Punch Brothers - Punchbowl - FolkAlley.com

[rednecksforlife8]

this is not bluegrass 

[redmosqito1]

This guys is not playing a broken Mando you twit. The song is awesome, the lady is a tramp. Noam Pikelny is the best Banjo player this side of of the moon. Eat it!

[coitinsforyourocky]

@redmosqito1 AGREED!! Noam Pikelney IS the best banjo player "this side of the moon" !! & Chris Thiole is the best mandolin player in the entire universe (or is itn't it 'multiverse' now??) PUNCH BROTHERS RULE ;)

[nmfarlow]

this song is STUNNING! I CAN NOT stop listening to it...

[StarryNightDiva]

Please delete my last message...I was venting, thanks.

[StarryNightDiva]

Wow... How exactly would you know that wierdOne1977? Seriously, did you sit down with Mr. Thile and ask him? The more I listen to this song the more I hate it. I love the Punch Brothers, but absolutely hate this song, because it's ike, "Yep, she's a whore" but any guy that does the same thing is NEVER chastised for it, in a song or otherwise.

To quote the song "I'm not sayin...Just sayin...."

[drewsky67]

I love this song! It'sboth bizar and musically brilliant!

[pfunk816]

It sounds so wrong for all the right reasons.

Dissonance never sounded so...harmonious.

[Edthebanjo]

OWCH! The headstock of that mandolin looks like its taken a big knowck. Its missing a curl. Great playing though!

[rcrosado]

I think that might be an eletronic tuner attached to the headstock :)

[Edthebanjo]

Yeh, but on the other side of the headstock, there is a big curl missing. I'd be so annoyed if that happened to my mando. :)

[sarahxboxbeara]

Excellent performance. To be honest, when I first heard this song it was kind of creepy, that violin part in the beginning. But after a few listens I absolutely love it.

[darkhorsegirl]

I'm going to see these guys on Jan. 31 (a week after my birthday, so excited) and I can't wait!!!

[drumsticks05]

Sweet! I might be going to see them in Athens in March!!! Can't wait.

Have fun!

[livinlargeindublin]

Punch Brothers music is like all the rules that you could have in bluegrass music, but broken. On purpose.

[agarfield2004]

meh, maybe with this song somewhat... but things like the blind leaving the blind have very strong roots in bluegrass. its not like theyre breaking out the drum set or something XD

[harrisoncrabfeathers]

It's intentionally dissonant.

If you listen to the last note the play together, it has every note in the scale, like mashing every key in a scale on a piano at once.

[coitinsforyourocky]

@harrisoncrabfeathers LOVE the dissonance & the syncopation...these guys are true musical geniuses & their musicianship is IMPECCABLE.........

[jcquims]

Most people think genius sounds like crap

[mandolinsarethebest]

.................... im a HUGE thile fan but that sounded like CRAP!!! what up with those weird chords?

[goshou]

Hey, man, so it's more experimental and edgy. Chris Thile isn't a straight bluegrass musician, he does jazz, classical, rock... you name it. If he wants to do something a bit more difficult than your run-of-the-mill bluegrass, I'll be there listening.

[mandolinsarethebest]

i know hes not a stright bluegrass musician and thats y i love his music, i mean i have every CD hes ever released and even the ones as a kid, but in my opinoin i really dont like this song but im still gonna buy the cd.

[Jack458111]

dissonance grounds all music, seriously. this song fucking speaks. if you want to hear pretty counterpointe listen to bach.. or john mayer.. or whoever it is you like.. yellow card? i dont know.

[wierdOne1977]

the album "Punch" outlines the story of Chris Thile's divorce... it opens with this song, Punch Bowl... IF you listen to the words, you find out that this song is about the night his (then) wife went to a party and got drunk on punch... she then slept with some fellow...

the dissonant chords are when the song is about her.... when they go to the pretty "Major" chords... that's him speaking from his point of view....

it truly is genius.... go buy the album.... then you'll understand....

[mandolinsarethebest]

yes thnk you, a liitle after i wrote that commet i found out, i have the cd and i love it. i know the song is about his feelings and what not but in my oppinoin i just dont like that song, srry if i made someone mad.

[wierdOne1977]

no worries... not mad here.... just wanted you to be able to appreciate the music for what it is... and to know that there's a reason that it was so dissonant.

[coitinsforyourocky]

@wierdOne1977 Great info....I love the Punch Brothers....their new album, 'Anifogmatic' is a masterpiece, too.......