Comments on: Everybody Says I’m Beautiful http://13neardeathexperiences.com/2009/04/everybody-says-im-beautiful/ Get well soon, Corey! Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:57:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: emma http://13neardeathexperiences.com/2009/04/everybody-says-im-beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-366 emma Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:26:38 +0000 http://13neardeathexperiences.com/?p=301#comment-366 Corey - I've just listened to all the songs in the order that you sent me, and it seems to me that this man, the singer, is singing various songs to different people in his life. His lover (the doctor?), parents, siblings, and various versions of himself. Perhaps even moving through time (songs to family when one is young, then songs to a lover, then a different kind of a song to a parent, from an older perspective). It's a tremendously lonely series of songs (I've always thought hypochondria a particularly lonely affliction - it's just you and your betraying body); I feel that instead of the songs moving him closer to these people, it isolates him further. I don't mean that a narrative should be imposed on top of the peice, but when I hit this last one, I thought: Of course! He is finally all by himself now, and this is a song to comfort him, alone in his room. <b>Corey replies:</b> <i>Hi, Emma. I think you've noticed something that is evident but not obvious, if that makes sense. I'm not sure that "Everybody Says I'm Beautiful" will be the final song, though. I suppose it could be. I'm working on one right now that might be the final song, but I'm not sure it's going to work, so I might abandon it. If "Everybody Says..." is not the final song, what do you think the trajectory might be from there?</i> Corey – I’ve just listened to all the songs in the order that you sent me, and it seems to me that this man, the singer, is singing various songs to different people in his life. His lover (the doctor?), parents, siblings, and various versions of himself. Perhaps even moving through time (songs to family when one is young, then songs to a lover, then a different kind of a song to a parent, from an older perspective). It’s a tremendously lonely series of songs (I’ve always thought hypochondria a particularly lonely affliction – it’s just you and your betraying body); I feel that instead of the songs moving him closer to these people, it isolates him further. I don’t mean that a narrative should be imposed on top of the peice, but when I hit this last one, I thought: Of course! He is finally all by himself now, and this is a song to comfort him, alone in his room.

Corey replies: Hi, Emma. I think you’ve noticed something that is evident but not obvious, if that makes sense. I’m not sure that “Everybody Says I’m Beautiful” will be the final song, though. I suppose it could be. I’m working on one right now that might be the final song, but I’m not sure it’s going to work, so I might abandon it. If “Everybody Says…” is not the final song, what do you think the trajectory might be from there?

]]> By: Dan Johnson http://13neardeathexperiences.com/2009/04/everybody-says-im-beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Dan Johnson Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:19:23 +0000 http://13neardeathexperiences.com/?p=301#comment-252 It seems out of place in this cycle. Like, I think there's already a kind of hidden structure emerging in these songs: on the one hand, the speaker narrating his medical and family history (12 Yr Old Scotch, Ritalin, What Will It Be), and on the other hand, describing his present conditions, neuroses and concerns (Deep Down Inside, Sometimes a Migraine, etc). I feel like you'd be getting too conceptually diffuse if you start venturing into more general issues of body image. I think this song ties in with the rest of the work only insofar as they both have to do with your Grand Themes of insecurity and alienation. My vote is (are we voting? We're not voting), save this song for another collection. <b>Corey replies:</b> <i>Thanks, Dan. This is helpful to hear that you feel there is a structure emerging. Perhaps this song will be saved for an encore. I have a special wish to end by spraying my bald head with hairspray.</i> It seems out of place in this cycle.

Like, I think there’s already a kind of hidden structure emerging in these songs: on the one hand, the speaker narrating his medical and family history (12 Yr Old Scotch, Ritalin, What Will It Be), and on the other hand, describing his present conditions, neuroses and concerns (Deep Down Inside, Sometimes a Migraine, etc). I feel like you’d be getting too conceptually diffuse if you start venturing into more general issues of body image.

I think this song ties in with the rest of the work only insofar as they both have to do with your Grand Themes of insecurity and alienation. My vote is (are we voting? We’re not voting), save this song for another collection.

Corey replies: Thanks, Dan. This is helpful to hear that you feel there is a structure emerging. Perhaps this song will be saved for an encore. I have a special wish to end by spraying my bald head with hairspray.

]]> By: sjohnson http://13neardeathexperiences.com/2009/04/everybody-says-im-beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-227 sjohnson Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:58:36 +0000 http://13neardeathexperiences.com/?p=301#comment-227 I like this song very much! <b>Corey replies:</b> <i>Thanks, Steven!</i> I like this song very much!

Corey replies: Thanks, Steven!

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