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Joanna Newsom
THE best singer/songwriter currently working.
Jumps straight in with Ys - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ1yFhjRnNc If you can't stomach a whole album in one go then this video is a good a primer as anything, I'd say - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbdAVoIJzIk and no, that isn't eccie jaw, before you ask - https://soundcloud.com/limmy/ecciesMonkey and bear is a good "in", I've found from previous converts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thAunSuinVc "Down in the green hay Where monkey and bear usually lay, They woke from a stable-boy's cry. He said, "Someone come quick! The horses got loose, got grass-sick! They'll founder! Fain, they'll die!" What is now known by the sorrel and the roan? By the chestnut, and the bay, and the gelding grey? It is: stay by the gate you are given And remain in your place for your season, And had the overfed dead but listened To that high-fence, horse-sense, wisdom... "Did you hear that, Bear?" said monkey, "We'll get out of here, fair and square! They've left the gate open wide! "So, my bride Here is my hand, where is your paw? Try and understand my plan, Ursula. My heart is a furnace; Full of love that's just and earnest. Now you know that we must unlearn this Allegiance to a life of service, And no longer answer to that heartless Hay-monger, nor be his accomplice (That charlatan, with artless hustling!), But Ursula, we've got to eat something And earn our keep, while still within The borders of the land that man has girded (All double-bolted and tightfisted!) Until we reach the open country A-steeped in milk and honey "Will you keep your fancy clothes on for me? Can you bear a little longer to wear that leash? My love, I swear by the air I breathe: Sooner or later, you'll bare your teeth "But for now, just dance, darling. C'mon, will you dance, my darling? Darling, there's a place for us; Can we go, before I turn to dust? Oh my darling, there's a place for us. Oh darling, C'mon will you dance, my darling? Oh, the hills are groaning with excess Like a table ceaselessly being set. Oh my darling, we will get there yet." They trooped past the guards, Past the coops, and the fields, and the farmyards All night, 'til finally The space they gained grew Much farther than the stone that bear threw To mark where they'd stop for tea. But walk a little faster And don't look backwards; Your feast is to the East, which lies a little past the pasture. When the blackbirds hear tea whistling, they rise and clap, And their applause caws the kettle black, And we can't have none of that! Move along, Bear; there, there, that’s that (Though cast in plaster, Our Ursula's heart beat faster Than monkey's ever will). But still, They have got to pay the bills, Hadn't they? That is what the monkey'd say. So, with the courage of a clown, or a cur, Or a kite, jerking tight at its tether, In her dun-brown gown of fur And her jerkin of swan's down and leather Bear would sway on her hind legs; The organ would grind dregs of song, for the pleasure Of the children, who'd shriek, Throwing coins at her feet Then recoiling in terror. "Sing, dance, darling. C'mon, will you dance, my darling? Oh darling, there's a place for us; Can we go, before I turn to dust? Oh my darling, there’s a place for us. "Oh darling, C'mon, will you dance, my darling? You keep your eyes fixed on the highest hill Where you'll ever-after eat your fill. Oh my darling, dear, mine, If you dance, Dance, darling, I'll love you still" Deep in the night Shone a weak and miserly light Where the monkey shouldered his lamp. Someone had told him The bear had been wandering A fair piece away from where they were camped. Someone had told him The bear'd been sneaking away To the seaside caverns, to bathe. And the thought troubled the monkey For he was afraid of spelunking down in those caves, Also afraid what the village people would say If they saw the bear in that state; Lolling and splashing obscenely, Well, it seemed irrational, really: washing that face Washing that matted and flea-bit pelt In some sea-spit-shine, old kelp dripping with brine. But monkey just laughed, and he muttered, "When she comes back, Ursula will be bursting with pride." 'Til I jump up, Saying: you've been rolling in muck! Saying: you smell of garbage and grime! But far out, Far out, By now, By now, Far out, by now, Bear ploughed 'Cause she would not drown. First the outside-legs of the bear Up and fell down in the water like knobby garters. Then the outside-arms of the bear Fell off as easy as if sloughed from boiled tomatoes Low'red in a genteel curtsy. Bear shed the mantle of her diluvian shoulders, And, with a sigh, she allowed the burden of belly To drop like an apron full of boulders. If you could hold up her threadbare coat to the light Where it's worn translucent in places, You'd see spots where almost every night of the year Bear had been mending suspending that baseness. Now her coat drags through the water, Bagging, with a life's-worth of hunger, limitless minnows In the magnetic embrace, Balletic and glacial of Bear's insatiable shadow. Left there! Left there! When Bear left Bear, Left there! Left there! When Bear stepped clear of Bear... (Sooner or later, you'll bare your teeth...)" |
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Absolutely WONDERFUL singer. I think Newsom's album "Have One On Me" was the the best album of 2010.
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I like a few of her songs and can appreciate her talents, but her voice is just so annoying to me
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I like a few of her songs and can appreciate her talents, but her voice is just so annoying to me
I love Newsom's "Easy". I love how her voice animates the lyrics, and the way the different musicial instruments join together. I often sit down and listen carefully to each part of her songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_47_CHdzHI |
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I'd gladly take Joanna's "annoying" voice over such soul-less intonations as those made by Britney Spears and Ariana Grande.
I love Newsom's "Easy". I love how her voice animates the lyrics, and the way the different musicial instruments join together. I often sit down and listen carefully to each part of her songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_47_CHdzHI |
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I like a few of her songs and can appreciate her talents, but her voice is just so annoying to me
![]() I was initially repelled so I understand completely. Give Ys a couple of spins and see if you change your mind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ1yFhjRnNc Her voice is the sound of complete child-like abandon and raw emotion. I don't think that it's affected. |
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She seems like such a great person too. Saw her live a couple of times and she tells jokes between songs, and she's appeared in comedy sketches on tv.... https://youtu.be/DDnHD_xz8Us
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