Bon Iver at the Fox Theater in Oakland when he first started touring 22, A Million. The lights and house music were on but the crowd was so loud he decided to come back with his acoustic guitar and do skinny love. He told us he was already in the van about to pull out.
Specifically his 2010 arc, starting the 2010's with MBDTF and ending with JIK. To young people he's more known for Yeezus and up if we're being honest and the 2010's have been the height of his fame.
Im specifically talking about his arc. Saint Pablo alluded to what was coming next, The second half of Ye was him moving into a more sincere direction, and TLOP was his interpretation of the story of Saul of Tarsus. I think those records will mean more further down the line because he is one of the most important artists of our time and those albums give context to where he as a person was. Going from making albums with the quality and detail of MBDTF to making Ye is the same as him moving from Calabasas to a ranch in Wyoming. Not everybody is going to relate to every phase but different groups of people latched on to different phases, people who loved Yeezus more than likely won't love JIK and that's okay.
Did't mean to post those both, it didn't show for awhile so i thought it didn't post. I'm sorry the project didn't live up to your expectations. I really love it though, starting my morning with Everything We Need and Water has been pretty great.
You can’t objectively say that’s it terrible when there’s a lot of people who disagree. The religious aspect turns you off as you’ve stated before and that’s fine, it wasn’t meant for you.
A lot of people disagree. A lot of people I know in real life actually love the album. A co worker texted me today about how after work they listened to it for the first time as the sun was setting and cried when God Is came on. They’re agnostic. Just because you didn’t like it doesn’t mean other people won’t, but that’s besides the point. Objectively it isn’t terrible. It’s just not to your taste and you’ve already stated the religious aspect turns you off from it, it’s not meant for you and that’s fine.
I don’t understand all the downvotes. MBDTF is widely considered the best album of the decade and Yeezus is up there as well. From him to go from that point to JIK is a pretty great character arc whether you connect to all the music or not. Him climbing up the mountain on MBDTF, to relishing And abusing all that power on Yeezus, to moving to a more sincere and humane sound on Ye, to searching for a higher power on TLOP/KSG, and eventually finding peace and closing out the decade with JIK. I really think decades from now this run will be looked at as one of the most important in music history and Ye and JIK will be much more appreciated in their context with hindsight. Name anyone this decade who has had a better run? From music, to tours, to cultural impact. No one comes close, not even Frank, Drake, or Kendrick
Kanye kicked off the decade with MBDTF and ended it with Jesus Is King. Say what you want but that was a hell of a run that will be looked upon more fondly with time, each project perfectly goes into the next. Jesus Is King is really Kanye coming full circle. Also North West singing at Sunday Service was the cutest thing ever.
They filmed last nights Kimmel segment early in the day. I was at The Oculus last night and they recorded the album track “Closed On Sunday” and did an hour long Sunday Service including their version of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car.” I won’t how much will make it on to the show.
Pretty much. Looks like it may happen this Friday though. Kanye got back on Twitter. Can’t wait to hear the finished versions of Selah and Closed on Sunday. Also I really hope Garden makes the final cut because the Sunday service version was beautiful.
It seems like Frank dropping is imminent & if that’s true Kanye is definitely gonna push his back further. Really hoping JIK was gonna drop with the movie, I hope it does because JIK sounds amazing.
I was at Robyn as well I was in pretty decent lower level seats for that one, I also saw Tame Impala twice last week there, U2, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Anderson Paak, Travis Scott, and The Killers there. Just the crowd and everything for VW added up to such an amazing experience. And Radiohead is my favorite band. 2021 gave me goosebumps and everyone around me was having the time of their life.
I was mad because I thought I got lucky and bought a floor ticket for this “sold out” show on Ticketmaster for $160 only for them to minutes later release a ton of tickets close to the stage for only $20.21. Was worth every penny though. They played for almost three hours and people knew all of the words to the new songs, even “Big Blue” and “Jerusalem New York Berlin.” Best show I’ve ever seen at the Garden and I’ve seen Radiohead there five times.
How is it not obvious by now that that whole Trump spectacle was to gain influence over him and get The First Step Act passed? This is the opposite of Jay partnering with the NFL for a check. He sacrificed his image to get some good stuff done and continues to do good stuff behind the scenes.
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