Speaking of Nightwish….again.

I am all for this ‘women in metal’ thing, but I get frustrated with these chicks who seem so lifeless when they perform.  This video for Nightwish’s “Amaranth” is a good example.  What’s with Anette?  Is she bored?  She’s barely doing anything.  Her bandmates are so much more animated than she is.  It’s like she has a very small bag of tricks including:

Step forward,

Squint,

Bop Head,

Hips left,

Hips right,

Side Step,

Cross side step, 

Jazz hands,

You get the idea.  

Anyway…for the record, I have been on the fence about Nightwish as a whole for a while.  They have a few good, catchy songs like “Amaranth,” “Wishmaster,” “Over The Hills and Far Away,” and “Nemo.”  But songs like “Bye Bye Beautiful” and “Wish I Had an Angel,” amongst others, are pretty much unbearable.

Also, like Julia, I don’t hate on Anette.  I think she sings well and manages to keep the older songs alive.  However, I think she makes the band a little less….special.  Her voice is definitely more pop that Tarja’s high soprano vocals.  While this might not make the band less “metal,” it does tend to stray them away from that whole symphonic territory.

Then again….what do I know?  ::Shrug::  If any of you are interested in my Anette dance lessons, please let me know.

-Elise