Joanna Newsom: Exclusive Interview Part I

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  • Опубликовано: 5 янв 2025

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  • @Fueledbychapstick
    @Fueledbychapstick 13 лет назад +30

    3:51 I can relate to this so much... I'm not a musician, but I'm a writer, and whenever I'm talking about a story of mine to someone and they ask what it's about, I just find it impossible to describe it without saying every plot point or the ending. I really do regret every word that comes out of my mouth, because it always sounds like such a bad story if I'm trying to say what it's about!

  • @omgaud
    @omgaud 9 лет назад +78

    I like the fact that she's so brilliant, so gifted, but worries about grocery shopping and feeding her family and friends. Not self absorbed.

  • @acusticadam
    @acusticadam 7 лет назад +16

    Poise, beauty, talent, magic. So inspiring.

  • @dayglowjoe
    @dayglowjoe 3 года назад +3

    amazing that she was working on all those HOOM songs simultaneously... her mind!

  • @MichaelBurbachFan
    @MichaelBurbachFan 12 лет назад +14

    I love her style, and she landed ANDY yeah!

  • @mramirez1974
    @mramirez1974 12 лет назад +2

    Indeed, and not even just for her music and her intelligence. If you want, you should check out the Portlandia episode she appears in. There's an extended sketch before the credits of "Small Hatchback" in Season Two. She's absolutely stunning IMHO.

  • @deepset
    @deepset 13 лет назад +12

    Joanna, there is no possible way on this earth that you wouldn't produce a fantastic novel. I would bet most of my limbs on it. Well not most, half. Half of my limbs.
    When I hear your music I see paintings in my mind. You have a certain way in that sense. Write a book.
    x

  • @Hamishamishamishamish
    @Hamishamishamishamish 2 года назад +1

    Amazing interview, she’s so cool and seems like her talent is so effortless

  • @bluestate69
    @bluestate69 11 лет назад +39

    how cute to think of a little 5 year old Joanna Newsom asking for harp lessons!

  • @Lieu3C4
    @Lieu3C4 13 лет назад +1

    Clearly an artist, and a sweet heartist at that, grounded and real withal.

  • @MikeNeer
    @MikeNeer 12 лет назад +3

    @TongueFu3410 No it really isn't. She embraces "musical theory"--she's a schooled musician who studied composition at Mills College, so she's deeply trained in theory. She does, however, have her own voice. Knowing the language and science of music makes more possible--don't be afraid of it!

  • @sabrina27ize
    @sabrina27ize 12 лет назад +15

    I'm a writer too. My stories, especially my short stories, tend to be really bizzare and strange, and whenever someone asks me what a story of mine is about, I actually don't know what to say because in all honesty even I don't know what it's about half the time. It's like it comes from my subconscious or something...like deep down, in my head, I do know what it's about but I can't really put it into words, so it usually ends up sounding really pathetic xD

    • @Margargar
      @Margargar 4 года назад +3

      Art has no rules. I’m late but if ur still into writing, I’m excited to see ur impact in the world.

  • @lebocharp
    @lebocharp 11 лет назад +1

    Very good interview and questions!

  • @TheStoneTapeSimulacrum
    @TheStoneTapeSimulacrum 11 лет назад

    I'm glad we agree. As a guitarist of 20 years (playing by ear) I know what you mean. I just meant that music theory has a place. I dont comment too often but I get tired of people with maybe a bit more knowledge than others, putting people down on sites like this (and by that I dont mean you) and I could see what Dallas was saying, although I agree wholeheartedly with what the OP was saying.

  • @lucienlafayette5740
    @lucienlafayette5740 11 лет назад

    Well, we can agree to agree this time. However,I have been a bass player for more than forty years and my lack of theory has, for the most part, never stopped producers and artistes from the UK and Europe asking me to record with them or join their groups - for which I an thankful.

