I think I said this elsewhere, but if feels to me like he was experimenting with looser/less fussy songwriting and arranging on Benji, and its success made him realize he could invest way less sheer effort into a given song and be equally or more rewarded commercially, especially since he can be a lot more prolific that way.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 16 January 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
one thing is that there are signals of that shift in direction as early as "wop a din din," a song about how much he loves his cat and hates going on tour bc he has to leave his cat behind
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 January 2020 19:56 (four years ago) link
overall i think he should've written more songs about cats though
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 January 2020 19:57 (four years ago) link
kozelek can have a little cat
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 16 January 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link
I guess we've all got bored of something? Or found that we couldn't do something that we previously could?
― djh, Thursday, 16 January 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
I haven't listened to anything since Perils and don't feel the need to at the moment. I think it's worth taking the long view though. The Dylan comparison is fraught and lazy but who knows what it's like up there. He might have a New Morning moment, work this out and find a new space.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Thursday, 16 January 2020 20:35 (four years ago) link
I think 'Blue Guitar' and 'Old Ramon' are my favourite RHP albums. I always liked how they sound, and I think 'Old Ramon' was the first RHP studio album I bought.
I started to drift away from Sun Kil Moon when the nylon strung guitar took over. I wish Mark well as he follows his instinct.
― michaellambert, Thursday, 16 January 2020 22:16 (four years ago) link
leaves are turning brownall over the ground
― mookieproof, Friday, 11 December 2020 07:05 (three years ago) link