I hate breasts with moles on them.

While they did 'collaborate after the fact', Newsom said that she wrote all four of the string-enhanced songs with an orchestra in mind. She said she knew whe would need an orchestra to get the sounds that she wanted, and she was in total creative control during the collaboration with Parks. Its not like she just had these harp songs and was like 'lets see what some strings will do here'. With 'Sawdust and Diamonds', which she had written without strings in mind, they tried to put strings over it and she just didn't like the way it sounded tacked-on so she left it as just harp.

I feel like the strings are always OTM on Ys.... though I think debating 'which is better' Ys or Illionoise doesn't make much sense considering how different they are and how good they both are.

My goodness, Brent DiCrescenzo to thread.

Hey, you.

What if this board was full of Brent D's and Scott Plagenhoefs? Ben Welshes and Roger Mexicos? I wouldn't be able to post here. I'm simply not smart enough to engage in wordy, intelligent discussion about things. And if it was filled with William Tells and Gil Scott-Heroins (UNDERRATED POSTER) and Damos... gee. Fuck. What if it was filled with Elcorazons? What the hell. I probably wouldn't even know about the board, then.

Don't they just talk about eating dead babies on Hipinion, anyway? Everyone's so pissed off there. And the music discussion... yow. One person will start a thread like, "CAPTAIN BEEFHEART IS HORRIBLE, ONLY RETARDS LIKE THIS SHIT" and then everyone will just be like, "YOU FUCKING SUCK, HE IS THE BOMB." And ILM is a bunch of Dominique Leones and Ned Raggetts and wow, I would just have no place there at all.

Now, SOMB... SOMB is the working man's message board. This is where the regular guys and girls are. It's only when the board becomes dominated by 1) Y-S-I leechers, OR 2) hardcore Sufjan fan types who also happen to have completely unremarkable (and sometimes obnoxious) personalities. It is when these posters dominate threads that this board really begins to alienate me.

So is this SOMB's official sheep album of the year?

It's the official wolf-head album of the year.

I'm all about B-level boards and harpists with moles on their chests.

Adds personality.

You shallow bastard.

Personality?

Sexy.

Plus, she has one small mole (that we can see). Are you really that picky?

No, I was joking.

I wasn't too serious either.

As long as we're on the subject, that picture is crazy. I guess the lack of make-up, and choice of color is meant to be an "only skin" tie-in.

Though I find it weird that she's wearing a pelt, when she seems to be an avid animal lover.

Yeah. She loves to KILL them.

yes, reason being its really good. but then again, there is a chance people will really get into Just like the fambly cat so don't exhale yet.

Good interview here:

http://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/features/24069/







Another interesting piece of writing, from Stylus' magazines review of Ys.



Ouch. Especially considering Return to Cooking Mountain is completely half-assed.

yeah, whats with everyone loving that TV on the radio disc anyway. it basically is a bag full of suck with maybe one boner-inducer. lame and gay put in a music blender.

Stylus might be the worst music mag in the land.

I love Province, which all the reviews I read placed it as the one weak track on the album.

I Was a Lover and Playhouses is great too. Snakes and Martyrs is listenable. Wolf Like Me is very overrated. Anything after that I don't even want to listen to. To me, Cookie Mountain shows what they can do, not that they're especially great.



No one can touch Rolling Stone.




Fucking Stylus.

I'm not sure lifting sections from show tunes and plays, and combining them with the voice of Victoria Williams is a good thing.

No love for Americana on these boards.

yeah


and the only song on Return to cookie mountian I can listen to is "tonight". for the most part that disc is teh poopz.

I'm not interested in weak Bowie and Modest Moust knock-offs either.




Her voice is just too much - especially with the Creekdippers.

I love the voice. I just wish she put it to better use.

LOL at Modest Mouse. LOL at that.

Modest Mouse to TVOTR is a huge stretch, yeah.

LOL is dumb. joanna newsom is HOT. stands for hot.

I'd ask that you never quote me in a thread again.

Fantastic.

I'm so confused. What's going on here? RtCM is so fucking good. 'I Was a Lover' is probably the best song I've heard this year. What the hell is there not to like about this album?

Vocals = bangin'
Production = bangin'
Bands that sound like this = 0
Boner-inducing tracks = 5
Great tracks = 6
Albums that have come out this year that are better than it = 0~1
Degree to which it is better than 'Funeral' = exponential

At times.



Not a great reason to like it.



A worse reason to like it.


1, MAYBE 2 on a good day.



3 tops.



At least 50.



An emphatic no.

this is where you blew it.

just the fact that you invoked the name of that album was your first mistake.

yeah, why does everyone feel the need to compare every indie album nowadays to Funeral just to prove a point. Ys sounds nothing like Funeral. At least the comparisons to Illinois were a little closer in the fact that both artists write huge songs.

my roomate needs to stop playing this shit

Dudes, dudes... let's please not forget that my defense of TV on the Radio stemmed from this ridiculous quote from stylus that had everyone in an uproar. I didn't invoke funeral, the idiot stylus writer did!

I threw the last bit in to get a rise out of people because I know how revered (overrated?) that album is... obviously Return to Cookie mountain is not "exponentially better' than Funeral... just like 6x-8x as good.

Ys. is the Astral Weeks of our generation.

I would maybe agree with that statement, although I have an affection for Astral Weeks and a strong dislike for YS. But from an objective viewpoint I wouldn't disagree; critics will probably still blow loads over Newsom years from now, wriiting about her originality and her unique voice. Naysayers like me will begrudgingly accept it as part of the canon. Then listen to good shit like the Exploding Hearts and Om.

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Off the subject - Avec is your avatar from an Andy Goldsworthy work?

Please explain.
In its critical acclaim?

Yeah, I really like the guy. Ever since I saw a documentary on him called Rivers and Tides I've been envious of his lifestyle; working outside and making incredible art out of the environment. He has quite an imagination.

I watched the same documentary a while back. Fascinating artist.
Actually it had an impressive soundtrack by Fred Frith as well.

Do you mean to say both records are not good? I'm not sure I could agree, if so.

How could anybody think Astral Weeks is bad?

otm. wtf?

Me, I like the music ok, but can't stand the guy's voice

Generally, those who enjoy music which is of the good variety. I do enjoy good music.

Listen to both albums back to back and then just think about it for a second.

Can i just listen to Astral Weeks twice instead? Please?

I'm 30 pages short, but sup yancy.

The very first time I've ever clicked on this thread and there's a post addressed to me. Synchronicity.