Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (April 7, 2017) Album • Page 16

While I'm at it here is my favorite J. Tillman songs

Milk White Air - prolly one of my favorite tunes ever
Howling Light
James Blues
Ribbons of Glass
A Seat at the Table

 

Wow this was way harder than I thought:

Pure Comedy
Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution
True Affection
Holy Shit
Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings

But it feels ridiculous to leave out the Ideal Husband and Chateau Lobby, and honestly several others.

 

I don't think I've ever listened to an actual J. Tillman song oops

 

Things That Would Have Been Helpful
Pure Comedy
True Affection
Chateau
When the God of Love Returns (or I Went to the Store)

I’ve never listened to Fear Fun

 

You should change that. Milk White Air is painfully beautiful and James Blues sounds like it could have been on Fear/Fun. The lyrics are excellent.

 

God damn it. Change that as well. When it first came out I enjoyed it enough but I didn't consider myself a FJM fan until Honeybear. I'm in love with F/F now.

 

When the God of Love Returns is an underrated tune. "Try something less ambitious the next time you get bored" Love that line.

And yes, what @zmtr said. You've got to listen to Fear Fun. That's where all the really jamming songs come from during the live show.

 

My sister had been trying to get me to listen to FJM for a few years now but I always put it off. Then the song “Pure Comedy” came out and that really struck a chord with me so I listened to that album but it took me a really long time to digest. From there I moved onto Honeybear so, I’m just working my way backwards.

 

chateau
ideal husband
fun times
holy shit
pure comedy

 

ive been listening to his pre fjm stuff recently, ive only really skimmed through it before. way different but very good.

 

Hmmm how about a top five from each album because it's impossible to choose

Funtimes in Babylon
Nancy From Now On
Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings
I'm Writing a Novel
Everyman Needs a Companion

I Love You, Honeybear
Chateau Lobby #4
When You're Smiling and Astride Me
The Ideal Husband
I Went to the Store One Day

Things That Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution
A Bigger Paper Bag
Smoochie
So I'm Growing Old on Magic Mountain
In Twenty Years or So

some combination of these would be a perfect setlist imo

 

Fun times through Arms Around Me is an insane run of songs

 

Total Entertainment Forever
Chateau Lobby
Honeybear
The Night Josh Tillman...
Ideal Husband

 

Yep. It sounds like 70s era folk but really ghostly and spiritual sounding.

I'm assuming this video was titled this way to get more views but here's a super fucking rad performance of him and his band from a while ago. Would have loved to had seen a show like this.

 

Father John Misty Reveals Song Titles From Next Album | Pitchfork

 

This album is so long and dense that I still haven't finished it

 

Reading that the next album will be like Honeybear w/o the cynicism has me highly intrigued.

 

I’m super down

 

Magic Mountain is such a god damn beautiful song.

 

I've only listened start to finish a handful of times.

Although 6-7 songs are in regular rotation

 

Might just be a superfan, but I don't have any trouble getting through this in one sitting. It's still top five for me this year.

 

I listened front to back quite a bit when it first came out but pretty rarely now. I never found the length to a hindrance though

 

Revisited the other night in one sitting (I usually break it in half). Still love this album.

 

The long running time fits with the epic themes and overall 'statement piece' angle of the record.
But it also works as an exceptional short album if you just play the first four tracks, God of Love and Magic Mountain. Could throw in the closer as well.

 

This is one of those albums where I personally love it but also understand why a lot of people don't.