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The New Pornographers — The Bones Of An Idol
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ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 10:01
 
B L I S S  H A R M O N I E S

Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Oct 13, 2012 - 21:54
 
One of my RP All Time Favorites and one of the very first in my Radio Paradise Favorites playlist begun 6 years and 666 songs ago! (And I can't believe I haven't commented on this song before now!)

Stingray
Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 10:16
 
 fredriley wrote:
I've never had the bones of an idol, but my Mum was always accusing me of being bone idle as a kid. I've never really understood the meaning of that phrase...
 

It's nothing bad-fred - it's nothing but our lack of serious education one can observe when following your posts.

Just my 2 Cents from the Cologne jury!

Smile!



oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Mar 06, 2012 - 13:00
 
 crockydile wrote:

As long as she doesn't sing, that is...{#Rolleyes}
 
phht.....go find another radio station

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 10:20
 
I've never had the bones of an idol, but my Mum was always accusing me of being bone idle as a kid. I've never really understood the meaning of that phrase...

michaelgmitchell
(Canada)
Posted: Jun 11, 2011 - 07:43
 
You ARE following this with Elbow, Bill? Keep the theme rolling. Then, The Hip (Little Bones). Then, you're on your own.

KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.)
Posted: Jul 02, 2010 - 22:44
 
 salide wrote:
Any Neko is good Neko!
 
I just heard a song by Peter Wolf today on "The Loft" and Neko sang back up.
I need to hunt that one down.

Just did. New CD from him...
http://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Souvenirs-Peter-Wolf/dp/B0030E5NKK/ref=ntt_mus_ep_wlb_dpt


crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way)
Posted: Apr 10, 2010 - 10:59
 
 salide wrote:
Any Neko is good Neko!
 
As long as she doesn't sing, that is...{#Rolleyes}

heatherchickenlady
(PDX from MKE)
Posted: Mar 29, 2010 - 18:25
 
 salide wrote:
Any Neko is good Neko!
 
Agreed! Musically she is SO amazing, she is beautiful, and likable - yet, unfortunately, she writes such FREAKING warped songs! Now my mom loves her too.... My husband & I listen to her OFTEN. We just sit on the couch and sing albums with her sometimes. I call her "the twisted little girl".


salide
Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 11:17
 
Any Neko is good Neko!

lmic
(Limpid Drivel of the Best Kind)
Posted: Oct 03, 2009 - 14:18
 
 cherylg4 wrote:
I really don't like Neko's solo stuff but I like her with the New Pornographers. What's up with that?
 
I also like her best with NPs. Although Fox Confessor... is pretty great. I haven't really warmed to Middle Cyclone.


davin
(Victoria, British Columbia)
Posted: Apr 16, 2009 - 14:32
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:

{#Fire}{#Fire} Blastphemy!!!!{#Fire}{#Fire} You sir, have sullied the reputation of the fair goddess Neko! Prepare for battle! {#War}
 
http://www.trutv.com/video/operation-repo/unhand-thine-prius.html?link=truTVshlk



lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Apr 16, 2009 - 14:32
 
 kaybee wrote:

I'm the opposite.  I don't mind the New Pornographers but I feel Niko's talents are buried with them and she really shines in her solo work.

 
Agree with Kaybee.  Felt stronger after seeing the band live.


peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Feb 24, 2009 - 08:04
 
 RadioDoc wrote:
Actually, you hit on one of my key gripes with her...the sparer the arrangement she louder she seems to feel it necessary to sing.  To the point of shrieking at times.  Emoting in vocals requires control and resonance.  Unless you're doing thrash metal...

I haven't written her off but some of her stuff is just horrid.
 
{#Fire}{#Fire} Blastphemy!!!!{#Fire}{#Fire} You sir, have sullied the reputation of the fair goddess Neko! Prepare for battle! {#War}

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 16:27
 
 cherylg4 wrote:
I really don't like Neko's solo stuff but I like her with the New Pornographers. What's up with that?
 
I'm the opposite.  I don't mind the New Pornographers but I feel Niko's talents are buried with them and she really shines in her solo work.


Exene
(Boulder, CO)
Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 12:17
 
 Crawlmeister wrote:
Sweet! A modern classic. Now just play Home-made Bombs in the Afternoon more often as well, by that Newman fella :)
 
YES!!! Please do - that song is amazing - I've almost crashed my iPod, I've listened to that track so many times! He's one of the best songwriters going, for my money. Just keeps cranking out one gorgeous bubblegum gem after another.


jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 12:16
 
 ROSSinDETROIT wrote:

American Music Club.  Great band, awful name.

