BETTER THAN GRIMES

ITT: female artists who are more talented, more attractive, and more intelligent than Grimes

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Tired of the waifu shitposting bullshit but I'll contribute seeing as I never pass up a chance to say good things about Kate Bush
One of the best artists, period

> All these literal who's, French whores and fucking St Vincent are better than Grimes

Wew lad

most female artists

And I never pass up a chance to say good things about Tori Amos. So entertaining in her Musical Prime.

ew God, why would you post something so horrible on a work safe board? This is on par with being into scat

Nice, both are great

>not knowing most of these musicians
>thinking they are not better than Grimes
and I like Grimes mind you

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poptimism was a fucking mistake

>ITT: female artists who are more talented at dragging people randomly on social media to enhance their fame and writing disingenuous buzzwords indicating they had an expensive education, more attractive in some unimaginative plebs' eyes, and more intelligent according to bourgeois social norms than the rebellious genius Grimes but whose music mostly isn't even close to comparing with hers because sadly a fancy education and even talent at playing an instrument is not what determines one's ability to create divinely inspired masterpieces in one's sleep the way claire boucher can.

FIFY

Agreed

>One of the best artists, period
Yes, one of the best. Possibly the best female artist... HOWEVER.

OP is weirdly focused on the physical appearance and alleged intelligence and instrumental talent of these artists, which are superficialities that, even if true (it's not actually true that most of these people are more intelligent, or beautiful) don't matter at all to Grimes fans.

We care about her because she is a brilliant producer/singer who makes great, complex, raw emotional art. Why are you obsessing about looks, why should that matter- even if you think she's not fuckable or whatever- who fucking cares- the music she makes is more affecting and more inspired than these artists in your list.

True, about half to two thirds of the list are still great artists in their own right and nearly her equals. Grimes fans never said she was the greatest of all time, objectively. We said, you know what, she's the best doing *her type* of music, and that can't really be compared to anyone, such as Carly. If Carly stans want to compare, well ok, obviously she's a bit better than Carly, who is NICE tho, Carly is probably nicest Canuck along with Tegan and Sara.

Grimes isn't really doing the same thing as Carly or these others in your list, who stick mostly within whatever their chosen genre while Grimes jumps effortlessly between genres and creates new hybrids- like Joni Mitchell, Janet Jackson, Bjork, Faye Wong, the true masters to which you should compare her. Also Liz Fraser, Tracey Thorn.

It must be hard to be a fan of an artist with less stylistic range than Grimes or some of the above artists your list lacks. You must get bored with them because all their work is so similar, so you have to create feuds with other artists on mu to pass the time.

The thing is even almost all the greatest ones in your list are not currently active, or are newer than Grimes and have a smaller amount of music so far and therefore less great work. Some were also not solo artists, and it's hard to compare that because she does it all herself.

Translation: With the possible exception of Mélanie Laurent, the OP only enjoys listening to music created by women if they happen to be brunettes - the great irony of which is that Grimes herself is a natural brunette...

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Putting her in comparison with Marina or Grimes is weirdly indecent for Björk

nope, yer dumb and butthurt

that's a lot of autism for one post

her hair's not the problem, it's her shitty synth music and her lumpy face

> he rates music according to the artist's looks

OP here - on the one hand, I wouldn't include Björk on this list because I don't find her even remotely attractive, but on the other, musically she blows away everyone and everything I've posted so immediately that as said, it would almost be inappropriate... for me, she's one of the greatest living musical artists

I don't, her music is just as bad as anything. But Grimesfags are so obsessed with how she looks that it needs to be addressed.

It baffles me that you say Björk is one of the greatest living musical artists but still you love this Mélanie Laurent scam.

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>I don't find her even remotely attractive
You just discredited yourself entirely, please delete your thread now

Priscilla Ahn

>Perfect Pussy
>Marina
>M.I.A
JUST NO

There is no Laurent scam. She made a very nice pop album with some really strong songs, and I like the way she sings. I can still see that it's very clearly just the musical project of an actress, and she surrounded herself with great musicians to pull it off.

As for Björk, it always amazes me how upset Björk's waifufag types get when I mention I'm not attracted to her... if anything, shouldn't that add value and credibility, at least in terms of my appreciation for her work?
I'm starting to suspect you may be an undercover Grimesfag

Better in every way

I can see how you could argue with MIA, but Perfect Pussy and Marina are so superior to Grimes it's not even a contest

wow, great suggestion!

fantastic recommendation - one of the best musicians working today. She's like a modern day Patti Smith, but while I love Patti Smith I might even respect PJ more because despite Patti's earth shattering, amazing songwriting, her musicians were somewhat conventional... musically PJ is anything but conventional

Is it true Marina graduated from Oxford in pop music?

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Not even trolling

At least she made one good album while grimes has made none

So somebody put together a hate reel. I can't see why I should be invested in this.

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her first album is still really good

Because it's funny, you don't have to take everything so seriously my young autist

Hope no one beat me to it

Why is autism the most popular insult on these boards these days? Half the time its use doesn't even make any sense.

