Yes. Yes she is.

She is actress Zooey Deschanel, Him is alt-singer/songwriter M. Ward.

Is the writer looking for his frog?

Listened to the first sample... not my kinda voice. But thanks.

OMG, that's bad.

She is hot, though.

I love her voice but I am not a fan of this music. At all.

Persephone3: I love her voice but I am not a fan of this music. At all.

Damn. Strike 2. Her musical stylings just can't find any love on Fark today!

Hot but whiny. Reminds me of Carole Bayer Sager and I didn't buy it then either.

I'd hit it from now until the end of the universe. And then some.

WeeKeef: Hot but whiny.



Sadly, I agree. Kate Bosworth does, too.

Songs on Myspace (new window)

The albums not bad, but it would have been better had there been more equal parts She & Him. M. Ward adds the goodness to anything.

Well... Richard Thompson makes an appearance, so that's a plus right there.

Thank you so much for that, badscooter

Milla Jovovovich frowns in disgust. (Her album was actually pretty incredible)

So that means Sinatra, Crosby, Dean Martin, Cybil Shepard, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, and a few dozen others need to hide themselves in shame?

Or are we talking "movie stars in the reviewers obviously limited experience"?

Even with that:



Disagrees.

I was never a fan of her voice and thought it was always corny when she sang in her movies.

But I do enjoy the album and I heard M. Ward say that he was just the instrumentalist and pretty much everything was written by her, so I have to respect her for that.

I don't think she was served well with the production. Would've rather heard her do something based around her cabaret act.

Still, I could think of worse things in the world than being, uh, sung to sleep by Zooey Deschanel and Scarlett Johansson.

Meh.. I don't think this suits her voice very well. I was hoping for something more of a Julie London-like production. Her voice suits the standards.

Memphisluvr: She is actress Zooey Deschanel, Him is alt-singer/songwriter M. Ward.

Is the writer looking for his frog?

This was too funny to pass without comment. I almost forgot about Hopkin Green Frog.

ObOntopic: I doubt this album is better than Heartbeat or The Return of Bruno.

dmax: So that means Sinatra, Crosby, Dean Martin, Cybil Shepard, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, and a few dozen others need to hide themselves in shame?

All of those were singers first... movie stars second.
Plus the fact that 50s stars were usually both.

Oh she was the older sister in Almost Famous. Ok. Weird name.

dmax: So that means Sinatra, Crosby, Dean Martin, Cybil Shepard, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, and a few dozen others need to hide themselves in shame?

el_loco_avs: All of those were singers first... movie stars second.



Judy Garland and Cybil Shepherd were primarily singers before they got into acting? I did not know that.

I grabbed the CD a few days ago. Her voice is perfect for the material, and quite a refreshing change from the echo chamber voices that you hear. Finally, a singer who doesn't try to sound like all other singers!

She's also a surprisingly good songwriter. For an actor who has no background in songwriting, she's excellent.

I dug up six tracks last time this was mentioned on FARK and I've been listening to them constantly. A couple are in the most 25 played things on my iPod.

So I'm ethically obligated to purchase this Compact Disc, or CD as you call t.

Submitter: Zooey Deschanel's new album is "one of the better albums ever made by a movie star, male or female."



Not impressed.

theurge14:

Oh she was the older sister in Almost Famous. Ok. Weird name.


That would be her. And her big sister, Emily, stars on Bones. Dad's a cinematographer, mom's an actress... one of them there Hollywood famblies.

/insert "Bones" joke in reference to either or both of the sisters here

30STM can lick my non whiny untattooed balls.

However, my friend got kicked in the face by Jared Leto.

She was at the concert in vancouver, up at the front and he pulled his rockstar kick out right onto her face. Boot print and all.

After the show he gave her a rose. Which frankly, is not that cool in comparison as a kick to the face.

I'd like to get kicked in the face by Zooey though, and by kicked in the face I mean "Have my balls sucked by"

likwidflame:

My friend got kicked in the face by Jared Leto.

She was at the concert in vancouver, up at the front and he pulled his rockstar kick out right onto her face. Boot print and all.


He hugged me.

Didn't care for her voice/style. But that's just from listening to samples.

monsieurstabby:

Didn't care for her voice/style. But that's just from listening to samples.


If you root around on YouTube, you can find clips of her with All the Stars Were Pretty Babies or in similar settings. Much more to my liking...

There's a Farker who played in that band and had nothing but nice stuff to say about working with her. Can't remember who, though. Sounded like a cool gig.

MrWhipee: Meh.. I don't think this suits her voice very well. I was hoping for something more of a Julie London-like production. Her voice suits the standards.

At first I thought you said Julea London... that would be rather interesting

/do not GIS at work

monsieurstabby: likwidflame:

My friend got kicked in the face by Jared Leto.

She was at the concert in vancouver, up at the front and he pulled his rockstar kick out right onto her face. Boot print and all.


He hugged me.

Every time I have met Jared he's been nothing but cool. I don't get where the reputation of being a d-bag comes from.

Just d'loaded this album. I like it...a lot!

Poorlytoldjoke: Milla Jovovovich frowns in disgust. (Her album was actually pretty incredible)

Came here to say that, and I'll second it. Milla for the win.

I'd hit it like a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick.

She was a cabaret singer before her acting career took off. Or so she said on NPR yesterday.

I'd like to get kicked in the face by Zooey though, and by kicked in the face I mean "Have my balls sucked by"

Eleventy!!!!

Crispin Glover, anyone?

SynthLord's Third Law of Creativity:

An artist known first as a singer who later becomes an actor tends to produce better musical and theatrical work than a known actor who later puts out an album.

No Dogstar love?

just kidding. I like this album, but it was a little inconsistent. I think their next one will be better.

Why Do You Let Me Stay Here is a great single, and I usually don't like that kind of fun-pop stuff.

Stick with acting.

Put me down for on the list of people who love her as an actress and even more as a singer.

/Milla's album is also great, well, The Divine Comedy is - The Peopletree Sessions is just insane.
//Let's not forget Shiny by Kari Wurher, either.

deathon2legs: Poorlytoldjoke: Milla Jovovovich frowns in disgust. (Her album was actually pretty incredible)

Came here to say that, and I'll second it. Milla for the win.

Agree.

Also, Minnie Driver. Her last album was pretty damn good.

The Glass Dragon: Submitter: Zooey Deschanel's new album is "one of the better albums ever made by a movie star, male or female."



Not impressed.

Neither was I.

/not saying say suck
//I'm just saying that they're incredibly typical and uninspired radio-rock
///Atleast to me
//I guess I'm just the kind of guy that'll never get excited about 30 Seconds To Mars

Followed the link to the samples. Didn't care much for the first one, but the other two weren't bad.

Unavailable for comment.

Well, she definitely has a good 70's AM radio sound - far from what I enjoy, but not bad at all.