MP3: Kurt Nilsen - She's so high
This week's Friday mp3 post is kind of a guilty pleasure for me, 'cept that I don't really feel all that guilty. Why should I feel ashamed for loving great pop music? Like a lot of folks outside Norway, I first heard Kurt Nilsen when he performed at the World Idol championship in 2004. It's no wonder they saved him until the end because there's no way that anyone could follow his blockbuster showing. To paraphrase Australian Idol judge Ian Dickson: the face of a hobbit, but the voice of an angel. Tal Bachman's "She's so high" was his first single back home in Norway and it's everything a great pop song should be. The melody soars and pulls all the right heartstrings and, even if the production seems a bit much sometimes, I don't believe that anyone can find serious fault with it. Kurt's albums are pretty good too, even his early work with pre-Idol band Fenrik Lane. Obviously, it's not necessarily the sort of thing I normally seek out, but my wife adores him and I'm happy to oblige by listening politely. On a side note, what's up with the singles they gave this year's Idols? I was never much of a Katherine fan, but the song they gave her for the finale was pure shit. I'd suggest that they intentionally sabotaged her, but Taylor's song was only marginally better. Silly as it may sound, both of them are better than the material. Ridiculous!
Kurt Nilsen - She's so high