let me just ask a somewhat loaded question:if joanna newsom was beth ditto instead - but nothing else were different - how would you feel?
― idgi, mon (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:07 (fourteen years ago) link
those songs would sound really, really different
― Jack the Dude-Kicker (HI DERE), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I never would have made my "goose being put through a garlic press" analogy ;_;
― Jack the Dude-Kicker (HI DERE), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:08 (fourteen years ago) link
i like mama cass and francoise hardy - how can this be?
― velko, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:08 (fourteen years ago) link
so wait if joanna newsom was in the gossip and sang and beth ditto rode unicorns and dated the cast of SNL, how would i feel? is that the question?
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
yes
― idgi, mon (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
i would feel. . . strange
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
has anyone written about the influence of the Waldorf School on Joanna Newsom's music/lyrics? Cuz it's gotta be huge.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:11 (fourteen years ago) link
i think beth ditto can sing better than JN, for one thing.
also, i feel sorry for that poor unicorn
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:11 (fourteen years ago) link
i hope we're on the same page here que fwiw
― idgi, mon (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:11 (fourteen years ago) link
I thought she was more of the Statler School
― Jack the Dude-Kicker (HI DERE), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:12 (fourteen years ago) link
what page would that be
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:12 (fourteen years ago) link
5
Come anticipate Kill Bill with me
― idgi, mon (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
statler school?
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I would still find both appalling and listen to neither.
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― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, what does statler school mean? hotel management? seriously though, I think Newsom is deep into Waldorf stuff!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I was wondering something similar -- would I like Newsom's compositions more if they were sung by someone else. At this point I've gotta imagine anything would be an improvement over her voice.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:14 (fourteen years ago) link
oh jesus, i've been pwned by a muppet joke
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
a++ kevin
― epic board man (history mayne), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay you people who aren't getting the Statler joke are disgusting savages etc.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Hahahahaha keep bringing the lols Joanna Newsom thread!
― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
its funny how much her voice turns ppl off
― max, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:16 (fourteen years ago) link
ohhhh i get it. ha.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
i listened to one of the new songs yesterday and i could not stop laughing at her voice.
still want to see her on the muppet show, though.
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm just not a big fan of anything that sounds like Joni Mitchell stabbed occasionally by a cattle prod.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
you guys have no idea how delighted you have made me
― Jack the Dude-Kicker (HI DERE), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Which one would she duet with?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link
kermit?
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Sweetums would be great.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I vote Mahna Mahna.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
come on, has to be a duet with Fozzie
― Jack the Dude-Kicker (HI DERE), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
SWEETUMS
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Dude looks like a freak-folk roadie anyway.
AND THEN HE COULD EAT HER WHEN THEY ARE DONE
(had to google sweetums, never knew that thing's name)
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
And hey, he's got a good public speaking rep!
http://www.grayclouds.net/adam/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/sweetums.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zdu2zeiJ1Y
― Jack the Dude-Kicker (HI DERE), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
But he hangs around with suspicious people sometimes:
http://toughpigs.com/uploaded_images/sweetums-784013.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link
ya i dunno... its a weird voice sure but... its not ugly?
― max, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Have now listened. I think it's her weakest album by a considerable margin, by far the least melodic, the least well-sung, the least in control of its dynamics, and the least, um, retroactively prepossessing.
― that guy who doesn't get it but doesn't know he doesn't get it (M.V.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link
it's not ugly, but it sounds like she's putting a "baby" voice on at times as she sings
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link
oh it is pretty ugly sometimes
― Jack the Dude-Kicker (HI DERE), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/dc19124/snoop.gif
― ksh, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Fo shizzle.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
her voice is HIDEOUS
― Mordy, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
I WOULDNT CALL IT UGLY THOUGH I AGREE IT IS HIDEOUS
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
some people like her music, some people don't like her music, none of us have anything insightful to say, and Mr. Que still isn't funny. lock thread.
― ksh, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i like his use of all caps.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd love to see Judy Collins Sings Joanna Newsom. Might actually redeem a ton of these tracks for me.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link