The Father John Misty Thread

I'm not going to listen to that song but from reading the lyrics I don't see why Arcade Fire are (rightfully) called out for this shit and FJM gets a pass:

Bedding Taylor Swift
Every night inside the Oculus Rift
After mister and the missus finish dinner and the dishes
And now the future's definition is so much higher than it was last year
It's like the images have all become real
And someone's living my life for me out in the mirror

No, can you believe how far we've come
In the New Age?
Freedom to have what you want
In the New Age we'll all be entertained
Rich or poor, the channels are all the same
You're a star now, baby, so dry your tears
You're just like them
Wake on up from the nightmare

Come on
Oh ho oh
Oh
Oh ho oh

No gods to rule us
No drugs to soothe us
No myths to prove stuff
No love to confuse us

Not bad for a race of demented monkeys
From a cave to a city to a permanent party

Come on
Oh ho oh
Oh
Oh ho oh

When the historians find us we'll be in our homes
Plugged into our hubs
Skin and bones
A frozen smile on every face
As the stories replay
This must have been a wonderful place

called out for what? the taylor swift line? being concerned about a generation consumed by escapism?

no no, just the clichéd criticism of contemporary society/technology

didn't mean to sound like an idiot btw, I'm fairly sure I heard the song when it was released and it didn't do anything for me, that's why I'm not keen to revisit

apart from the Swift/Rift reference those lyrics could have been from the 60s

I'm a big fan of "i hate to say it but each other's all we've got" at the end of the opening track on the album, not just the line, the way he delivers it. Listening to some of the rest of the album, he must be a big Vonnegut fan i'm guessing.

His delivery is a BIG part of the appeal. Win Butler does not come close. Win Butler's not in the same universe.

yeah they do totally different things imo

no doubt, I happen to find FJM's delivery more intolerable - listening to the song now and if ever there was a voice too clever for it's own good...

but I shouldn't comment so much on stuff I don't like

"total entertainment forever" is an amazing song

― Treeship, Monday, 30 October 2017 14:16 (four hours ago) Permalink

http://i66.tinypic.com/2ezpg04.jpg

I am simple, and easily amused.

Here's Father John Misty (Josh Tillman) during a chapel service, from my 1999 Montrose Christian School yearbook. pic.twitter.com/vsWsoVafnv

— C.D. Carter's good account (ironically) (@CDCarter13) November 17, 2017

idgi

he's been p upfront that he was raised in a weird Xtian fundie family

It's the wording of the caption that gets me.

"I'm recording sweet solos for the Lord." "How does--" "Shh."

he was just jammin for the Lamb

Sort of related, but was just thinking I'd totally be into a FJM Christmas album.

Elton John's been mentioned a few times itt, "Ballad of the Dying Man" came on shuffle recently and before I skipped it I was struck by how reminiscent it was of a Captain Fantastic track

New Single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n38R1JTEAPo

Apparently the new album is a Concept Album about being Fucked Up In A Hotel (or, in other words, the most FJM thing FJM has ever FJM-d)

I was interested in his thing at first but the longer he keeps up with this schtick the grosser it seems and it’s retroactively ruining my enjoyment for his earlier material.

"total entertainment forever" is an amazing song
― Treeship, Monday, 30 October 2017 14:16 (three months ago) Permalink

were you high bro

"it’s retroactively ruining my enjoyment for his earlier material."

Yes, I'm experiencing this.

more like father dumb shitty

"total entertainment forever" is an amazing song
― Treeship, Monday, 30 October 2017 14:16 (three months ago) Permalink

were you high bro

― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Saturday, February 24, 2018 8:39 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I wasn’t but I am sort of mystified at my positive first reaction to it now.

he's not doubled down, but quadrupled down on the meta-josh-fjm schtick. tiresome.

One of the 2 new songs; Just Dumb Enough To Try is fantastic IMO.

'"Josh Tillman has said the new album is “the real I Love You, Honeybear but without the cynicism”'.

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/files/2018/04/fjm.jpg

new album is great. Definitely feels like a "smaller" record than "Pure Comedy" even though there's still a lot of big-sounding orchestration and slow piano balladry. Lot of great, funny lines, that's for sure.

Jason Isbell's here as well
And he seemed a little worried about you

They're co-headlining this summer!?!? Maybe they'll duet that song?

man I really like God's Favorite Customer.

He's Back...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES2WW4JJ_84

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdkzXL-KO5w

Two hour long Barbican show from earlier tonight. Many new bangers debuted. He legit sounds like Manhattan Transfer on a couple. Not a bad thing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIPp53FTYpU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o93hYhytAmI

the album from this year is really great. Stunning live show too.

This is pretty damn great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGk0QUXXj-4