I think that to get away with singing nonsense it's important to sound utterly sure of yourself. Bejar pulled this off beautifully on Rubies. But to listlessly and apologetically sing nonsense wears on the listener's patience.
― o. nate, Thursday, 27 March 2008 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
This has grown on me a bit, esp. "Rivers". I still don't like it as much as Rubies though.
There was an interesting Q&A with Bejar on eMusic recently where he said that he was listening a lot to Dylan's Christian-period albums while making Rubies - I definitely hear that in the singing.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 16:08 (fifteen years ago) link
saw him last week on tour for this record, it was one of the best shows I've seen him play
setlist was mostly This Night / Trouble in Dreams with a couple from Rubies .... any set that ends with Hey Snow White I'm gonna be cool with it
― dmr, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
they're not playing anything from Streethawk or Thief though :/
― dmr, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 16:29 (fifteen years ago) link
i didn't know what time it was at all
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Saturday, 9 June 2018 00:43 (five years ago) link
yeah, that one always sticks
― niels, Saturday, 9 June 2018 12:25 (five years ago) link
the Rubies - Trouble in Dreams combo remains my favorite era of Destroyer by far
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 9 June 2018 13:11 (five years ago) link
nah it's cool you go i'll stay perfectly at home with this dreaddark leaves form a thread
― Heez, Sunday, 24 February 2019 04:52 (five years ago) link