Bonnie "Prince" Billy...

afterthefact · 06.15.2009, 08:01 AM

...saw him Saturday. Pretty good show, even if the music all starts to bleed together after a while...

Shifty Prophet · 06.15.2009, 08:06 AM

I haven't heard a lot from this guy, how did he sound when you saw him?

noisereductions · 06.15.2009, 08:10 AM

his new album is very, very good. I highly recommend it.

Shifty Prophet · 06.15.2009, 08:12 AM

Isn't he on drag city?

noisereductions · 06.15.2009, 08:15 AM

Mostly.

Shifty Prophet · 06.15.2009, 08:16 AM

Thanks, I'm gonna check out his releases

noisereductions · 06.15.2009, 08:19 AM

ps, if you weren't aware he's also Will Oldham, Palace, Palace Brothers, Palace Music, etc etc etc. Check his Wiki page for more details.

Shifty Prophet · 06.15.2009, 08:21 AM

yeah i remember reading that about his other groups

afterthefact · 06.15.2009, 08:23 AM

He sounded great. I don't know enough about him to say this or that album is better, or that he played songs off of this or that album, but it was really good. He also has a great personality, and is just cool and funny. The place we saw him was great too, a place called Red Mile in Lexington. It was inside this round barn, and the show was in the middle. You could either sit on the ground floor or on the second floor and look down at the band. Drinks weren't too badly priced either, except for the mixed drinks (my wife had two Long Beach's at $8.50 a piece, but the 24 oz. PBR's were only $3).

Also, I saw my 7th grade teacher there, and she recognized me off the bat, which was cool. My friend who was with me had her a couple years later for English & Literature, and she didn't remember him at first, but then was like "Hey, weren't you the guy who found the condom on the bookshelf?"

demonrail666 · 06.15.2009, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by noisereductions

his new album is very, very good. I highly recommend it.

Yeah, I got that. I didn't dislike it but I did sort of find that a lot of the more gospelly bits got pretty irritating after a while.

noisereductions · 06.15.2009, 08:42 AM

the opening track is ridonk. I'll tell you that much.

demonrail666 · 06.15.2009, 08:47 AM

that track is very good (and creepy). I dunno though, a lot of the other stuff on it is fine too, I just could've done without the row of rent-a-Mahalias in the background.

batreleaser · 06.15.2009, 08:53 AM

i thought the new record was rather disapointing, but i truly think bonnie is one of th greatest songwriters of this generation, and not to mention a killer singing voice.

im a big fan of his palace days, particularly the records 'viva last blues', 'arise therefore', and 'joya'. that trilogy was perfect.

Derek · 06.15.2009, 11:55 AM

I always thought he was a bit boring and overrated. I like some of his work though.

jon boy · 06.15.2009, 12:22 PM

i do like him a lot but it can start to sound samey after a while. he is still pretty awesome though.

terminal pharmacy · 06.15.2009, 08:12 PM

i liked him more in palace brothers, but i see a darkness is and amazing song, and the version of it he did with johnny cash it beautiful

Green Magnesium · 06.15.2009, 10:50 PM

I have like 3 of his CDs. That was back when I used to purchase things based solely on reviews and word-of-mouth, without actually listening before-hand. He's one of the main reasons I changed my shopping habits.

The debut "Palace" album is one of the dumbest most phony fucking things I've ever heard in my life. And to think that there are Palace fans who rip on someone like Cat Power.

(Glad you enjoyed the show though, after)

Everyneurotic · 06.15.2009, 11:13 PM

i hope that someday, buddy, we have peace in our lives...

SuperCreep · 06.15.2009, 11:17 PM

I personally don't think he's released anything too good after Master and Everyone, but everything he did before that is mostly great.

the ikara cult · 06.16.2009, 03:22 AM

Ive never liked the first Palace album, apart from I was Drunk at the Pulpit. That one is at least 100% half finished rather than the rest of the songs which arent, if that makes sense.

