tragabigzanda wrote:She was excellent on SNL last night. I don't think you can embed video from the NBC site, but it should be easy enough to find her performances online.
ridleybradout wrote:Ha, she's wearing a Life Be In It tee, awesome
LOL
Re: Courtney Barnett Deserves A Thread
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 3:36 am
by ridleybradout
zeb wrote:
ridleybradout wrote:Ha, she's wearing a Life Be In It tee, awesome
LOL
This is the one I was looking for!
Re: Courtney Barnett Deserves A Thread
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 3:50 am
by chewm
ridleybradout wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:She was excellent on SNL last night. I don't think you can embed video from the NBC site, but it should be easy enough to find her performances online.
Wow, that performance of Pedrestian at Best was fucking stellar.
Re: Courtney Barnett Deserves A Thread
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 4:24 am
by BurtReynolds
Re: Courtney Barnett Deserves A Thread
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 11:17 am
by Kevin Davis
Outstanding performance.
Re: Courtney Barnett Deserves A Thread
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 4:57 pm
by Strat
Re: Courtney Barnett Deserves A Thread
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 6:01 pm
by bodysnatcher
fucking hell that was great
probably a stretch, but their performances remind me a lot of Nirvana
Re: Courtney Barnett Deserves A Thread
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 6:03 pm
by LoathedVermin72
bodysnatcher wrote:fucking hell that was great
probably a stretch, but their performances remind me a lot of Nirvana
I thought the same thing during the second song. Definitely some Nirvana influence there.
Re: Courtney Barnett Deserves A Thread
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 6:05 pm
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: Courtney Barnett Deserves A Thread
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 6:07 pm
by LoathedVermin72
tragabigzanda wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:fucking hell that was great
probably a stretch, but their performances remind me a lot of Nirvana
I thought the same thing during the second song. Definitely some Nirvana influence there.
For sure. But going back to the "rock is dead" comments made by someone somewhere on RM this morning, does anyone else feel like for all Barnett's obvious passion and sincerity, there's something inescapably retro/throwback about this sort of music now?
Yes, absolutely.
Re: Courtney Barnett Deserves A Thread
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 6:13 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Her song on the new Grateful Dead cover album is pretty great.
Re: Courtney Barnett Deserves A Thread
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 6:40 pm
by bodysnatcher
tragabigzanda wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:fucking hell that was great
probably a stretch, but their performances remind me a lot of Nirvana
I thought the same thing during the second song. Definitely some Nirvana influence there.
For sure. But going back to the "rock is dead" comments made by someone somewhere on RM this morning, does anyone else feel like for all Barnett's obvious passion and sincerity, there's something inescapably retro/throwback about this sort of music now?
I don't know if it's purposely a throwback, it's just that we're seeing people creating music who are influenced by the same bands we grew up with. So inherently it will remind us of 'the glory days'
Re: Courtney Barnett Deserves A Thread
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 6:44 pm
by LoathedVermin72
bodysnatcher wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:fucking hell that was great
probably a stretch, but their performances remind me a lot of Nirvana
I thought the same thing during the second song. Definitely some Nirvana influence there.
For sure. But going back to the "rock is dead" comments made by someone somewhere on RM this morning, does anyone else feel like for all Barnett's obvious passion and sincerity, there's something inescapably retro/throwback about this sort of music now?
I don't know if it's purposely a throwback, it's just that we're seeing people creating music who are influenced by the same bands we grew up with. So inherently it will remind us of 'the glory days'
I think it's more than that. The music, from what I heard, feels like its looking backwards. It doesn't feel like any kind of evolution from things I've already heard. It doesn't sound new or different - just solid rock music. It doesn't feel exciting or vital to me. Which makes it seem like it's dwelling in the past.
Re: Courtney Barnett Deserves A Thread
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 7:12 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Courtney Barnett Deserves A Thread
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 7:24 pm
by BurtReynolds
passion will always be vital.
Re: Courtney Barnett Deserves A Thread
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 7:26 pm
by LoathedVermin72
BurtReynolds wrote:passion will always be vital.
Hmm. Maybe. I'm not sure if this is true of everything. Those performances felt passionate, but not vital. At least to me. I think passion is just one component of artistic vitality.
Re: Courtney Barnett Deserves A Thread
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 7:34 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Courtney Barnett Deserves A Thread
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 7:40 pm
by LoathedVermin72
tragabigzanda wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:passion will always be vital.
Hmm. Maybe. I'm not sure if this is true of everything. Those performances felt passionate, but not vital. At least to me. I think passion is just one component of artistic vitality.
It's vital to someone somewhere precisely because of her passion. But it will fail to have a deep impact with a broader, older audience who's already been exposed to musicians of her ilk.
That's an interesting point. When you frame it that way, I could see how artists like her could lead to a larger resurgence down the road. It seems inevitable that at some point kids are going to start rebelling against what's popular now and looking for something different they can identify with, and a passionate, analog rocker like CB might look like a pretty appealing alternative to all the heavily-produced, electronic-based stuff that's in right now.
