Bon Iver (lyric, sinatra, cover, track, quote)

Molecules · 07-17-2008, 07:36 PM

Beautiful voice, but I can't handle stuff this melancholy anymore, sorry...

ProggyMan · 07-17-2008, 07:49 PM

Blindsided, Re:Stacks, Skinny Love, The Wolves and Flume are all great.

lucifer_sam · 07-18-2008, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Molecules

Beautiful voice, but I can't handle stuff this melancholy anymore, sorry...

Oh shi...that's 90% of music these days. Better be melancholy than emo. =/

I really liked For Emma, very poignant.

adidasss · 05-21-2008, 04:26 AM

It pretty much shot to the number one spot of my best of 2008 list. There's been plenty of good albums out this year but none of them are as consistently good as For Emma. There isn't a bad song on it and each day my favorite changes. That's a mark of a great album...It probably doesn't hurt that it's only 9 songs long. I wish more bands would adhere to this kind of editing policy and not put everything that comes to their mind on the album...

Here's a great review from Uncut - Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago - Review - Uncut.co.uk

lucifer_sam · 06-30-2008, 05:42 PM

I'm probably going to use Vernon's blueprint for creating an album (going out into the middle of nowhere) if I ever gain the confidence to write my own material. I thought the album was absolutely brilliant, and I couldn't get enough of it. It was so poignant, so laden with emotion I couldn't comprehend it. It took me several runs through to grasp the sheer beauty of his self-harmonization and simplicity of the guitar. I thought it was an amazing album, from beginning to end.

Wham City · 06-30-2008, 08:04 PM

I listened to this so much for like a week after it came out. I haven't listened to it since then though. I guess I burnt out on it. Lump Sum is probably my favorite off it.

jackhammer · 07-15-2008, 02:59 PM

For all those bandwagon jumpers

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right-track · 07-15-2008, 04:44 PM

I don't do bandwagons, but I'll give it a try.
He has to meet one of two criteria.
1. Be poignant and soulful
or,
2. Original and interesting.

jackhammer · 07-15-2008, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by right-track

I don't do bandwagons, but I'll give it a try.
He has to meet one of two criteria.
1. Be poignant and soulful
or,
2. Original and interesting.

I don't think he IS particulary original but he is definitely poignant, soulful and for me: Truthful. Truthful to the music he wants to make. His voice is also ridiculously brilliant too! 'Blindsided' is absolutely amazing. It is amazingly obvious to us all when we open our ears how beautiful one guy and an acoustic guitar can be.

pheurton · 07-15-2008, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackhammer

It is amazingly obvious to us all when we open our ears how beautiful one guy and an acoustic guitar can be.

/ditto

07-17-2008, 07:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Molecules daddy don't Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: the Wastes Posts: 2,577	Beautiful voice, but I can't handle stuff this melancholy anymore, sorry... __________________ [SIZE="1"]Eff em tumble her

05-21-2008, 04:26 AM	#4 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,945	It pretty much shot to the number one spot of my best of 2008 list. There's been plenty of good albums out this year but none of them are as consistently good as For Emma. There isn't a bad song on it and each day my favorite changes. That's a mark of a great album...It probably doesn't hurt that it's only 9 songs long. I wish more bands would adhere to this kind of editing policy and not put everything that comes to their mind on the album... Here's a great review from Uncut - Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago - Review - Uncut.co.uk __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

06-30-2008, 05:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	I'm probably going to use Vernon's blueprint for creating an album (going out into the middle of nowhere) if I ever gain the confidence to write my own material. I thought the album was absolutely brilliant, and I couldn't get enough of it. It was so poignant, so laden with emotion I couldn't comprehend it. It took me several runs through to grasp the sheer beauty of his self-harmonization and simplicity of the guitar. I thought it was an amazing album, from beginning to end. __________________ first.am Last edited by lucifer_sam; 06-30-2008 at 10:44 PM.

07-15-2008, 02:59 PM	#7 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	For all those bandwagon jumpers : __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

07-17-2008, 07:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	Blindsided, Re:Stacks, Skinny Love, The Wolves and Flume are all great.

06-30-2008, 08:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
Wham City Groupie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 19	I listened to this so much for like a week after it came out. I haven't listened to it since then though. I guess I burnt out on it. Lump Sum is probably my favorite off it.

07-15-2008, 04:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,769	I don't do bandwagons, but I'll give it a try. He has to meet one of two criteria. 1. Be poignant and soulful or, 2. Original and interesting.