I guess I would say the way a body has bones, a song has a melody. - Feist
Leslie Feist (born Friday, February 13, 1976 in Amherst, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She performs as a solo artist under the name Feist, and as a member of Broken Social Scene.
Raised in Regina and Calgary, Feist got her start in music as the lead vocalist for a punk band called Placebo. After five years of touring, Feist was forced to take time off from music to recover from voice damage. She moved from Calgary to Toronto in 1998 and took up guitar; by 1999, she was the guitarist for By Divine Right. She also released her debut solo album, Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down), that year.
Feist recorded her second solo album, Let It Die, in Paris in 2002 and 2003. That album, a combination of jazz, bossa nova and indie rock, was hailed as one of the best Canadian pop albums of 2004, and got her two Juno Awards (The Canadian equivalent of the Grammys). This album also helped her to gain a significant international audience.
Her third album The Reminder was released on April, 23rd 2007 in Europe, and May, 1st in the rest of the world and is composed of thirteen tracks. Pitchfork rated the album an 8.8.
She also sang the soundtrack for Paris, je t'aime: La Même Histoire
Visit her website : http://www.listentofeist.com/
Listen Now
Tell me that you love me more
Sleepless long nights
That is what my youth was for
Old teenage hopes are alive at your door
Left you with nothing but they want some more
Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, You know who you are
Sweetheart bitterheart now I can tell you apart
Cosy and cold, put the horse before the cart
Those teenage hopes who have tears in their eyes
Too scared to own up to one little lie
Feist lyrics
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Blog Posts
- The Groovy Age of Horror: Wilco + Feist = Awesome
- Wilco + Feist = Awesome. Sorry so quiet this week. I'm back to attacking the next chapter of the novel, and when inspiration (or even motivation) strikes, that's got to take priority over blogging. In the meantime, here's something ...
- T.V And Book Addict: Song: I Feel It All by Feist
- The Castaways by Elen Hilderbrand · Song: I Feel It All by Feist · First Look at Drew Barrymore's Whip It Movie · Say the Word by Jeannine Garsee · Dream Thursday: In which I accidentally fatally in. ... Song: I Feel It All by Feist ...
- Jiggs the Feist « Retrieverman's Weblog
- His first dog was a feist, although he says no one ever called them that. They were just varmint dogs. In this part of the world, I've always suspected that pinschers or pinscher type dogs played some role in the development of the ...
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Links
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- ListenToFeist.com - official website
- The website for the Canadian singer-songwriter Leslie Feist. The Reminder by Feist, In Stores Now!
- Feist at MySpace
- MySpace music profile for Feist with tour dates, songs, videos, pictures, blogs, band information, downloads and more.
- Feist at Wikipedia
- A series of articles covering the history of the artist, the development of her work, and notable albums and songs.
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