  • @TheStoneTapeSimulacrum
    @TheStoneTapeSimulacrum 11 лет назад +1

    I agree with you on the fact that being proficient in an instrument/ music does not mean one has to understand music theory Lucien. Music theory on the other hand has a definite meaning, it explains the relationships between frequencies of sound and how they're perceived.

  • @SHAURYA181
    @SHAURYA181 5 лет назад

    she is talented musician and her husband is talented comedian what a couple.

  • @zh0ck
    @zh0ck 13 лет назад +1

    Nice interview! Good Job.
    She is so nice and lovely

  • @mushroomhead36
    @mushroomhead36 12 лет назад +2

    i met this girl,everything ended pretty bad,she showed me joanna for the first time,years ago.and looking at the past i think i fell in love with joanna instead of that girl.

  • @walkingafterfoo
    @walkingafterfoo 11 лет назад

    thank you!

  • @1olivinka1
    @1olivinka1 11 лет назад +1

    "Good Intentions Paving Company" by Joanna herself :)

  • @MasDouc
    @MasDouc 3 месяца назад

    She's so insanely talented, beautiful, cool, funny, smart... like damn

  • @kmal16
    @kmal16 12 лет назад +1

    If you look on Wiki, there's an explanation for her voice change. In earlier interviews her voice was different it seemed.

  • @CantSeeTheStars
    @CantSeeTheStars 13 лет назад

    @EmeraldSky33 Thank you! Your comment made me laugh. Though I don't think of her voice like that, but it was too hilarious reading that.

  • @burdavis4378
    @burdavis4378 8 лет назад +1

    Anyone know which of her tracks is playing in the background?

    • @GigsinParis
      @GigsinParis  8 лет назад +6

      It's Good Intentions Paving Company.

  • @warlordzephyr
    @warlordzephyr 12 лет назад +2

    There is more than one good way of doing things.

  • @FolkyFan15
    @FolkyFan15 13 лет назад +2

    If she wrote a book I'd read it over and over.

  • @TheStoneTapeSimulacrum
    @TheStoneTapeSimulacrum 11 лет назад +1

    Many musicians make great music, some play by ear, some have a solid grounding in theory. Whether that music is good or not is completely subjective. I think Dallas was a bit heavy handed in his comment and, the OP just didnt have the technical knowldedge to express what he meant in a way that musicians would express it.

  • @womaninthewave
    @womaninthewave 3 года назад +1

    She is pure grace embodied in the flesh

  • @LilaLovegood1
    @LilaLovegood1 12 лет назад +6

    Oh my goodness! Her voice is normal!

  • @nitewalker1111
    @nitewalker1111 12 лет назад

    Do you know what music theory is?

  • @walkingafterfoo
    @walkingafterfoo 11 лет назад

    love her. what's the song in the background?

  • @barkingspider403
    @barkingspider403 12 лет назад +2

    Fitzgerald: The rich are different than you and me.
    Hemingway: Yes, they have more money.
    Hmm, reading Hemingway eh??? I hope there is something in her other interviews about her influences, especially her use of the pentatonic scale.

  • @britandysamberg01
    @britandysamberg01 12 лет назад

    its weird liking her cause i love britney spears but yet they both have a talent i adore

  • @lauracozzarelli3789
    @lauracozzarelli3789 11 лет назад +3

    She kind of looks like Allie Brosh, my favorite cartoonist :)

  • @lucienlafayette5740
    @lucienlafayette5740 11 лет назад

    I know lots of successful musicians who cannot read a note of music and I know plenty who can. It is possible to know music theory (exploring the frequency between notes and the relationship between a major triad and a seventh; where 9ths fit in and why, for example) and not be able to play an instrument. The bottom line, here, is simple: you can either play or you can't and the ability to explain music is neither here of there.

  • @mramirez1974
    @mramirez1974 12 лет назад

    He did. A year ago.

  • @crazyplant321
    @crazyplant321 12 лет назад

    OMFG so she does read hemingway...that confirms so much for me...particularly when you think about AFtA and 'Only Skin' as being complementary!

