Sufjan Stevens: Adult Contemporary - Page 2

krastian · 07.14.2006, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by screamingskull

i like how he is making an album for each state in america, thats cute, but his music is very disposible!

Oh I see what he's doing.....I didn't know what you guys were talking about. Hasn't Ken Burns been working on a documentary about each state for years? When did this Sufjan guy come up with the idea?

Daycare Nation · 07.14.2006, 05:57 PM

Michigan came out in 2003, so Sufjan probably came up with the idea in between that album and making Illinois. I don't know when exactly. I think it's a great idea even if it never happens with all 50. The albums come with neat artwork and a little map...He's quite prolific, too....There are now two Illinois albums, and there was Seven Swans in between Michigan and Illinois (so it's not like he copped out, per the comment above--he's still writing non-state-related songs).

acousticrock87 · 07.14.2006, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by krastian

Oh I see what he's doing.....I didn't know what you guys were talking about. Hasn't Ken Burns been working on a documentary about each state for years? When did this Sufjan guy come up with the idea?

1982. He wasted no time.

Daycare Nation · 07.14.2006, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by acousticrock87

1982. He wasted no time.

Wow, so he came up with the idea when he was 7.

acousticrock87 · 07.14.2006, 06:12 PM

Yep. Actually, one of the reasons I like Enjoy Your Rabbit is because he's 12 years older than me and thus has the same zodiac thing, and that's what it's dedicated to. So he does have other themes.

krastian · 07.14.2006, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by acousticrock87

1982. He wasted no time.

Might just be my favorite year

HaydenAsche · 07.16.2006, 03:09 PM

Sufjan is good. Makes me feel like a pansy listening to it.

schizophrenicroom · 07.16.2006, 07:40 PM

i'd like his music if he just didn't seem so damn pretentious.

Daycare Nation · 07.16.2006, 07:42 PM

Why does he seem pretentious? I like that cute little robin picture in the cover art for Michigan. It's so cute!

schizophrenicroom · 07.16.2006, 07:43 PM

i don't know. he rubs me the wrong way. (oh god, insert rim-shot here.)

HaydenAsche · 07.16.2006, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Daycare Nation

Why does he seem pretentious? I like that cute little robin picture in the cover art for Michigan. It's so cute!

HE IS A PRETENTIOUS CUNT. I don't mind. My friend saw him and said he was the biggest dick he'd ever seen play. Sufjan just seems so... Stuck-up.

Daycare Nation · 07.16.2006, 07:48 PM

I guess I'll find out. Megan Slaboda is not pretentious at all and I loved her vocals on the Sufjan records. Did you get to visit with her or any of the other members of Danielson?

HaydenAsche · 07.16.2006, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Daycare Nation

I guess I'll find out. Megan Slaboda is not pretentious at all and I loved her vocals on the Sufjan records. Did you get to visit with her or any of the other members of Danielson?

No. We left right after the show. They didn't seem pretentious though.

noisemachine · 07.16.2006, 08:43 PM

I love Sufjan, but I do think that he got a little pretentious after the success of Illinois because he's just been doing a bunch of concert hall performances since then, and maybe a festival here and there.

Daycare Nation · 07.16.2006, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by noisemachine

I love Sufjan, but I do think that he got a little pretentious after the success of Illinois because he's just been doing a bunch of concert hall performances since then, and maybe a festival here and there.

Yeah--the concert that I am going to be seeing is in an historic theater...but it's not as expensive as the last Belle and Sebastian tour was (which I skipped--I saw them on the Storytelling tour though).

07.14.2006, 05:57 PM	#22
Daycare Nation expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,904	Michigan came out in 2003, so Sufjan probably came up with the idea in between that album and making Illinois. I don't know when exactly. I think it's a great idea even if it never happens with all 50. The albums come with neat artwork and a little map...He's quite prolific, too....There are now two Illinois albums, and there was Seven Swans in between Michigan and Illinois (so it's not like he copped out, per the comment above--he's still writing non-state-related songs). __________________ That dragon ain't the love sweet love.
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acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	Yep. Actually, one of the reasons I like Enjoy Your Rabbit is because he's 12 years older than me and thus has the same zodiac thing, and that's what it's dedicated to. So he does have other themes.
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HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	Sufjan is good. Makes me feel like a pansy listening to it. __________________ rip
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07.16.2006, 07:40 PM	#28
schizophrenicroom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: behind you Posts: 10,807	i'd like his music if he just didn't seem so damn pretentious. __________________ fuck i'm frustrated, freaking out something fierce, would you help me? i'm hungry and i stuffer and i startle, i struggle and i stammer til i'm up to my ears in miserable quote unquote "art"
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07.16.2006, 07:42 PM	#29
Daycare Nation expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,904	Why does he seem pretentious? I like that cute little robin picture in the cover art for Michigan. It's so cute! __________________ That dragon ain't the love sweet love.
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07.16.2006, 07:43 PM	#30
schizophrenicroom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: behind you Posts: 10,807	i don't know. he rubs me the wrong way. (oh god, insert rim-shot here.) __________________ fuck i'm frustrated, freaking out something fierce, would you help me? i'm hungry and i stuffer and i startle, i struggle and i stammer til i'm up to my ears in miserable quote unquote "art"
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07.16.2006, 07:48 PM	#32
Daycare Nation expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,904	I guess I'll find out. Megan Slaboda is not pretentious at all and I loved her vocals on the Sufjan records. Did you get to visit with her or any of the other members of Danielson? __________________ That dragon ain't the love sweet love.
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07.16.2006, 08:43 PM	#34
noisemachine 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 651	I love Sufjan, but I do think that he got a little pretentious after the success of Illinois because he's just been doing a bunch of concert hall performances since then, and maybe a festival here and there. __________________ The best radio station ever: http://www.kcsb.org/?page_id=9
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