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- #81
- Posted: 02/13/2015 20:35
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Benji was a good album.  I liked it more than some of the past albums the man behind it was playing on
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- #82
- Posted: 02/13/2015 21:56
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| meccalecca wrote: | | You're missing Admiral Fell Promises. |
Haven't listened to it yet 
I will eventually.
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- #83
- Posted: 02/13/2015 22:16
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| Kool Keith Sweat wrote: | Down Colorful Hill > Red House Painters 1 > Red House Painters 2 > Ocean Beach > April > Benji > Perils from the Sea > Ghosts of the Great Highway > Mark Kozelek + Desertshore > Songs for A Blue Guitar > Old Ramon > Among the Leaves > Rock n Roll Singer > Tiny Cities
Still, Benji is secure in my top 5 for 2014 |
Red House Painters 1 > Down Colorful Hill > Ocean Beach > Ghosts of the Great Highway > Benji > Songs For A Blue Guitar > Perils From The Sea > Among The Leaves > April > Red House Painters 2 > Shock Me > Mark Kozelek + Desertshore > Old Ramon > Rock N Roll singer > Admiral Fell Promises > Tiny Cities
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- #84
- Posted: 02/13/2015 23:01
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Perils from the Sea > April > some other stuff
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- #85
- Posted: 02/13/2015 23:05
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Among The Leaves > Everything else
I've never gotten into Red House Painters as much as Sun Kil Moon...
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- #86
- Posted: 02/13/2015 23:09
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Perils from the Sea > April > some other stuff
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- #87
- Posted: 02/13/2015 23:46
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Micheline is one of the best songs produced this year, if you ask me. Benji is worth listening for that song alone.
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- #88
- Posted: 02/14/2015 00:26
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| meccalecca wrote: | | It's the kind of record that only really rewards with attentive listening since it's entirely dependent on Kozelek's storytelling. |
I thought the lyrics were absolute shite. It sounds like someone making fun of Mark Kozelek.
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benpaco
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- #89
- Posted: 02/14/2015 01:30
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Benji is beautiful vocally to me. Just the sound of his voice is wonderful. There's something to the lyrics that I mostly enjoy but occassionally suffers the same way La Dispute does, it doesn't fit because (it sounds, at least) like lyrics were written and then they went back later to go "how can I throw music with this". The album, as a result, to me, feels less special than other albums that are lyrically as good as it, just because it becomes words and music instead of truly lyrical. To me at least. It's a good album, just not great.
And honestly, it shouldn't be, but I think part of me hated this album going in because of the cover. That's home for me. That's what the hills look like out here, and there's a lot of hills out here. I see it and instantly feel that sort of [insert-name-of-current-place-of-residence-here] vibe and get a bored vibe off the album. I try to seperate it, but I can't, especially knowing that with his links to San Fran, it's possible that is a picture from my area. There's a stretch of freeway towards San Jose I drove a lot to get to my now ex which looks a lot like it, and it brings me back to that, too. Had this turned out to be like, dubstsep or punk or something, I'd be able to go "OK, I had the wrong impression". But it's calm, inoffensive, and white, much like here, and it feels too much like home for me to enjoy it.
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- #90
- Posted: 02/14/2015 02:14
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| SquishypuffDave wrote: | | I thought the lyrics were absolute shite. It sounds like someone making fun of Mark Kozelek. |
k this is what I thought too. lyrics don't usualy mean much to me (yet I still hold RHP and Ghosts in high regard) but ya Benji seemed pretty lame to me. I mean I liked it enough but didn't get as much as id expect out of it. Perils was wayyyy better.
at the same time tho I don't think I really wanted another kozelek album like benji. like I doubt anything he makes will be better in my eyes than RHP's or SKM's best already so its just beating a dead horse at this point for me. ya we get it youre sad, mark.
its certainly not because benji is too subtle or not exciting lol I listen to more boring music than anyone
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