Posts by Adam Harris7

A truly high-quality evening 🙂

Is this how one would say, "you speak very good English"? 🙏 Is that how it goes?

What a shame; personally, I find her voice to be the finest instrument she possesses. :/

I’ll likely be stripping down to my basics myself soon enough, and when I do, I shall report my impressions. 👋

A new track, Kingfisher, has just dropped on the label's website.

Shall we give it a listen?

Emily Parker32 said:The third reason lies within her lyricism. Honestly, she could publish those lyrics as standalone books and still leave us all thoroughly impressed. There is this striking contrast between her unconventional, almost childlike vocal delivery and those archaic, old-fashioned verses she weaves. Her songs function more like epic poems; is it even possible to believe someone so young could compose such works? They possess an incredible depth of maturity. She has this unique ability to inhabit various characters within a single song, effectively playing every role alongside the narrator. At times, does one even feel as though they are listening to a track, or are they actually witnessing a full-scale theatrical production?

I couldn't agree more. There is something truly captivating about how she seamlessly weaves those sweeping, epic mythological themes together with such painstaking attention to the most trivial, minute details—you know the type? It is nothing short of mesmerizing.

Emily Parker32 said:Is the perception of melancholy merely a byproduct of one's current mood, or perhaps even a reflection of a specific phase in one's life?

For years now, I have existed in a state of persistent melancholy. 🙏

ruggedjackal46 said:To stay on topic, I find myself equally unimpressed by this "Cosmia" I just listened to. To my ears, it feels like a mere marriage of saccharine instrumentation and an overly sweet vocal delivery—pleasant enough, perhaps, but ultimately superficial. Call me cynical if you must, but I have always found that truly compelling art requires a certain element of ugliness; I simply cannot find any substance in this supposed "absolute beauty," nor does it hold my interest. Does Joanna possess that necessary edge of provocation or repulsion, or do we simply operate under different aesthetic frameworks? I am uncertain if I have articulated my position clearly, as I struggle to find the precise vocabulary, but I would much rather listen to a slightly distorted electric guitar than the tinkling of a harp.

You explained it well, though I must admit, I have never once experienced her music as being purely beautiful.
If I were forced to choose a defining descriptor, I would select: melancholic.
Melancholy can never be "absolutely beautiful" to me, and therein lies that touch of ugliness—that specific contrast or authenticity that you seem to be searching for.
Of course, to truly grasp this, one likely needs to pay closer attention to the lyrics.
They function, in many places, as pure poetry. For instance:

the hills are groaning with excess,
like a table ceaselessly being set

to me, that is exquisite.

driftingeagle27 said:Wait, what exactly did I say that was against the rules?

Since when has expressing a dislike for something become forbidden? 😕

No, it is only prohibited if you state it unconstructively and without any actual argument, which is precisely what you have done.
Perhaps the post would have actually been constructive if everyone had rushed in to debate why this is so unbearable for you and why it couldn't possibly relate to your own life, but—imagine that—they didn't.
It all comes down to the delivery. 🙂

For what it's worth, I find Ys to be the superior album; my attention tends to wander during Milk-Eyed Mender.

Personally, I find Cosmia to be my absolute favorite.

🤣 🤣 🙏

is this head itself 🙏

🙂 🙂

Amanda Kern65 said:good grief, what an absolute hermaphrodite🙂🙂🙂🙂
even if I do enjoy Poker Face

🙂

ExxonMobil, ExxonMobil, ExxonMobil🙂

Lady Gaga performing at Carnegie Hall would be 🙂

I am also of the opinion that you are all just being TOTAL HATERS,
even if I find the poster's design quite unsightly and believe the content could have been conveyed without quoting Vera 😳

edit: @ Laura Bailey19: It seems to me that women wrote their own descriptions of their work, so if there was any lack of integrity, they have only themselves to blame.

Look, I’ll tell you as a genuine fan: you played that disco track way too early. That kind of hit should be held back and saved for a more impactful moment later on!

Not Applicable were absolutely legendary, both as a band and as actual human beings.

Chuck's BBQ 🙂

Kyle Wilson74 said:

ugh 🙂

Hey, how are things going with the legend himself? 🙂

Lawrence Torres37 said:I would argue that the fundamental difference lies in what one would actually end up listening to. If I only had Perica’s music available to me, I would have listened to it millions of times simply because there were no other options. Now, while Perica remains just as incredible as ever, I find myself spinning his records far less frequently because I have a backlog of a hundred other albums I am eager to experience, all of which I believe are fantastic. This doesn't imply that the album has lost its value or that its quality has diminished; rather, it means my appreciation for it is distributed differently. Isn't that precisely what this entire discussion was intended to address? 🤷

Oh, please. Is it really too much to ask that you actually encounter an album worth listening to three million times in a single day? 🤷

Well, yes, that is simply non-negotiable 😬

I was referring to much more trivial instances of teenage identity formation. You know, being fifteen and having a backpack covered in My Morning Jacket logos, wearing their band tee, sporting a patch of them on your jacket—that is peak 🙂 me, and frankly, that is the most vital thing you need to understand about my character 🙂

@ Arthur Barnes - I suspect the core of the issue is simply that you were a kid back then. What do I know? Personally, I am convinced that the way one relates to music during their teenage years is fundamentally different from how they perceive it later in life. You tend to mythologize it much more intensely, using it as a primary tool to construct your very identity.

@ driftingowl27 - Well, yes, we certainly have to, but doing so will actually make it easier for us to dismiss anything that fails to resonate with us at first glance.

I am a woman 😠

Arthur Barnes said:Because as soon as there is more of something, its individual value decreases.

Using peasant logic: all the music in the world is worth exactly 1.

If there is only 1 band, then that band is worth 1/1 = 1.

If there are 1,000 bands, then each one is worth 1/1000.

This is a gross exaggeration, but surely you grasp the point? If I had heard Band X back then, I might have said, "Hey, this is good," and listened to it—but I would have also been listening to 1,000 other things because I had choices. When I first heard Band X, I listened to nothing else because I had no other options, which is why it felt more "valuable." And since I was just a kid, back then even an ice cream cone felt like the greatest happiness on earth.

Er, by that logic, could we not say: All the love Spike can give is worth 1.

If there is only 1 thing, it is worth 1/1 = 1.

If there are 1,000 things, each one is worth 1/1000.

Or is it not so?