  • @Tiloczek
    @Tiloczek 12 лет назад

    Check out - SlapHappy / Henry Cow - Some Questions About Hats (1974)
    it's been done before :)

  • @lucienlafayette5740
    @lucienlafayette5740 11 лет назад +1

    People put people down all the time to one degree or another. I've been put down a few times and it used to hurt. I put down people - usually bands or artistes whose material I don't like. But I don't do it publicly, it's always in my head. It isn't that they're no good, it's just that I don't like their image or their performance. Oh well.

  • @Kathylouu
    @Kathylouu 13 лет назад

    Yeah I know. I just like her and wanted to help. Commets removed so everybody can chill now.

  • @Keeks124
    @Keeks124 13 лет назад

    True artist!!!

  • @NightTrekker
    @NightTrekker 12 лет назад +3

    I'm in love.

  • @mushroomhead36
    @mushroomhead36 12 лет назад

    hemingway scriveva in piedi battendo sui tasti della macchina da scrivere come fucilate,piuttosto diverso dai tuoi soavi ritmi joanna.in ogni caso sono ashamed di dire che non ho mai letto il sig. hemingway ma lo faro' senza dubbio dopo la tua suggestion. cosa mi consiglieresti per iniziare?

  • @juliancisthebest
    @juliancisthebest 11 лет назад +2

    Wow, so many assholes in these comments. I would fail to believe that if you were intelligently using your time, you wouldn't be here commenting stupidly negative things. But anyways, she is lovely as always

  • @EmeraldSky33
    @EmeraldSky33 13 лет назад

    @CantSeeTheStars
    You're so welcome. :-D I love making people laugh!

  • @blbutler123
    @blbutler123 12 лет назад +1

    It's different which is saying "fuck you" to the Music theory because it revealing that not all music has to be by these big stars wearing a ton of make up, it can be soft and sweet with dicerning lyrics, and a with a harp no less. It's always good to be different, and say "fuck you" to normality, and be the opposite of cliches.

  • @EdgarxXxApproves
    @EdgarxXxApproves 13 лет назад

    @FolkyFan15 Oh Joanna please write a book.

  • @zandefly59
    @zandefly59 11 лет назад

    I think you meant "timbre"

  • @FolkyFan15
    @FolkyFan15 13 лет назад +1

    @EdgarxXxApproves She'd be amazing at writing a novel or autobiography. :)

  • @TheStoneTapeSimulacrum
    @TheStoneTapeSimulacrum 11 лет назад

    There are too many conversations where people are just cocking off because they know a little bit more than someone else. I wish we'd all just share the knowledge. :-)

  • @lucienlafayette5740
    @lucienlafayette5740 11 лет назад

    I understand what you are saying: it is YOU who needs music theory in order to play.

  • @coolangel834
    @coolangel834 12 лет назад

    good intentions paving company

  • @Kathylouu
    @Kathylouu 12 лет назад

    I have seen comments about Joanna being a "hippie" and she should go back to that. I don't see her that way. I see her as having some style and as a person that enjoys fixing up a little bit sometimes. What is wrong with that? She is young and she should have some fun expressing herself. People change.

  • @Cisco6x
    @Cisco6x 11 лет назад

    You would never think this was her voice by the way she sings. It's still attractive ;)

  • @gringopig
    @gringopig 13 лет назад

    @scotchvelo
    Very true. Newsom can actually hit the notes. Marshall is under the misapprehension that she is Aretha Franklin or something.

  • @dancedance182
    @dancedance182 12 лет назад

    Haha it's gingham...she's adopted a sundress look from the 50s. I have a similar one in yellow :)

  • @juliancisthebest
    @juliancisthebest 11 лет назад

    *would have

  • @lucienlafayette5740
    @lucienlafayette5740 11 лет назад +1

    It is not necessary to understand music theory (whatever that means) in order to play an instrument outstandingly. Music comes from the soul, not the blackboard. Any competent musician will tell you that.

  • @Jayisawesome131
    @Jayisawesome131 13 лет назад

    @scotchvelo you're right, she's better.

