Customer Reviews
Not a song to be missed or dismissed - By: IJ, 07 Jun 2005 
There are almost certainly people who will be offended by the lyrical content of this song. And maybe rightly so. But in my opinion when such words (as the title succinctly states) are sung by an artist like Martha Wainwright who rips the words angelicallly from her soul & delivers them to the listener with great sincerity...the power such words have to offend is greatly diminished. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if it was her intention to explore & challlenge how certain words make us react in certain pre-determined ways. The tragedy is not that such a titled song could be released, but that it could be dismissed out of hand. Not a song to be missed or dismissed.
She could soon outshine her brother... - By: , 14 Dec 2004 I first saw Martha opening for her brother Rufus & I was won over on the spot....
This is her first EP released in the UK & demonstrates her incredible range - from the fierce title track to the beautiful & smoky closer, How Soon. I can't recommend her music highly enough. Pick this up as a taster for her first full-length album, coming early next year.
Here's what the Sunday Times said about BMFA: 'You know that song that comes along once in a blue moon & takes your breath, & steals your heart, away? Well, this is that song. No blue editing pencil has been wielded over its lyric, & long before Wainwright blasts out the chorus with her husky, emotion-shredding voice, you are left in no doubt that she means what she's singing. "You say my time here has been some sort of joke," she rasps about her move to
New York & the time she's taken to come to the boil, "Some sort of incubating period/For when I reallly come around." The second time she hits the bridge, she rushes the words as the backing of acoustic guitar & upright bass struggles to keep up. The effect is thrilling.'
