I have also had an issue my whole life whereby people can never tell if I am kidding or serious. However, I have prominent and visible eyebrows. Also, I like the new album very much.
Great interviewer for not letting FJM too easily - he needs to be challenged. His thoughts are meant to be questioned in the same manner he is questioning the world around him. He is great and long live debate!
Zero138 he just needs to listen to josh, and make a joke. Like Marc maron did in his interview a year or so before. It’s just exploration, he just has a way of saying it that people can’t usually boil it down to.
Love the core of this interview - that music can do very bizarre things, like heal pain, isolation, sadness, confusion and anger. "That's what it's there for." I've felt a deep connection with this last record for him. Yes it's dark, yes it's meta, it's whatever you want to call it - but it's honest. His writing is so honest even when he's lying to your face with his tongue in his cheek. Tillman is a unique figure; he's kind of an antihero. He's needed right now, whether he's a cynical asshole or a drugged out egomaniac, I truly think he's a good person with goals of connecting people emotionally - and that's beautiful.
the real hilarity here is that most of these comments are exactly what he is talking about in this interview... the beard is back, he needs sleep, lay off the drugs, do the drugs... everyone has it all figured out for him, thank god, now he can have a solid career...
I have to say that your music is like having the slightest touch on your chest with a finger and a hammer on your back. I just love the writing style so stay with it`s phenomenal and can`t really here to many times.
he suffers from mental illnesses and he shows how difficult the human experience is through music. he portrays that as well as any folk artist, has the voice of lennon, and his lyrics are brilliant. whats not to like?
What I think is that art should not be created with reliance on some thought to be so called widespread appeal but instead and I think this is quite obvious - feeling. As long as your art is by you and from you completely(sensibilities and emotional growth accounted for) , it will be well received by your audience.
SUB SONIC BASE/BASS FREQUENCIES😇😉 (get off my wave Tillman! Also. I'm sure theres an add in there somewhere.😂) Good interview. nice poke at Sturgil. Love respect peace good health
I understand when it comes to give a professional interview there's a time frame, but I don't think he was done talking about his last point. it was cut short and abruptly at the end.
Fair point, but yes, sometimes we need to move things along so they can get to their next stop. On the bright side, he opted to play a song on our drum kit!
*** As a preface, I like FJM and love his music ... but jesus, I really feel for the guy: he's so tangled up in his own intellect that he feels the urge to qualify everything he says. You don't have to imagine Voltaire or de Tocqueville (or a lynch-mob) across the table to engage in an "Enlightenment" dialogue -- it's a fucking dialogue, and by dint of music's instinctual and emotional power, you're pretty much golden anyway, since it confounds the rational mind to some extent (that's even his point: "music is cathartic ... forget you're human"). He's stuck in the Jonathan Swift conundrum of treating serious material seriously by doing it through the lens of irony and humour, but he's too rapt by post-modern relativism and distrustful of external perception to own it. Obviously and thankfully this doesn't impact his writing, since it's done at the speed of inspiration, but it makes for a closeted interview.
I agree and also feel he's just not only scared to say something he'll later regret, but also doesn't really know how to answer those questions about himself and his art, so he rationalizes like at the same time the words come out from his mouth. I really enjoy watching him speak though.
I find it a little daunting that Josh lost fans because of his anti Christian views. It's absurd to me, but I think very much like Josh and I'm almost militant agnostic - atheistic in my views. It's just sad that someone can turn off their love because of an artist views on life. One of my favorite songs ever is Cohen's hallelujah.
Bionik Games I'm pretty damn Christian, but I also love music. I couldn't give two shits what an artist's views are on religion or politics (one way or another) as long as they're not all up in your face about it.
His christian and anti-christian views are complex so any fans beneath that kind of uncomfortable complexity weren’t very much fans at all, given the levels from which he approaches every subject.
