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| coldatlantic (Toronto) | Posted: Nov 22, 2005 - 12:47 Love Sufjan, though this song strikes me as a touch awkward and hokey. Draws heavily on Close to Me, but the vocal rhythm of that one section is right out of The Police's Synchronicity Part I. Edit: After more listens, I've decided that this song is brilliant. Beautiful music with very crafty, smart, enigmatic lyrics. Oh God of Progress Have you degraded or forgot us? Where have your laws gone? I think about it now Ancient hieroglyphic or the South Pacific Typically terrific, busy and prolific Classical devotion, architect promotion Lacking in emotion. Think about it now. |
| bearsfeat (The Center of Mass. (Petersham)) | Posted: Sep 13, 2005 - 05:01 Hmmm. My rating does not do much for the average. (6) It remainds me a bit of Ben Folds Five - but a little sappier. I gave it a 6 because it is a bold attempt and it is different. The lyrics are a bit juvenile. The whole composition sounds like a classroom assignment. Maybe the next album will be better - after he graduates from college. |
| petesoper (Apex, NC) | Posted: Aug 31, 2005 - 16:47 petesoper wrote: a Shakespeare sonata would be a welcome alternative to this song.
Oops, sonnet. |
| petesoper (Apex, NC) | Posted: Aug 31, 2005 - 15:36 This is the worst song I've heard on RP since I started listening 18 months ago. Trite and contrived don't get close to the depth of my annoyance. I LOVE RP's eclectic theme but everybody's got their limits and I found mine with this song. A chain saw modulated by a rap version of a Shakespeare sonata would be a welcome alternative to this song. |
| tony99 | Posted: Aug 31, 2005 - 15:27 daveesh wrote: this is absolutely horrible.
I have completely the opposite opinion ... |
| buddy213 (Pasadena) | Posted: Aug 31, 2005 - 15:26 this is gooooooooood!! thanks for the introduction... |
| ajman | Posted: Aug 31, 2005 - 15:26 Please make it STOP! |
| stubbsz (San Jose, CA) | Posted: Aug 31, 2005 - 15:26 I didn't like this for a minute or so but it's starting to gel now. Interesting stuff. 3...5... |
| crink51 ("South Central" Scottsdale-AZ) | Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 13:38 I was so excited to 'rock out' to this "Illinoise" CD I ordered through RP & Amazon.com...But it was shipped with no disc in it. What cruel, sick joke is this??? How anti-climactic!! |
| spartan (Bozeman, MT) | Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 08:15 radiozep wrote: Sorry, I've tried. Sure hear them enough on RP, but I cannot get into these guys.
I feel the exact opposite. I find myself thoroughly enjoying every track off of this album the first time I hear it, and the feeling (so far) only grows with repeated listens. |
| dwhayslett (Raleigh, NC) | Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 08:10 Can't decide if I like this version better than the other one: http://www.radioparadise.com/modules.php?name=songinfo&song_id=37791 :-k |
| radiozep | Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 08:09 Sorry, I've tried. Sure hear them enough on RP, but I cannot get into these guys. |
| pyxxel (Dublin, Ireland) | Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 08:08 5/4-beat... how nice!! I know, this isn't to everyone's liking... I think I like it cuz it's different. |
| Dave_Mack (Saratoga, CA) | Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 08:08 A little Linus and Lucy never hurt anybody  Beyond that, quite an interesting little tune.
EDIT: Ooh, and a little Cure thrown in for good measure.... |
| Govi (Left Coast) | Posted: Aug 28, 2005 - 08:23 I loved this. At first I thought: "Philip Glass"? I was amazed at the sweet melodic figures and the almost oriental sound, as if an ancient Persian were being reinterpreted for our times. When it was over, I hunted for it on Rhapsody, but no luck, Sufjan has only one track there. Then I read these comments. I wonder if we were listening to the same thing? Wow, what different opinions! |
| daveesh (birthplace of the american revolution) | Posted: Aug 20, 2005 - 13:07 this is absolutely horrible. |
| Four-Five | Posted: Aug 20, 2005 - 13:07 Fun stuff. |
| bmeador (Columbia, SC) | Posted: Aug 20, 2005 - 13:06  |
| manleywoman (IL) | Posted: Aug 16, 2005 - 19:03 As a Chicagoan who has never heard this song, I was working with this in the background until I heard the Chicago references, then I had to look at the comments to figure out what the hell this was. Worth a listen for the kitch factor, and perhaps I'll buy the album for fellow Chicagoans as a gag, but can't say it's great. :-s |
| radiozep | Posted: Aug 13, 2005 - 11:44 |
| diane (seacoast, nh, usa) | Posted: Aug 01, 2005 - 22:49 It's as if Merriam-Webster had an aural dictionary. |
| labkpr (Here and Now!) | Posted: Aug 01, 2005 - 22:37 Is it me, or is something out of tune?? |
| KitKat (Chicago) | Posted: Aug 01, 2005 - 22:37 thekid wrote: Okay, I'll give it a chance ... but this is an effort! Truly weird, it's true. His goal is to write an album about each of the 50 United States. Check out his label, Asthmatic Kitty Records, at http://www.asthmatickitty.com/main.php One of the artists on the label is Liz Janes, and her stuff is intriguing. As a Chicago person, I find much of this song to be an in-joke. You've got to 'get' the whole Chicago-architecture-pride thing. We really do walk around staring up at the tops of buildings admiring cornices and windows and know which are Prairie influenced. We are truly weird. |
| thekid (St. Louis, Misery) | Posted: Jul 29, 2005 - 15:44 ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote: I had muted it until I read this... OK, giving it a full chance. Okay, I'll give it a chance ... but this is an effort! |
| ArbiterOfGoodTaste (Seattle WA) | Posted: Jul 29, 2005 - 15:41 ploafmaster wrote: Holy CRAP! This song went straight from "New" to "Added" in the LRC, with 0/0! Rock on!
I had muted it until I read this... OK, giving it a full chance. Verdict: Started out awful, but grew on me and became pleasant by the end. |
| ploafmaster (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Jul 29, 2005 - 09:49 Holy CRAP! This song went straight from "New" to "Added" in the LRC, with 0/0! Rock on! |