I think he is one of the most authentic artists ever. his music and persona tell you everything you need to know about him. it doesn't matter to what degree he is 'posturing' bc if you can choose how to present youself, why the fuck would you posture that way ?
― sleepingbag, Monday, 17 April 2017 00:35 (seven years ago) link
wow no. 1 on Billboard rock chart (for what that's worth) http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7767985/father-john-misty-pure-comedy-rock-album-charts-number-one
I finally listened to the whole thing and whoever said upthread that every song is like a "last song on the album" is kind of right, except to me it's more like the whole album is just one looooong last song. It feels ambitious, like a concept record. I do miss some of the sonic variety of the previous albums - tempos never really get above a mild trot here, and he relies heavily on relatively small number of certain chord progression/compositional tricks. It's bizarre to me that something this ponderous and wordy is so successful but also great. I was casting about for comparisons and I think the Nilsson/Steely Dan/Randy Newman comparisons are still p apt (altho tbf Nilsson never went so far into this social commentary sorta stuff, and Misty isn't quite the storyteller Fagan is, at least not on this album) - but my brother also threw out Jarvis Cocker, which also struck me as on point. As a pop provocateur he is v satisfying imo.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 18:17 (seven years ago) link
"total entertainment forever" is an amazing song
― Treeship, Monday, 30 October 2017 14:16 (six years ago) link
I'm not going to listen to that song but from reading the lyrics I don't see why Arcade Fire are (rightfully) called out for this shit and FJM gets a pass:
Bedding Taylor SwiftEvery night inside the Oculus RiftAfter mister and the missus finish dinner and the dishesAnd now the future's definition is so much higher than it was last yearIt's like the images have all become realAnd someone's living my life for me out in the mirrorNo, can you believe how far we've comeIn the New Age?Freedom to have what you wantIn the New Age we'll all be entertainedRich or poor, the channels are all the sameYou're a star now, baby, so dry your tearsYou're just like themWake on up from the nightmareCome onOh ho ohOhOh ho ohNo gods to rule usNo drugs to soothe usNo myths to prove stuffNo love to confuse usNot bad for a race of demented monkeysFrom a cave to a city to a permanent partyCome onOh ho ohOhOh ho ohWhen the historians find us we'll be in our homesPlugged into our hubsSkin and bonesA frozen smile on every faceAs the stories replayThis must have been a wonderful place
No, can you believe how far we've comeIn the New Age?Freedom to have what you wantIn the New Age we'll all be entertainedRich or poor, the channels are all the sameYou're a star now, baby, so dry your tearsYou're just like themWake on up from the nightmare
Come onOh ho ohOhOh ho oh
No gods to rule usNo drugs to soothe usNo myths to prove stuffNo love to confuse us
Not bad for a race of demented monkeysFrom a cave to a city to a permanent party
When the historians find us we'll be in our homesPlugged into our hubsSkin and bonesA frozen smile on every faceAs the stories replayThis must have been a wonderful place
― niels, Monday, 30 October 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
called out for what? the taylor swift line? being concerned about a generation consumed by escapism?
― Treeship, Monday, 30 October 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
no no, just the clichéd criticism of contemporary society/technology
didn't mean to sound like an idiot btw, I'm fairly sure I heard the song when it was released and it didn't do anything for me, that's why I'm not keen to revisit
― niels, Monday, 30 October 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
apart from the Swift/Rift reference those lyrics could have been from the 60s
― niels, Monday, 30 October 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
I'm a big fan of "i hate to say it but each other's all we've got" at the end of the opening track on the album, not just the line, the way he delivers it. Listening to some of the rest of the album, he must be a big Vonnegut fan i'm guessing.
