http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/05/out-of-my-depth Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:46:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/05/out-of-my-depth#comment-16247 Music News, IOmusic.net » You Never Realize Fri, 29 May 2009 12:58:28 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2504#comment-16247 [...] The Jarvis Cocker song featured here last week examined the inner life of a terrible boyfriend, but this track by the Apollo Ghosts comes at the same topic from a perspective more of us are likely to share: The friend or sibling who struggles to be supportive of someone whose taste in suitors is extremely and consistently poor. I can’t imagine anyone reading this has ever not felt exactly like this about someone or other at some point, or all the time. The song is simple and direct; the sentiment is pitch-perfect, even if the guy’s voice is not. Crucially, the singer conveys the careful diplomacy involved in delivering this sort of tough love, coating the bitter pill of brutal honesty with a large amount of sugary affection. [...] [...] The Jarvis Cocker song featured here last week examined the inner life of a terrible boyfriend, but this track by the Apollo Ghosts comes at the same topic from a perspective more of us are likely to share: The friend or sibling who struggles to be supportive of someone whose taste in suitors is extremely and consistently poor. I can’t imagine anyone reading this has ever not felt exactly like this about someone or other at some point, or all the time. The song is simple and direct; the sentiment is pitch-perfect, even if the guy’s voice is not. Crucially, the singer conveys the careful diplomacy involved in delivering this sort of tough love, coating the bitter pill of brutal honesty with a large amount of sugary affection. [...]

]]> http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/05/out-of-my-depth#comment-16232 Sarah Wed, 27 May 2009 20:29:45 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2504#comment-16232 Jarvis Cocker is great - right now I'm really into him and A Camp - anybody how likes great music would love this band. And they're going on tour this summer, which is awesome. Check them out! ...You won't regret it... Jarvis Cocker is great - right now I’m really into him and A Camp - anybody how likes great music would love this band. And they’re going on tour this summer, which is awesome. Check them out! …You won’t regret it…

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