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js_thrill Got behind by a day again. Yesterday's song was Whole Wide World
Whole Wide World is the more appealing of the two songs to me, but they are both slower more pensive pieces. Darnielle notes that Wrong! was released on a "weird" 6 song cassette originally, and that he likes weird releases, but only if they are organically weird. This attitude towards weirdness reminded me of Susan Sontag's "Notes On Camp"; particularly this line:
The title of the first song reminds me of a better known song with the same name, which shares no other features with Darnielle's song. I do like the Wreckless Eric track, though, even as the name collision is mostly a distraction from reflecting on Mountain Goats music.
Whole Wide World is the more appealing of the two songs to me, but they are both slower more pensive pieces. Darnielle notes that Wrong! was released on a "weird" 6 song cassette originally, and that he likes weird releases, but only if they are organically weird. This attitude towards weirdness reminded me of Susan Sontag's "Notes On Camp"; particularly this line:
18. One must distinguish between naïve and deliberate Camp. Pure Camp is always naive. Camp which knows itself to be Camp ("camping") is usually less satistying.
It's one part of that piece that has stuck with me for a long time, because it concisely captures why certain works are more appealing to me even though they are worse works; the attitude of the author towards the work is important. Authenticity is important.The title of the first song reminds me of a better known song with the same name, which shares no other features with Darnielle's song. I do like the Wreckless Eric track, though, even as the name collision is mostly a distraction from reflecting on Mountain Goats music.
