Tarja Turunen, the Finnish singer best known for getting the boot from her band, Nightwish, for acting too ‘big time,’ played a show last night here in New York with her new back-up band.  She is currently touring the states in support of the re-release of her solo album, My Winter Storm.  Based on the video above, it appears that she still performs Nightwish songs live.

Anyway, onto the real reason I wanted to post this…..Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to sound like a hater or anything.  Tarja sings like an angel and her body is SLAMMIN’ but……doesn’t she kinda look like she fucking REEKS?  I mean….she doesn’t appear particularly dirty or anything, and the armpits are shaven, but I somehow doubt that she’s left room in the band budget for Lady Speed Stick.  I get a vibe.  Is it just me?  If you or anyone you know has ever caught a whiff of her, please pass along the information.  I need to know.

Post-Tarja Nightwish just so happens to be playing in New York this Saturday, just three days later.  What a coinkydink.  For the record, Anette doesn’t really strike me as fresh & clean kinda gal either.

-Elise

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