before her, music was a cold emotionless wasteland
I shudder to remember it
xpost of course I'm talking about amy grant
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:30 (fourteen years ago) link
what a disaster for my zing
― ksh, Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Baby, baby, go walkin' through the forestThe 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
― that guy who doesn't get it but doesn't know he doesn't get it (M.V.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:34 (fourteen years ago) link
well this is playing out exactly as i hoped
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:34 (fourteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/3042224345_ac658df896.jpg
picture I took at her concert, seconds before I first learned how to feel
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Joanna Newsom's music made me human again, after years of feeling numb to everything
― ksh, Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:36 (fourteen years ago) link
so, to sum up: 1) listen to mercyful fate 2) listen to amy grant 3) no unicorns
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:36 (fourteen years ago) link
it made me realize that special, spiritual, cosmos-disturbing music is possible in a post-In the Aeroplane Over the Sea world
― ksh, Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:37 (fourteen years ago) link
john i've sure you've felt that before, many times
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:37 (fourteen years ago) link
3) no unicorns
you make me sad. take it back.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:37 (fourteen years ago) link
hoping j0hn didn't learn how to feel for the first time during that concert
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:38 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:39 (fourteen years ago) link
daniel you can have narwhals if it'll make you happy, they are more badass anyway
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:40 (fourteen years ago) link
http://exoticanimallover.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/narwhalstusking.jpg
i'll take it. certainly better than killer whales, given today's news.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:41 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i49.tinypic.com/2lke6vm.jpg
― ksh, Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay, yeah, listening to the first disc again tonight. "Good Intentions" and "Baby Birch" are both outstanding.
― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 25 February 2010 04:06 (fourteen years ago) link
btw Amy Grant is one of the nicest human beings on Earth
― Jack the Dude-Kicker (HI DERE), Thursday, 25 February 2010 04:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i believe youhttp://amygrant.offramp.org/albums/ag/1u.jpg
― tylerw, Thursday, 25 February 2010 04:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Vision Creation Newsom would be a good display name
― Venus in Fursuit (Future_Perfect), Thursday, 25 February 2010 06:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #15March 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]
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 25 February 2010 06:25 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/CCM/amy_grant-exposed.htm
― velko, Thursday, 25 February 2010 07:39 (fourteen years ago) link
kinda wish someone would summarize the last 500 posts for me. All I see are unicorns and amy grant.
― Cunga, Thursday, 25 February 2010 07:49 (fourteen years ago) link
wait is all this amy grant discussion like 80% sincere, 20% lightly ironic? or some other dynamic? this whole thread has been confusing me.
― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 25 February 2010 07:53 (fourteen years ago) link
unicorns are noble, righteous beings.
― Of HOOMan Bondage (latebloomer), Thursday, 25 February 2010 08:05 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― max, Thursday, 25 February 2010 11:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Not so sure about all this vibrato she's putting on her voice nowadays.
― Wax Cat, Thursday, 25 February 2010 13:13 (fourteen years ago) link
^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.
― dylan's craggy larynx (jaymc), Thursday, 25 February 2010 13:20 (fourteen years ago) link
im finding it totally hooky. '81 has been stuck in my head for a dam week
― max, Thursday, 25 February 2010 13:27 (fourteen years ago) link
xxpost Re: vibrato
I played Good Intentions for my wife and she asked if it had been recorded during an earthquake.
― Moodles, Thursday, 25 February 2010 13:27 (fourteen years ago) link
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.......
― velko, Thursday, 25 February 2010 13:30 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Moodles, Thursday, 25 February 2010 13:34 (fourteen years ago) link
ding ding
― thomp, Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:02 (fourteen years ago) link
The only song that has stuck with me is the title track. Even the couple others I kinda like ("No Provenance") are... dull imo.
― Turangalila, Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:09 (fourteen years ago) link
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, 25 February 2010 14:10 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
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
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:11 (fourteen years ago) link
where would one start listening to this 'amy grant'
― thomp, Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:16 (fourteen years ago) link
deep in one's soul iirc
― joagga lousome (acoleuthic), Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:23 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― 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.
― ksh, Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:23 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Wax Cat, Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:24 (fourteen years ago) link
"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.
― ksh, Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:24 (fourteen years ago) link
waking up another thread for u thomp
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:41 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― that guy who doesn't get it but doesn't know he doesn't get it (M.V.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't love amy grant but we've always had a certain "game recognize game" mutual respect thing going
― for HOOM the bell tolls (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 25 February 2010 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.topix.com/forum/who/amy-grant/TR3NL31RL39FIS89M
― velko, Thursday, 25 February 2010 17:04 (fourteen years ago) link
ITT velko learns to use google
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
(sc. smileyface it's all love v)
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 17:14 (fourteen years ago) link
great opening line though:
"Proven on many other sites, she should jump off a cliff and die."
― for HOOM the bell tolls (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 25 February 2010 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
YOU GOT OWNED CHRISTIANS!
― tylerw, Thursday, 25 February 2010 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link