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May 14, 2005
East Coast Children Do Too Much
So, I had a beer and a nice chat with this man earlier tonight. Brother Danielson was doing well. Daniel Smith is not nearly the lunatic his music might portray him to be.
His live show was unbelievable, full of stomping, jingling bells, shrieking, snapalongs, clapalongs and singalongs. And the tree of united fruits (which at certain points during his songs was manipulated to creak like Treebeard).
I'll leave you with some wise words I once read about Daniel Smith...
[SS:] Daniel is an odd ball. I love him, but I don’t always understand him. This is what I like about this project. He’s put all these songs on their heads. He’s put them all out there wearing lederhosen. What he brings to the table is a cutting board and a bread knife. He cuts away all excess. I have a tendency to over-arrange. I fill the spaces, I think in terms of multiple voices, multiple lines, lots of contrapuntal melodies shrieking for attention. This is to distract the listener from me. Daniel has no patience for this. He pinpoints the real deal and puts it dead center.
It was a lot of fun to work with him. The whole time, he was constantly saying no and I was constantly saying yes. Or vice versa. For example, I would record a vocal line start to finish and then listen back and say, “This is not going to sell millions of records.” I was very demanding; I wanted to fix everything. He said, “No, it’s perfect the way it is. It sounds awesome. We’re keeping it. Stop sulking and sit up straight, young man!”
Posted by houch at May 14, 2005 11:56 PM
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I am very jealous... I have developed a new found love for the Danielson Famile, they are stupendous.
Posted by: Matt Kilgore at May 16, 2005 02:18 AM
Matt, it was pretty amazing. I mean, there were only like 30 people there, and he just went nuts. Best facial expressions ever. I only wish the Famile could have been with him. But he said the Famile won't be touring again for a while.
Posted by: Houch at May 16, 2005 09:49 AM
dang. you meet everyone.
the worldheavyweight peoplemeeter.
Posted by: jimmy j at May 16, 2005 07:46 PM
Yes, Win Butler and Daniel Smith isn't bad for one week. I'm really just doing some reporting for my tell-all celebrity gossip book.
Posted by: at May 16, 2005 08:15 PM
thats too bad, because those 'famile' girls are pretty cute, i wonder if any of them is single.
Posted by: Matt Kilgore at May 17, 2005 12:21 AM