Doesn’t have a patch on the original but very exciting to see Belle and Sebastian be covered nonetheless! I like Julian but agree with others that this isn’t the most inspired cover, and somewhat sucks the whimsy out of the original.
Don't love the production here. Julien's most powerful aspect on record is the rawness and the quiet/loud aspects of her vocals. The straight ahead nature of her vocal here and the layering of music to fill the space around her vocals robs her of her best asset. This same production problem exists on her most recent album, Little Oblivions, which has amazing lyrics but doesn't hold a candle to Turn Out the Lights or Sprained Ankle. This also impacts her live. The most affecting and impactful moments of her recent live run was when she dispatched the band for her midset solo stretch. No comment on the band members who are great, but they are just being used in ways that weaken the impact of Julien's songs.
Ngl, I find the artistic choices baffling here. I can't think of a better theoretical pairing than one of the better written tracks of this era, one that oozes earnest vulnerability and simplicity brimming with emotion being covered by a once modern torch bearer of this aesthetic with a proven record for effectively iterating on such source material without losing sight of what made them great (ruclips.net/video/AHXqZ8Aruz4/видео.htmlsi=Nh_ruWUc1AqveOZV). But the sad truth is that this is just a boringly safe take (by folks who clearly possess talent). I don't know if the problem is that Julien Baker has simply gotten to a point where they're bored with unadorned vulnerability or if the fault lies with the industry in general, but I really wish someone would either hand her a guitar and get the fuck out of her way, or point her towards whatever boring inauthentic source material inspires artists who wish to hide behind elaborate arrangement in lieu of vocal-forward raw emotional expression.
Why are you being so negative? Julien is one of the best out there right now, I just saw her in Chicago and would never describe her as uninspired, it was raw and real and all the things you just said it wasn't. It sounds good, I don't know what your looking for.
I get what you’re saying. What’s amazing is Julien is so often more & more exploring so many facets of herself musically though. It very much may feel “a safe cover”. It’s also a collaborative effort. I hope you’ll give it a few more listerns . being a Number One Fan of Belle and Sebastian & a Number One Fan of Julien - I appreciate both the original and this cover immensely And they feel not the same song I cried listening to this cover Such a gentle driving intensity of “how do I get myself away from here, from this, even from myself.” B&S had a sort of understated optimism I feel if this were a “rocked out hard drive” cover, the gentle beauty and longing would be overtaken by an angsty no resolve and just being stuck This version feels meditative How to get out Assuring yourself you will It doesn’t really feel a “safe” choice musically The song is reinvented which is such an achievement, especially for such an immensely popular song very niche to that era of Belle and Sebastian
Uh, agreed, but you have to work on those run-on sentences. Multisyllabic vocabulary compounds too quickly and made that whole comment a brain scattering nightmare to read. Maybe it's just me. Grammar is so last century.
Doesn’t have a patch on the original but very exciting to see Belle and Sebastian be covered nonetheless! I like Julian but agree with others that this isn’t the most inspired cover, and somewhat sucks the whimsy out of the original.
Beautiful cover of this B&S song...Julien Baker never disappoints...great supporting vocals from Calvin Lauber, Soak and Quinn Christopherson.🎶
너무너무 아름답습니다. 저의 최애밴드 벨앤세바스찬의 곡을 줄리엔 베이커가 커버하다니! 좋아서 무한반복 중입니다. 감사합니다.
Don't love the production here. Julien's most powerful aspect on record is the rawness and the quiet/loud aspects of her vocals. The straight ahead nature of her vocal here and the layering of music to fill the space around her vocals robs her of her best asset. This same production problem exists on her most recent album, Little Oblivions, which has amazing lyrics but doesn't hold a candle to Turn Out the Lights or Sprained Ankle. This also impacts her live. The most affecting and impactful moments of her recent live run was when she dispatched the band for her midset solo stretch. No comment on the band members who are great, but they are just being used in ways that weaken the impact of Julien's songs.
I love her so much
Did you ever find something on the internet and feel like it was made for you specifically?
Absolutely wild and unexpected... beautiful ❤
Took all the fun and lightness out and turned it into click track robot music.
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Ngl, I find the artistic choices baffling here. I can't think of a better theoretical pairing than one of the better written tracks of this era, one that oozes earnest vulnerability and simplicity brimming with emotion being covered by a once modern torch bearer of this aesthetic with a proven record for effectively iterating on such source material without losing sight of what made them great (ruclips.net/video/AHXqZ8Aruz4/видео.htmlsi=Nh_ruWUc1AqveOZV).
But the sad truth is that this is just a boringly safe take (by folks who clearly possess talent).
I don't know if the problem is that Julien Baker has simply gotten to a point where they're bored with unadorned vulnerability or if the fault lies with the industry in general, but I really wish someone would either hand her a guitar and get the fuck out of her way, or point her towards whatever boring inauthentic source material inspires artists who wish to hide behind elaborate arrangement in lieu of vocal-forward raw emotional expression.
Why are you being so negative? Julien is one of the best out there right now, I just saw her in Chicago and would never describe her as uninspired, it was raw and real and all the things you just said it wasn't. It sounds good, I don't know what your looking for.
I get what you’re saying.
What’s amazing is Julien is so often more & more exploring so many facets of herself musically though.
It very much may feel “a safe cover”. It’s also a collaborative effort.
I hope you’ll give it a few more listerns .
being a Number One Fan of Belle and Sebastian & a Number One Fan of Julien -
I appreciate both the original and this cover immensely
And they feel not the same song
I cried listening to this cover
Such a gentle driving intensity of “how do I get myself away from here, from this, even from myself.”
B&S had a sort of understated optimism
I feel if this were a “rocked out hard drive” cover, the gentle beauty and longing would be overtaken by an angsty no resolve and just being stuck
This version feels meditative
How to get out
Assuring yourself you will
It doesn’t really feel a “safe” choice musically
The song is reinvented
which is such an achievement, especially for such an immensely popular song very niche to that era of Belle and Sebastian
Uh, agreed, but you have to work on those run-on sentences. Multisyllabic vocabulary compounds too quickly and made that whole comment a brain scattering nightmare to read. Maybe it's just me. Grammar is so last century.
@@Constant---K fair
this is so much beautiful 💖🤩