  • @Lululila67
    @Lululila67 12 лет назад

    she lost her lisp. shes so wonderful!

  • @lucienlafayette5740
    @lucienlafayette5740 11 лет назад

    You are sixteen? And if I wanted to boast, dear boy, you'd realise that what I've written so far are facts. I've said nothing about my achievements, where I've been and who I've played with and I intend to keep it that way. Nor do I intend to continue this correspondence. Good luck to you,Myles.

  • @TwinTurboPigeon
    @TwinTurboPigeon 12 лет назад

    Younger

  • @TwinTurboPigeon
    @TwinTurboPigeon 12 лет назад +1

    I'd Marry Her, Even 14 Years Difference!

  • @EmeraldSky33
    @EmeraldSky33 13 лет назад

    @TongueFu3410
    I prefer music theory. :-)

  • @dslieker
    @dslieker 12 лет назад

    59 people including you do not understand music theory.

  • @djbywtch
    @djbywtch 7 месяцев назад

    fuck i need that posture lmao

  • @holzy4565
    @holzy4565 12 лет назад

    Explain yourself, because I think you mean something else that has nothing to do with music theory.

  • @Nutmegp
    @Nutmegp 11 лет назад

    I'm not a trained musician but I don't think it has anything to do with musical theory, it's more a "fuck you" to what is considered the "norm". If her voice strayed from the rules of music too far she wouldn't be a good singer, she just has a strange voice :)

  • @androssimplelife
    @androssimplelife 12 лет назад +1

    wow she has a hot voice!!

  • @fmcdomer
    @fmcdomer 12 лет назад

    well then learn to adapt

  • @ThundersTheOak
    @ThundersTheOak 11 лет назад

    She's my celebrity crush. Sing to me baby

  • @ItsNinaSymone98
    @ItsNinaSymone98 12 лет назад

    her singing voice and her speaking voice are completely different. and her singing voice is more mature.

  • @darktowersl
    @darktowersl 11 лет назад

    lol yeah wthell does tonguefu's comment even mean. no relevance

  • @simplekaty
    @simplekaty 12 лет назад

    lol are you younger or older?

  • @JasonKatsanis
    @JasonKatsanis 12 лет назад

    Yeah, it's more an FU to America Idol and all those other sons of Simon.

  • @lucienlafayette5740
    @lucienlafayette5740 11 лет назад

    I'm a pretentiousness knob? What does that make you, then?

  • @sweetnessofbeing
    @sweetnessofbeing 13 лет назад

    Kathylouu.... No one cares.

  • @raptorlover004
    @raptorlover004 12 лет назад

    in mgmt she's hot as hell I'd make her my wife

  • @ftr2216
    @ftr2216 12 лет назад

    ehhhhhh, i gotta say i really do despise her singing "voice" (which im very skeptical about being her natural voice) but i love the instrumental aspect of her music. her vocal melodies are incredibly beautiful its just i have a very hard time believing shes entirely comfortable singing like that (speaking about her timbre)

    • @Katy-ts4js
      @Katy-ts4js 4 года назад

      sorry ik u wrote this seven years ago. but i feel does it rly matter if it’s her natural voice. maybe she sings in a style because it fits the melodies that u so much enjoy. i see no problem with it.

  • @akechi77
    @akechi77 12 лет назад +1

    SHE landed Andy- pffffffttttttt scoff scoff.

  • @TheAlbinoKiwi
    @TheAlbinoKiwi 12 лет назад

    That makes you a bad writer.
    Even when I write experimentally I can explain to my peers exactly what the focus/goal of my piece is. If you want to write something worth reading you need a "why." The how comes later. If you can't describe your story, then you don't have a proper foundation, which leads to inane, uninteresting writing. The meaning of music is difficult to communicate because it is a method of communicating abstract ideas using sounds which are essentially meaningless. #staypleb

  • @Alinajenina
    @Alinajenina 9 лет назад +10

    I just wish people would sing in their real voice. A lot of musicians and singers put on an "indie voice" or make their voice more babyish. I want to know what her voice sounds like when she doesn't put any of that on. And she is just herself on that stage.

