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The Slow Show — God Only Knows
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djengs
Posted: Apr 11, 2013 - 14:40
 
 Lazarus wrote:


He sings as though he suffers badly from constipation...  but I kind of like the song...

I am too ambivalent about it to rate it one way or the other... 

 
There with ya, Laz. A wise rabbit once told me, "If you can't give it a 10 then don't give it nuthin' at all" or something like that. Done a few either way but lean toward only rating something I like a lot, but staying away from it in general. If I like it, why put a number on it?

xkolibuul
(Chuckanut sandstone)
Posted: Apr 06, 2013 - 00:29
 
 moocray wrote:

I hear Willy Nelson mated with Johnny Cash.



 
Try Bill Morrissey crossed with the lead singer of Crash Test Dummies.  
Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Apr 04, 2013 - 11:02
 
 Misterfixit wrote:
Too much whine, falsetto, not enough breath control, need autotune.
 
 

He sings as though he suffers badly from constipation...  but I kind of like the song...

I am too ambivalent about it to rate it one way or the other... 

kayakingclark
(Alghero, Sardinia, Italia)
Posted: Apr 04, 2013 - 11:02
 
Loving it on a rainy day in Sardinia. Thanks Bill.

yahig
Posted: Mar 22, 2013 - 17:54
 
 moocray wrote:

I hear Willy Nelson mated with Johnny Cash.

That was just a rumor !
 



kcar
Posted: Mar 05, 2013 - 12:48
 
Hungover variation on "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"....But shambly fun. 

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 06:51
 
Good, evocative song. Thoughtful, wistful, but not downbeat. Play it again, Bill. 

Pedro1874
(Newton-le-Willows, England)
Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 05:13
 
I hear Rob Goodwin from Manchester, Lancashire, England.  Impressed RP, yet again {#Sunny}

moocray
(Flagstaff, AZ (Via Bergen County, NJ))
Posted: Jan 31, 2013 - 15:49
 

I hear Willy Nelson mated with Johnny Cash.



DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Jan 31, 2013 - 15:46
 
Sounds like Herle Maggard meets Badly Drawn Boy...

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Jan 29, 2013 - 18:35
 
 Jim_Messenger wrote:
Amazing. I live 90 miles from Manchester and this band is virtually invisible on the UK airwaves.  Thanks yet again Bill / Rebecca for being first to another band to my attention.   We eventually 'got' Gotye over here too.   And if I hear another so called Brit music lover ask me who Porcupine Tree are I'll spit.
 
Call Fred, you and he have much in common.



Proclivities
(Paris of the Piedmont)
Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 09:33
 
 lemmoth wrote:
Not that song titles can't be re-used for brand new songs but......God Only Knows ????? - What were they thinking?
 
God only knows what they were thinking.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 10:59
 
Not that song titles can't be re-used for brand new songs but......God Only Knows ????? - What were they thinking?

Jim_Messenger
(United Kingdom - Near Nottingham)
Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 10:49
 
Amazing. I live 90 miles from Manchester and this band is virtually invisible on the UK airwaves.  Thanks yet again Bill / Rebecca for being first to another band to my attention.   We eventually 'got' Gotye over here too.   And if I hear another so called Brit music lover ask me who Porcupine Tree are I'll spit.

aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 10:44
 
Definitely a bit of Lloyd Cole in this track. 

aelfheld
Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 12:52
 
 cShaggy wrote:
<...> So miss me, let me go
Said the mouth with the buck spells
No time to waste on sorrow
So miss me, let me go <...>
 
At the 1:56 mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY3deaJ9qec

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Dec 29, 2012 - 10:15
 
Good...eight

aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 08:24
 
Thumbs up - never heard it but I like it!

aelfheld
Posted: Dec 01, 2012 - 12:09
 
 cShaggy wrote:
<...>

Said the mouth with the buck spells

<...> 

Replacing Said the mouth with the buck spells with Said the man with the book of spells makes a lot more sense.


xkolibuul
(Chuckanut sandstone)
Posted: Nov 12, 2012 - 23:22
 
Sounds more like Bill Morrissey to me, only at half-speed.  And that is saying something.  

