Match DN: Parachutes vs. Dead Man

[Strat]

or that this guy:

Created This in just a few short years:

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tough matchup. went with parachutes. both scratch me where i itch.

[stip]

ohh, we're tied. I owe a rare debt to thodoks

[Birds in Hell]

What's weird to me is that he seems to be so terrible at being happy. Like, he's so completely lost as a centered, happy family man who has to come up with something interesting to say in songs that it always has this weirdly forced quality that makes it feel disingenuous.

LOOK HOW HAPPY I AM

Agreed.

I don't mean at all to imply that Ed isn't genuinely happy, I obviously have no idea but have no reason to presume otherwise, but his attempts at reflecting that satisfaction in his work invariably come across as oddly detached and, yes, forced.

He's basically down to that, songs about waves/trees and songs about rockin' out.

Happy, so happy.