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Last Active 12-22-19 5:21 am
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| RIP David Berman
This one hurts. Silver Jews have been one of my favourite bands for a decade, and his recent comeback album reignited my love for his words and music. I've been wandering around Thailand for the last month listening to it. RIP to one of the greats. | | 1 |  | Silver Jews
American Water
I wrote a letter to wild flower on a classic nitrogen afternoon / some power that hardly looked like power said I'm perfect in an empty room | | 2 |  | Silver Jews
The Natural Bridge
What if life is just some hard equation on a chalkboard in a science class for ghosts / You can live again, but you'll have to die twice in the end / In the end, we'll meet again | | 3 |  | Silver Jews
Starlite Walker
Half hours on earth...what are they worth, I don't know / In 27 years I've drunk fifty thousand beers, and they just wash against me, like the sea into a pier... | | 4 |  | Silver Jews
Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Somewhere in a foggy atlas, lookout mountain, lookout sea / first life takes time then time takes life / now the next move's up to me | | 5 |  | Silver Jews
Bright Flight
I have not avoided certainty, it was always just eluded me / I wish I knew, I wish I knew for true / I wish I had a rhinestone suit, I wish I had a new pair of boots, but mostly I wish, I wish I was with you. | | 6 |  | Silver Jews
Tanglewood Numbers
And in the end we must be who we are | | 7 |  | Purple Mountains
Purple Mountains
On holidays in lonely haunts, at closing time in restaurants / I can't keep on pretending not to see, yeah I'm starting to suspect though I hope I'm incorrect / That maybe I'm the only one for me | |
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08.08.19 | R.I.P :(( | Sunnyvale
08.08.19 | RIP. I've only heard American Water once and nothing else, but Silver Jews have been a band I've planned on getting into for a long time, as I tend to really like music in their style. Also, all the lyrics you quoted on this list are top notch. | SandwichBubble
08.09.19 | So many good moments on those first 3 albums, will be rechecking them in memoriam | PunchforPunch
08.09.19 | Damn RIP. American Water is a fantastic record. | Kiran
08.09.19 | I was just digging Purple Mountains the past couple weeks :( :( so sad. Time for a revisit with his discography, American Water and The Natural Bridge were big albums for me and it's been too long since I dived into them or the others. | DoofDoof
08.09.19 | the double whammy of 'mother's son' and 'nights that won't happen' hit me like a brick to the pit yesterday morning | Papa Universe
08.09.19 | can't say I've been a close follower of a lot of his music, but what I've heard I've liked. | DoofDoof
08.09.19 | Paps spin those two off the new one now - knowing what we do now it will move thee | Papa Universe
08.09.19 | I've heard Purple Mounts and I really enjoyed it, but mostly only the lyrical component. | DoofDoof
08.09.19 | the lyrics/vocals have always been the strongest component of his music tbh | Papa Universe
08.09.19 | yeah, he doesn't seem like someone particularly interested in catchy melodies or bombastic presentation. it's simpler and all the more earthly for it. | DoofDoof
08.09.19 | There are a couple of really catchy ones on American Water - Smith & Jones and Honk if You're Lonely
Black and Brown Blues from The Natural Bridge is outstanding too
Generally they're the exceptions and his stuff is more toned down | tom79
08.09.19 | Purple Mountains has a ton of catchy melodies on it | theBoneyKing
08.09.19 | RIP. I had only just started going through his discography. I have some work to do. | WeepingBanana
08.09.19 | Unmatched songwriter and lyricist. Purple Mountains album is so good but almost too sad to listen to too often | DoofDoof
08.09.19 | that album really sounds like the summation of a lifetime's worth of baggage
it's painful | Papa Universe
08.10.19 | So... suicide then. | Sharkattack
08.10.19 | I don’t know this band or what happened or anything but I like the words in 4 a lot | Ambrosian
08.10.19 | RIP dude. I've got alot of memories from listening to American Water on repeat during my first year of college |
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