Joanna Newsom - Yarn And Glue

[FolkyFan15]

Sophisticated lyrics. Upbeat tune. Enchanting voice. This is music.

[FolkyFan15]

@Gary190tube There's also a growing trend these days of over-rated "pop" and rap artists that only sing about sex, drugs and "partying". I'm sorry but it aint my fault if you're tone-deaf. GO JOANNA!

[Gary190tube]

there's a growing trend these days for female singers to sing in baby-waby voicey-woices......

[MrMortenbra]

@Gary190tube what is an example of this?

[forgetthefuture]

@Gary190tube

maybe this is because people accept difference these days; we can access more variety, so all kinds of voices can be heard rather than the most commonly enjoyed.

[roarman01]

@Gary190tube You should go rape yourself with a giant yellow dildo. Joanna Newsom is one of maybe 2.5 or 3 great artists from the last decade.

[NarrowJoy]

@Gary190tube She's not singing in a 'baby voice', that is her voice.

[HoNaHoLiC]

@NarrowJoy Define "her voice" ? I've heard her sing in real life, in a completely different style. She can sing totally classical and sound just like all the other classically trained singers if she wants to, trust me.

There's no such thing as people who just open their mouths and automatically the right sound comes out. Noone has a "voice". They have techniques.

[roarman01]

@Gary190tube Why don't you choke on a dildo and "baby-screetch" until you die of asphyxiation.

[StarsManny]

Sort of like a cross between Kate Bush, Bjork and Boxxy.

Annoying.

[bendabledoll]

@StarsManny Thats not fair, she's going for something more timeless than those artists, even if you don't like her. She has more in common with Joni Mitchell, Nina Simone, Simon & Garfunkle, Don McLean. And certainly is not well-known enough to be "annoying." I recommend you hear out Only Skin. It may not change what your tastes are, but I don't think you would honestly say she's like Boxxy. I think it makes more clear that she's writing poems wrapped in music, she was a writer in college too

[joanna13gate]

@StarsManny Lol right! hahahah! boxxy! xP

[R9oxy1]

How cud Andy samberg date her I love Andy samberg AHHH

[bendabledoll]

I was in a depression, and clicked this song almost accidently-- and found myself swinging my hair around to the beat a few lines into the song! Thank you xMedicating and thannk you Joanna!!!

[xMedicating]

@bendabledoll Cheer up bud! everything gets better eventually.

[bendabledoll]

@xMedicating Thanks!! And you're right man, I don't even remember what I was down about. But what I do remember is Joanna Newsom and her magical world!

[maple1212]

And couch the rabble-rouser's nest

And we will take a day of rest

And we will all be heaven-blessed

And we will gather round to dine

And pass the time with wicked rhymes

And toast in dandelion wines

To hear their mellifluous chimes

We toast the fallow furrows that we sow,

We toast the monies that we owe, oh, oh

We toast the creditors we daily face

[maple1212]

Do you know what this is son?

This is the panopticon

And all around us blink the brash

And shifty eyes of common cash

So do we die or do we travel?

Down the path by which one dabbles

In the arts of antediluvian crafts

With yarn and glue

So gather twilight to your breast

[maple1212]

Who topple down with gruesome grace

And we toast the aristocrats with blood of blue

Because we know our collars are that colour too

And we toast the artisans of antediluvian crafts

With yarn and glue

We do, we do!

[ClichedNameFTW]

Oh wow, I just now discovered her first two albums. It's so interesting to hear how her music has developed over time.

Very pretty. :3