November 19, 2008

Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake has a great album, and two very good albums.  Without Pink Moon, the first two are like dogs walking without a master.

People often unwittingly produce things which are dress rehearsals for the future.  It is not the same as making the same album or song (or painting of a chicken) over and over again, a very common practice I find boring - it is drilling down into a creation that may never be discovered, rather than narcissistically dwelling on one which has in fact been missed.

Often people only have one thing to say, and God help them if they say it while still young.

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August 20, 2008

OK, I completely hate this song and I love the video.  The lyrics go “what do I do, whaddueyedo, whaddueyedo” and the singer thinks he is a chipper Nick Drake and the melody, chords and song structure are totally average, but I nonetheless hold onto my Received Idea that the Mountain Goats is a good band.

The video is really cool, and everyone who didn’t think of it is joined in the corner by everyone who wouldn’t be able to pull it off.

brothersbloom:

Mountain Goats - ‘Woke Up New’ (Music Video Directed by Rian Johnson, whose tumblelog this be)

Captured in-camera with no special effects

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