Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (RIP blogs)

“When I listen back to those first EPs, I’m like, well, that voice does sound fucking crazy. There is no way around it. But I know exactly what space I was in. I was so sure that I didn’t know how to sing that I was just going balls out. I was like: I’m going to sing my heart out, as crazy as it sounds, and I’m not going to care because there’s no hope of sounding anything like what people consider beautiful. I sure as hell wasn’t affecting anything. I mean, the institution of singing is inherently an affectation!”

from: http://www.arthurmag.com/2006/12/23/nearer-the-heart-of-things-erik-davis-on-joanna-newsom-from-arthur-no-25winter-02006/

This will be her Nashville Skyline.

re: her voic
way too flowery

more like her self portrait

totally on board for her infidels in 2017 tho

more excited for her Christmas in the Heart, tbh

??

nashville skyline is about 13 mins a side

I mean, the institution of singing is inherently an affectation!

newsom OTM

unless you walk around all day singing things to ppl like you're in a big ole opera

I contend that choosing the name Emily's Cheese is bit of an affectation as well. Unless your parent's really named you that in which case, I am truly sorry.

Jumping in to this crazy thread to say that I think her voice sounds wonderful on "81". She has clearly worked on it a lot over the past few years. Compare this new song to any song on Milk-Eyed Mender and it is pretty much night and day.

Not sure I understand the whole idea of her putting on a voice. Beyond making an attempt to sound reasonably good, I don't get the impression that she is "playing a role" or trying to be something she is not. I think the "wackiness" that comes out of her various projects is really just the sound of her being true to herself. Whether you like that or not is a different question...

emil Ys cheese

deathbeds gettin brought up a lot on this thread jus sayin

unless you walk around all day singing things to ppl like you're in a big ole opera

I have always assumed Joanna Newsom does this on the regular

Safe assumption probably.

~*cleverness*~

438 messages and no one has heard the record yet

Oh that's not true at all. I'm sure someone at cloth-eared yokel at Drag City has listened to it by now.

In other news JD Salinger died without hearing Ys.

good thing they play Ys in heaven pretty much 24-7

That doesn't matter to JN fans though. It's gotta be heard while in the full flush of life or it don't count.

Would you know my name
If you heard Ys in heaven
Will it be the same
If you heard Ys heaven
I must be strong, and carry on
Cause I know Ys don't belong
Here in heaven

guys i think at 443 posts you may be running out of jokes to make about joanna newsom, her music, and her fanbase

good innings though

(i actually like JoNew fine, just having a laff ... a+++ tears in heaven reference btw)

Can someone with more time on their hands take this scene from Manhunter and replace the Iron Butterfly with something from Ys? k thx bye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6cVuJiREPE

how much do harps cost?

xp

LOL

first genuinely funny post in this thread

btw the title track of this is a monster with a gorgeous bridge and a completely unexpected wordless coda

But now you've told us, so we will expect it.

:P

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4322945262_a5c3ecc41e.jpg

Can't decide if this is better or worse.

that song streaming on drag city sounds a lot like "army dreamers" by kate bush
her voice is much improved!

http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/w/world-party/album-private-revolution.jpg

xpost Is that to do with the waltz rhythm she's playing on the harp?

probably, i mean they don't really sound that alike but army dreamers immediately came to mind within seconds of listening to it, also her voice and phrasing sounding a bit more like kate than before, at least in that song

Hatch, is that the real cover? Man, I'm a fucking iTunes dude, but I'm buying this shit on vinyl.

Oh shit, definitely the real cover: http://www.dragcity.com/products/have-one-on-me

TRIPLE LP TIME!

Does anyone know if Drag City ships download codes with their LPs?

Good question. The whole concept of free mp3s with a purchase of LP has made me very enthusiastic about buying vinyl. I think any record company that does this is on the right track.

Love the album cover. I had been scratching my head over the all black version because it seemed just too half-assed for her. This is much more what I'd expect. I like how she always seems to be one-upping herself.

Moodles OTM. The first "artwork" we saw was awful, but this is awesome. I don't even have a turntable, but I want to buy the vinyl just to have it. I'll almost definitely do so if there's a download code. Maybe I'll email Drag City and ask them.

450+ posts of jokes and no one has used the phrase "quit harping on her music" or something similar

for shame people

for shame

Great photo for the album cover but I'm still not to keen on the typographic choice.

Edwardian color-tinted postcard cover artwork? Success.

I don't know anything about fonts, but it reminds me of the font from Clockwork Orange movie posters.

But the picture is great.

that song streaming on drag city sounds a lot like "army dreamers" by kate bush

she is sounding a lot like kate bush lately. and it's not just her voice/phrasing, even her songwriting. it's kind of disappointing because whatever you think about her, until recently you could never say "she sounds just like [insert name]".

between that and picturing a naked + sweaty adam sanberg during her tender love ballads....

I agree that the new song sounds a bit like Kate Bush, but I think she's not a bad person to be compared to.

Strangely, prior to this song I had been reminded a bit of Kate Bush simply in the way it took both singers a couple albums to really grow into their voices. Kate's voice sounded very thin and child-like on her first album or two, but over time she gained a lot of depth and breathiness.

Joanna Newsom seems to be headed in the same direction, though unlike Kate Bush, she wasn't born with a golden voice. She's had to work a bit harder to get to a "good" singing voice.

Why has she been trying to look so damn sexy lately?

Why not?

Shes trying to sell records I guess ;)