The Mountain Goats : Heretic Pride

TheBig3 · 03-09-2008, 02:20 PM

I thought he was kind of pretentious and then i heard him interviewed on NPR after they played "down to the arc" which portrayed all politicians as Satan worshipers. (Which of course pissed me off).

He was saying how it helps him to take everything to the extreme and use hyperbole and somehow, listening to him say thats how stories are made I tended to like a lot more of his work. Prior to that I'd only heard "Monkey in the basement" and "Anti-music song" which were both great, but what Adidasss said is accurate, and that bothered me then.

sleepy jack · 03-09-2008, 02:22 PM

Folk isn't about being Jeff Buckley.

TheBig3 · 03-09-2008, 03:54 PM

What?

sleepy jack · 03-09-2008, 04:00 PM

Well I could've sworn adidasss said the vocals were terrible and thats what you were agreeing with but maybe I missed something?

TheBig3 · 03-09-2008, 05:00 PM

Oh well you're not wrong there, what threw me there is the Buckley comment.

For one thing I can't stand Jeff Buckley and for another thing, I listen to Tom Waits, what I consider good most other people do not. And with Anti-music song its hard to say he's even singing. But I think his voice was the straw that broke the camels back. I used to think he was pretentious as hell. These days though I enjoy them quite a bit.

adidasss · 03-09-2008, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Crowquill

Folk isn't about being Jeff Buckley.

No, but it helps if you at least have a special voice or a pleasurable tone...this one just grates on my ears...

iLoveBlood · 03-09-2008, 05:22 PM

its all about "golden boy peanuts"

The Dave · 04-29-2008, 10:43 AM

Could I get this in my PM box? The record store across the street is refusing to meet my demands of more Mountain Goat albums, so I've yet to hear this.

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TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	I thought he was kind of pretentious and then i heard him interviewed on NPR after they played "down to the arc" which portrayed all politicians as Satan worshipers. (Which of course pissed me off). He was saying how it helps him to take everything to the extreme and use hyperbole and somehow, listening to him say thats how stories are made I tended to like a lot more of his work. Prior to that I'd only heard "Monkey in the basement" and "Anti-music song" which were both great, but what Adidasss said is accurate, and that bothered me then. __________________ I've moved to a new address

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TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	Oh well you're not wrong there, what threw me there is the Buckley comment. For one thing I can't stand Jeff Buckley and for another thing, I listen to Tom Waits, what I consider good most other people do not. And with Anti-music song its hard to say he's even singing. But I think his voice was the straw that broke the camels back. I used to think he was pretentious as hell. These days though I enjoy them quite a bit. __________________ I've moved to a new address

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iLoveBlood Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: brooklyn, ny Posts: 93	its all about "golden boy peanuts" __________________

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The Dave Me and The Major Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,830	Could I get this in my PM box? The record store across the street is refusing to meet my demands of more Mountain Goat albums, so I've yet to hear this.