ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh man..I can die happy now. I skipped a few meals so I could go buy Cripple Crow and I'm feeling so silly and happy now. I love it. It seems like he'd be so much fun to hang with. He is such a hippie 1.) Now that I Know --> very Nice Drake-ish but I love it. 2.) and 6.) the Spanish songs..I don't know Spanish but these are awesome too. The whole thing..very polished; not like his older albums, but that's ok! It's great music..in a different way. Happy gal here
more people should be replying to this i really am enjoying his new album. many of his songs sound a little more serious then his previous work like "cripple crow" and "now that i know", but then others like "i feel like a child" and "long hair child" sticks to his freaky lyrical style that i fell in love with. Im glad that he is expanding his sound as well, playing with "the hairy faries". Its definitly one of my favorite albums of the year
I've never really listened to Devandra Banhart, but I'm dying to get to know his music. Can anyone suggest some of his best songs?
off his new album, his strongest songs would have to be "heard somebody say", "i feel just like a child", "long haired child", and "santa maria da feira". That should give you a good idea of what his new stuff sounds like. of his earlier work with the rejoicing in the hands and nino rojo recording sessions, i would have to say his best songs are "the body breaks", "it's a sight to behold", "at the hop", "be kind", "this is the way", "little yellow spider", and "owl eyes". Most of these songs are more striped down then the songs off of cripple crow then he has his very beginnings on oh me oh my...(its a very long title...). On this album, its only devendra banhart and his guitar with him overdubing himself. but unfortunatly, the recording quality is not very good. This is probably the freakiest devendra banhart ever gets, and is not the best place to get a feel for him. Its a good album though if you can get into it. some good songs off of there are "michigan state", "roots...", and "soon is good" i think the best thing to do to experience devendra banhart, is to start with songs from his new album and work backwards. hope this helps you
ye his musics really good marigold is good or a sight to be hold or at the hop or long haired child i saw him at the start of August in Edinburgh in Scotland i passed him outside the venue with his band but didnt go up and talk to them because they were already talking to people it was such a good show and he said he thought Edinburgh was really beutifull and groovy so hopefully hell come back and do another show soon he does this thing at all his shows where he invites someone to come on stage and do one of there own songs which is really nice of him
theres an extra track on the cripple crow album if you play it on your windows media player it opens with just one song which isnt on the cd when you play it through a normal cd player and it says its an mp3 its called White Reggae Troll and it 9mins 43secs long
I have heard about this man but am yet to listen to any of his songs It would be helpful if you could just name two of best songs of his best songs I will try and download it Its been a while since I used Kazaa... Long live Devendra banhatt and Kazaa!!!
do you have real player if so go to yahoo uk and type in devendra banhart and it will come up with i think its the second listing which is www.xlrecordings.com/devendrabanhart and from there you can go and listen to some of his new music from his new album on real player or windows media player but i suggest you click on the link to the bbc and see his songs on video and interview which are songs from his last album which are on real player but you can download real player for free from the bbc website and also on the xl website you can watch his videos in real player watch at the hop or littel yellow spider before his ne one called i feel just like a child and you can also watch a video of him on a show form the bbc a music show called later with julles holland but it not on the bbc website its on the www.youngodrecords.com website where he performs a great song called its a sight to behold which is in real player take a look and tell us what you think
wow, thanks for telling us! i remember reading in an interview with devendra saying he was going to create music thats called "space reggae", this must be what he is talkin about
I was just recently introduced to Devendra Banhart, and I think his music is amazing. And it does remind me of Nick Drake. He came to Santa Cruz, CA last week and played a show with his Hairy Fairy band, in a small coffee/tea house. It was such an awesome show!
nick drake!? nick drake!? yeah, their very simular, as they both play acoustic guitars just like deep purple and less than jake are simular
The album is well class.... I bought it on a whim not knowing a thing about him but I love the record.
