patrick wolf?

i feel bad for the ones who own shares of this

That'll be me, then.

how does it feel knowing your $10 went to his bondage outfit

Kind of... naughty.

Can't... stop.... watching......

If I'd thought it would have encouraged this sort of behaviour, I'd have kicked in £10 just to buy him a nipple ring.

Wow. I think I may actually explode if I watch that one more time.

lol yeah i'm somewhat glad i didn't buy a share. although maybe if i did he could've gotten a better designer to do his artwork jesus.

kate have you seen the wind in the wires video? i didn't think he could top that but apparently i was wrong.

Um, noooooo... does it involve Lawrence of Arabia costumes and rape by Turks?

I'll go look on YouTube.

OH. OH GOODNESS.

Is it just me, or are all Patrick Wolf videos just Germaine Greer essays brought to life?

Yes, he's a beautiful boy throwing himself about and totally objectifying himself for the (fe)Male Gaze.

I JUST WISH HIS MUSIC WASN'T SUCH GODAWFUL SHIT.

he'd be my wet dream if his music was any good at all. But I'm sorry, I really don't like it. And never have.

So just make your soundtrack.

I'm trying to think of musicians I really like, but are butt ugly, whose music I can play over the top of those shrieking gay pr0n vids.

can you please stop

^^^ polite

Wait, do I have to stop because I don't like his music, or do I have to stop because I dared to mention sexuality and objectification in the context of a musician who is essentially throwing himself around in bondage gear in one of his videos?

This is a serious question, BTW.

Because Wolf is one of those artists that I *should* - according to all the signifiers that he drops and the influences and the namechecks and the "frequently liked by people who like X, Y and Z" where I like X, Y and Z - really like.

But his music really leaves me cold.

And it really does leave me with the sense of "is there something I'm not *getting* here?"

But I've never been able to get an answer out of a fan that didn't involve all the performance, the personna, the *himness* of the whole thing.

Not that that's necessarily a bad thing - presentation is a huge part of pop. But it does leave me feeling that it's all presentation and I'm just not hearing any substance to it.

it's the WAY you mention sexuality and objectification, in regard to yourself. it's creepy.

i seriously don't need to hear about you exploding and having wet dreams.

oh are we doing this again? seriously you boys to need to suck it up whenever girls gush over dudes on this board - how is it any less creepy when someone talks about having a boner for ann coulter or whatever? (apologies to whoever it was on ile btw, just an example, but this is basically one of those things that the female ilxors put up with all the fucking time because y'all are a bunch of horndogs). i mean yikes, at least patrick wolf is pretty.

as for his music, tbh i liked him better when he was all Victorian seaside goth and i didn't know much of his persona/performance style. i find him kind of insufferable these days - his interviews where he's all "I'm an ARTIST" would be lady gaga-esque in their annoyingness if not for the fact that i think he's at least more convincing at it than gaga is. in the early days, what appealed to me was the sheer strength in his songwriting and delivery. he's one of the few performers out there who actually doesn't really need to be running around naked to be compelling but there he is.

Cutty, with all due respect, grow up and deal. Or hit suggest ban or whatever it is that you do when confronted with scary female sexuality that you can't cope with. You wanna go back and re-read that whole thread where every boy on ILM watched the Womanizer video and commented on OMG BRITNEY IS NAKED?!?!?!? Music and sexuality and emotion are totally part and parcel and interlinked.

Wolf is just one of those performers where I find the music and the personna totally inseparable. So I suppose how you're going to feel about the music is tied in with whatever image he's inhabiting. My problem is, I am intrigued by the image, but I don't find any more substance to him than Lady Gaga or whoever because I don't engage with the music.

It's like Bowie without the tunes. As you say, insufferable.

when you start talking about bodily fluids it's not ok

ps. you are gross

You know, if I actually cared whether random prudes on the internet thought I was "gross" or not, I wouldn't be 1) posting on the internet or 2) listening to PATRICK WOLF, now, would I?

We're talking about a man who PUT HUMAN SHIT through one of my friends' mailboxes, and you're freaking out because I'm talking about *metaphorical* wet dreams?

