yeah, the idea of the "please send me someone to love" cover was better than its actuality...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 22:17 (twelve years ago)
well i think a lot of specialness of the original is in mayfield's delivery and while bill has many strengths as a singer he just can't pull it off with the same emotional dexterity. he should probably stay away from songs in the R&B tradition, it just reveals his limitations.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 28 November 2013 08:53 (twelve years ago)
it's a mix of despondency and wry humor, and the way mayfield goes up and down his register, bill just can't compete. dig:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqg_h51y4cI
it's a nice gesture, though. i sometimes worry i'm the only one under 60 that remembers and loves that sort of postwar R&B.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 28 November 2013 08:56 (twelve years ago)
i do worry that in a decade or two my enthusiasm for this stuff will be like people in the 1960s who dug turn-of-the-century record artists like nora bayes, i.e. totally marginal and weird.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 28 November 2013 08:57 (twelve years ago)
well then i've got some bad news for ya, buddy
― j., Thursday, 28 November 2013 14:56 (twelve years ago)
lol http://www.dragcity.com/products/have-fun-with-god
― marcos, Friday, 6 December 2013 16:30 (twelve years ago)
hmmm, i didn't listen to that dub single, was it good?
― tylerw, Friday, 6 December 2013 16:31 (twelve years ago)
eh
― marcos, Friday, 6 December 2013 16:40 (twelve years ago)
it was kinda cool to hear but i didn't feel like it was totally worth revisiting
― marcos, Friday, 6 December 2013 16:41 (twelve years ago)
x-post a few posts up
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, November 28, 2013 8:56 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
A few of us do...But I understand the feeling
― curmudgeon, Friday, 6 December 2013 16:43 (twelve years ago)
will buy this for the sleeve
http://exclaim.ca/images/bill21.jpg
― love mike love (ko komo) (schlump), Friday, 6 December 2013 18:09 (twelve years ago)
ha that owns
― gbx, Friday, 6 December 2013 18:28 (twelve years ago)
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18866-bill-callahan-have-fun-with-god/
― j., Thursday, 23 January 2014 06:25 (twelve years ago)
can someone shed some light on "I've got limitations/like Marvin Gaye"?
Thank christ "Sing" doesn't have a flute murdering it. Great song.
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Friday, 14 February 2014 22:20 (twelve years ago)
http://www.freep.com/article/20131009/ENT04/310090011/
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 14 February 2014 22:32 (twelve years ago)
http://rock.rapgenius.com/Bill-callahan-the-sing-lyrics#note-2415360
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 14 February 2014 22:33 (twelve years ago)
detroit free press my ass, stupid paywall
― an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 February 2014 22:48 (twelve years ago)
here ya go:
http://permanentsmile.tumblr.com/post/63760595214/bill-talks-songwriting-guitar-greatness-and-marvin
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 14 February 2014 22:58 (twelve years ago)
thanks Sufjan. i figured it was something like that but thought it may be a specific lyrical reference.
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Friday, 14 February 2014 23:12 (twelve years ago)
np. Since my partner would prefer not to hear Bill playing in our small apartment, side A of this record has become my every morning ritual. "The Sing" really is awesome, but I don't mind the flute on other tracks. I'm not sure that I prefer the flute, but I don't mind it.
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 14 February 2014 23:20 (twelve years ago)
love the flute
― tylerw, Friday, 14 February 2014 23:21 (twelve years ago)
sufjan how attached are you to this partner
― j., Friday, 14 February 2014 23:34 (twelve years ago)
haha, very! I even enjoy a bit of music disagreement, though.
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 14 February 2014 23:43 (twelve years ago)
what's her Bill beef?
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Friday, 14 February 2014 23:48 (twelve years ago)
she thinks he "talk sings". she has vocal hangups. she's not into Mountain Goats or Silver Jews either. But she saw both Bill and MGs live with me, so I don't think she minds too much. I just give her veto privs so I can maintain my own veto privs. otherwise I'd be hearing THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN a lot more.
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:04 (twelve years ago)
I also thing I overplayed A River Ain't Too Much To Love on a roadtrip to San Diego, and she's never quite forgiven me
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:07 (twelve years ago)
he does sing talk, that is why he is great
― j., Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:09 (twelve years ago)
beer.
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:11 (twelve years ago)
thank you.
i guess one person's sing talk is another person's jazz flute
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:13 (twelve years ago)
all sing talk is prey to some jazz flute
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:16 (twelve years ago)
i think the jazz flute works BECAUSE of the sing talk.
― nerve_pylon, Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:18 (twelve years ago)
is a "brain tree" a real type of tree? a medical term? I know braintree is a town. if you GIS it, you just get a bunch of clip art. it comes up in actual air as well.
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:22 (twelve years ago)
also, nerve_pylon otm
omg
― j., Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:25 (twelve years ago)
o.g.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAciq69W5Es
― That's So (Eazy), Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:31 (twelve years ago)
that's more of a talk talk thing
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:38 (twelve years ago)
talk talk is into brain trees too
beer?
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Saturday, 15 February 2014 01:23 (twelve years ago)
thank you
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 15 February 2014 01:56 (twelve years ago)
the only words i've said today
― gbx, Saturday, 15 February 2014 04:38 (twelve years ago)
i haven't spent a lot of time with "have fun with god" but "ride my dub" is pretty great, those spacier middle tracks on "dream river" are better suited for the dub format than the folkier tracks that open and close the album
― marcos, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 18:13 (twelve years ago)
I love the cover painting. Apparently it's by someone named Paul Ryan. Can anyone link me to a page that actually is about that Paul Ryan and not one of the 500 other artist named Paul Ryan?
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 18:26 (twelve years ago)
http://www.paulryan-artist.com/html/my-home.html - I think he is Australian. Really wonderful painter
― marcos, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 18:30 (twelve years ago)
I prefer his landscapes over the rest of his work though
― marcos, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 18:31 (twelve years ago)
yeah he's fucking amazing damn
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 20:06 (twelve years ago)
love his workout photos
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 20 March 2014 15:56 (twelve years ago)
link?
― marcos, Thursday, 20 March 2014 15:58 (twelve years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFBK7DC28jU
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Saturday, 25 July 2015 00:28 (ten years ago)
I've belatedly come to Bill Callahan fandom, but I still think of him as a strange lovechild of Michael Gira and Garrison Keillor.
― Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Saturday, 25 July 2015 03:38 (ten years ago)