
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CagedIt was to melike strings to a violinbeing part of the music that you wore like a shroudAnd I wonderif it was real Or just a moment on a cloud but that was thenand this is now Im left behindFloating on a cold windwith broken wings and a sigh.Far behind youcaged in your wakeand left to be In a hazethe thought to gowould set me freeMy heart screams outthat was never to be the caseso with brok...
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What's not to love about this...
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I've been missing my long lost transient into the meaningful world around me, meaning music of couse, and now as I look at the moggers around me, I see how much I've missed on it.So here is a slight new years resolution, to never get so into school, partying, and drinking, that I forget to discover new and old music, period.I forgot how much I love a good diplo remix, a Regina Spektor melody, o...
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Travel music for upcoming trip (read: desperate escape from crazy work):Song name, ArtistHow Will I Ever Find My Way Home?, British Sea Power (almost put "true adventures in, but it's not the right speed and honestly, the chorus on "how" should be my theme.) Any song that says "it's over, it's over" as well as "I'm leaving here, getting out of this place" repeatedly is good for me. Perfect pre...
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2007's Girls and Boys from New York's Ingrid Michaelson is nothing you will hear in any coffeehouse or elevator from some aspiring musician. When Michaelson released this album, she was on her way to stardom, thanks to the digital media age where news such as a new video from the talented artist will reach the other side of the world faster than we can type - truly an infectious sound from th...
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So, last night I was watching Grey's Anatomy as I do every Thursday night, and during a rather sad, important part of the episode, a song started playing. This song really grabbed my attention. And although you knew exactly what was going on with the characters, it really set the mood. Corner Of Your Heart - Ingrid Michaelson. Beautiful and soft sounding, it's been on repeat. I would add an MP3...
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Rolling Stone is featuring Ingrid Michaelson 's song Be OK on their Top 5 Playlist or "Music YOU should hear." Hear?Some 2 million people have clicked on the video for her song The Way I Am that was featured in an Old Navy commercial last year. The video was directed by frequent SOG subject, the well-connected and immensely talented Autumn de Wilde who with her growing portfolio may soon be g...
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wow.evidently, i have a sinus infection..and i'm supposed to go see one of my longtime friends this weekend.but, i'm still completely happy.i just got my music back up and running,and i got my Heart cd back,and i got to watch Moulin Rouge twice today.ahh, it's all sunshine.
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| 1 Die Alone |
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| 2 Masochist |
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| 3 Breakable |
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| 4 The Hat |
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| 5 The Way I Am |
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| 6 Overboard |
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| 7 Glass |
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| 8 Starting Now |
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| 9 Corner of Your Heart |
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| 10 December Baby |
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| 11 Highway |
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| 12 [Untitled] [*] |
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