Antony and the Johnsons Well Cardinal is Antony s voice seems to channel Nina Simone and Bryan Ferry and he has many celebrity admirers such as Philip Glass Marc Almond Lou Reed and the guest vocalists on I Am a Bird Now Boy George Rufus Wainwright and Devendra Banhart an opinion Yes of course it is But people like you won t admit anything to the contrary The noise is reminiscent of Nina and Bryan and has admirers is all that is allowed They can say it s a lovely noise No one else is allowed to say it s not Explain the rationale behind your thinking Or do you think at all Go and listen to the rubbish Cringeworthy it is