― piscesx, Monday, 30 October 2017 14:43 (six years ago) link
His delivery is a BIG part of the appeal. Win Butler does not come close. Win Butler's not in the same universe.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 30 October 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
yeah they do totally different things imo
― Οὖτις, Monday, 30 October 2017 15:59 (six years ago) link
no doubt, I happen to find FJM's delivery more intolerable - listening to the song now and if ever there was a voice too clever for it's own good...
but I shouldn't comment so much on stuff I don't like
― niels, Monday, 30 October 2017 18:28 (six years ago) link
― Treeship, Monday, 30 October 2017 14:16 (four hours ago) Permalink
http://i66.tinypic.com/2ezpg04.jpg
― sleepingbag, Monday, 30 October 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link
I am simple, and easily amused.
Here's Father John Misty (Josh Tillman) during a chapel service, from my 1999 Montrose Christian School yearbook. pic.twitter.com/vsWsoVafnv— C.D. Carter's good account (ironically) (@CDCarter13) November 17, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 November 2017 22:02 (six years ago) link
idgi
― Οὖτις, Monday, 27 November 2017 22:03 (six years ago) link
he's been p upfront that he was raised in a weird Xtian fundie family
It's the wording of the caption that gets me.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 November 2017 22:11 (six years ago) link
"I'm recording sweet solos for the Lord." "How does--" "Shh."
he was just jammin for the Lamb
― Οὖτις, Monday, 27 November 2017 22:12 (six years ago) link
Sort of related, but was just thinking I'd totally be into a FJM Christmas album.
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 00:18 (six years ago) link
Elton John's been mentioned a few times itt, "Ballad of the Dying Man" came on shuffle recently and before I skipped it I was struck by how reminiscent it was of a Captain Fantastic track
― niels, Monday, 11 December 2017 07:20 (six years ago) link
New Single:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n38R1JTEAPo
Apparently the new album is a Concept Album about being Fucked Up In A Hotel (or, in other words, the most FJM thing FJM has ever FJM-d)
― ...some of y'all too woke to function (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 24 February 2018 04:26 (six years ago) link
I was interested in his thing at first but the longer he keeps up with this schtick the grosser it seems and it’s retroactively ruining my enjoyment for his earlier material.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 24 February 2018 07:13 (six years ago) link
"total entertainment forever" is an amazing song― Treeship, Monday, 30 October 2017 14:16 (three months ago) Permalink
were you high bro
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Saturday, 24 February 2018 13:39 (six years ago) link
"it’s retroactively ruining my enjoyment for his earlier material."
Yes, I'm experiencing this.
― djh, Sunday, 25 February 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
more like father dumb shitty
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 26 February 2018 01:13 (six years ago) link
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Saturday, February 24, 2018 8:39 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I wasn’t but I am sort of mystified at my positive first reaction to it now.
― treeship 2, Monday, 26 February 2018 01:19 (six years ago) link
he's not doubled down, but quadrupled down on the meta-josh-fjm schtick. tiresome.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 07:51 (six years ago) link
One of the 2 new songs; Just Dumb Enough To Try is fantastic IMO.
'"Josh Tillman has said the new album is “the real I Love You, Honeybear but without the cynicism”'.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/files/2018/04/fjm.jpg
― piscesx, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 19:20 (six years ago) link
new album is great. Definitely feels like a "smaller" record than "Pure Comedy" even though there's still a lot of big-sounding orchestration and slow piano balladry. Lot of great, funny lines, that's for sure.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link
Jason Isbell's here as wellAnd he seemed a little worried about you
They're co-headlining this summer!?!? Maybe they'll duet that song?
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 17:38 (five years ago) link
man I really like God's Favorite Customer.
― brimstead, Monday, 18 March 2019 05:17 (five years ago) link
He's Back...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES2WW4JJ_84
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 20:51 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdkzXL-KO5w
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 20:52 (two years ago) link
Two hour long Barbican show from earlier tonight. Many new bangers debuted. He legit sounds like Manhattan Transfer on a couple. Not a bad thing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIPp53FTYpU
― piscesx, Thursday, 7 April 2022 23:40 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o93hYhytAmI
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 11 November 2022 22:19 (one year ago) link
the album from this year is really great. Stunning live show too.
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Friday, 11 November 2022 22:29 (one year ago) link
This is pretty damn great:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGk0QUXXj-4
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 16:25 (four months ago) link