this guy looks like he works out a LOT
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 10 March 2014 17:32 (ten years ago) link
sorry for flippantly dismissing a performance from a band you don't care about and will never hear again, aero
― da croupier, Monday, 10 March 2014 17:36 (ten years ago) link
it doesn't really sound like you are
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 10 March 2014 17:36 (ten years ago) link
Well I'm sorry it bothers him. I thought "paul young karaoke" was a humorous description myself but its true I may undervalue combining death growl with van Morrison.
― da croupier, Monday, 10 March 2014 17:43 (ten years ago) link
Death growl with Paul young, rather
i get mad van morrison in the last waltz vibes from this guy it's true
― call all destroyer, Monday, 10 March 2014 17:44 (ten years ago) link
people generally don't know anything at all about singing tho and by good singing often mean "did it sound like somebody doing the national anthem at a ballpark"
Hope we get to him do this in the 2014-15 season.
― That's So (Eazy), Monday, 10 March 2014 17:49 (ten years ago) link
the rule is props where due croup - you're putting whether you like what they do ahead of your ability to critique whether they're doing what they do well. I don't really watch track and field but if I see a guy and I don't like his clothes so I say "that guy's really slow" then I'm fronting
― joe perry has been dead for years (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 10 March 2014 17:50 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/gFpsAHG.gif
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 10 March 2014 17:53 (ten years ago) link
I honestly don't think calling this guy's hammy, goofy or unpolished is quite comparable. And I already rescinded the vile "amateurish"
― da croupier, Monday, 10 March 2014 17:54 (ten years ago) link
Guy's performance, rather
@ bernard, Souzay is finding some tendentious and convoluted ways of saying "he over-emoted". Furthermore the idea that one performance is "emotion" and another performance is "a description of emotion" is missing the whole point of the word "performance"
― continually topping myself (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 10 March 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
aero I hope you investigate these guys on record I genuinely think you are being dismissive, indie sure but they're great
― continually topping myself (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 10 March 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
pour a glass of cherry wine and put On the Water on imo
― POO: the blossom or full flower of the evening (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 10 March 2014 18:11 (ten years ago) link
yeah I was saying this before this thread got flooded with whatever the hell you guys are arguing about but On the Water was my favorite album of 2011, it's really really good
― frogbs, Monday, 10 March 2014 18:12 (ten years ago) link
they're from around here originally, I think I saw 'em back when - l. got some shots of them at a tiny club up the street. I listen to metal 3/4 of the time and classical the other 1/4 that is just reality around here these days
― joe perry has been dead for years (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 10 March 2014 18:16 (ten years ago) link
xp to goon tie: strongly disagree—I am much more interested in a critic who writes "he emphasizes individual words, or parts of words, in a way that detracts from the melody and merely reiterates the sentiments already present in the lyrics" than one who settles for "he over-emotes"
― merciless to accomplish the truth in his intelligence (bernard snowy), Monday, 10 March 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link
You realize there is a beautiful bit of metonymy to that post
― continually topping myself (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 10 March 2014 18:31 (ten years ago) link
but of course!
― merciless to accomplish the truth in his intelligence (bernard snowy), Monday, 10 March 2014 18:32 (ten years ago) link
So I finally watched this and there are dozens of reasonably well known indie bands who would perform way more amateurishly in such a setting. Like the guy clearly knows what he's doing (and I agree he can sing in tune) but his clothes and his dancing and the weird guilelessness-not-guilelessness on show make it *look* extremely amateurish in a 'first round on America's got talent' way.
The song was way less interesting than the performance so dude got something right.
― Matt DC, Monday, 10 March 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link
I have listened to this album three times today based on this performance being entertaining and I really like it, so well done everybody.
― boxedjoy, Monday, 10 March 2014 19:11 (ten years ago) link
is the new album streaming anywhere yet or are you referring to "on the water"?
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 10 March 2014 19:14 (ten years ago) link
how awesome is it at 1:48 when the mic picks up the sound of him beating his chest
― frogbs, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 03:46 (ten years ago) link
very awesome. This art lord album is fun. Gives you a feel for the bands' growth.