X.  ditto
 
To which I add Porno For Pyros.


holborne
(New York)
Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 12:15
 
 gandalfbmg wrote:


You're very brave to speak ill of her around here.

Now where did I put my pitchfork and torch...{#War}

 

Huh? Yeah, really brave to echo the dozens of people who post stuff like "She's screeching! Shut up!" every time RP plays one of her tracks.

Give me a break. The chorus of Neko haters hereabouts is hardly what I'd call reticent.



RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Nov 21, 2008 - 12:43
 
ROSSinDETROIT wrote:
To my ear, Neko's voice is better served by the more spare arrangements framing it on her solo CDs, although alt-country is not the direction to go to get my attention.
Actually, you hit on one of my key gripes with her...the sparer the arrangement she louder she seems to feel it necessary to sing.  To the point of shrieking at times.  Emoting in vocals requires control and resonance.  Unless you're doing thrash metal...

I haven't written her off but some of her stuff is just horrid.



RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Nov 21, 2008 - 12:40
 
gandalfbmg wrote:


You're very brave to speak ill of her around here.

Now where did I put my pitchfork and torch...{#War}

Well, someone has to do it.  So many naked emperors, so little time.

I really hope she improves.  She has a LOT of potential as shown on this track.



gandalfbmg
(3 mi from Paradise (Missouri))
Posted: Sep 19, 2008 - 08:24
 
 RadioDoc wrote:

Probably because her "producers" insist on burying her in ten tons of reverb, plus she shrieks more than sings when she's solo.  She's a marginal performer but you'll never convince her rabid fans of that.

This song's melody, however sounds like something you'd play with your Tonette in third grade.

 

You're very brave to speak ill of her around here.

Now where did I put my pitchfork and torch...{#War}


ROSSinDETROIT
(Detroit, more or less. By the Zoo.)
Posted: Sep 10, 2008 - 19:01
 
 RadioDoc wrote:

Probably because her "producers" insist on burying her in ten tons of reverb, plus she shrieks more than sings when she's solo.  She's a marginal performer but you'll never convince her rabid fans of that.

This song's melody, however sounds like something you'd play with your Tonette in third grade.

 
I play her CD Fox Confessor Brings the Flood about 3 - 5 times a week.  Personally, I can't stand the production style of the NP albums although the songwriting and performances are among the best to be found anywhere.  The NP CDs sound hard, flat, compressed, trebly and bassless to me.  Like the greatest music heard through a bad car radio half a block away.  To my ear, Neko's voice is better served by the more spare arrangements framing it on her solo CDs, although alt-country is not the direction to go to get my attention.



RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Sep 07, 2008 - 12:20
 
cherylg4 wrote:
I really don't like Neko's solo stuff but I like her with the New Pornographers. What's up with that?

Probably because her "producers" insist on burying her in ten tons of reverb, plus she shrieks more than sings when she's solo.  She's a marginal performer but you'll never convince her rabid fans of that.

This song's melody, however sounds like something you'd play with your Tonette in third grade.


ROSSinDETROIT
(Detroit, more or less. By teh Zoo.)
Posted: Sep 07, 2008 - 11:55
 
 bizon wrote:
I'm quite surprised at all the comments about the band name. Why does anyone care? Stop and ask yourselves how many great bands over the years have or have had horrible names. I'm sure you can come up with more than a few.
 
American Music Club.  Great band, awful name.

X.  ditto



ROSSinDETROIT
(Detroit, more or less. By teh Zoo.)
Posted: Sep 07, 2008 - 11:54
 
Love the band and the album.  An this is my favorite song from it.  I can hardly believe the talent that this group packs.  More NP!!  Especially with Neko singing.

Manbird
(Santa Rosa, CA)
Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 18:39
 
I used to like this song but overexposure has caused me to resent the hell out of it.

renegade_X
(My House)
Posted: Jul 23, 2008 - 09:54
 
WOW I love this song! Great band name too. So, is it really Neko singing???? I like Neko.

