Comments on: Swell Season on Boing Boing Video http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-674816 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674816 I can't get enough of these two. Nice video interview--confirms my wanting to see them live. I can’t get enough of these two. Nice video interview–confirms my wanting to see them live.

]]> By: nemofazer http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-665601 nemofazer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-665601 I thought the movie was ok but his vocal style really got on my nerves. In one scene he was busking and putting so much into his singing (aka shouting) that I just thought - wow, he wouldn't last 10 minutes let alone half a day, singing like that on the street,and yes, I know he has busked for real. Everything was so over the top passionate in his delivery it ends up really grating and like swearing, looses its power when used constantly. By the end of the movie I had developed an abiding loathing of his music. I can never remember names but when I mention "shouty beardy man" my wife knows exactly who I mean. I thought the movie was ok but his vocal style really got on my nerves. In one scene he was busking and putting so much into his singing (aka shouting) that I just thought – wow, he wouldn’t last 10 minutes let alone half a day, singing like that on the street,and yes, I know he has busked for real. Everything was so over the top passionate in his delivery it ends up really grating and like swearing, looses its power when used constantly.

By the end of the movie I had developed an abiding loathing of his music. I can never remember names but when I mention “shouty beardy man” my wife knows exactly who I mean.

]]> By: MasterSauce http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-665605 MasterSauce Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-665605 I never got around to seeing the movie, but listened to the soundtrack non stop for awhile and now own their first album. It's some great mellow music. Fantastic video. Looked gorgeous and I love hearing from artists on why they make the choices they do. Glad they went with an indie label. I never got around to seeing the movie, but listened to the soundtrack non stop for awhile and now own their first album. It’s some great mellow music.
Fantastic video. Looked gorgeous and I love hearing from artists on why they make the choices they do. Glad they went with an indie label.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-668167 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-668167 Hey Glen, this might be a little awkward but I heard that you and Markéta recently broke up and I, uh, just wanted to know if it was cool, like, if I gave her a call sometime? Hey Glen, this might be a little awkward but I heard that you and Markéta recently broke up and I, uh, just wanted to know if it was cool, like, if I gave her a call sometime?

]]> By: papercup mixmaster http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-665865 papercup mixmaster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-665865 I really dig that Glen's still using that old busted guitar! I really dig that Glen’s still using that old busted guitar!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-764174 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-764174 Swell season are the best, nemofazer, I can appreciate choral music, being a classically trained singer and pianist, as well as a trained jazz guitarist. But the sheer ammount of vocal technique it takes to sing like Hansard is awe inspiring. If you don't like it fine, but really? nobody here cares! And how famous have you gotten off of songs you pour your heart and soul into? not very? I think I've made my point. Swell season are the best, nemofazer, I can appreciate choral music, being a classically trained singer and pianist, as well as a trained jazz guitarist. But the sheer ammount of vocal technique it takes to sing like Hansard is awe inspiring. If you don’t like it fine, but really? nobody here cares! And how famous have you gotten off of songs you pour your heart and soul into? not very? I think I’ve made my point.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-667156 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667156 They are pure glory. Thank you for posting this! They are pure glory. Thank you for posting this!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-685076 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-685076 Hands down, the best thing Boing Boing video has ever done. Also one of the best such interviews I've ever seen. Bravo!! Hands down, the best thing Boing Boing video has ever done. Also one of the best such interviews I’ve ever seen.
Bravo!!

]]> By: UnnecessaryUmlaut http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-668441 UnnecessaryUmlaut Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-668441 Hot damn, this looks perty. You guys are seriously stepping up production and it looks great. As for Swell Season, for all those who've fallen in love with their voices I highly encourage you seeking out early Frames tunes, if you haven't already. Good stuff where Hansard really lets his pipes loose. Cheers. Hot damn, this looks perty. You guys are seriously stepping up production and it looks great.

As for Swell Season, for all those who’ve fallen in love with their voices I highly encourage you seeking out early Frames tunes, if you haven’t already. Good stuff where Hansard really lets his pipes loose.

Cheers.

]]> By: Suburbancowboy http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-672543 Suburbancowboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672543 I've been lucky enough to see them live several times, including recently at a tiny venue 92Y tribeca, and they are just so incredibly charming, and great to see in concert. I saw them in upstate NY, and they were having really bad equipment problems. Glen did a cover of Astral Weeks that was so intense I thought his old guitar was going to explode. It was one of the best live musical performances I have ever seen. I’ve been lucky enough to see them live several times, including recently at a tiny venue 92Y tribeca, and they are just so incredibly charming, and great to see in concert.

