1.21.2004
a sentimental best of will oldham
will oldham, indie folk eccentric, has a really good idea for his next album. he's putting out a sort of "best of" record-- with a catch. he's re-recording all of the songs. you can find out all about it at pitchforkmedia.
(by the way, i must confess that i think pitchfork is a great site, even if that does make me a smug little indie nerd... it's eliminated my need for music magazines for the most part.)
anyway, by clicking on the link on mr. oldham's name (above), you can view his entire discography from beginning to end. personally, i was stunned by A: how much there is and B: how much of it i actually own. anyhow, with all of this on the brain, the following is what an impromtu "best of" disc might look like according to yours truly:
* "valentine's day" (from lost blues)
* "untitled" (hope e.p., you know-- the song about cake)
* "king at night" (from ease down the road..."in india/ there's the taj/ on good times/ there was raj"... so great! even if rog was actually on what's happening)
* "you will miss me when i burn" (days in the wake, and an obvious choice-- sort of the stairway to heaven of will oldham songs)
* "you have cum in your hair and your dick is hanging out" (arise therefore)
* "we all, us three, will ride" (viva last blues)
* "i send my love to you" (days in the wake)
* "knockturne" (from i see a darkness-- also has my favorite will oldham lyrics)
* "west palm beach" (lost blues)
* "raining in darling" (darkness)
* "i see a darkness" (duh)
...whenever i think of oldham/palace, i'm immediately reminded of listening to viva last blues in my first ever apartment, during my sophomore year of college. it's a great memory. those songs are forever linked with that great, liberating feeling of your first real space. early, exploratory adulthood. i had a fairly decent childhood and i love my family and all (by the way, katie is a fellow blogger) but i always felt a little out of place or something in the context of a family. it's hard for me to relate to people in that sort of a way, i guess. all those family functions and group dynamics and all that. so getting my own apartment was a really important moment, i guess, and viva last blues is kind of my memory-soundtrack to that event (hehehehe)... anyway, this post goes out to my good friend cameo, who-- being computerless-- will probably never read it. oh well.
(by the way, i must confess that i think pitchfork is a great site, even if that does make me a smug little indie nerd... it's eliminated my need for music magazines for the most part.)
anyway, by clicking on the link on mr. oldham's name (above), you can view his entire discography from beginning to end. personally, i was stunned by A: how much there is and B: how much of it i actually own. anyhow, with all of this on the brain, the following is what an impromtu "best of" disc might look like according to yours truly:
* "valentine's day" (from lost blues)
* "untitled" (hope e.p., you know-- the song about cake)
* "king at night" (from ease down the road..."in india/ there's the taj/ on good times/ there was raj"... so great! even if rog was actually on what's happening)
* "you will miss me when i burn" (days in the wake, and an obvious choice-- sort of the stairway to heaven of will oldham songs)
* "you have cum in your hair and your dick is hanging out" (arise therefore)
* "we all, us three, will ride" (viva last blues)
* "i send my love to you" (days in the wake)
* "knockturne" (from i see a darkness-- also has my favorite will oldham lyrics)
* "west palm beach" (lost blues)
* "raining in darling" (darkness)
* "i see a darkness" (duh)
...whenever i think of oldham/palace, i'm immediately reminded of listening to viva last blues in my first ever apartment, during my sophomore year of college. it's a great memory. those songs are forever linked with that great, liberating feeling of your first real space. early, exploratory adulthood. i had a fairly decent childhood and i love my family and all (by the way, katie is a fellow blogger) but i always felt a little out of place or something in the context of a family. it's hard for me to relate to people in that sort of a way, i guess. all those family functions and group dynamics and all that. so getting my own apartment was a really important moment, i guess, and viva last blues is kind of my memory-soundtrack to that event (hehehehe)... anyway, this post goes out to my good friend cameo, who-- being computerless-- will probably never read it. oh well.
