Evanescence’s lead vocal Amy Lee is already on her way to
\nbecoming the metal version of Britney Spears. (Oh, Avril! I didn’t
\nsee you.) She dresses in stereotypical Goth (girl-talk mode: “Like,
\nis that even her own hair?”) and “soars” over the instrumental
\ntracking singing about how she isn’t being appreciated. Evanescence
\nis another excellently produced junior act that promises be the
\nvehicle for countless vicarious fantasies by millions of
\nmiddle-class teenagers (with the money to buy oodles of CDs).<\/p>\n
(Oh and, I really want to get this out in the open. No! Jason!
\nDuke! Don’t stop me. Let me GO. Listen, girls. When you’re in a
\nmature and adult relationship with a man, you don’t whine at him
\nfor not giving you enough attention. You go back to your aircraft
\ndesigning, your business consulting, your childrearing, your
\nProust-reading. You give him a gentle reminder if you feel like it.
\nYou love him for what he is. If you don’t like what he is, dump
\nhim. You do NOT write epic imitation-metal songs whining about how
\nhe can’t read your mind. Ask yourself if what you want from him is
\na LOVER or a FATHER. Women, while still faced with many obstacles,
\nare now empowered, educated, and factored into the many equations
\nof society. Equalize relationships: cease being a daughter and
\nbecome a WOMAN. OK. I’m ready to review.)<\/p>\n
If you listen to pop radio, you’ve probably heard Evanescence’s
\nsongs, or songs that sound similar to them (think of Linkin Park
\nwith a female vocal). The songs are basically metal, because metal
\nis cool, yet they maintain a juvenile dimension in the lyrics in
\norder to reassure those naughty suburban kids that what they’re
\ndoing isn’t really evil. It’s like smoking pot without inhaling.
\nAmy Lee’s voice sounds suburban-clean, and the instrumentals only
\nsound loud and chaotic at first because of their allusions to heavy
\nmetal, but draw the curtain behind the wizard and lo! They too are
\nobsessively produced for that clear, satisfying pop sound.<\/p>\n
It takes a lot of craft to pull this off, but what gets tiring
\nis its consistent repetition track after track. Their entire album
\nFallen<\/i> sounds basically like the opening track “Going Under”
\nor the first single “Bring Me to Life.” I’d really love to write a
\nreview that is more track-by-track – a rule Chris Thelen outlined
\nvery early on in this site’s inception – it’s just that, and I
\napologize for committing the reviewer’s cardinal sin of dipping
\ninto clich\u00e9, all the tracks sound the same. I smell a
\nformula (and so do many others, judging by the overall lukewarm
\nreaction by critics). On the upside though, if you like “Bring Me
\nto Life” (and as a pop song it’s quite refreshing, really) you’ll
\nlike the entire album.<\/p>\n
But I’ll point out two standouts before I go: “Immortal” goes
\nbriefly into Tori Amos territory (piano, vocals in pain) and almost
\nteeters into banality, but it could be saved with a good video.
\nThey try to repeat the ambiance on a later track called “Hello” but
\nit just sounds like leftovers. “Tourniquet” dips into some dark
\nChristian images in the lyrics to create a cathartic rock anthem
\nabout salvation. It’s quite good, but has raised confusion in some
\ncircles that Evanescence is a Christian band; Amy Lee, on the
\nofficial website, would like to clear it up and say that they are
\nnot.<\/p>\n
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