Joanna Newsom- OMG

harry · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:30 pm

pumachik Wrote:

i think i'm the only one who can't stand her... sorry kids, not my thing.

Unlistenable music. For me this goes into the file with Rabbit Coat and Anthony and the Johnstons... ugly music with no particularly interesting reason for tolerating the blech factor.

Timis · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:32 pm

harry Wrote:

pumachik Wrote:

i think i'm the only one who can't stand her... sorry kids, not my thing.

Unlistenable music. For me this goes into the file with Rabbit Coat and Anthony and the Johnstons... ugly music with no particularly interesting reason for tolerating the blech factor.

i am on the same boat with harry and puma.....thats why i didnt send it out

no guru · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:35 pm

Wow, Harry. That's a strong dislike. You don't find the song structures beautiful? I don't hear any ugly in Newsom's songs. Sure, I hear weird vocals, but in the service of lovely. Unless you have a specific definition of what you consider ugly. Newsom seems to be to be all about not-ugly, so far as I can tell.

I like her regardless.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:18 pm

Timis Wrote:

harry Wrote:

pumachik Wrote:

i think i'm the only one who can't stand her... sorry kids, not my thing.

Unlistenable music. For me this goes into the file with Rabbit Coat and Anthony and the Johnstons... ugly music with no particularly interesting reason for tolerating the blech factor.

i am on the same boat with harry and puma.....thats why i didnt send it out

gonna give this another shot today. 1 listen left me bored waiting for something interesting to happen.

iron_and_beer · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:25 pm

I really like the first two songs, even though this would typically not be my thing at all. I'm still having trouble getting through the whole thing. Maybe if I buy it, I'll have more motivation. "Only Skin" seems like a chore though - 16:00 :shock:

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

it's no in-a-gadda-da-vida.
(17 minutes)

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

its pretentious and just plain annoying. maybe there is a place in music for this type of thing but its not any place i want to be. sorry to upset you frosted. kate bush - same deal for me. call me narrow-minded if you will.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:08 pm

rparis74 Wrote:

its pretentious

shut up.

Mick · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:13 pm

I don't find her polarizing at all. She's okay.

Sprout & the Bean was a great song, good enough to overcome the voice thing. Kinda shits me how she must have felt compelled to sing like that to sound different, though.

That said, i have only heard one song from this new one.

Freakster · **Joined:** Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:00 pm **Posts:** 71

Joanna's music is worse than the holocaust - from what I've read was pretty terrible.

e-stone · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:24 pm

Timis Wrote:

harry Wrote:

pumachik Wrote:

i think i'm the only one who can't stand her... sorry kids, not my thing.

Unlistenable music. For me this goes into the file with Rabbit Coat and Anthony and the Johnstons... ugly music with no particularly interesting reason for tolerating the blech factor.

i am on the same boat with harry and puma

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Old Kingfish Lee Wrote:

Quote:

Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie

This sounds like something the Senator would make up to make fun of music like this.

that's funny I was thinking the same thing. and yeah she's really awful.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:55 pm

But you guys are missing the point - she plays a HARP and sings meandering epics in a grating elfin voice. That shit is ART.

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

-harp
-meandering lyrics
-add wassail and stir

Timis · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:07 pm

ayah Wrote:

harp + meandering lyrics + add wassail and stir = audio diarrhea

paladisiac · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:08 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

But you guys are missing the point - she plays a HARP and sings meandering epics in a grating elfin voice. That shit is ART.

racist

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:25 pm

alongwaltz Wrote:

Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie

That means no where I come from
I am cold, out waiting for the day to come
I chew my lips and I scratch my nose
Feels so good to be a rose

Oh don't, don't you lift me up
Like I'm that shy, no no no no no, just give it up

See, there are bats all dissolving in a row
Into the wishy-washy dark that can't let go

And I cannot let go
So I thank the lord
And I thank his sword
Though it be mincing up the morning, slightly bored

Oh oh oh, morning
Without warning
Like a hole
Oh, and I watch you go

There are some mornings when the sky looks like a road
There are some dragons who were built to have and hold
And some machines are dropped from great heights lovingly
And some great bellies ache with many bumblebees
And they sting so terribly

I do as I please
Now I'm on my knees
Your skin is something that I stir into my tea
And I am watching you
And you are starry, starry, starry

And I'm tumbling down and I check a frown
Well, just look around
That's why I love this town
To see me:
Serenaded hourly
Celebrated sourly
Dedicated dourly

Waltzing with the open sea
Clam, crab, cockle, cowrie...

Move over Percy Shelley!

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:26 pm

paladisiac Wrote:

racist

elfist

paladisiac · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:38 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

elfist

that was my spanglish porn name in high school -- el fist

no guru · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:52 pm

Hey, looks like some people don't like her.

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

I definitely have an opinion about her.

no guru · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:56 pm

Spade Kitty Wrote:

I definitely have an opinion about her.

Judging from your sig, you want to decapitate her?

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

It's one of two things: either I absolutely love her or I want to kill her.

no guru · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:02 pm

Spade Kitty Wrote:

It's one of two things: either I absolutely love her or I want to kill her.

I dated someone like that for four years.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:18 pm

billy g Wrote:

Old Kingfish Lee Wrote:

Quote:

Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie

This sounds like something the Senator would make up to make fun of music like this.

that's funny I was thinking the same thing. and yeah she's really awful.

That's the best compliment I've received this year.

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