Wow. That about says it, doesn't it. Although we all love the piercing and dissonant wailing, some of us more than others, I know a few people it drives insane. People who say the high-pitched shrillness should be used by the government as a secret weapon. People who vote their voices most likely to destroy mankind. People who run across the room, knocking objects off of the coffee table to get to the stereo in order to turn it off in time. I myself occasionally feel light-headed from the overly intense chorus of Check It Out on the CD. A friend of mine had to be carried out once on a stretcher after Last Kisses. Easy People on the CD is toned down a bit on the chorus, softer. Live, especially before Play came out, it could be a little harsh, and someone at our table at one show had their wine glass shattered by it. Well, all right, those last things aren't entirely true.

New Jersey Bill (he doesn't post, but is a NJ area show regular) initially couldn't listen to Greta at all because the piercing, dissonant wailing made him feel like his head was going to explode. One day I forced him to sit in a chair and listen to the whole thing from beginning to end and he was completely cured! After that he started listening to it for 3-4 hours a day. (This is a true story.)

I make it one of the 6 Big Reasons by TN aren't more popular/successful. It really does give some people quite a headache. My mother, for instance. She'll love something like In The Hush, or Cowards, but if you put on a song with some of the weird unearthly yodelling harmony, she'll start looking a little green.

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