8/29/2023 0 Comments Phoebe bridgers bandcamp![]() ![]() Experiencing them feels as though you’ve snuck into Bridgers’ room while she was singing to herself you don’t want to even move or else she might notice you’re there and stop. Songs like “Funeral” and “ Garden Song“ are so subtle, it’s almost as if they don’t even realize anyone’s listening. The music of indie singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers, on the other hand, is not nearly as needy as “Iris”. Now, “Iris” is considered the epitome of sappiness, and the band has received a lot of punishment for it. ![]() So when “Iris” got played on the radio over and over again, it was only a matter of time before listeners decided they had nothing more to give, and the song soon became exhausting and cliche’d. Can you imagine hearing the line “Yeah you bleed just to know you’re alive” and not singing along with all your heart? No! If you didn’t feel like doing that, then what would be the point in listening? You only get as much as you give with this song. John Rzeznik - the band’s songwriter and vocalist - sings as though he’s trying to compact all the stakes of a Rachel McAdams movie into a 3-minute song. For lack of a better term, the song is needy it demands your full emotional attention, like a kid who, mid-tantrum, opens one eye to make sure you’re still watching. Of course, as I’ve often found on this podcast, when you try to do something that pleases everyone, you end up pleasing no one.īoth the song’s initial appeal and eventual downfall was its spill-out-your-guts conviction. The record was the ultimate crossover, an epic love song whose singability just barely outweighed the features that gave it any indie cred (it’s oscillation between time signatures, its unusual guitar tuning, etc.). This makes it all the more remarkable that “Iris” was able to reach the top of modern rock, pop, and adult contemporary charts. Think of Elliott Smith fans and Celine Dion fans then as Liberals and Republicans now (I’ll let you decide whether that’s respectively or not). The schism between pop and indie music was never more stark than during the late ‘90’s. ![]()
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