Joanna Newsom - Ys

[NerfHerder]

DAMN!

[Irock]

Someone was just telling me that exact same thing on Sunday.

[Steveums]

I am already jizzing my pants in anticipation.

I've heard most of the songs as live recordings; in fact, i think i posted them a while back with all the FUCKING AMAZING lyrics etc.

But a full orchestra? Oh, lord.
November will not come soon enough.

[mr_j]

heh..

it's...
dull.

i mean, and i really hate saying that, because the music is good! but, seriously, people:

Ys's times:

12:07
09:29
09:54
16:53
07:15

now that looks scary. and there's at least five good songs that could have been in between there....

[ChrisLovesYou]

heh..

it's...
dull.

i mean, and i really hate saying that, because the music is good! but, seriously, people:

Ys's times:

12:07
09:29
09:54
16:53
07:15

now that looks scary. and there's at least five good songs that could have been in between there....

True art knows no time.

[James]

heh..

it's...
dull.

i mean, and i really hate saying that, because the music is good! but, seriously, people:

Ys's times:

12:07
09:29
09:54
16:53
07:15

now that looks scary. and there's at least five good songs that could have been in between there....

What does time have to do with anything? You said the music is good; shouldn't that suffice? Who cares none of it is 3:30; do you think she was after a big radio hit? Probably not.

But then, I have the tolerance for long songs...I listen to "Supper's Ready" by Genesis in full quite a bit...

[stephen]

the songs are long but absolutely incredible, the length of the tracks dosen't make any difference to me

[Steveums]

heh..

it's...
dull.

i mean, and i really hate saying that, because the music is good! but, seriously, people:

Ys's times:

12:07
09:29
09:54
16:53
07:15

now that looks scary. and there's at least five good songs that could have been in between there....

it's dull but you haven't heard it yet?

because i've heard at least 3 of those songs, and they're FUCKING INCREDIBLE.

[mr_j]

i have a patience for long songs, too. however, on Ys, the ideas just meander. seriously, seriously meander. it'd be great if she was doing all sorts of different things within the music, but she's not doing that.

instead, a song that would have been wonderful had it been edited at five minutes is annoying at seven minutes, and ultimately irritatingly dull at nine minutes. i think she should have been *edited* and had some restraint in the creative process.

(i have a prerelease advance, btw)

[Steveums]

(i have a prerelease advance, btw)

i apologise. for everything.

let me stroke theee presssheeerss.

*whine*
*puppy eyes*

[monet2u]

(i have a prerelease advance, btw)

i apologise. for everything.

let me stroke theee presssheeerss.

*whine*
*puppy eyes*

dream on steveums...mr j ain't coughing up nothing but a lung.

[Steveums]

dream on steveums...mr j ain't coughing up nothing but a lung.

I know, but what's the forum without a little sprinkle of amateur dramatics?

[guseldorph]

apparently she (joanna newsom) was in denton a few days ago at a show by this band called 'smog' (whom i've never heard of).

she may or may not have brought a harp.

[froggorino]

smog is playing in charlottesville at the gravity lounge a little later this month, i think. apparently they are great. maybe i'll make it up to see them.

frog"should just move back to charlottesville because it is so much better than richmond"gy

[NerfHerder]

I don't find the long tracks to be bothersome at all. If anything, having only five tracks makes the album seem more cohesive. Let me expand on that.

If you have an album with 12 seperate tracks, there is going to be more room in between the songs creatively, as not every song can sound the same (unless you're Sufjan). So you have 12 tracks with serpate identites that all lend something special to the album but also pull at any central theme the album may be going for.

Now, if you only have five tracks, theoretically there would not be as many chefs in the kitchen so to speak, and the album would seem more focused.

Maybe it has something to do with the theory above or maybe it's just Newsom's incredible ability to weave an album like a professional storyteller spins a yarn, but I think the album is incredible with it's highs and lows and sidewayses in the right places.