fully true tho that it works better in the ear than on the page, if that is the comparison, as i have just heard this on their myspace dot com
― rrrobyn, Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
i saw these guys a bit before this micro-blowup and they were impressive -- the singing especially, yes. the songs were catchy and memorable hearing them once, live, so they must be doing something right and it's not surprising they are getting buzz. they were obviously going for that minor-key t-bone burnett style space-country and they nailed it. i always appreciate a band who orchestrates things well, and there was plenty of reverb and purposeful echo-y empty space instead of a lot of generic strumming with a pedal steel on top or whatever.
― goole, Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
i should add here FWIW, i like these guys okay! their voices are great, songs are cool even if i don't care for their lyrics. but i don't care about lyrics that much.
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link
basically these guys make me feel old which i am cool with feeling/being! but not via them haha ha
― rrrobyn, Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
if i was me as i was in 2000 today then i wld be all into this and butter churning
― rrrobyn, Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:07 (fifteen years ago) link
it works better in the ear than on the page
now what'd I JUST say?
― nabisco, Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:07 (fifteen years ago) link
oh wait sorry i misread you, je suis desolee
― nabisco, Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:08 (fifteen years ago) link
d'accord
― rrrobyn, Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Quand on est ensemble...
― nabisco, Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link
oui, mais moi...
― rrrobyn, Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
why would anyone ever say 'wear a beard'?? unless this is a british thing to say, in which case, carry on being british or whatever
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:32 (fifteen years ago) link
He wears his whiskers long She wears her hair in a bun etc.
― nabisco, Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
wears GROWS wears PUTS
― Will M., Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes, just like that classic song, "if you're going to San Francisco / be sure to PUT some flowers in your hair"
― nabisco, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Um that's not the same thing at all!
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Am I seriously going to have to get out a dictionary and/or copies of 19th-century literature to convince you guys this usage exists?
― nabisco, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
No, I'm just being a dick
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha so am I, kinda. (Jay-Z says "wears her hair in a twist!") It's totally archaic, but I really do like the use of "wear" for styling decisions, including hair growths -- wear your jeans tight, wear your hair long, wear side-whiskers, wear a beard
― nabisco, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
wear your heart on your sleeve, wear your fingers to the bone, wear a point into the ground, wear out a welcome
― rrrobyn, Friday, 18 July 2008 00:34 (fifteen years ago) link
i have just been french-english exchanging and in this talk often turns to discussions of the idiomatic and grammatically weird or archaic when trying to find correct translations - it is funny but also confusing because yeah maybe the wear a beard thing etc is right even if only nabisco and people in the 19thC use it
language so crazy
― rrrobyn, Friday, 18 July 2008 00:38 (fifteen years ago) link
ok but if she has already put her hair in a bun she is wearing her hair in a bun.
― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 18 July 2008 05:36 (fifteen years ago) link