He sounds sane for once. I'm glad to hear him say this about this record because I did not connect with it at all, in fact it kind of angered me if anything
two issues with it. first, musically it was just sterile for me - I found it to be more interesting to read than to listen to, secondly, I had an issue with him projecting such an extreme viewpoint of the world as if it was objective with no irony - just like "this is how it is" no it's not you're just sad and so you see a sad world. why make it my problem? i just didnt feel like going on that journey
I feel the same way. I love the album but I didn't really connect with it like I did fear fun or honeybear. His voice and style are still on point but the soul is missing. Its more persuasive to his point of view on life. I love but its my 3rd favorite album. Josh do more meth please. Thanks
actually he was taking lsd i think the first two albums. i loved fear fun, one of the best albums i've ever heard in my life, which is why i felt kinda hurt about this one. but it was a personal album for him and i understand that. he's clearly super talented and i will probably always follow his career.
Bionik Games I agree with you! I love the album and think it has some great songs, but I don't yearn to listen to it like I love you honeybear, it's a bit too " consumerist" kinda feels put out for what the world wants I don't know
Do us a favor, honestly, when you refer to "the record", put in the effort to say the name of the record so we don't have to research the discography to know for sure to what record you refer. Not trying to be harsh, but that was a no-brainer. This is about Pure Comedy, the album, as opposed to the song on an imaginary possible alternate album title. Josh is a nice boy. I hope he finds the peace he needs to avoid taking speed in the future. Drug use itself may not be a bad thing, but it can be a warning sign that you're treating a condition of the heart/spirit that can be better treated without chemicals, and which could be made worse with them. Thanks for the music. It's a plus. It adds to the general good of existence.
Ah ha, grammar & syntax matters. Similar grandiloquence. I was wondering if you meant that based on appearance. Cos Josh does have an almost Kelsey Grammer-esque forehead at a certain angle.
Yea the interviewer should have totally stopped and said something like: "HAHA nice try Father John Misty, i detected your use of sarcasm. I know for a fact that song does NOT actually exist."
No.....do _more_. FJM isn't a US senator....why do you expect him to live like one? He's an artist. Drugs enable creativity better than damn near anything. There's a *_reason_* most all of the greatest musical artists over the decades used drugs. You do understand why that is, right?
avedic Most great artist were talented to begin with. Drugs of course increase creativity, but there's a huge cost... I've done my fair share of drugs, believe me, but I'd rather he not totally fuck up his life, have his music gradually turn to shit, and then have him die.
Father John misty makes me feel comfortable with being alone/solitude
He chopped off that great head off hair
I have also had an issue my whole life whereby people can never tell if I am kidding or serious. However, I have prominent and visible eyebrows. Also, I like the new album very much.
lol
Amazing comment, well done.
I still have that with certain people.
Maybe if you shave off your eyebrows, in your case?
Great interviewer for not letting FJM too easily - he needs to be challenged. His thoughts are meant to be questioned in the same manner he is questioning the world around him. He is great and long live debate!
Anssi Rasmus yes
great perspective.
Josh is always a tough guy to interview. That man has done and see alot. I’ve always got that depression vibe from him
I feel for the interviewer. Josh isn't easy in this interview.
Zero138 he just needs to listen to josh, and make a joke. Like Marc maron did in his interview a year or so before. It’s just exploration, he just has a way of saying it that people can’t usually boil it down to.
Is Josh ever easy?
@zero. . . what are you talking about? I don't see it. @Ethan is right. The interviewer doesn't understand that it's satirical music.
Pure Comedy absolutely consoled many emotions I had facing this chaotic existence. Music heals! Thanks daddy
Amazing, he's got a way with words, presenting complex ideas in a very simple way.
Josh's angle on social media from 8:30 onwards is absolute gold! Shut up interviewer and let him preach!
Love the core of this interview - that music can do very bizarre things, like heal pain, isolation, sadness, confusion and anger. "That's what it's there for."
I've felt a deep connection with this last record for him. Yes it's dark, yes it's meta, it's whatever you want to call it - but it's honest. His writing is so honest even when he's lying to your face with his tongue in his cheek. Tillman is a unique figure; he's kind of an antihero.
He's needed right now, whether he's a cynical asshole or a drugged out egomaniac, I truly think he's a good person with goals of connecting people emotionally - and that's beautiful.
So glad the beard is coming back
The Jim Morrison is back!
nothing like a modern alternative jesus. easier to swallow
Oh god, this interview hit me so fucking hard. But thank you so much for this. In a way, going through shit makes you appreciate FJM's music more.
Thank you
I love being able to "Like" this video. . . feels appropriate.
