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| ScottN (An inch above the K/T boundary layer) | Posted: Oct 05, 2006 - 21:54 ploafmaster wrote: ACK! Is there anybody that listens here that even knows what this word means and uses it properly? I think from now on when I see that response in the horrible misuse to which it falls victim here, I'll respond in kind with incorrect word usage. I think you're purple. |
| vandal (the 'couve) | Posted: Sep 15, 2006 - 16:14 ploafmaster wrote: If that's the definition being used here, then look up "extravagant" and "ostentatious" - though you no doubt already know what they mean. Is his stuff really showy? And not just Sujan, but many artists/bands labeled as "pretentious" on this station - are they really flashy and showy? I realize that's a subjective question and answer, but is Sufjan's music, and this song particularly, vain and prideful? If you follow the language trail, I still feel like it's an abusive use of the word... I now recognize your differentiation you are drawing a distinction between the artist and his art. To that end, I would opine that sufyawn is pretentious, but that his music is merely crap. IMHO. |
| ploafmaster (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Sep 13, 2006 - 09:33 vandal wrote: sir, would you mind supplying some context with your objection? I believe the reference is ". . . marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious." if so, then I too believe this applies to sufyawn stevens. If that's the definition being used here, then look up "extravagant" and "ostentatious" - though you no doubt already know what they mean. Is his stuff really showy? And not just Sujan, but many artists/bands labeled as "pretentious" on this station - are they really flashy and showy? I realize that's a subjective question and answer, but is Sufjan's music, and this song particularly, vain and prideful? If you follow the language trail, I still feel like it's an abusive use of the word... |
| vandal (the 'couve) | Posted: Sep 12, 2006 - 15:59 ploafmaster wrote: ACK! Is there anybody that listens here that even knows what this word means and uses it properly? I think from now on when I see that response in the horrible misuse to which it falls victim here, I'll respond in kind with incorrect word usage. I think you're purple. sir, would you mind supplying some context with your objection? I believe the reference is ". . . marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious." if so, then I too believe this applies to sufyawn stevens. |
| ploafmaster (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Sep 12, 2006 - 04:38 ScottN wrote: OK, he's pretentious.
ACK! Is there anybody that listens here that even knows what this word means and uses it properly? I think from now on when I see that response in the horrible misuse to which it falls victim here, I'll respond in kind with incorrect word usage. I think you're purple. |
| MCKY (PEI, Great White North) | Posted: Sep 10, 2006 - 05:56 I don't get SS at all, but I found myself enjoying this song. Will give the LP a try. |
| crowhog2000 (Cincinnati, Ohio USA) | Posted: Sep 02, 2006 - 14:12 ScottN wrote: OK, he's pretentious.
pretentiousness does play a very minor role in his overall suckageness. |
| horstman | Posted: Aug 26, 2006 - 17:59 Another Radio Paradise turn on (thanks Bill, I owe you-oh wait, I'll just pledge more money-maybe one day I'll even get an ipod or some trip to a tropical paradise!). Sufjan Stevens is original, his music is very complex and has a lot of depth, he plays a great deal of the instruments himself. He composes and writes all the lyrics, and he is an excellent story teller. John Wayne Gacy, Jr. is a great song, full of suspense, creepy. |
| ScottN (An inch above the K/T boundary layer) | Posted: Aug 23, 2006 - 19:09 ploafmaster wrote: Geez man, quite a lot of people do, and he comes on no more frequently then LOADS of other stuff on here. He's certainly dropped completely off of the top airplay charts. And I'm curious - how do you know he's self-indulgent? How is that something you can hear? I mean, really hear? Go ahead and don't like it - that's your right, and that's fine, but self-indulgent? You might as well say he's "pretentious." |
| tony99 | Posted: Aug 22, 2006 - 02:41 AussieCanuck wrote: Sufjan Stevens = Sufjan Yawn
Seriously, this guy is boring, self-indulgent, depressing... why does he get so much airplay? I generally enjoy pretty much everything on RP. I play it while I work. But when this guy comes on (which seems to be on a regular basis lately) I switch over to something else. Shame. Is there anyone out there who actually likes this guy?? I do, definitely .... Illinoise is one of the most interesting pieces of music to come out in recent times. Seriously talented and inventive. Don't really care if he's 'pretentious' (whatever that means). |
| Kerly (Estonia) | Posted: Aug 22, 2006 - 00:36 Surfjan Stevens rock! |
| bmo (Canada) | Posted: Aug 17, 2006 - 18:54 overdone underplay |
| vandal (the 'couve) | Posted: Aug 14, 2006 - 11:27 lixy wrote: Sufjan Stevens, stated that the name is of Armenian origin and means "comes with a sword." 
Obligatory trivia: A famous bearer of this name is Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith, a figure from early Islamic history. I think that when you add "Stevens" to the end of Sufjan, it subsequently translates to, "should be skewered with a sword." 
