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― max, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:26 (fourteen years ago) link
if people were to ask me what single album I would advise them to listen to before they die, it's Ys. period.
― kshighway (ksh), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
porch looks pretty nice tbh
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
xp lol you really want to advise all ppl to listen to an album that 75% of them are going to hate?
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:32 (fourteen years ago) link
fortunately, no one asked you, kshighway ;)
― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Ys is great, people are nuts
― randy e. bugler (jeff), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
but if u cant handle 13-minute harp epics u should stop running with the big dogs and get on the porch.
yeah if I'm listening to 13-minute epic songs in a rock/pop mode they better have a shredding solo and some wicked distortion or I want my money back, that is just how I break it down to an extent
I also hate Gabriel-era Genesis so even tho my hat is genuinely & sincerely off to Ms. Newsome's lyrical chops any day I gotta take a pass on any 13-minute epic songs until/unless they involve a Rat pedal & some corpsepaint
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
how about couplets about rats, is that cool?
― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:34 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah
Ys >>> MeM
Ys is more showtuney Americana than prog.
― Salvador Dali Parton (Turangalila), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:34 (fourteen years ago) link
75% is my conservative estimate btw
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:34 (fourteen years ago) link
its fine if u want to stay on the porch bro
― max, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:34 (fourteen years ago) link
u will still have to endure the wrath of my mocking t-shirt/fake license plate
― max, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean even that albums fans have to admit it has all the ingredients to be extremely polarizing?
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link
also it's called Ys
― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
i love porches. wish i had a porch.
Me too.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:36 (fourteen years ago) link
planning on sitting on my porch this spring, listening to joanna newsom. or maybe Genesis, not sure.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
lol
― Salvador Dali Parton (Turangalila), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:45 (fourteen years ago) link
and playing cafe world, baby.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:46 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost
Mr. Que: :-)
call all destroyer: it's definitely polarizing, and, sure, a lot of people will hate it. still, my recommendation stands. one record before you die: Ys.
― kshighway (ksh), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:47 (fourteen years ago) link
It's the record I'd play someone before I killed them, definitely.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:52 (fourteen years ago) link
ok this is where I get pretty haterific. been listening to showtunes for the last hour-plus. to which showtunes would you compare the stuff on Ys?
still, my recommendation stands. one record before you die: Ys.
please don't say things like this about any record unless Bernard Purdie plays drums on it - thanks
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost lol Alex
dying here
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:54 (fourteen years ago) link
lolssss
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:56 (fourteen years ago) link
oh, nothing sounds like Ys, John. Really. Nothing. I just meant more in the sense of general signifiers - the songs being written in movements, the Cole Porterish starts and stops, the orchestration, the exalted sense of drama.
This pic was attached to the ID3 tag of the song that's streaming:
http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss360/zachdallas/newsom-81-tag.jpg
gorge
― Salvador Dali Parton (Turangalila), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.georgiaartists.org/gorge/gorge1.jpg
― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
oh, nothing sounds like Ys, John. Really. Nothing.
this sounds like a challenge for my good friend Mr. Que
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
jorge
http://marcys.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/jorge.jpg
― max, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
The arrangements/instrumentation on Joanna Newsom albums are usually pretty decent, if not impressive. The vocals and lyrics are always horrible.
― won't you be my GAPDY / come and make it rain down on NME (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:01 (fourteen years ago) link
KING LEAR: To thee and thine hereditary ever Remain this ample third of our fair kingdom; No less in space, validity, and pleasure,(85) Than that conferred on Goneril. Now, our joy, Although the last, not least; to whose young love The vines of France and milk of Burgundy Strive to be interest; what can you say to draw A third more opulent than your sisters? Speak.(90)
JOANNA: Nothing, my lord.
KING LEAR: Nothing!
JOANNA THE GORGE: Nothing.
KING LEAR: Nothing will come of nothing: speak again.
I CANT BELIEVE I'M DATING THE DUDE FROM SNL: Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave(95) My heart into my mouth: I love your majesty According to my bond; nor more nor less.
― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
gahhhhh it sounds like a woman singing and playing a harp with some orchestra edits added in later. it sounds like something you can imagine yourself.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
LOL
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
i get that her voice isnt everyones thing but she is a terrific lyricist curtis!! i mean not even just in substance--shes got an amazing grasp of scansion & rhythm. i think the main reason i like her is the lyrics.
― max, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I meant compositionally and didn't mean to imply that some woman singing with an orchestra & a harp is unusual in itself
Recommend me more songs like Only Skin plz
― Salvador Dali Parton (Turangalila), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
"Misty Mountain Hop"
― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
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― randy e. bugler (jeff), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
huge lol jeff
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:07 (fourteen years ago) link
sorry jeff
― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:08 (fourteen years ago) link
sorry ~~everyone~~
But walk a little fasterAnd don't look backwardsYour feast is to the East, which lies a little past the pasture
When the blackbirds hear tea whistling, they rise and clapAnd their applause caws the kettle blackAnd we can't have none of that!
^^^ this kinda shit makes me cringe, esp when I hear it sung. Although lol @ "and we can't have none of that!"
I do kind of want to hear a JN cover of "stand by me"
so DARLIN DARLIN
― won't you be my GAPDY / come and make it rain down on NME (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Remove Self from this Porch
― randy e. bugler (jeff), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
*runs with the big dogs*
― max, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah sorry curt i dont even know what about those lines makes u cringe
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― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:15 (fourteen years ago) link
(supposed) tracklist I've seen floating around:
Disc One:1 - Easy 06:042 - Have One On Me 11:023 - '81 03:514 - Good Intentions Paving Company 07:025 - No Provenance 06:256 - Baby Birch 09:30
Disc Two:1 - On A Good Day 01:482 - You And Me, Bess 07:123 - In California 08:414 - Jackrabbits 04:235 - Go Long 08:026 - Occident 05:31
Disc Three:1 - Soft As Chalk 06:292 - Esme 07:563 - Autumn 08:014 - Ribbon Bows 06:105 - Kingfisher 09:116 - Does Not Suffice 06:44
― Simon H., Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link
2 - Have One On Me 11:026 - Baby Birch 09:305 - Kingfisher 09:113 - Autumn 08:013 - In California 08:415 - Go Long 08:02
if I just delete these ones before listening I'll be good to go tbh
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I like her lyrics a lot, too, even though I am defiantly Someone Who Doesn't Care About Lyrics. The thorniness of the language, and the rhythmic way it tumbles out, is a big part of what makes her interesting to me; I admire the dense lyrics of Joni Mitchell or Stephen Sondheim for the same reason.
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
wait it's really three discs?
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link