[Musik] Lisa Bund: Born Again (2007)

Uncategorized / 11. Juli 2008

What’s surprising with many of the albums by popular casting show candidates is that at first listen, they sound much better than expected. It shouldn’t be too big a surprise, though: nobody would doubt the singers‘ technical qualifications, and with adequate production and songwriting power behind them, they should sound professional. But once you subtract the slick production and the expert one-blueprint-fits-all songwriting, there’s little left in terms of personality or originality. Lisa Bund, a 19-year-old girl who was the second runner up of Germany’s DEUTSCHLAND SUCHT DEN SUPERSTAR in 2007, has a strong but rather undistinctive voice, and the songs are pleasant, radio-friendly pop/rock material dealing with the typical beginning- and end-of-relationship themes. It’s thoroughly listenable, and there’s a certain bland appeal to some of the songs — but of course, there’s nothing here that hundreds of other pop singers couldn’t and wouldn’t do exactly the same. In other words, Bund doesn’t offer anything which feels like it’s particularly personal in terms of style or content (always difficult when an army of songwriters and producers create the music for you). Yes, 19-year-old pop singers rarely bring a thoroughly individual voice to the table right away. No, that fact doesn’t make the criticism irrelevant. BORN AGAIN is nice and nothing else.



This review was written for the All-Music Guide.

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Christian Genzel
Christian Genzel arbeitet als freier Autor und Filmschaffender. Sein erster Spielfilm DIE MUSE, ein Psychothriller mit Thomas Limpinsel und Henriette Müller, handelte von einem Schriftsteller, der eine junge Frau entführt, weil er sie als Inspiration für sein Buch braucht. Außerdem drehte Genzel mehrere Kurzfilme, darunter SCHLAFLOS, eine 40-minütige Liebeserklärung an die Musik mit Maximilian Simonischek und Stefan Murr, und den 2017 für den Shocking Short Award nominierten CINEMA DELL' OSCURITÀ. Derzeit arbeitet er an einer Dokumentation über den Filmemacher Howard Ziehm. Christian Genzel schreibt außerdem in den Bereichen Film, TV und Musik, unter anderem für Film & TV Kamera, Celluloid, GMX, den All-Music Guide, 35 Millimeter, Neon Zombie und Salzburger Nachrichten. Er hält Vorträge zu Filmthemen und kuratierte 2014 an der Universität Salzburg eine Filmreihe zum Thema "Erster Weltkrieg".





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