Never heard of Marian Call? That’s okay – until a few weeks ago, neither had I, and then when I did… I haven’t stopped listening to her. If “Real Life Geek Girls That Rock” was a document I updated regularly, she’d be on it, and way up on the list.
She’s a singer-songwriter from Alaska, and almost all her music (if not all of it) is based on something – Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, et cetera, or just celebrating nerdhood. For instance – Firefly’s got “Good Old Girl” about Serenity herself, “It’s Good To Have Jayne On Your Side”, “It Was Good For You Too” (Saffron’s song), and “Vera Flew The Coop”, which gives Jayne’s beloved gun a backstory.
Her voice is nothing short of incredible. She’s not a Christina Aguilera, who certainly has chops, but who’s of the school of “belt EVERYTHING”; her voice is quiet and controlled, and the emotion comes through so much more easily. The few times that Marian Call belts, it means something. Her pitch is perfect, her range is fantastic, her voice is almost a little smoky, and her vibrato is something you’d expect to hear from a torch singer.
Here’s a few of her songs; enjoy!
This one, “I’ll Still Be A Geek When Nobody Thinks It’s Chic” is the quintessential geek girl anthem. You know that “California Gurls” takeoff that’s running around the web trying to be “geek girls are awesome”? Pfft. Forget that. Listen to this.
I’m better aquainted than a good girl ought to be
With Aragorn and Yo-Saf-Bridge and Worf and HAL and Han
But you don’t really know me and my culture don’t control me
So don’t you pigeon hole me ’cause my phaser’s set to stun!
I have been a nerd since long before I could have heard
That bookish girls should look and act a certain way
And I’ll still be a geek when I am utterly antique
Because I do not care what normal people say
This next one is my current favorite, and the title track from her album “Got To Fly”.
And my next favorite, “It Was Good For You Too”, a song dedicated to everyone’s favorite femme fatale thief.
Listen, love, buy. You won’t regret it.
LamoreVincera
LamoreVincera has been a geek chick since the third grade, when she discovered Star Wars, Luke Skywalker, and a penchant for blond-haired farm boys. She has a lifetime-long love of fantasy, sci-fi, history, and medicine, and is currently working on achieving her dream of becoming a midwife, as well as working on a novel. She can be contacted at LamoreVincera @ hotmail . com and followed on Twitter at the link below.
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