    • @comradedoggie5354
      @comradedoggie5354 8 лет назад

      +newbedfordite YES she may sing how ever she wants this sounds so good though

    • @user-kh9ki3kq8m
      @user-kh9ki3kq8m 8 лет назад +13

      that's just her voice. If you listen to milk eyed mender, you'll hear that her voice has gotten much more mature within the last 10 years.

    • @user-kh9ki3kq8m
      @user-kh9ki3kq8m 8 лет назад +1

      that's just her voice. If you listen to milk eyed mender, you'll hear that her voice has gotten much more mature within the last 10 years.

    • @ungoliantmarauder8849
      @ungoliantmarauder8849 7 лет назад +2

      she sings normally in divers go check it out ;)

    • @OAnIncurableHumanist
      @OAnIncurableHumanist 5 лет назад +1

      she sings in the only voice she knows how to sing in.
      a quote from her:
      "I used to do musicals," she recalls. "I used to do a lot of theater, and I would always get cast as the wicked witch or the little kid. It was always a character role because I had this really intensely charactered voice. I didn't have a smooth, classically beautiful voice, and I just got self-conscious about it and thought I couldn't sing, and so I stopped singing."
      "... A pivotal moment in Newsom's decision to sing again was hearing Appalachian folk singer Texas Gladden's rendition of "Three Little Babes" in an American Music class at Mills. Newsom was struck by its beauty and recognized how Gladden's unorthodox voice only made the recording more exquisite. Newsom would go on to cover "Three Little Babes" on The Milk-Eyed Mender."
      www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/joanna_newsom/

  • @EmeraldSky33
    @EmeraldSky33 13 лет назад

    Her speaking voice is so pleasant, so why does she sing like a cartoon character?

  • @HunkyTalkenMonkey01
    @HunkyTalkenMonkey01 12 лет назад +1

    It's so off-putting that her mannerisms & speaking voice are so normal, because when she performs, she seems like some sort of whimsical/ deranged pixie; she goes all cross-eyed n'stuff. I guess I just pictured her as an uber eccentric chick.

  • @bilelulabula
    @bilelulabula 13 лет назад

    if she's not good at writing...

  • @philipsmog
    @philipsmog 12 лет назад

    Joanna doesn't understand the word summary or what it means to summarize.

  • @dalooloo28
    @dalooloo28 10 лет назад +6

    sexy ho:(

  • @carmenvrmd7304
    @carmenvrmd7304 9 лет назад +4

    Wow, I thought she was smarter...

    • @christiandoyle7783
      @christiandoyle7783 8 лет назад +66

      +carmenvrmd some people best articulate their intellect in their medium. i'd say, based on her comments about describing her work, it sounds like she's the most confident when she's writing music and lyrics and i personally think her lyrics are quite intelligent/emotionally intuitive and i think that the music she writes is also very intelligent. some people just don't navigate interviews incredibly well (although i wouldn't say there is any intellectual deficit in this interview...just because she doesn't employ the same vocabulary she uses in her music doesn't mean she's unintelligent).

    • @han5234
      @han5234 8 лет назад +9

      +Christian Doyle Well said.

    • @haustreviance
      @haustreviance 6 лет назад +6

      Can't people be realistic and humble and also be excellent artists? What were you expecting? She's one of the most authentic people in both her art and her personality. Just because how she conducts herself in interviews isn't as esoteric and complex as her music doesn't mean she isn't intelligent.

    • @OAnIncurableHumanist
      @OAnIncurableHumanist Год назад

      Can you imagine if in her every day life she spoke with same kind of cerebral language she uses in her songs?? She'd be insufferable. She's smart in that she knows how to compartmentalize and be an authentic and sociable person in daily conversation. (That said, there are older interviews from the Ys era where she speaks much more cerebrally)