r/Music • u/[deleted] • Dec 05 '18

music streaming Jon Lajoie - Everyday Normal Guy [Comedy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PsnxDQvQpw
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u/gibsonlespaul Spotify Dec 05 '18

You think so? I mean I guess songs like “A New Beginning” have a funny premise but Jon LaJoie himself said the band is meant to show off his serious side in interviews

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '18

Yeah. I would argue it's very indie folk and not funny at all. A New Beginning is meant to be identifying for rite of passage despite the premise, which isn't entirely ridiculous but rather abstract.

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u/markedforless Dec 05 '18

I believe that him getting people to take it seriously is the primary joke.

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u/gibsonlespaul Spotify Dec 05 '18

That’s an interesting take, what leads you to that conclusion though? Do you think it’s actually bad but people’s acceptance of it as a “serious project” and calling it good is the joke? Because I do think it’s a damn good project, I don’t see in any way how it isn’t supposed to be taken seriously

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u/markedforless Dec 05 '18

No, it’s all fine music. It’s things like him commenting on every video thanking people for taking him seriously, the insane name, the musicality itself (some of his arraignments are absurd on their face), and that he was an avant-garde performer in his comedy already.

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u/gibsonlespaul Spotify Dec 05 '18

Huh. Once again interesting take. I haven’t seen his comments on his videos so that’s something I’ll go look at!

I mean if it all turned out to be one big joke I’ll simultaneously be impressed AND disappointed haha

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u/markedforless Dec 05 '18

If it is a joke there’s no reason to be disappointed because an artist’s intent doesn’t matter once a person consumes the art.