Juxtaposition

[maverick_weirdo]

I’ve had Vixy & Tony’s CD Thirteen on my filk playlist for four months now, since I picked it up at FKO. Today for the first time it switched directly from A song off of Thirteen (Erased specifically) to a song off of Shadowbeast (Title Track as it happens). I don’t know why I had never listened to the two CDs together before.

Some observations :

• The Shadowbeast CD stands up well to the test of time, it is not overshadowed by Thirteen


• yet Vixy has matured as a performer. It is difficult to define, there is nothing wrong with her singing in the older recordings, but she sings with more confidence in the newer CD.


• Clearly the instrumentation is more orchestrated in the newer CD, but I feel it is a difference of style. Comparing the instrumentations would be like comparing a jazz CD to a folk CD.


• Vixy is really into sibilants ;)


• The tricky (but fun) part of comparing the two CDs was to find songs from each that have some commonality, for good comparison. (No, I'm not going to try to do this for All the songs)
  • Shadowbeast & Erased actually speak to each other for no reason I can fathom
  
  
  • The Moon Is Mine & My Love Was Like the Moon: for obvious reasons.
  
  
  • Collars & Strange Messenger: Songs of scientific “discovery” and it’s limitations.
  
  
  • No Hurry & Apprentice: Songs of freedom of movement, similar pace
  
  
  • Ladies Don't Do Those Things & Persephone: Songs of “Never Knew”

While there may be some minor similarities between some songs, it is not a case of "all the songs sound alike". I would not point to any two songs and call them totally intercangable. All together two amazing CDs