I saw them in upstate NY, and they were having really bad equipment problems. Glen did a cover of Astral Weeks that was so intense I thought his old guitar was going to explode. It was one of the best live musical performances I have ever seen.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-832551 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832551 Really enjoyed watching this. I was disappointed while showing my wife, we could not get the Motorola pop-up to go away and it was blocking her face. Really enjoyed watching this. I was disappointed while showing my wife, we could not get the Motorola pop-up to go away and it was blocking her face.

]]> By: Doctor Popular http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-665648 Doctor Popular Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-665648 I enjoyed hearing about the band, but I wanted to mention the video production looks and sounds stellar. I enjoyed hearing about the band, but I wanted to mention the video production looks and sounds stellar.

]]> By: skeptacally http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-665651 skeptacally Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-665651 @ #3 i don't know about not lasting 10 min... i used to busk from time to time on queen street in toronto -- a very busy street. i tended to ignore my quieter/more complex/subtle material and just go with the big whalloping emotional near-shout songs. when you are playing unamplified in a crazy downtown cityscape, you gotta be heard, and you have to make an immediate impact -- because you only have 4 seconds or so to hook someones attention. i sure wouldn't have liked to sit and listen to me on queen street for extended periods of time. it would be over the top and loud, with no respite. for hours on end. ad nauseum. but you definitely learn to sing like this for hours on end if needed. consider it the musical equivilant of greasepaint. pretty ugly to look at up close, but glimpsed for short periods from a distance, it can make an actor a king, a lover, or a god. thankfully, the swell season aren't busking, and we can enjoy their more subtle side. @ #3

i don’t know about not lasting 10 min… i used to busk from time to time on queen street in toronto — a very busy street.

i tended to ignore my quieter/more complex/subtle material and just go with the big whalloping emotional near-shout songs. when you are playing unamplified in a crazy downtown cityscape, you gotta be heard, and you have to make an immediate impact — because you only have 4 seconds or so to hook someones attention.

i sure wouldn’t have liked to sit and listen to me on queen street for extended periods of time. it would be over the top and loud, with no respite. for hours on end. ad nauseum.

but you definitely learn to sing like this for hours on end if needed.

consider it the musical equivilant of greasepaint. pretty ugly to look at up close, but glimpsed for short periods from a distance, it can make an actor a king, a lover, or a god.

thankfully, the swell season aren’t busking, and we can enjoy their more subtle side.

]]> By: mokey http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-676151 mokey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-676151 "Glen did a cover of Astral Weeks" fuck that sounds amazing. i've been in an intense van morrison phase lately and just saw Once a few months ago. “Glen did a cover of Astral Weeks”

fuck that sounds amazing. i’ve been in an intense van morrison phase lately and just saw Once a few months ago.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-687937 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-687937 Looks great! And I love that he's wearing a... a... bay leaf on his jacket? Is that what that is? Looks great! And I love that he’s wearing a… a… bay leaf on his jacket? Is that what that is?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-665668 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-665668 Have to agree that that video was a cut above the usual BB video production standards (not that they are awful by any means) and a joy to watch. Thanks Have to agree that that video was a cut above the usual BB video production standards (not that they are awful by any means) and a joy to watch. Thanks

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-665669 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-665669 Actually, they DO sell this CD at starbucks. Isn't Starbucks a record label now? -donald tronix- Actually, they DO sell this CD at starbucks. Isn’t Starbucks a record label now?

-donald tronix-

]]> By: Metronicity http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-665926 Metronicity Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-665926 One of the best things I've seen on BB. Thanks David. I loved the movie and I love their music. The movie really did "resonate" - gave me goosebumps at times. I don't get that with your Hollywood formula rubbish. And yes...it's great to see he's still flogging the shit out of that busted-up guitar. I really shake my head at this inane comment - "Sounds like something you would buy at Starbucks." One of the best things I’ve seen on BB. Thanks David. I loved the movie and I love their music. The movie really did “resonate” – gave me goosebumps at times. I don’t get that with your Hollywood formula rubbish. And yes…it’s great to see he’s still flogging the shit out of that busted-up guitar.

