Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (RIP blogs)

popmatters review should have just stuck to "its too long" without dragging billy corgan into the mess

between the p4k + popmatters reviews, the p4k one is the one that sounds like the author didn't spend a lot of time with the album.

im thinking popmatters just wants the publicity. probably only listened through once.

oh so thats why pop websites review music!

they both sound like they took a lot of time with the record(s)? the popmatters guy is frustrated that its long and sounds unfocused--i think this is a fair criticism--whereas mark enjoys its length and doesnt find it unfocused

from p4k review

One significant difference between Newsom and Mitchell is that the latter, especially early in her career, was writing songs that would sound good on the radio. For better or worse, Newsom is not a pop singer-- that's just not what she does. So I don't want to overstate this record's accessibility.

This is the primary reason I can't love Newsom no matter how many Mitchell comparisons she gets. (nb Joni is my favorite artist of all time.)

To say that this record is anything less than an astonishing achievement just means that you weren’t paying any attention.

sigh

PAY ATTENTION.

What?

Haha, it's just hilarious how re: this album many people react as if you have to *study* it as if it were molecular neuroscience before even considering having any opinions about it.

To say that this record is anything less than an astonishing achievement just means that you weren’t paying any attention.

That was me, btw.

jk

I wonder how dumping Bill Callahan for Andy Samberg will affect the Newsom aesthetic?
http://andysamberg.blogspot.com/2007/12/andy-samberg-kisses-joanna-newsom.html

whereas mark enjoys its length and doesnt find it unfocused

I didn't get this impression from the Pfork review. He pretty much said that he finds the length challenging for a traditional, start-to-finish listen, but has enjoyed coming and going from the album as he pleases, picking up in a different spot each time he puts it on the stereo. And that's not a good *album*, that's a set of songs by the same artist that are pleasing in small, random doses, basically as if they were on an iPod Shuffle.

omg in re: popmatters comments

You will live to regret this review. Your name and reputation are forever etched in history now, and generations will read this review in incredulous wonder at the man who rated this enduring work of art a 40/100. It is because of reviews and reviewers like you that I started my own blog 2 weeks ago. But no anger here - just pity.

Comment by ***** — February 23, 2010 @ 10:02 am

(I wrote that one too.)

(Still haven't listened to the record.)

joanna peesom

Do you need help getting it out of the paper sleeve?

xpost

joanna peesom

― (uh oh I'm having a fantasy)

Nice juxtaposition of username and corresponding post.

The Sistine Chapel. Guernica. Have One On Me.

pitchfork gave this cd a “9.2”

‘nuff said.

Makes a fella glad he decided to start writing for PM again. Probably will never hear this album, keeping my Joanna Newsom non-streak alive.

Do you need help getting it out of the paper sleeve?

man, those sleeves are a pain

Comments in a Dommy P Tori Amos review >>>> these ones.

only a sexist would give this album a bad review

Luckiliy pitchfork sees the genius of this album and awarded it with a 9.2. Suck on that !

It is easy to say that Tusk, and Sandinista are masterpieces, everybody knows that. But at the time, it divided critics, they called it too big. And that’s what this guy is saying overall. There is no filler, everything is in its place, and the 3 disc thing is a way to help people to listen to it the right way!

lol i wanted to actually listen to this album and like it but now i'm not so sure

People only cite Pitchfork, but this album has received already 3 perfect scores, and the rest of them rated near perfect (4 stars or 4.5) based on more than 15 reviews. This is the lowest review so far, and unless you count Rolling Stone, it will be the only negative one.

did she record this with albini?

No. O'Rourke mixed though.

Still my favorite:

How dare the reviewer not worship at the feet of Her Squeakiness!!! How dare the reviewer not find her triple disc opus enchanting and mesmerizing!!! She plays a harp! A harp!!! The greatness inherent in that should be readily apparent to anyone with ears!! Elf music lives forever! FTW!!! The Travelocity Gnome rates this album a perfect 11 out of 10 Gnomish Tunics and the shill at Pitchfork has 9.2 chubby for this album, so take that and stroke it PopMatters!!! Exclamation points for all things Joanna!!!!!!!!

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=joanna+newsom

http://twitter.com/erik_davis/status/9540916552

Loved his piece on Ys.

Twitter:

Pauliwhirl: There's this one with guitar, Bulgarian tambura, banjo, kora, and THREE HARPS OVERLAID. FUCK YES, JOANNA NEWSOM.

Haven't read this yet, but someone linked to it on Twitter: http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/02/23/joanna-newsom-interview-have-one-on-me/

# WAITING FOR JOANNA NEWSOM TO LEAK. 11:41 AM Feb 19th via web

# AHHHHHHH DOWNLOAD FASTER 1:31 PM Feb 19th via web

# OMG OMG JOANNA NEWSOM. 8:32 PM Feb 19th via web

# YES. YES, JOANNA NEWSOM. OMG YOU ARE SO MUCH BETTER THAN FRAT PARTY. 9:14 PM Feb 19th via web

innocent fairy prince sullied & sexualised by music business is certainly a trope on JN messageboards

she's been singing about sex (albeit: weirdly) since her first album!

Anyone taking bets as to whether she'll be on a Twilight soundtrack eventually?

who cares?

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/100223/Joanna-Newsom_240.jpg

am liking this look, maybe too much side boob?

From the review ksh just linked -- is this an indirect response to J0hn D.'s comment, upthread?

EW: Some people do look at a song as a chore if it’s over 10 minutes. They might say, “This is good, but I have to warn you—it’s ten minutes long and has a harp.”

JN: (laughs) Yeah, I understand that, but of course when a person writes music—I guess this isn’t the case with some death metal music where the intention is slightly different—but in general I feel when someone’s writing something it’s because it sounds good to them. Their instinct is to do what sounds pretty, and sounds good, and to me that’s what I do. So obviously when I hear it I go, “good job, self, you’ve made a song that sounded the way you want it to sound.” And then of course there’s not that many people who feel the same way about it. But there’s enough.

who cares?

You will be.

For reference, J0hn's comment:

yeah if I'm listening to 13-minute epic songs in a rock/pop mode they better have a shredding solo and some wicked distortion or I want my money back, that is just how I break it down to an extent

xpost to myself

[q]who cares?

You will be.

[/q]

weird choice of... verb?

http://z.about.com/d/bestsellers/1/0/O/3/-/-/I_Am_America.jpg

also drag city is gonna sell a lot of this album--by 2010 standards anyway.

Emphasis on the "drag" for this long-ass album, amirite?

D+

I'll be here all week!

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