I don't think i've seen a FJM interview where he doesn't mention Hegel. I love this man.
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such an incredible interviewer!! these were awesome questions
the real hilarity here is that most of these comments are exactly what he is talking about in this interview... the beard is back, he needs sleep, lay off the drugs, do the drugs... everyone has it all figured out for him, thank god, now he can have a solid career...
When they were talking about mechanized human responses and social media, I scrolled down to like this video
I have to say that your music is like having the slightest touch on your chest with a finger and a hammer on your back. I just love the writing style so stay with it`s phenomenal and can`t really here to many times.
Really great job by the interviewer. Pure comedy is a masterpiece
Brilliant interview.
This is some deep shit.
I love josh man he’s so funny and thoughtful
But he chopped off all that nice hair🤔
he suffers from mental illnesses and he shows how difficult the human experience is through music. he portrays that as well as any folk artist, has the voice of lennon, and his lyrics are brilliant. whats not to like?
this interview is soooo good! thanks for this. 💜
What I think is that art should not be created with reliance on some thought to be so called widespread appeal but instead and I think this is quite obvious - feeling. As long as your art is by you and from you completely(sensibilities and emotional growth accounted for) , it will be well received by your audience.
"you need a new friend"
This is a great interview! Wish this had more views :)
Help us out! :)
Will do! :P
I miss this year :(
Man this interviewer is really good
“75 minute existential new age album” is what Sufjan did this week btw. haha
“Rock n Roll never dies. This is hot tea.”
A real great interview!
FJM: I was doing a lot of speed...like a lot.
INTERVIEWER: Right.
😆 🤣 😂
Good interview, meng.
tanks
I like how the interviewer is down to talk shit about the market. HE IS THE MARKET.
SUB SONIC BASE/BASS FREQUENCIES😇😉
(get off my wave Tillman! Also. I'm sure theres an add in there somewhere.😂)
Good interview. nice poke at Sturgil.
Love respect peace good health
I understand when it comes to give a professional interview there's a time frame, but I don't think he was done talking about his last point. it was cut short and abruptly at the end.
Fair point, but yes, sometimes we need to move things along so they can get to their next stop. On the bright side, he opted to play a song on our drum kit!
Ya i feel like there were a few times he was about to be cut off and was rushed along, which distracted from what he was trying to share.
Need time for advertisements.
16:10 Did they mute the word "asshole"?
They did.
Josh Tillman is one of those rare avatars that is a complete reflection of my own avatar.
hero
*** As a preface, I like FJM and love his music ...
but jesus, I really feel for the guy: he's so tangled up in his own intellect that he feels the urge to qualify everything he says. You don't have to imagine Voltaire or de Tocqueville (or a lynch-mob) across the table to engage in an "Enlightenment" dialogue -- it's a fucking dialogue, and by dint of music's instinctual and emotional power, you're pretty much golden anyway, since it confounds the rational mind to some extent (that's even his point: "music is cathartic ... forget you're human").
He's stuck in the Jonathan Swift conundrum of treating serious material seriously by doing it through the lens of irony and humour, but he's too rapt by post-modern relativism and distrustful of external perception to own it.
Obviously and thankfully this doesn't impact his writing, since it's done at the speed of inspiration, but it makes for a closeted interview.
Daimonion He's just very distrustful of the world and definitely has a right to be.
I liked ur comment tho.
I agree and also feel he's just not only scared to say something he'll later regret, but also doesn't really know how to answer those questions about himself and his art, so he rationalizes like at the same time the words come out from his mouth. I really enjoy watching him speak though.
I find it a little daunting that Josh lost fans because of his anti Christian views. It's absurd to me, but I think very much like Josh and I'm almost militant agnostic - atheistic in my views. It's just sad that someone can turn off their love because of an artist views on life. One of my favorite songs ever is Cohen's hallelujah.
Bionik Games I'm pretty damn Christian, but I also love music. I couldn't give two shits what an artist's views are on religion or politics (one way or another) as long as they're not all up in your face about it.
I would never judge an artist for their personal beliefs.
His christian and anti-christian views are complex so any fans beneath that kind of uncomfortable complexity weren’t very much fans at all, given the levels from which he approaches every subject.
