Robert Forster: The Evangelist

This holds up soooo nicely.

Was just thinking about this album the other day. Maybe I'll give it a relisten here.

Forster has an essay collection.

I agree with Forster's judgments no more than half the time and probably less--he's fonder than I would have thought of various folkies, and, in a contrarian/revisionist trend I have no use for, champions such ignored or half-forgotten MOR heroes as Glen Campbell, Neil Diamond, and Nana Mouskouri.

Glen Campbell is pretty well-liked on this board, no? Not sure about Neil Diamond or Nana Mouskouri though.

Anybody buy the collection?

Not as yet...

This record is so good.

never get tired of it.

also, i posted this in the 'Danger in the Past' thread; still marvelling:
http://medicine-opera.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/James-Joyce.jpg

^ it's james joyce

!!!
had no idea that forster cover shot was a reference

ikr!

Yeah, I love this record as much as any Go-Be's album; it's become my touchstone for how I want aging guitar-anchored male singer-songwriters to sound.

hsa this been posted? http://www.furious.com/perfect/robertforster.html

kind of cool - robert playing 2541 w/ Grant Hart in Cologne last month...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbC1oTDTsrk

This record is so good.

― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, April 26, 2011

it's been a while, wonder if he's got something new coming out soon? i haven't heard anything.

Was wondering that myself! Maybe just concentrating on the writing...

He's just started a new Facebook page with some news coming this week. Please let it be for a new album.

saw that -- yeah, must be a new album. been long enough!

There was news about a new album several weeks ago in Australian press, so that's definitely it.

http://pitchfork.com/news/60126-the-go-betweens-robert-forster-announces-new-solo-record-songs-to-play/

So excited.

nice

just heard it, it's good!

gave the evangelist a spin this morning -- started out thinking, "why don't i listen to this more?" and then remembered why, since the first few songs pretty much reduce me to tears.

and hey, here's a snippet of a new song! https://soundcloud.com/tapete-records/robert-forster-let-me-imagine-you

The title track is one of the most heartbreaking songs I know. Love that album.

Thrilled to be getting a new album from Robert. The video embedded in the P4K announcement is one of the better EPK's I've seen in awhile.

The title track is one of the most heartbreaking songs I know.

OTM. The funny thing is, the melody and his vocal are so profoundly sad, but the song is just about moving to Australia from Germany.

It's the way he sings

"But something’s not right, something’s gone wrong"

that is so heartbreaking. It gets me every single time.

his natural tact

xp think you're thinking of "demon days" which, yeah, is very heartbreaking

new track! http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2015/08/04/429022726/song-premiere-robert-forster-learn-to-burn
i like it

xp think you're thinking of "demon days" which, yeah, is very heartbreaking

― tylerw

You are completely right. I was just getting the titles mixed up in my head for some reason.

I like the new song, especially the high pitched vocals that lead into that awesome solo. Pre-ordered the limited edition vinyl this morning. Very excited for this.

gave this a go for the first time in well over a decade this morning and it's just such a ... (big sigh) pleasant album. very resonating and tyler sums it up well:

started out thinking, "why don't i listen to this more?" and then remembered why, since the first few songs pretty much reduce me to tears.

― tylerw, Thursday, July 23, 2015 7:19 AM

there's a thing where someone might make an album so bad, you stop paying attention. wondering an inverse phenomenon can be true: someone makes something so good, so late in the game that you just figure they'll never top it. kind of how it went with me and rf after this album.