Im liking Beware, it might turn out to be one of those murky albums that somehow works in the sun. In general i have to be in a very certain mood to listen to any one of his albums except Viva Last Blues which sounds great in almost any situation, good or bad. Joya is the same but the songs arent quite as consistent. And obviously I See A Darknesss is incredible given the right/wrong set of circumstances

06.15.2009, 08:01 AM	#1
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	...saw him Saturday. Pretty good show, even if the music all starts to bleed together after a while... __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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06.15.2009, 08:06 AM	#2
Shifty Prophet 100% Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Posts: 725	I haven't heard a lot from this guy, how did he sound when you saw him?
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06.15.2009, 08:10 AM	#3
noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	his new album is very, very good. I highly recommend it. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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06.15.2009, 08:12 AM	#4
Shifty Prophet 100% Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Posts: 725	Isn't he on drag city?
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06.15.2009, 08:15 AM	#5
noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	Mostly. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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06.15.2009, 08:16 AM	#6
Shifty Prophet 100% Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Posts: 725	Thanks, I'm gonna check out his releases
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06.15.2009, 08:19 AM	#7
noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	ps, if you weren't aware he's also Will Oldham, Palace, Palace Brothers, Palace Music, etc etc etc. Check his Wiki page for more details. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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06.15.2009, 08:21 AM	#8
Shifty Prophet 100% Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Posts: 725	yeah i remember reading that about his other groups
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06.15.2009, 08:23 AM	#9
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	He sounded great. I don't know enough about him to say this or that album is better, or that he played songs off of this or that album, but it was really good. He also has a great personality, and is just cool and funny. The place we saw him was great too, a place called Red Mile in Lexington. It was inside this round barn, and the show was in the middle. You could either sit on the ground floor or on the second floor and look down at the band. Drinks weren't too badly priced either, except for the mixed drinks (my wife had two Long Beach's at $8.50 a piece, but the 24 oz. PBR's were only $3). Also, I saw my 7th grade teacher there, and she recognized me off the bat, which was cool. My friend who was with me had her a couple years later for English & Literature, and she didn't remember him at first, but then was like "Hey, weren't you the guy who found the condom on the bookshelf?" __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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06.15.2009, 08:42 AM	#11
noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	the opening track is ridonk. I'll tell you that much. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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06.15.2009, 08:47 AM	#12
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	that track is very good (and creepy). I dunno though, a lot of the other stuff on it is fine too, I just could've done without the row of rent-a-Mahalias in the background.
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06.15.2009, 08:53 AM	#13
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	i thought the new record was rather disapointing, but i truly think bonnie is one of th greatest songwriters of this generation, and not to mention a killer singing voice. im a big fan of his palace days, particularly the records 'viva last blues', 'arise therefore', and 'joya'. that trilogy was perfect. __________________ listen to pink reason
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06.15.2009, 11:55 AM	#14
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	I always thought he was a bit boring and overrated. I like some of his work though.
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06.15.2009, 12:22 PM	#15
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	i do like him a lot but it can start to sound samey after a while. he is still pretty awesome though. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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06.15.2009, 08:12 PM	#16
terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	i liked him more in palace brothers, but i see a darkness is and amazing song, and the version of it he did with johnny cash it beautiful
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06.15.2009, 10:50 PM	#17
Green Magnesium 100% Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A House Like a Lotus Posts: 809	I have like 3 of his CDs. That was back when I used to purchase things based solely on reviews and word-of-mouth, without actually listening before-hand. He's one of the main reasons I changed my shopping habits. The debut "Palace" album is one of the dumbest most phony fucking things I've ever heard in my life. And to think that there are Palace fans who rip on someone like Cat Power. (Glad you enjoyed the show though, after)
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SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	I personally don't think he's released anything too good after Master and Everyone, but everything he did before that is mostly great. __________________
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06.16.2009, 03:22 AM	#20
the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	Ive never liked the first Palace album, apart from I was Drunk at the Pulpit. That one is at least 100% half finished rather than the rest of the songs which arent, if that makes sense. Im liking Beware, it might turn out to be one of those murky albums that somehow works in the sun. In general i have to be in a very certain mood to listen to any one of his albums except Viva Last Blues which sounds great in almost any situation, good or bad. Joya is the same but the songs arent quite as consistent. And obviously I See A Darknesss is incredible given the right/wrong set of circumstances __________________ "It is absolutely ridiculous, they are behaving like a cult" - The Vatican
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