Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (RIP blogs)

Baby, baby, go walkin' through the forest
The birds above a-singin' you a chorus

underrated post btw

http://rlv.zcache.com/born_to_kill_in_tha_name_of_peace_hat-p148803330279896550qz14_400.jpg

well this is playing out exactly as i hoped

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/3042224345_ac658df896.jpg

picture I took at her concert, seconds before I first learned how to feel

Joanna Newsom's music made me human again, after years of feeling numb to everything

so, to sum up: 1) listen to mercyful fate 2) listen to amy grant 3) no unicorns

it made me realize that special, spiritual, cosmos-disturbing music is possible in a post-In the Aeroplane Over the Sea world

john i've sure you've felt that before, many times

3) no unicorns

you make me sad. take it back.

hoping j0hn didn't learn how to feel for the first time during that concert

the concert taught me to feel

I remember the time before it as a vast frozen expanse in which no one felt love & nothing mattered to anyone

daniel you can have narwhals if it'll make you happy, they are more badass anyway

http://exoticanimallover.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/narwhalstusking.jpg

i'll take it. certainly better than killer whales, given today's news.

http://i49.tinypic.com/2lke6vm.jpg

Okay, yeah, listening to the first disc again tonight. "Good Intentions" and "Baby Birch" are both outstanding.

btw Amy Grant is one of the nicest human beings on Earth

i believe you
http://amygrant.offramp.org/albums/ag/1u.jpg

Vision Creation Newsom would be a good display name

Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #15
March 1990, Marvel Comics.

Christian singer Amy Grant sued when Marvel Comics used her photo on the cover of this comic titled, "Vampires on Broadway".[20]

http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/CCM/amy_grant-exposed.htm

kinda wish someone would summarize the last 500 posts for me. All I see are unicorns and amy grant.

wait is all this amy grant discussion like 80% sincere, 20% lightly ironic? or some other dynamic? this whole thread has been confusing me.

unicorns are noble, righteous beings.

im kind of with jaymc w/r/t to the lyrics on this--nothing quite as dense or arresting or (to me) powerful, at least based on what I hear.

but the arrangements are gorgeous and the songwriting is top notch so i am sort of hoping that the lyrics will come into greater focus as i listen more.

Not so sure about all this vibrato she's putting on her voice nowadays.

^Yeah, I noticed that, too.

Of course, right after I say that the album isn't as memorable/hooky, I wake up with "You and Me, Bess" in my head.

im finding it totally hooky. '81 has been stuck in my head for a dam week

xxpost Re: vibrato

I played Good Intentions for my wife and she asked if it had been recorded during an earthquake.

i'm slightly disappointed that none of the tracks are hitting me like the first 2 that the label previewed (81 & good intentions paving company)
was set to go out and buy this but i'm not sure i want to invest in a 2 hr "grower"
maybe i'll just download those 2 songs.......

Those 2 plus Easy have been the ones that have stuck with me so far, but I don't think I've even had a chance to listen to any of the third disc. There have definitely been a few songs like the title track that are a bit too rambling for me. The Ys songs were long but felt more focused and melodic. May just need time to get familiar with the new set though.

ding ding

The only song that has stuck with me is the title track. Even the couple others I kinda like ("No Provenance") are... dull imo.

i found that--despite thinking this was mostly bullshit--it helped a lot, in terms of getting to know and love the songs, to start listening to each disc individually, instead of just starting from the top or some random place in the middle or putting it on shuffle or anything.

haha i dont really love the title track! i do think the first disc is the best tho. easy, '81, good intentions, baby birch are probably my favorite four tracks on the whole thing. then again ive listened to that disc the most.

wait is all this amy grant discussion like 80% sincere, 20% lightly ironic? or some other dynamic? this whole thread has been confusing me.

I'm sincere, I own all her records & listen to them more than anything else in my collection, but it's also kind of funny to just get JD goin on the subject of Amy Grant & I'm always happy to oblige

sorry for AG call-back but wanted to answer question

where would one start listening to this 'amy grant'

deep in one's soul iirc

i found that--despite thinking this was mostly bullshit--it helped a lot, in terms of getting to know and love the songs, to start listening to each disc individually, instead of just starting from the top or some random place in the middle or putting it on shuffle or anything.

― max, Thursday, February 25, 2010 9:10 AM

For anyone trying to find a way into this record, I totally recommend this approach. I created an iTunes playlist for each disc, and, starting with disc 1, I'm going to spend some time with each of them individually. When you're listening to this, starting with the first disc and going through to the last, at least in the beginning, probably won't work. Just too long.

She's always run the risk of coming across as affected, so I think recording a new album in a completely different vocal style to her previous stuff isn't doing her any favours. I've only listened through to the album once though so the quality of the songwriting I'm sure will outweigh those kind of irritations at some point... Really loved the last track.

"When you're listening to this, starting with the first disc and going through to the last, at least in the beginning, probably won't work. Just too long."

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At least in the beginning, listening to this starting with the first disc and going through to the last probably won't work. Just too long.

waking up another thread for u thomp

In a perfect world, Amy Grant would now post to this thread.

In sentence fragments full of bile.

Yes, this would be perfect.

Also, fan art of JN & AG.

And unicorns.

You know what I mean.

Unicorn never her.

i don't love amy grant but we've always had a certain "game recognize game" mutual respect thing going

http://www.topix.com/forum/who/amy-grant/TR3NL31RL39FIS89M

ITT velko learns to use google

(sc. smileyface it's all love v)

great opening line though:

"Proven on many other sites, she should jump off a cliff and die."

YOU GOT OWNED CHRISTIANS!

"In California" has been the standout for me so far. The bit when the strings come in is lovely.

In John's video, Velko Learns to Use Google, some occult symbols are clearly and openly displayed. In the video, John, dressed in a red robe,(used in witchcraft rituals) strangely flashes a smiley face on the palms of his hands. It is common knowledge the hands are the primary "contact point" in the occult.