The thing is, I love the lyrics on For Emma. That was one of the main draws of his music for me early on. The lyrics are much less important on BI, BI and they sound like they will be still less important on this new record.
I totally get that, and feel the same way about For Emma. Those lyrics are hard hitting. But as BI evolved, I feel like he really started to use his voice as another instrument, and I love that. So in these days, his lyrics take a backseat for me, because I'm more interested in just how his voice sounds, and how it adds to the song. I'll agree that the lyrics are one of the best parts of FEFA.
1. diddy-dirty money: last train to paris 2. paramore: paramore 3. the 1975: i like it when you sleep 4. dj sprinkles: queerifications and ruins 5. carly rae jepsen: emotion 6. lou reed & metallica: lulu 7. thursday: no devolución 8. deftones: gore 9. patrick stump: soul punk 10. taylor swift: red 11. driver friendly: bury a dream 12. róisín murphy: hairless toys 13. mr twin sister: mr twin sister 14. miguel: kaleidoscope dream 15. against me!: transgender dysphoria blues
Vaguely in order: The Hotelier - Home Like Noplace is There The 1975- The 1975 Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle Microwave - Stovall The Menzingers - On The Impossible Past Athletics - Who You Are Is Not Enough Balance and Composure - Separation The Front Bottoms - S/T/Talon of the Hawk (can't decide which to put on but I only want to put one on) Fireworks - Gospel Charlie Simpson - Young Pilgrim Enter Shikari - A Flash Flood Of Colour The Wonder Years - The Greatest Generation Anberlin - Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place The Hotelier - Goodness (I almost didn't want to put anything from this year in cause it's too soon but I had to. The Dangerous Summer - War Paint Runners Up: Bleachers - Strange Desire Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History Captain, We're Sinking - The Future is Cancelled All Get Out - The Season My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Carly Rae Jepsen - E MO TION La Dispute - Rooms of the House PUP - The Dream is Over and The 1975's I like it when you sleep. (My 3 and 2 this year respectively) This was crazy difficult and I'm almost surely missing more things from other genres that I love but just don't listen to much anymore
Tough, tough list to make. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver Kanye West - Yeezus Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Passion Pit - Gossamer Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Volcano Choir - Repave Copeland - Ixora Tame Impala - Currents Burial - Rival Dealer James Blake - Overgrown Drake - Nothing Was The Same Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
Oh, he's absolutely using his voice as an instrument now, and that's fine. Like, I've heard "Beth/Rest" probably 150 times and I still have no idea what he's saying on half of it. Doesn't impair my enjoyment of his music, mostly because his voice is so unique and beautiful. But, I gotta say, I do miss the lyrical aspect of For Emma. Hearing something like "re:stacks" for the first time and having those lyrics just punch me in the chest was so special.
I had the realization last Friday when I saw them, as they were playing old songs, that this is my favorite band pretty much ever and I had a really really hard time singing along, haha. So I definitely feel where you're coming from as well.
The 1975 - ILIWYS Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow Every Time I Die - From Parts Unknown The Hotelier - Home, Like No Place There Is Enter Shikari - A Flash Flood of Colour Marianas Trench - Ever After Mutemath - Vitals The Ongoing Concept - Handmade Pierce the Veil - Selfish Machines Turnover - Peripheral Vision Yellowcard - Lift a Sail Gates - Bloom & Breathe A Lot Like Birds - No Place Carly Rae Jepsen - E*M*O*T*I*O*N Kanye West - MBDTF Bonus - Bon Iver - 22, A Million - I already know this will be one of my top 5 favorite albums of the year, so naturally it will be up there.
Hahaha, I can only imagine. Yeah, I don't think he'd be an artist I would sing along to at a concert. One, it's just too hard, and two, I'd want to focus on his voice.
Transgender Dysphoria Blues - Against Me! The Suburbs - Arcade Fire AM - Arctic Monkeys Sprained Ankle - Julien Baker Bon Iver - Bon Iver The Bones of What You Believe - CHVRCHES The Desired Effect - Brandon Flowers Elsie - The Horrible Crowes Celebration Rock - Japandroids Never Hungover Again - Joyce Manor Strange Trails - Lord Huron Hurry Up, We're Dreaming - M83 Trouble Will Find Me - The National Afraid of Ghosts - Butch Walker My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West 2010: 2 2011: 3 2012: 1 2013: 3 2014: 2 2015: 4 2016: 0
I don't think the lyrics to For Emma are that much better than BIBI. Most of his songs are kind of whatever lyrically for me but they usually have one line or so that gives the entire song meaning for me.
1. My Epic - Behold 2. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell 3. Andrew Peterson - Light for the Lost Boy 4. From Indian Lakes - Able Bodies 5. Anberlin - Lowborn 6. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver 7. Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle 8. twenty one pilots - Vessel 9. Copeland - Ixora 10. Foxing - Dealer 11. Circa Survive - Blue Sky Noise 12. Falling Up - Your Sparkling Death Cometh 13. Haste the Day - Attack of the Wolf King 14. Moving Mountains - Moving Mountains 15. Caspian - Dust & Disquiet Honorable Mentions: Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere, Relient K - Air for Free (just too early to justify placing them here though I'm pretty sure both would be on this list)
Yeah upon further research i noticed that haha. You'd think I'd know the exact release date of my favorite album ever but i don't. I had to look up a lot of these release years.
1. The Menzingers - On the Impossible Past 2. Copeland - Ixora 3. The Dear Hunter - Migrant 4. The Narrative - The Narrative 5. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver 6. Nas - Life is Good 7. Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman: Descension 8. Trophy Scars - Holy Vacants 9. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 10. Dustin Kensrue - Carry the Fire
yea the lyrics on for emma are bad Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy & Yeezus The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly & Good Kid Alvvays - Alvvays LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening Real Estate - Days Taylor Swift - 1989 The Walkmen - Lisbon Beach House - Bloom The Weeknd - House of Balloons Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City