Sufjan Stevens made me fall in love with America, Illinois to be specific. His poetic descriptions of American life, versus those of Country Singers, rappers, or bro bands, are just right, capturing the uniquely pensive, self-depreciating, yet optimistic soul of United States philosophers.
people listen to him so much at my work it makes me want to puke...that said, some of his songs (specifically john wayne gacy) are incredibly poetic and well-thoughtout
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mduncan on Jun 27, 2006 @ 5:24 pm
He's won just about every independent music award, and is at the top of list for 2 years running for his Michigan and Illinois albums, and I still think he's underrated.
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kendall on Jan 18, 2006 @ 12:54 am