EssexTex
(Bee Cave Texas)
Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 03:19
 
Love this, Love Neko with them or solo.
cherylg4
(Music Void, WA)
Posted: Jun 21, 2008 - 21:09
 
I really don't like Neko's solo stuff but I like her with the New Pornographers. What's up with that?
Crawlmeister
(Alaska)
Posted: Jun 04, 2008 - 18:27
 
Sweet! A modern classic. Now just play Home-made Bombs in the Afternoon more often as well, by that Newman fella :)
coentje
(Rotterdam or anywhere...)
Posted: May 21, 2008 - 10:48
 
wow, what a nice surprise (-:
I really can't stand that "my right versus yours" song from them, but this is brilliant. Different singer, maybe that's it.
schrodingersdog
(California)
Posted: May 21, 2008 - 10:46
 
This is probably my favorite song by the New Pornographers.
bizon
(Vancouver)
Posted: Apr 14, 2008 - 16:00
 
I'm quite surprised at all the comments about the band name. Why does anyone care? Stop and ask yourselves how many great bands over the years have or have had horrible names. I'm sure you can come up with more than a few.
a_genuine_find
(New Amsterdam)
Posted: Apr 14, 2008 - 15:58
 
jstevep00 wrote:


Someone may have already explained this, but it is a reference to the televangelist of the 80s, Jimmy Swaggart. He said, at the time, that rock music was the "new pornography," i.e. it was replacing pornography as the #1 source of corruption. So the band, as rock musicians, are The New Pornographers. Quite clever if you ask me.

Oh, and I think there needs to be more of this band on RP. Love'em.


jstevep00
(left of center)
Posted: Jan 30, 2008 - 21:25
 
DrCyKosis wrote:
Some of their music is good, but I dislike the name of the band.


Someone may have already explained this, but it is a reference to the televangelist of the 80s, Jimmy Swaggart. He said, at the time, that rock music was the "new pornography," i.e. it was replacing pornography as the #1 source of corruption. So the band, as rock musicians, are The New Pornographers. Quite clever if you ask me.

Oh, and I think there needs to be more of this band on RP. Love'em.
MLavender
Posted: Jan 16, 2008 - 11:58
 
wild_mercury wrote:
I found this album tedious, but I loved the title track. I much prefer Neko's solo albums.


Wouldn't call this tedious, but yes, I too prefer Neko's solo stuff.
RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Jan 16, 2008 - 11:56
 
Catchy but wearing thin with repeated listening.
raga
(Italy - Como)
Posted: Nov 29, 2007 - 01:37
 
Mari wrote:
Wonderful Album!


Agreed!
ajamison
(Los Angeles)
Posted: Nov 09, 2007 - 10:38
 
DrCyKosis wrote:
Some of their music is good, but I dislike the name of the band.


Thanks for sharing?
gjeeg
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Aug 12, 2007 - 11:47
 
There is a much better version out there. What happened to it??
DrCyKosis
(~Galveston~)
Posted: May 24, 2007 - 13:40
 
Some of their music is good, but I dislike the name of the band.
davin
(Victoria, British Columbia)
Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 15:57
 
NorthernLad wrote:
neko is a hottie.



dAMN tHAT'S hOT
roggles
(Vancouver)
Posted: Feb 20, 2007 - 18:30
 
inindian wrote:
That may be so but in this pic she somehow looks like or reminds me of the actor Edward Norton...from the neck up...


That's funny, this pic always reminded me of... a bunch of cars driving down a winding road at night.
But then again some clever chap may change the linked picture again, so I may be wrong in the future... watch out for links!
Zan81
(Washington)
Posted: Feb 05, 2007 - 09:33
 
Music from this band always gets me in a good mood.
inindian
('bout 45 north)
Posted: Jan 06, 2007 - 00:31
 
That may be so but in this pic she somehow looks like or reminds me of the actor Edward Norton...from the neck up...

NorthernLad wrote:
neko is a hottie.


wild_mercury
(Glenview, IL)
Posted: Dec 28, 2006 - 10:10
 
I found this album tedious, but I loved the title track. I much prefer Neko's solo albums.
davin
(Victoria, British Columbia)
Posted: Dec 22, 2006 - 11:45
 
if my pornographic memory serves me correctly, this is a great song.
NorthernLad
(Elk Lake, Northern Ontario Canada)
Posted: Nov 29, 2006 - 07:14
 
neko is a hottie.


mazeika
Posted: Nov 24, 2006 - 12:14
 
calray wrote:
I want to hear the Old Pornographers! Does this seem derivative of Bowie at all?



too bad neko case wasnt present when i saw them at the legendary horseshoe tavern

David_Price
(Salinas, CA)
Posted: Oct 16, 2006 - 10:44
 
I love this song, the lyrics, the singing, the production, the melody. The lyrics seem to be about religious fanaticism. One of my RP favorites.