But anyway, you were talking about a "Laurent hoax", so it seems like you're trying to present some kind of an argument. But if you just don't like her, that's fine

Mazzy Star is an incredible band. The album She Hangs Brightly is actually really underrated.
If I die anytime soon, I'd want Into Dust played

My argument was clearly made explicit by the term 'scam': she's been pushed to music, her producers created an album she could put her name onto. It's inoffensive pop, coated with a vague feeling of sophistication to befit the aura of the singer and make it more appealing to wannabe parisians. tl;dr: she's been co-opted to music and the result is awful but you fell for the meme

>There is no Laurent scam. She made a very nice pop album with some really strong songs, and I like the way she sings. I can still see that it's very clearly just the musical project of an actress, and she surrounded herself with great musicians to pull it off.

there is absolutely nothing original about it though. I'm tired of hearing the exact same way of singing and pseudo quircky lyrics from every singer on French radio.

And Françoise Hardy is just an old ye ye singer who for some reason Americains find edgy because she's French and good looking.

Joni Mitchell
Cat Power
Angel Olsen
Dusty Springfield
the list goes on and on

I disagree. She's from a performing arts background and had a longterm interest in music, even if she isn't much of a musician herself. She certainly wasn't pushed to music.
Her style of music is pretty standard for French pop, but I think she made a very nice album. I'd say it's more likely you fell for media hate.

Hardy is one of the classic French pop singers. The whole point of this thread is singers who are both good and attractive, which is admittedly a suboptimal starting point, but I posted Hardy because I find her more attractive than Bardot or Birkin. Yeah, she's an attractive pop star. That's the point. If it means anything, the only French pop stars I really care about are Serge Gainsbourg and Lizzy Mercier Descloux.

Cat Power is amazing, good mention

>longterm interest in music
You fell for the constructed persona she/they constructed around her. She's not artsy. She's absolutely, desperately, devoid of any talent

This is getting silly. She may be a dilettante, but her interest is genuine, and at this point she's been acting for most of her life. You can say she has limited talent, that's fine, but she still made a nice pop album. You're a lot more invested in this than I am.

We're having a discussion. You joked about the term 'autist' being used freely around here, but you do show clear autistic signs for taking this conversation personally and relying on defense mechanisms such as "you're getting too intense about it". I am not. We're having a conversation, people will sometimes disagree with you in real life, you got to chill about it.

Now you're literally pulling a "no you". You're accusing me of saying you're too intense, and at the same time accusing me of taking things personally. You seem to be 12.

No, she just Held a speech there

I LOVED ANGEL OLSEN BEFORE THIS NEW ALBUM CYCLE FUCK YOU ALL P4K WHORES

>you do show clear autistic signs for taking this conversation personally

lol this is not autism wtf

Only good answer ITT

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objectively tru

Nice try. Grimes is still better than all of them.

Good post.

more rare charlis pls

Xd

But Grimes is the new improved Bjork.

How could anyone compare with this???

GRIMES PROFILE

>Full name: Claire Elise Boucher
>Born: 17 March 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
>Origin: Québécois, Ukrainian, Russian and Italian descent
>Instruments: vocals, synthesizer, sampler, keyboard, guitar, bass, drums, violin, ukulele

>Skills:
- singer
- songwriter
- producer
- sound engineer
- lyricist
- live performer
- visual artist
- music video director & editor
- dancer
- model

>Main interests:
Music, visual arts, dancing, books, films, modeling, video games, internet, and others

>Music taste:
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimes_(musician)#Musical_style
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>Others:
- Grimes does everything in her music, from singing and songwriting to artwork and production
- nice personality, beautiful look, cares about environment issues and saving animals
- took her name from grime music after discovering the existence of the genre on Myspace
- studied ballet for 11 years
- was a goth outcast in high school
- studed neuroscience, philosophy, and Russian literature and McGill University before being dropped out for missing classes
- had some troubles in the past: drugs, 2 friends died because of overdosing drugs, sexual assault, shitty jobs, the professor who got her into a music program killed himself
- started making music when she was around the age of 22 or 23
- big Lord of the Rings, Dune, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Abbess Hildegard von Bingen and Russian literature fan
- her best friends are James Brooks, Hana, Bloodpop, Duffy, Born Gold

>I can see how you could argue with MIA, but Perfect Pussy and Marina are so superior to Grimes it's not even a contest
This better be a b8.

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Liz did one good album about sex and then a lot of crap, while Grimes did 4 masterpieces in a row. Grimes never did something as awful as Liz Phair's self titled album.

>more talented, more attractive, and more intelligent than Grimes
lol dude

NONE OF THE ARTISTS POSTED ITT IS MORE TALENTED OR INTELLIGENT THAN GRIMES. Some of them may be more beautiful, but they don't have the charming look and personality of Grimes.

If so, then why is Grimes the best artist of the decade?
In other words, suck a pen15 for doing such a weak bait!

Literal talent: to make great music with very little music knowledge. That's Grimes.

fuck grimeth, the goblin """"musician""""

Fuck you, envious prick.

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You know, I actually fail to see how this whole "Grimes is the goblin queen of music" meme is supposed to make her look bad. After all - isn't that just tantamount to saying she's the new David Bowie?

>David Bowie