I would totally get down to some trap worship.
blahblah blahblahb la wow do I have a Snoop Dogg album for you
He sounds sane for once. I'm glad to hear him say this about this record because I did not connect with it at all, in fact it kind of angered me if anything
Did it anger you because you didn't connect with it or was it the content itself?
two issues with it. first, musically it was just sterile for me - I found it to be more interesting to read than to listen to, secondly, I had an issue with him projecting such an extreme viewpoint of the world as if it was objective with no irony - just like "this is how it is" no it's not you're just sad and so you see a sad world. why make it my problem? i just didnt feel like going on that journey
I feel the same way. I love the album but I didn't really connect with it like I did fear fun or honeybear. His voice and style are still on point but the soul is missing. Its more persuasive to his point of view on life. I love but its my 3rd favorite album. Josh do more meth please. Thanks
actually he was taking lsd i think the first two albums. i loved fear fun, one of the best albums i've ever heard in my life, which is why i felt kinda hurt about this one. but it was a personal album for him and i understand that. he's clearly super talented and i will probably always follow his career.
Bionik Games I agree with you! I love the album and think it has some great songs, but I don't yearn to listen to it like I love you honeybear, it's a bit too " consumerist" kinda feels put out for what the world wants I don't know
5:05 yikes, that sounds like regret. Pure Comedy is a great album.
Do us a favor, honestly, when you refer to "the record", put in the effort to say the name of the record so we don't have to research the discography to know for sure to what record you refer. Not trying to be harsh, but that was a no-brainer. This is about Pure Comedy, the album, as opposed to the song on an imaginary possible alternate album title.
Josh is a nice boy. I hope he finds the peace he needs to avoid taking speed in the future. Drug use itself may not be a bad thing, but it can be a warning sign that you're treating a condition of the heart/spirit that can be better treated without chemicals, and which could be made worse with them.
Thanks for the music. It's a plus. It adds to the general good of existence.
Josh looks like he hadn't slept for two days! Ö
Jon Sebastian because he quit doing amphetamines.
He's looked that way for at least five years. Where have you been?
He literally admits to doing "like, a lot of speed" and drinking tons. I don't think that's probable.
Why? Provigil is great!!
Let him talk please
0:28 father juul misty :))))))
I have been the biggest fan of this man since I discovered him as J Tillman on myspace. He’s losing me lately
He's like the real life Fraiser
???
Like tossed salads and scrambled eggs Frasier?
hahaha! They both make sure they're elegant in speech.
Ah ha, grammar & syntax matters. Similar grandiloquence. I was wondering if you meant that based on appearance. Cos Josh does have an almost Kelsey Grammer-esque forehead at a certain angle.
i bet you live in your moms basement and spend all day fantasizing about guys on grindr who are out of your league
Who's real Jhon and witch's the clone of this two?
0:25 hahahahaha, this song doesn’t even exist. He fools the interview kid.
rtzqwe it's the whole record
ha ha ha, he tricked him so bad he didn't even acknowledge it! what a dope! XD
Late-era capitalism is the worst!
Yea the interviewer should have totally stopped and said something like: "HAHA nice try Father John Misty, i detected your use of sarcasm. I know for a fact that song does NOT actually exist."
his little mustache
As
oh you mean the Isolation of Late Stage Capitalism?
0 eye contact
"the inherent loneliness of our generation" :,-P :::-P :((((
This interviewer is well below Josh’s pay-grade. At least he’s trying...
good thing you're trying too, whatever it is
This interviewer seems to have no sense of humour and it's incredibly irritating.
Chill on the drugs, man
No.....do _more_.
FJM isn't a US senator....why do you expect him to live like one?
He's an artist. Drugs enable creativity better than damn near anything. There's a *_reason_* most all of the greatest musical artists over the decades used drugs. You do understand why that is, right?
avedic You know how many great artist died from drugs too, ya moron?
avedic Most great artist were talented to begin with. Drugs of course increase creativity, but there's a huge cost... I've done my fair share of drugs, believe me, but I'd rather he not totally fuck up his life, have his music gradually turn to shit, and then have him die.
Mike Porten its better to burn out then to fade away. Go hard or go home.
Bionik Games He's going to be a burn out by the time he's 40 if he keeps taking acid everyday.
This guy doing the interview is basic. Josh looks 'relaxed'.