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| trekhead (Just Missed Me.) | Posted: Aug 09, 2006 - 04:56 penguinja wrote: *raises hand slowly* I like him. Not all of his songs, but most of Illinois. ...please don't hurt me *blushes* Me three. |
| ndfan75 (Texas) | Posted: Aug 09, 2006 - 04:52 I = ignore this man |
| ploafmaster (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Aug 07, 2006 - 11:59 AussieCanuck wrote: Sufjan Stevens = Sufjan Yawn
Seriously, this guy is boring, self-indulgent, depressing... why does he get so much airplay? I generally enjoy pretty much everything on RP. I play it while I work. But when this guy comes on (which seems to be on a regular basis lately) I switch over to something else. Shame. Is there anyone out there who actually likes this guy?? Geez man, quite a lot of people do, and he comes on no more frequently then LOADS of other stuff on here. He's certainly dropped completely off of the top airplay charts. And I'm curious - how do you know he's self-indulgent? How is that something you can hear? I mean, really hear? Go ahead and don't like it - that's your right, and that's fine, but self-indulgent? You might as well say he's "pretentious." |
| penguinja (somewhere between Boston and Chicago) | Posted: Aug 07, 2006 - 10:42 AussieCanuck wrote: Sufjan Stevens = Sufjan Yawn
Seriously, this guy is boring, self-indulgent, depressing... why does he get so much airplay? I generally enjoy pretty much everything on RP. I play it while I work. But when this guy comes on (which seems to be on a regular basis lately) I switch over to something else. Shame. Is there anyone out there who actually likes this guy?? *raises hand slowly* I like him. Not all of his songs, but most of Illinois. ...please don't hurt me |
| AussieCanuck (Toronto, Canada) | Posted: Aug 07, 2006 - 10:30 Sufjan Stevens = Sufjan Yawn Seriously, this guy is boring, self-indulgent, depressing... why does he get so much airplay? I generally enjoy pretty much everything on RP. I play it while I work. But when this guy comes on (which seems to be on a regular basis lately) I switch over to something else. Shame. Is there anyone out there who actually likes this guy?? |
| crowhog2000 (Cincinnati, Ohio USA) | Posted: Aug 03, 2006 - 06:28 JonnyNismo wrote: I'm sorry, is there realy a following for this guy? I here so much Sufjan on RP. I'm not theonly one that relizes this guy sucks. Right?
Right Absolutely............ |
| lixy (Sverige) | Posted: Aug 03, 2006 - 03:13 vandal wrote: A contraction of the words "suffer" and "yawn." Sufjan Stevens, stated that the name is of Armenian origin and means "comes with a sword."
Obligatory trivia: A famous bearer of this name is Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith, a figure from early Islamic history. |
| JonnyNismo (San Francisco) | Posted: Aug 03, 2006 - 03:00 I'm sorry, is there realy a following for this guy? I here so much Sufjan on RP. I'm not theonly one that relizes this guy sucks. Right? |
| Zweiblumen (Boston, MA [2,606 miles ENE of Paradise, CA]) | Posted: Jul 28, 2006 - 08:31 Reminds me of Iron and Wine, with a thicker but rougher texture. |
| gigatess (New Orleans) | Posted: Jul 28, 2006 - 08:20 Llllllove Sufjan! |
| liser (hurricane alley) | Posted: Jul 28, 2006 - 08:14  sure do play this mediocre song a lot... |
| crowhog2000 (Cincinnati, Ohio USA) | Posted: Jul 25, 2006 - 12:53 Sufyawn with another snoozer to take to SuckFest '06 |
| StellarSwarm (Indianapolis, IN) | Posted: Jul 25, 2006 - 12:52 Love it! Can't wait to see him here in Indy in September! |
| Odyzzeuz (Austin, Texas) | Posted: Jul 25, 2006 - 12:49 More drivel from Sufferyawn. Oh joy. |
| winter (in exile) | Posted: Jul 23, 2006 - 18:14 H-bomb wrote: I just don't understand the raving about this guy.
I agree. He's not bad, but he's not all that great, either. Kind of bland and uninteresting, IMO. |
| ploafmaster (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Jul 20, 2006 - 06:55 BradAl wrote: ...although one could make the argument that with this album he's trying to cash off of illinoise's success...
Well, I'm sure his is to an extent, but man - nearly 76 minutes of b-sides from one album? Sounds more like he just had to get this music out there. And most of it's really solid, too. Although the two best tracks were "sorry'd" without review in the LRC...The Henney Buggy Band, and No Man's Land... Maybe someone else will have more success? |
| vandal (the 'couve) | Posted: Jul 19, 2006 - 12:42 Happygirl wrote: 'cuz we all wish we had a name as cool as "Sufjan!" A contraction of the words "suffer" and "yawn." |
| trekhead (Just Missed Me.) | Posted: Jul 19, 2006 - 11:13 This gets an 8 right out of the box, or the sleeve, or whatever that thing is called simply because it is Sufjan. Look out! Aaaaahhhh! |
| andrewmi (Ames, Iowa) | Posted: Jul 19, 2006 - 10:36 I love all the instrumentation, especially the horns. Go Sufjan! |
| jone_ston | Posted: Jul 19, 2006 - 10:36 Meh. I really like Illinois and I guess I can understand why they left this off the album. It seems decent but unremarkable. |
| Happygirl (Edmonton, AB) | Posted: Jul 19, 2006 - 10:35 H-bomb wrote: I just don't understand the raving about this guy.
'cuz we all wish we had a name as cool as "Sufjan!" |
| SigmaBetaTooth (Cubicle Farm in San Antonio, TX) | Posted: Jul 19, 2006 - 10:34 Wow! Any ideas as to how they accomplished the low production sound quality for the banjo? Everything else seems clean but the banjo is so distant. |
| H-bomb (SC) | Posted: Jul 19, 2006 - 10:33 I just don't understand the raving about this guy. |
| BradAl (around) | Posted: Jul 19, 2006 - 10:33 how did this get cut from the album??? i think it would be up with the better half of the songs on the cd. although one could make the argument that with this album he's trying to cash off of illinoise's success... |