Everybody Loves Me.
Sometimes when I'm feeling particularly low (which is happening more and more frequently I admit!) I like to go back and read some of the kind things people have said publically about me. Here are some that get me through the day:
"I’ll admit, though, after my first listen, I just wasn’t into this album at all. After listening to one or two songs, I was immediately turned off by the irregular, almost off-key vocals entering my headphones."
-Bob Kriva. FleeingtheScene.com
(This review also compares me to R. Kelley's "Trapped in the Closet." Probably the worst hip-hopera of all times.)
"A little pulp, a little emo. Emo-pulp? Wyman sounds a little off key most of the time, but it comes of as part of his 'style'. Interesting but not engaging."
-Justin Wright. Tollbooth.org
(Also calls me a "morbidity obsessed sufjan.)
"Elijah Wyman exemplifies the way good intentions don't always add up to great art."
-Dan MacIntosh. Indie-Music.com
"If you're an aspiring troubadour, but not an undeniable musical force, a compelling, emotionally gripping personality is the key to gaining notoriety. This caveat is particularly applicable to Elijah Wyman, whose songs generally need some lyrical or emotional flair to compensate for his overall lack of musical originality. Beautiful Like Words' songs pack enough emotional individuality to make them mildly enjoyable, but they're by no means exceptional...Also, Wyman would be wise to raise his standards as far as "album-worthy" songs are concerned; Sunshiny Day's tepid melody and off-key vocals should never have made it out of the bedroom...Wyman isn't a naturally gifted singer"
-Parker Campbell. Splendid E-zine.
(That "made it out of the bedroom" line is gold!)
"Like the Kermit voice Dylan had after the accident. I wish I could like it."
-Hybrid Magazine.
Also, I'd like to note that on Maxalbums.com Beautiful Like Words is included in Sufjan Steven's Album Catalogue. I'm still deciding on whether to be flattered or offended. At least now I'm compared to someone cool. Back in the day people used to compare me to Chris Carraba or Dave Mathews. Basically anyone they knew who owned an acoustic guitar.
Thanks for the laughs,
-eli.
Sometimes when I'm feeling particularly low (which is happening more and more frequently I admit!) I like to go back and read some of the kind things people have said publically about me. Here are some that get me through the day:
"I’ll admit, though, after my first listen, I just wasn’t into this album at all. After listening to one or two songs, I was immediately turned off by the irregular, almost off-key vocals entering my headphones."
-Bob Kriva. FleeingtheScene.com
(This review also compares me to R. Kelley's "Trapped in the Closet." Probably the worst hip-hopera of all times.)
"A little pulp, a little emo. Emo-pulp? Wyman sounds a little off key most of the time, but it comes of as part of his 'style'. Interesting but not engaging."
-Justin Wright. Tollbooth.org
(Also calls me a "morbidity obsessed sufjan.)
"Elijah Wyman exemplifies the way good intentions don't always add up to great art."
-Dan MacIntosh. Indie-Music.com
"If you're an aspiring troubadour, but not an undeniable musical force, a compelling, emotionally gripping personality is the key to gaining notoriety. This caveat is particularly applicable to Elijah Wyman, whose songs generally need some lyrical or emotional flair to compensate for his overall lack of musical originality. Beautiful Like Words' songs pack enough emotional individuality to make them mildly enjoyable, but they're by no means exceptional...Also, Wyman would be wise to raise his standards as far as "album-worthy" songs are concerned; Sunshiny Day's tepid melody and off-key vocals should never have made it out of the bedroom...Wyman isn't a naturally gifted singer"
-Parker Campbell. Splendid E-zine.
(That "made it out of the bedroom" line is gold!)
"Like the Kermit voice Dylan had after the accident. I wish I could like it."
-Hybrid Magazine.
Also, I'd like to note that on Maxalbums.com Beautiful Like Words is included in Sufjan Steven's Album Catalogue. I'm still deciding on whether to be flattered or offended. At least now I'm compared to someone cool. Back in the day people used to compare me to Chris Carraba or Dave Mathews. Basically anyone they knew who owned an acoustic guitar.
Thanks for the laughs,
-eli.
posted by elijahwyman at 4:55 PM
7 Comments:
trapped in the closet is not the worst hip-hopera of all times (have you even seen it?). it's the ONLY hip-hopera EVER!!! therefore, it is GREATNESS!!
"not only is there a man in the closet...but that man, is a MIDGET!" -chapter 7, R. Kelly's Trapped in the closet
and for those who don't know what the heck we're talking about, check out this link:
http://www.vh1.com/vspot/index.jhtml?id=1505680
Hey friend... I was told about YOUR blog by someone who found MY blog linked on YOUR blog... funny, strange and foreign thing this "internet" is.
I apologize in advance for this, but from one English major to another, could you please explain to me how one can say something PUBICALLY about someone... sounds racy...
I promise my next comment will be a kind word... :)
ha....whoa...whoawhoawhoa...
let me just tell you about the pie i'm eating. humble.
i recently wrote a scathing letter to my college's paper b/c on the front page an article said "...beverly pubic school." HA! look at me!
and to craig. jeez looweez man! every time i mention trapped in a closet you're all, "have you ever seen that!!!" i saw it at your house man! and another thing, it's not the only one. mtv made a hip hopera a few years back. i can't remember the name but i'm certain it starred beyonce and was based off of a shakespeare play loosely.
by the way, anyone ever seen O? crappy movie.
-eel eyes.
Uuugh.... yes Ive seen O.. Julia Stiles' second attempt at a modern day adaptation of a Shakespearian classic... The end result, a mediocre rendition of "Taming of the Shrew" and an utterly botched modernization of "Othello"...
julia stiles really let her career go after save the last dance. such a loss!
remember when that movie came out and they tried to hype up the inter-racial kiss as boundry pushing? ha! didn't those folks ever watch star trek?
-elijahwyman.
let me just say that you HAVEN'T seen trapped in the closet yet. what you saw at our apartment was the VH1 Vspot highlight of the genius. you didn't even see the midget, or the cherry pie!!! if you watch enough of trapped in the closet, your brain will rot. trust me.
at least you get some press...I get none. Keep on.
matt
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