― POO: the blossom or full flower of the evening (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 03:50 (ten years ago) link
ok i watched it and i am so happy about that performance
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 03:50 (ten years ago) link
dude lost a lot of lbs and seems very excited about the possibilities of newfound bendiness
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 03:52 (ten years ago) link
or maybe just the possibilities of a wide stage
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 03:55 (ten years ago) link
strongly disagree—I am much more interested in a critic who writes "he emphasizes individual words, or parts of words, in a way that detracts from the melody and merely reiterates the sentiments already present in the lyrics" than one who settles for "he over-emotes"― merciless to accomplish the truth in his intelligence (bernard snowy), Monday, 10 March 2014 18:27 (Yesterday) PermalinkYou realize there is a beautiful bit of metonymy to that post― continually topping myself (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 10 March 2014 18:31 (Yesterday) Permalink
― merciless to accomplish the truth in his intelligence (bernard snowy), Monday, 10 March 2014 18:27 (Yesterday) Permalink
― continually topping myself (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 10 March 2014 18:31 (Yesterday) Permalink
(and this is the last time I wanna talk about anything on this thread besides how great Future Islands are)
... the ideal critic would be one who, if pressed, could expand the latter judgment into the former set of verifiable observations.
― merciless to accomplish the truth in his intelligence (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 11:13 (ten years ago) link
You want the barthesian ideal of a critic, you gotta pay the barthesian ideal of a critic.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 13:50 (ten years ago) link
seasons (waiting on you) is on spotify now fyi
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 17:17 (ten years ago) link
yyeaaaaaaah
― POO: the blossom or full flower of the evening (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 17:22 (ten years ago) link
I am disappointed that this thread is about a croupier rather than the new album. I need someone to help me sort out my feelings about "A Song For Our Grandfathers".
― Tim F, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 21:27 (ten years ago) link
have not heard anything outside of what is available for streaming
― POO: the blossom or full flower of the evening (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
but I am excited to hear that song now
― POO: the blossom or full flower of the evening (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 21:54 (ten years ago) link
it is like a fairy floss of feels
― Tim F, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 22:15 (ten years ago) link
streaming!
http://www.npr.org/2014/03/16/286898446/first-listen-future-islands-singles
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 17 March 2014 15:48 (ten years ago) link
ty!
― POO: the blossom or full flower of the evening (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 17 March 2014 17:13 (ten years ago) link
This song has grown on me quite a lot, it's some forgotten 80s heartland rock star decided to write a big wussy epic over the top of the opening chords to Born Slippy.
― Matt DC, Monday, 17 March 2014 17:25 (ten years ago) link
haha it does sound like the opening of born slippy
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 17 March 2014 18:35 (ten years ago) link
(nuxx)
Don't really know much about this band but that Letterman performance has got me interested. I could watch it all day.
I just streamed the album which was nice enough but a little samey. I think I'd enjoy it more if I'd watched him dancing for the entire 45 minutes. The sound of the album really reminded me of Twin Shadow which is no bad thing.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 17 March 2014 18:41 (ten years ago) link
ha!! i thought that bit sounded familiar!
― frogbs, Monday, 17 March 2014 18:42 (ten years ago) link
I applaud Matt DC's use of the word "wussy" as a +
― continually topping myself (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
I really like this album a lot, I know that parts of it are basically The Killers (in the Springsteen tribute years) with unusual vocal stylings but I can live that.
― boxedjoy, Monday, 17 March 2014 23:03 (ten years ago) link
Cannot stop watching that Letterman performance.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 18 March 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link
Really digging the album based on the stream - dunno if it's better than On the Water (which was probably my favorite of 2011) but it's up there. Agreed that it's a little samey but that's not necessarily a bad thing. There is a bit towards the end of the album that really took me by surprise. Especially if you've got the volume cranked.
― frogbs, Sunday, 23 March 2014 15:55 (ten years ago) link
On my basis of my first listen this tended towards the plodding, although I do like the single.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 23 March 2014 15:59 (ten years ago) link
― Kitchen Person
reminds me a lot of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivDRJuBszVw
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 23 March 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
Was surprised by how close to mono the single is mixed. It is pretty dead center.
― timellison, Sunday, 23 March 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
Curious to know who mixed it. Several mixers I know have been championing a mono (or almost mono) approach recently
― continually topping myself (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 23 March 2014 17:24 (ten years ago) link