Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (RIP blogs)

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.

oh, nothing sounds like Ys, John. Really. Nothing.

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.

LOL

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.

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

"Misty Mountain Hop"

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huge lol jeff

sorry jeff

sorry ~~everyone~~

But walk a little faster
And don't look backwards
Your feast is to the East, which lies a little past the pasture

When the blackbirds hear tea whistling, they rise and clap
And their applause caws the kettle black
And 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

Remove Self from this Porch

*runs with the big dogs*

yeah sorry curt i dont even know what about those lines makes u cringe

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(supposed) tracklist I've seen floating around:

Disc One:
1 - Easy 06:04
2 - Have One On Me 11:02
3 - '81 03:51
4 - Good Intentions Paving Company 07:02
5 - No Provenance 06:25
6 - Baby Birch 09:30

Disc Two:
1 - On A Good Day 01:48
2 - You And Me, Bess 07:12
3 - In California 08:41
4 - Jackrabbits 04:23
5 - Go Long 08:02
6 - Occident 05:31

Disc Three:
1 - Soft As Chalk 06:29
2 - Esme 07:56
3 - Autumn 08:01
4 - Ribbon Bows 06:10
5 - Kingfisher 09:11
6 - Does Not Suffice 06:44

2 - Have One On Me 11:02
6 - Baby Birch 09:30
5 - Kingfisher 09:11
3 - Autumn 08:01
3 - In California 08:41
5 - Go Long 08:02

if I just delete these ones before listening I'll be good to go tbh

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.

wait it's really three discs?

"yeah sorry curt i dont even know what about those lines makes u cringe"

Wow are you sure you've left the porch? Or your basement?

xp really and truly according to Drag City.

there's also a bonus disc, one 72-minute song entitled "Dragonriders of Pern Suite"

hahah

So presumably "81" is the early-release mp3 not because it's the standout track as much as it's the shortest thing on there?

Wow are you sure you've left the porch? Or your basement?

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i mean... no? i could probably guess but why is the onus on me to articulate why curtis doesnt like something?

max don't try to shirk your responsibility

Your feast is to the East, which lies a little past the pasture

See, I'm a straight-up sucker for internal rhyme and alliteration and all that. Could be nonsense for all I care.

anyway like i said, lyrical 'content' aside the reall attraction for me is, like jaymc says, the scansion, the sound, the rhythm & so forth

I don't like it because the words sound bad in my ears

there really arent that many non-rap lyricists who pay as much attention to the sound of words as newsom does

but Curt1s how do they feel in your SOUL

maybe u should stick to instrumentals then stephens

Does Joanna Newsom release instrumental discs?

joanna newsom is soul-ambient

I can't wait to mash those with Gucci vocals!

there really arent that many non-rap lyricists who pay as much attention to the sound of words as newsom does

I think actually if there's beef to be had w/Newsom as a lyricist it's exactly that she errs too far on the side of words-as-sound. even say Ghostface, there's a guy whose feel for the sounds of words is huge wizard level - but he doesn't let that get in the way of his narrative, of the flow. whereas "your feast is to the east" - naw, jack. "past the pasture" ok that's quality play, but "your feast is to the east" is just like "you only said that to hear how it sounds" and there needs to be a little more payoff if you're busting out the feast to the east imo

OTOH maybe you're into Ammons & them dudes, if so, different strokes for different Ur-elves from the forests of Sliavh-Ghelong

I don't object to the lyrics so much as her voice.

oh--you have to listen to the whole song to get the "feast is to the east" bit i think

i mean it fits into the narrative

which, by the way, is about a monkey and a bear

so, that would be

Disc One: 43:54
Disc Two: 35:37
Disc Three: 44:31

124:02

ILM in mocking Joanna Newsom and the people who enjoy her music shocker!

Also, I never claimed that Ys is the greatest record of all time, I just said it's my personal favorite. That's it.

what if her feast really was to the east that day

124:02

not even if it cures my rheumatism, thanks

anyway yeah my "critical commitments" (aka "my favorite professors in college") tend toward the "its all surfaces, man" school, so im ok with pretty-sounding words placed in juxtaposition. i still like cam'ron.

your best buy is to the west, guy

what if her feast really was to the east that day

lol'd so fucking hard at this.

its not newsoms feast that is to the east

it is the bears feast

Those rhymes I like least.

They stink like old yeast.