The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:20:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Girls, "Vomit" http://www.theawl.com/2011/08/girls-vomit http://www.theawl.com/2011/08/girls-vomit#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:20:02 +0000 Dave Bry http://www.theawl.com/2011/08/girls-vomit
Everyone knows you can't dust for vomit. But, man, Pink Floyd's fingerprints are all over this new song from the wonderful San Francisco band, Girls. (I know that metaphor is sort of backwards, since the thief, or "borrower," leaves his or her fingerprints on the thing they stole from somebody else, rather than vice versa, but for chronological reasons, it doesn't make sense to set it up that way.) You can hear very distinct elements of two different eras of Pink Floyd music here.

I know mentioning this will be fodder for our friends who bemoan Girls frontman Christopher Owens as just another "deep dude in the dorm who's just so, like, misunderstood."

But we should also point out that this particular type of cribbing has been done before. It's well documented.

I however will continue to love Christopher Owens and Girls, regardless. I really like the song. And I can't wait 'til the whole new album, Father, Son, Holy Ghost, comes out next month.

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Everyone knows you can't dust for vomit. But, man, Pink Floyd's fingerprints are all over this new song from the wonderful San Francisco band, Girls. (I know that metaphor is sort of backwards, since the thief, or "borrower," leaves his or her fingerprints on the thing they stole from somebody else, rather than vice versa, but for chronological reasons, it doesn't make sense to set it up that way.) You can hear very distinct elements of two different eras of Pink Floyd music here.

I know mentioning this will be fodder for our friends who bemoan Girls frontman Christopher Owens as just another "deep dude in the dorm who's just so, like, misunderstood."

But we should also point out that this particular type of cribbing has been done before. It's well documented.

I however will continue to love Christopher Owens and Girls, regardless. I really like the song. And I can't wait 'til the whole new album, Father, Son, Holy Ghost, comes out next month.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/08/girls-vomit/feed 3 New Video: Girls, "Substance" http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/new-video-girls-substance http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/new-video-girls-substance#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:10:46 +0000 Dave Bry http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/new-video-girls-substance
You never want to go for the flavor of the month-but I'm predisposed to like current indie-scene hero Christopher Owens of the San Francisco duo Girls because he reminds me of Jason Mewes, who plays the lovable doofus Jay in the Kevin Smith movies. And then the guy can also write these gorgeous melodies and sing all stuffed-up-and-stoned but still so heartbreakingly like he does on this clip of his song "Substance," up at Pitchfork, and-what're you gonna do? I'm all in. Plus, look how charming!

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You never want to go for the flavor of the month-but I'm predisposed to like current indie-scene hero Christopher Owens of the San Francisco duo Girls because he reminds me of Jason Mewes, who plays the lovable doofus Jay in the Kevin Smith movies. And then the guy can also write these gorgeous melodies and sing all stuffed-up-and-stoned but still so heartbreakingly like he does on this clip of his song "Substance," up at Pitchfork, and-what're you gonna do? I'm all in. Plus, look how charming!

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