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
http://dogtime.com/system/gallery_pictures/202/large/Labrador-Retriever-dog-4-picture.jpg
― 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
"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?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
xp really and truly according to Drag City.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link
there's also a bonus disc, one 72-minute song entitled "Dragonriders of Pern Suite"
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link
hahah
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link
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?
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:23 (fourteen years ago) link
― 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, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:23 (fourteen years ago) link
max don't try to shirk your responsibility
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:24 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:24 (fourteen years ago) link
anyway like i said, lyrical 'content' aside the reall attraction for me is, like jaymc says, the scansion, the sound, the rhythm & so forth
― max, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't like it because the words sound bad in my ears
― won't you be my GAPDY / come and make it rain down on NME (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link
there really arent that many non-rap lyricists who pay as much attention to the sound of words as newsom does
― max, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:27 (fourteen years ago) link
but Curt1s how do they feel in your SOUL
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:27 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe u should stick to instrumentals then stephens
Does Joanna Newsom release instrumental discs?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:28 (fourteen years ago) link
joanna newsom is soul-ambient
― won't you be my GAPDY / come and make it rain down on NME (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't wait to mash those with Gucci vocals!
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:32 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't object to the lyrics so much as her voice.
― Blue Fucks Like Ben Nelson (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
oh--you have to listen to the whole song to get the "feast is to the east" bit i think
― max, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean it fits into the narrative
which, by the way, is about a monkey and a bear
so, that would be
Disc One: 43:54Disc Two: 35:37Disc Three: 44:31
124:02
― randy e. bugler (jeff), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― kshighway (ksh), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:36 (fourteen years ago) link
what if her feast really was to the east that day
― scent of a wolfman (s1ocki), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link