I really shake my head at this inane comment – “Sounds like something you would buy at Starbucks.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-684379 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-684379 Having just seen Once two days ago it was wonderful to find this interview on BoingBoing. I was taken by the film and had the movies two main songs in my head the next day. Glad to see the two musician/actors are now on tour as a band! Having just seen Once two days ago it was wonderful to find this interview on BoingBoing. I was taken by the film and had the movies two main songs in my head the next day. Glad to see the two musician/actors are now on tour as a band!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-694626 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-694626 I F-ING LOVE THE SWELL SEASON, nobody knows how to tug on the strings of my heart better. Thank you Glen and Marketa for continuing to make piercing true music in an age of electronics. I F-ING LOVE THE SWELL SEASON, nobody knows how to tug on the strings of my heart better. Thank you Glen and Marketa for continuing to make piercing true music in an age of electronics.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-692344 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-692344 Nemofazer. I expect The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Choir aren't the only things "wifey" finds herself having to put up with. Thanks Boing Boing, the video was a pleasure. Nemofazer. I expect The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Choir aren’t the only things “wifey” finds herself having to put up with.

Thanks Boing Boing, the video was a pleasure.

]]> By: nemofazer http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-665725 nemofazer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-665725 Fair point skeptacally. I'm more used to buskers in the London underground who get help from enclosed, echoey spaces. It's not just his style that I have a problem with. There's a song he sings which repeats the phrase "when your mind's made up" over and over till I could weep its so tedious but I take your point about volume. Fair point skeptacally. I’m more used to buskers in the London underground who get help from enclosed, echoey spaces. It’s not just his style that I have a problem with. There’s a song he sings which repeats the phrase “when your mind’s made up” over and over till I could weep its so tedious but I take your point about volume.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-665472 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-665472 Delightful...absolutely delightful way to spend 9 minutes of my day. Thank you. Delightful…absolutely delightful way to spend 9 minutes of my day. Thank you.

]]> By: nemofazer http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-665989 nemofazer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-665989 No. You're right. I haven't. And normally I go along with the ignore it if you don't like it, and I like to think I have very broad tastes (doesn't everyone, like everyone thinks they're an above average driver) but he haunts my iTunes for the sake of marital harmony. I mean I expect wifey to occasionally put up with The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Choir. Now that's singing! No. You’re right. I haven’t. And normally I go along with the ignore it if you don’t like it, and I like to think I have very broad tastes (doesn’t everyone, like everyone thinks they’re an above average driver) but he haunts my iTunes for the sake of marital harmony. I mean I expect wifey to occasionally put up with The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Choir. Now that’s singing!

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-665734 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-665734 Nemofazer, Have you seen them live? At some points, he sings without the mic and fills the hall. I'm sorry you "have a problem" with his music. Fortunately though, there is no shortage of music in the world. So you can listen to what you like and I can continue to enjoy Swell Season. Whew. Nemofazer, Have you seen them live? At some points, he sings without the mic and fills the hall. I’m sorry you “have a problem” with his music. Fortunately though, there is no shortage of music in the world. So you can listen to what you like and I can continue to enjoy Swell Season. Whew.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-665483 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-665483 Really wonderful. Beautiful production. Thank you! Really wonderful. Beautiful production. Thank you!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-666003 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-666003 he was the character Outspan in the film The Commitments BTW. he was the character Outspan in the film The Commitments BTW.

]]> By: steveodds http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-683676 steveodds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-683676 Nice music, however this female singer looks like a daughter to the male. Nice music, however this female singer looks like a daughter to the male.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-665511 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-665511 Fantastic interview. Loved these two from the moment I saw "Once." Beautifully shot and edited. I too want to have them over for dinner. I have been thinking about buying this album for weeks. This interview has pushed me over the top. Thanks. Fantastic interview. Loved these two from the moment I saw “Once.”
Beautifully shot and edited. I too want to have them over for dinner.
I have been thinking about buying this album for weeks.
This interview has pushed me over the top. Thanks.

]]> By: Baldhead http://boingboing.net/2009/12/15/swell-season-on-boin.html#comment-665816 Baldhead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-665816 i doubt he's seen them live i never see bands i dislike myself. enjoy what you like ignore what you don't unless it's thrust upon you, a la Celine Dion or Susan Boyle why care? (Did shake my head at "Falling Slowly" though- how did a droning, dirgelike song with almost melody win again?) i doubt he’s seen them live i never see bands i dislike myself. enjoy what you like ignore what you don’t unless it’s thrust upon you, a la Celine Dion or Susan Boyle why care? (Did shake my head at “Falling Slowly” though- how did a droning, dirgelike song with almost melody win again?)

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