Posts by Gregory Long70

The absolute best moments in her discography...

Peach, Plum, Pear — specifically that "I am Blue, and unwell" stretch
Emily — that whole part about the meteorite
Only Skin — when she goes "all my bones they are gone, gone, gone" and everything that follows

With this new stuff, I’m really digging how she mentions being "in the Garden" (of Eden)😁

Edit: Totally blanked on these...

"Can you hear me? will you listen?
don't come near me, don't go missing
in the lissome light of evening
help me, Cosmia, I'm grieving"

Emily Parker32 said:Who even knows how this new record is going to turn out? A triple album feels pretty risky, doesn't it? Like, wow. Don't get me wrong, I love Joanna Newsom and this new track is absolutely phenomenal—it actually sounds like her voice has shifted a bit in these live recordings, maybe just maturing? It all feels really promising, but man, a triple album... it’s going to take me like five years to fully digest that much material. Especially with the way she writes. Her lyrics are so archaic, sometimes the accent makes it a bit tough to catch everything, and honestly, she’s basically writing modern-day Iliads and Odysseys. Even with her older stuff, I had to take my time consuming it slowly.
But whatever, I'm excited. I can't wait for it to drop. 😁

I think SongMeanings is a killer site when you're digging into Joanna... there's this one woman there, Annelise, who puts so much work into interpreting her lyrics.

Finally managed to dig up my password for this forum...

Anyway... Ys is such a killer album, especially Only Skin—honestly, that might be one of my favorite tracks ever, and not just because it's by Joanin...
Really digging the new single, too. 🙂

Sadly, I missed out on the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival this year, though I’ve been hearing nothing but rave reviews everywhere... On the flip side, I checked out some tracks from the YYYs and—honestly?—they were absolutely terrible. 😛