Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (RIP blogs)

i love porches. wish i had a porch.

Me too.

planning on sitting on my porch this spring, listening to joanna newsom. or maybe Genesis, not sure.

lol

and playing cafe world, baby.

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Mr. Que: :-)

call all destroyer: it's definitely polarizing, and, sure, a lot of people will hate it. still, my recommendation stands. one record before you die: Ys.

It's the record I'd play someone before I killed them, definitely.

Ys is more showtuney Americana than prog.

ok this is where I get pretty haterific. been listening to showtunes for the last hour-plus. to which showtunes would you compare the stuff on Ys?

still, my recommendation stands. one record before you die: Ys.

please don't say things like this about any record unless Bernard Purdie plays drums on it - thanks

xpost lol Alex

dying here

lolssss

oh, nothing sounds like Ys, John. Really. Nothing. I just meant more in the sense of general signifiers - the songs being written in movements, the Cole Porterish starts and stops, the orchestration, the exalted sense of drama.

This pic was attached to the ID3 tag of the song that's streaming:

http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss360/zachdallas/newsom-81-tag.jpg

gorge

gorge

http://www.georgiaartists.org/gorge/gorge1.jpg

oh, nothing sounds like Ys, John. Really. Nothing.

this sounds like a challenge for my good friend Mr. Que

jorge

http://marcys.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/jorge.jpg

The arrangements/instrumentation on Joanna Newsom albums are usually pretty decent, if not impressive. The vocals and lyrics are always horrible.

KING LEAR:
To thee and thine hereditary ever
Remain this ample third of our fair kingdom;
No less in space, validity, and pleasure,(85)
Than that conferred on Goneril. Now, our joy,
Although the last, not least; to whose young love
The vines of France and milk of Burgundy
Strive to be interest; what can you say to draw
A third more opulent than your sisters? Speak.(90)

JOANNA:
Nothing, my lord.

KING LEAR:
Nothing!

JOANNA THE GORGE:
Nothing.

KING LEAR:
Nothing will come of nothing: speak again.

I CANT BELIEVE I'M DATING THE DUDE FROM SNL:
Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave(95)
My heart into my mouth: I love your majesty
According to my bond; nor more nor less.

oh, nothing sounds like Ys, John. Really. Nothing.

gahhhhh it sounds like a woman singing and playing a harp with some orchestra edits added in later. it sounds like something you can imagine yourself.

LOL

i get that her voice isnt everyones thing but she is a terrific lyricist curtis!! i mean not even just in substance--shes got an amazing grasp of scansion & rhythm. i think the main reason i like her is the lyrics.

I meant compositionally and didn't mean to imply that some woman singing with an orchestra & a harp is unusual in itself

Recommend me more songs like Only Skin plz

"Misty Mountain Hop"

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huge lol jeff

sorry jeff

sorry ~~everyone~~

But walk a little faster
And don't look backwards
Your feast is to the East, which lies a little past the pasture

When the blackbirds hear tea whistling, they rise and clap
And their applause caws the kettle black
And we can't have none of that!

^^^ this kinda shit makes me cringe, esp when I hear it sung. Although lol @ "and we can't have none of that!"

I do kind of want to hear a JN cover of "stand by me"

so DARLIN DARLIN

Remove Self from this Porch

*runs with the big dogs*

yeah sorry curt i dont even know what about those lines makes u cringe

http://dogtime.com/system/gallery_pictures/202/large/Labrador-Retriever-dog-4-picture.jpg

(supposed) tracklist I've seen floating around:

Disc One:
1 - Easy 06:04
2 - Have One On Me 11:02
3 - '81 03:51
4 - Good Intentions Paving Company 07:02
5 - No Provenance 06:25
6 - Baby Birch 09:30

Disc Two:
1 - On A Good Day 01:48
2 - You And Me, Bess 07:12
3 - In California 08:41
4 - Jackrabbits 04:23
5 - Go Long 08:02
6 - Occident 05:31

Disc Three:
1 - Soft As Chalk 06:29
2 - Esme 07:56
3 - Autumn 08:01
4 - Ribbon Bows 06:10
5 - Kingfisher 09:11
6 - Does Not Suffice 06:44

2 - Have One On Me 11:02
6 - Baby Birch 09:30
5 - Kingfisher 09:11
3 - Autumn 08:01
3 - In California 08:41
5 - Go Long 08:02

if I just delete these ones before listening I'll be good to go tbh

I like her lyrics a lot, too, even though I am defiantly Someone Who Doesn't Care About Lyrics. The thorniness of the language, and the rhythmic way it tumbles out, is a big part of what makes her interesting to me; I admire the dense lyrics of Joni Mitchell or Stephen Sondheim for the same reason.

wait it's really three discs?

"yeah sorry curt i dont even know what about those lines makes u cringe"

Wow are you sure you've left the porch? Or your basement?

xp really and truly according to Drag City.

there's also a bonus disc, one 72-minute song entitled "Dragonriders of Pern Suite"

hahah

So presumably "81" is the early-release mp3 not because it's the standout track as much as it's the shortest thing on there?

Wow are you sure you've left the porch? Or your basement?

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i mean... no? i could probably guess but why is the onus on me to articulate why curtis doesnt like something?

max don't try to shirk your responsibility

Your feast is to the East, which lies a little past the pasture

See, I'm a straight-up sucker for internal rhyme and alliteration and all that. Could be nonsense for all I care.

anyway like i said, lyrical 'content' aside the reall attraction for me is, like jaymc says, the scansion, the sound, the rhythm & so forth

I don't like it because the words sound bad in my ears

there really arent that many non-rap lyricists who pay as much attention to the sound of words as newsom does

but Curt1s how do they feel in your SOUL

maybe u should stick to instrumentals then stephens

Does Joanna Newsom release instrumental discs?

joanna newsom is soul-ambient