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Nov 03, 2012 - 05:33
 
Yeesh! This guy makes Thom Yorke sound like the Laughing Policeman.

ch83575
Posted: Oct 29, 2012 - 14:30
 
Is this the dude from Crash Test Dummies... 15yrs later?

Actually, I kinda dig  it. 

ick
(...out of the primordial ooze)
Posted: Oct 12, 2012 - 07:11
 
 Misterfixit wrote:
Too much whine, falsetto, not enough breath control, need autotune.
 
 
Sarcasm is so hard to pick up in a comment box...  that aside, this piece of music surprised me by what it evoked in me.

cShaggy
Posted: Sep 11, 2012 - 01:16
 
God only knows what, 
What I will do with you
God only knows what, 
What I will do with you

These crooked legs won't walk on the sand
And the words they don't make any sound
It all looks different these days
But it's still the same, it's still the same

So miss me, let me go
Said the mouth with the buck spells
No time to waste on sorrow
So miss me, let me go

These crooked legs won't walk on the sand
And the words they don't make any sound
It all looks different these days
But it's still the same, it's still the same

Everybody's home, now
Everybody's home, now
Everybody's home, now
Everybody's home
Read more at http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107859425362/#K1VcjMXDAdOtvy1e.99

miahfost
(Gothenburg, Sweden)
Posted: Sep 11, 2012 - 01:14
 
Very nice.

poetista
Posted: Aug 23, 2012 - 09:09
 
Never heard this artist. Sounds like Eddie Vedder mixed with Frank Black. Not unlikeable. Great musicians on this track. Lovely music. I might get used to his voice and like this more next time I hear it.

Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville")
Posted: Aug 21, 2012 - 12:38
 
 FooledAgain wrote:

Ditto. Except that, with training, practice, and confidence, you can probably sing better than you think.
 
In high school, a friend of mine said that I sound like two frogs with laryngitis having sex.

I was kicked off the school choir, and I was the only baritone and one of two guys.
 

Zelidar
(Switzerland)
Posted: Aug 10, 2012 - 13:46
 
First time I hear this one and I love it. Thank you so much Bill and Rebecca for such nice surprises every now and then {#Angel}.

Lichenia,
(uk)
Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 07:22
 
first time hearing this one, nice one.

rushed
(Edwardsville, IL)
Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 07:07
 
 FooledAgain wrote:

Ditto. Except that, with training, practice, and confidence, you can probably sing better than you think.
 
One exception: Imogen Heap's "Hide & Seek" - a very creative use of autotune by an artistwith a real voice.

FooledAgain
(43°40'N 79°20'W)
Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 19:26
 
 Byronape wrote:

Nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing needs autotune.  Not on this song or any other song ever.  If you have to autotune, then don't sing.  Thus why I don't sing.

 
 
Ditto. Except that, with training, practice, and confidence, you can probably sing better than you think.

Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville")
Posted: Jun 30, 2012 - 10:23
 
 Misterfixit wrote:
Too much whine, falsetto, not enough breath control, need autotune.
 
 
Nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing needs autotune.  Not on this song or any other song ever.  If you have to autotune, then don't sing.  Thus why I don't sing.

 

derekd
(Mudball called Earth)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 11:58
 
Nice...Kind of in that Red House Painters mellow vibe.

CTS
(Manchester, UK)
Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 16:17
 
Oh what a wonderful place Manchester is too... So much talent coming out from here too.  I look forward to hearing more from these guys, and also, I have added a local Salford singer Ren Harvieu, but hoping it will pass the LRC... So, watch out for her too. 

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 16:17
 
Too much whine, falsetto, not enough breath control, need autotune.
 

Tippster
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 10:08
 
Meh.

ivann
(UK, Beverley, East yorkshire)
Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 10:06
 
Nice to hear these guys, only came across them recently but will look for more...