Are you sure YOU are in the right place?

your friend probably deserved it

why oh why did patrick wolf put a poo through your friends letter box?

i didn't care too much for the song but loved the other albums enough that i'll still try the album out.

yeah, i'd forgive the video if the song even have a hook. it doesn't go anywhere.

he posted a new piano ballad on his youtube channel a few weeks back that was much better but i guess he wanted to go the upbeat route.

Well, apparently that song is at least partially Alec Empire's fault.

I actually kind of dig the song, and the video's not bad, if a bit...all over the place. I feel like most of Patrick's videos have a really solid idea at their core and then just kind of...lose themselves somewhere. I'm not sure if there's a single one that I really LOVE. That said, I adore his first two albums, and even if his persona has gradually started to overtake what was an immense display of songwriting talent around Lycanthropy and Wind in the Wires, there's usually enough there that's worth a listen that I'd want to support him. The Magic Position still had some really solid tunes and interesting production even when it occasionally faltered.

So...I mean. It's a double album. It'll probably be self-indulgent and over the top and he seems to be indicating that he's going even more performative. I'm still looking forward to it. And he is quite attractive. Plus, his voice is this gorgeous baritone thing that's just gotten more forceful and confident overtime. And he's insanely talented musically. Dude rearranges his songs fourteen different ways, and you'll never be sure if you end up with an electrostomp version, an acoustic piano medley or a string quartet.

Patrick's the most compelling musician around for me at the moment, and that's absolutely nothing to do with his persona or image.

I really didn't mind that song at all. In fact, quite liked it.

That song is pretty exemplary of why I do not go out to many gay dance clubs.

That said, i want to fuck him hard.

^^^^^^^^^

Cutty, oh Cutty why are you not tearing *this* guy a new arsehole for saying this?

Double standard ahoy.

his was less gross tbf.

yeah i mean just being blunt about it vs. rhapsodizing in slippery damp gross l0u1s jagg3r style

oh, to palpate the mellifluous glistening buttocks of patrick wolf, esquire

i think he's pasty nasty totally unfuckable btw

x-post LOL

Patrick's the most compelling musician around for me at the moment, and that's absolutely nothing to do with his persona or image.

― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Friday, March 20, 2009 10:25 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Sickamous Mouthall only pays attention to the IMPORTANT stuff

It's all about the ukulele.

Sorry; I meant tumescent dong.

i would compress patrick's waveforms

:D

I kind of miss that ukelele pop phase he was on for like...a minute and a half. And yeah, still one of the most compelling musicians, I was just observing that there's been an expansion of stuff-extraneous-to-music in recent years that didn't really exist before and seems to colour a lot of people's reactions one way or the other.

thought that song was okay, pretty good by english haircut-indie standards

Fucking genius.

I love this guy so much.

it's growing on me. production and arrangement are amazing. the best parts of lycanthropy (beats) and wind in the wires (strings and instruments and song structure) with the production glisten of the magic position. the songs themselves will need a bit more time to grow on me. besides the incredible Hard Times, Oblivion and Vulture it's all quite slooow. (not a bad thing, but generally he has a bit more uptempo stuff, even when he's being a total downer). the bachelor is gorgeous though. also thickets and theseus.

the only moment that is a bit much for me to take on first listen is the beginning of who will? which is so overly explicitly about teh buttsecks in such a non-metaphorical way that it makes me giggle. i mean, "who will penetrate the tightening muscle" is a bit ridiculous beneath the guy who's written teignmouth. (unless the tightening muscle is his heart. in which case my mind is stuck in the gutter.) interested to see how this will translate to the stage. not sure where it stands in relation to the other three albums, but i think he's done it again.

who will penetrate the tightening muscle

"but he's not GAY!" uhhh

Hahaha, he is apparently with a bloke now, aye, BUT a; he did definitely go out with a female gallery curator for a couple of years, and b; this record's about being a miserable singleton, so he probably does mean his aorta rather than his sphincter.

Blackdown = Kate Bush, yes?

AND FUCK ME HERE COMES JIG OF LIFE