I LOVE JIM O'ROURKE

JIM O'ROURKE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FLAMING LIPS!

I AM AN INDIE-FAN AND I DON'T GIVE A FUCK. HOORAY! *sounds of distant clapping* "Yeah Doomie.."

Froggie (and Chompers is on the back).

I'd never play the song where anyone else could hear it though -
the lyrics are just too sick and strange.

i used to have none
now with you i've got one
if i could add just one more
then you'd know what you're in for
you ain't getting any sleep tonight
i hope that you girls don't fight
and i hope that you don't run away
cause i'm halfway to a threeway

i've tried again and again
to indulge in just one sin
all you have to do is lie there
while i push aside your wheelchair
and i'd do anything it takes
to change your mind and apply your breaks
so i know that you won't roll away
cause i'm halfway to a threeway

can't whipe this smile on my face
when you walk by in your leg brace
you just can't climb the stairs
and you ain't got any hair
i just can't you to sit
you and your stupid epileptic fits
and i know that you can't run away
because i'm halfway to a threeway

as i lay you down on my bed
it don't matter that you're braindead
i can get so close to ya'
now that you're in a coma
i'll make it sweet but short
when i pull out your life support
and i know that you'll just fade away
because i'm halfway to a threeway
and i know that you'll just fade away
now i'm halfway to a threeway

he better stay overweight and he better play with sonic youth. he did both times i saw him last summer. he was wearing a cartigan and it was 100 degrees outside. prude warrior = dreamboat.

Is Castaway ever coming out, or is he just doing film now?

SOME DAYS I CAN'T DECIDE BETWEEN ELLIOTT SMITH AND JIM O'ROURKE.

the former is deathly dull, the latter incredible. hmmmm....

WHY THE FUCK WON'T HE MAKE ANOTHER ALBUM THAT SOUNDS LIKE BAD TIMING???? WHY DOES HE ALWAYS DICK AROUND WITH THIS LAPTOP AVANT-GARDE "NOISE" SHIT???

Used to play Happy Days at full volume in gas station parking lots as if it were intimidating rap music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj9cD3jikGg

^^^^ MUST LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR LIKE THIS

Bad Timing is not just beautiful, it's great musical comedy - impressive for being all instrumental. That first time the horns started up I was dropped out of school and spending the summer almost entirely alone in an empty loft in my parents' house and I started to laugh.

Eureka has similar punch lines, such as the electric dentist's drill sound-alike solo.

The guy's a genius and I love him. Best mixer in the world today, and a pretty fucking fabulous musician in his own right too.

I saw Mark Richardson put "94 the Long Way" in the first place in his most recent column about perfect songs. I couldn't agree more.

I appreciate the breadth of Jim's work. I admit that I go to the pop albums more frequently, but the others are just as impressive.

"Insignificance" is underrated. The first side of it is hot.

actually, Jackson 5 was first place :p

I saw Mark Richardson put "94 the Long Way" in the first place in his most recent column about perfect songs.

That was sort of what inspired the revive. I read that column, then put on Bad Timing and Insignificance.

I want everything's he's ever done solo and with zero 7 but mostly solo. I am a completist of his solo output.

I freaking am a Jim O'Rourke completist, well as long as we're talking about his solo output.

any thoughs on the 2XCD Long Night?

he worked with zero 7???

It seems an unlikely match. They did put Ghost Ships In a Storm on their Back to Mine comp though.

that's how I first heard him

what did he do with them?

HOLLA!

listened to eureka on xmas day. it was great.

oh man, Insignificance is so good

it's all about the bad timing + happy days 1-2 punch in '97

been digging the visitor since i finally got it last month. as the liners recommend, it sounds really good played loud, on speakers. not a "loud" album obviously, but the volume kinda enhances the spaciousness of the recording.

has anybody ever heard disengage?

Yeah I still need to hear my copy of The Visitor on a proper O'Rourke approved stereo, although I did hear it on a decent quality car audio system and thought it sounded plenty nice. It's still a bit too much like a buddy movie soundtrack for my tastes. I mean EVERYTHING pretty much sounds better on huge speakers; making an album with that in mind doesn't make O'Rourke some kind of genius auditory auteur.

nah, you're right, just that i had originally listened on headphones and it kind of breezed past me, but on speakers it was pretty lovely.

Disengage is awesome. This summer when my roommate was working on painting a series of portraits of me we listened to it a lot during the sitting. Every track is like a huge arc — my favorite moment is when one of the tracks breaks into this riot of polyrhythmic sine wave beeps.

well i've like a young persons guide to drowning since i dled it but seeing as how i dled it during the soulseek era i have never heard the rest of the album.

slsk lives

the 'im happy & i'm singing' reish is awes

Also the giant 2-disc "Long Night" is underrated I think — it's probably the slowest-moving of all his ambient music and works very well when you need to fill your ears with something but don't want to be distracted from your thoughts.

nah, you're right, just that i had originally listened on headphones and it kind of breezed past me, but on speakers it was pretty lovely.

― tylerw, Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:24 PM Bookmark

I might be wrong, I mean I didn't try it and maybe there is something special about the particular way the record is mixed for large speakers.

agree that Long Night is awesome & underrated. i have Disengage but haven't paid it much attention yet -- will correct this asap

The guy is running Japan, apparently, producing a lot.

I can do without the jazz improv though :\

did anyone shell out for the bacharach tribute? kind of forgot about that one.

it's exactly how you think it is — gorgeous arrangements for songs that grate after one listen

does that mean you're not a bacharach fan in general or ... ?

The more wistful songs like "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" and "Trains and Boats and Planes" work really well, the latter because O'Rourke himself sings (I actually wish he'd done all the vocals instead of the guests he got for the other songs) — but the other versions just make me wish I was listening to the originals done by singers who are actually good.

ah, gotcha.

The more wistful songs like "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" and "Trains and Boats and Planes" work really well, the latter because O'Rourke himself sings (I actually wish he'd done all the vocals instead of the guests he got for the other songs) — but the other versions just make me wish I was listening to the originals done by singers who are actually good.

― =(^ • ‿‿ • ^)= (corey), Wednesday, December 29, 2010 6:17 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

This is a familiar complaint re: Burt's own voice, isn't it?

Well, I like Burt's voice! I don't like Yoshimi P-We's voice.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/49687