Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (RIP blogs)

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?

― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, January 26, 2010 4:21 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

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.

Does the bear eat the monkey at the end?

Alex that doesn't rhyme

they fall in love or some shit iirc'st

was it her east, or the bear's east?

no, the bear takes off her skin and leaves the monkey

oh so it's a sex metaphor

http://www.shockya.com/news/wp-content/uploads/feast_2_sloppy_seconds_poster.jpg

(l-r: joanna newsom, bear)

3-CD soundtrack

xp LOL

Where is the monkey in the poster though?

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

you're right, this thread was better when people posted stuff like "album of the year and I haven't even heard it yet."

i like that inflammatory writ song off her 1st album which is 50% "yo this is a song abt a song btw" and 50% "clever wording"

cliffs notes--the monkey and the bear escape from the farm and travel together. the monkey makes the bear dance and sing for people in order so that they can make money to live on their own. the monkey keeps telling the bear that he loves her and its all for her benefit, that eventually they will get somewhere pleasant and happy. but the monkey is also jealous. he hears a rumor that the bear is bathing alone every night in caves near the sea. he goes to spy on her and gleefully plans on confronting her about bathing in a dirty place. but the its too late--the bear has left her skin behind and is swimming out to sea.