Yo P&J, I'm really happy for you, Imma let you finish, but ILX had the greatest 2009 poll of all time! All time! (2009 ILX Trax Poll Results: TOP TEN TODAY)

that was an entirely unexpected experience

lol waiting to for dan to go "....and it was AWESOME!"

i have also never heard joanna newsom

off to youtube so i can enjoy the fun

like, I don't know if I can actually critique this because:

- She clearly is on her own type of idiosyncratic shit where blasting her for what makes her unique is missing the point of what she's trying to put across, like making fun of Macy Gray for having a gravelly voice.

- I haven't stopped laughing yet.

j newsom haters to the left, to the left

looking at Joanna Newsom fills me with lust, elfin lust.

nah i woulda preferred if he found peach plum pear

but sparrow and the whatever is so ridiculous and insane and her voice in that song makes me full of murder that it is good

like, I don't know if I can actually critique this because:

- She clearly is on her own type of idiosyncratic shit where blasting her for what makes her unique is missing the point of what she's trying to put across, like making fun of Macy Gray for having a gravelly voice.

- I haven't stopped laughing yet.

― PIES! PIES! PIES! PIES! PIES! (HI DERE), Tuesday, February 2, 2010 7:50 PM (1 minute ago)

yah 4 me you miss that this isn't really a b+w issue tho

I know they weren't dating yet when her first album came out, but she was already the star of one of Andy Samberg's SNL Digital Shorts before they even met (or that's how "Sprout and the Bean" comes across to me).

hahahahahahaha

looking at Joanna Newsom fills me with lust, elfin lust.

― they ate only candy canes (Pillbox)

dwarfed by my chivalrous desire

indie folksters be listening to bjork but doing it rong

The only Newsom song I ever liked was "Clam, Crab..."

wow i really want the next track to appear now

indie folksters be listening to bjork but doing it rong

can't tell whether this in ref. to dirty proj or j newsom, works for either though

please to give us #6?

newsom provokes extreme responses even within individual listeners.

I saw her live a few years ago... at first I was 'this is truly the most beautiful sound there has ever been in the history of the world'. three minutes later: 'OH GOD THIS IS JUST TERRIBLE, MAKE HER STOP'.

yah 4 me you miss that this isn't really a b+w issue tho

What black and white issue are you inventing here?

yeah theres like two type of ppl from what ur sayin, ppl who should sound "technically good " (which i dont get but) and people who are exempt bc of their "unique style" or being in a certain type of band

people who sound good vs. people who sound like nefarious muppets

newsom provokes extreme responses even within individual listeners.

yeah i still don't really know what i think of her! idk whether her songs would be improved by a more "normal" voice but for the most part, no matter how much i admire what she's doing, the voice kind of...stops me listening to her ever.

That is not at all what I'm saying. Stop inventing stupid, asinine arguments and pretending like they're my positions.

you all need to just listen to the harp solos

let's not pretend Newsom's "thing" is some kind of wildly inventive Meredith Monk singing. she just puts on a weird affect and belts it out.

people who sound good vs. people who sound like nefarious muppets

― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Tuesday, February 2, 2010 7:58 PM (54 seconds ago)

yah im totes mcgrotes sure u only listen 2 classically trained singers w/ perfect pitch

hat is not at all what I'm saying. Stop inventing stupid, asinine arguments and pretending like they're my positions.

― PIES! PIES! PIES! PIES! PIES! (HI DERE), Tuesday, February 2, 2010 7:59 PM (1 minute ago)

ok im not tryna invent some argument for you but thats totally what it sounds like

like, thats what it sounds like u were saying

Stop fighting and start demanding #6!

if I am taking too long to post the next one it is not because I am trying to draw it out! I get on calls and meetings which unfortunately take precedence over "internet polls," or so I imagine my manager would think.

let's not pretend Newsom's "thing" is some kind of wildly inventive Meredith Monk singing. she just puts on a weird affect and belts it out.

― Mordy, Tuesday, February 2, 2010 9:00 PM (1 minute ago)

The inventiveness of her music isn't her voice, it's her craft - the songwriting, sense of movement and melody, and her way with words. very few albums of the last album flowed so naturally through so many gorgeous melodies as 'Ys'.

06 -- Lindstrom and Christabelle – Baby I Can't Stop (7 votes, 86 points for Aeroplane Remix [#811 in P&J]) (18 votes, 223.5 points) (DNP in P&J, DNP in p4k)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IssdPmsScos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhWSkQc0qPA

Your manager has odd priorities.

just noticed the title is probably "Baby Can't Stop"?

The inventiveness of her music isn't her voice, it's her craft - the songwriting, sense of movement and melody, and her way with words. very few albums of the last album flowed so naturally through so many gorgeous melodies as 'Ys'.

It's kind of hard to appreciate the gorgeous melodies when they're being song by someone who sounds like a goose being put through a garlic press.

In fact, one might expect shellshocked laughter to be the initial response.

Btw, I don't really get the Lindstrom + Christabelle thing.

Yeah, she's a fine harpist (is that the word?), but she needs to take a back seat on her own recordings when it comes to singing. Do a Carlos Santana deal and bring in your pals.

LET THE BEAR AND THE MONKEY SING

So glad I clicked on this thread now.

wow, now I'm glad I didn't buy that Dirty Projectors album before hearing it

i like playing both these versions at the same time

It's a nice song, but it sounds like a lot of other music I've heard -- it's not particularly memorable or distinguishable to me. (the Lindstrom - not the Newsom)

It's kind of hard to appreciate the gorgeous melodies when they're being song by someone who sounds like a goose being put through a garlic press.

This made my day! Sincere thanks - I needed that laugh.

ahhh who was it who pointed out that the "smooth criminal" bite on "tirsdagsjam" is a really great foreshadowing of lindstrøm's jackson pastiche on "baby can't stop"

<3 l&c

The Lindstrøm & Christabelle thing is just a really good nouveau disco track, though I was slightly disappointed by the album as a whole for not making a real effort.

Sweet, we have two Newsom threads running simultaneously now!

i got really stressed out a few hours ago trying to do five things at once and i put on the lindstrøm & christabelle album and it really worked a treat in calming me

btw the first one is not a remix, it's the original mix

that was one where i went the deep cuts route 4 some reason