re: Jason Isbell HBO documentary

So it’s been bouncing on the back of my head that southeastern was likely the last ge really wrote solo… and ignoring you guys Pearl clutching the content- the thing I’ve felt on most albums since is that they can be a bit overwritten. Not sure if it’s the right word but fewer of the casual turns of phrases and more of the really put together ones? Their debate on the perfect tense made me wonder if some of those have been getting workshopped out academically

That number is way too high.

But that depends on the genre.

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I think having shires micro manage his songwriting probably had him peak anxiety

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Member when she did that cringey highwomen project with all those lesbians? Yeah that was cringe too.

I think you’re probably correct with your assessment.

I’ll add, not directed specifically toward you, that choosing to let his opinions bother you is just that, a choice you make.

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While his last couple albums haven't been masterpieces, there are still a lot of quality songs sprinkled in that I consider up there with some of his best like If We Were Vampires, Last of My Kind, and Only Children. And lots of other "good" songs on those albums.

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Agreed.

Even if Twitter didn’t exist and he never discussed politics, a lot of the shine from Southeastern has worn off.

Dude can still write a good song, they just get lost in the shuffle of not only his politics, but the albums themselves.

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I know this wasn’t the point of your post, but Steve Earle’s political views make Isbell look like Kid Rock. Dude is waaaayyy left. I listened to an interview he did around the ‘20 election and he was saying that the government should control all education and private schools should be outlawed

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he also hated all the covid laws. he hated Trump but also said the Dems should realize why blue collar Americans were voting for him and the American left has lost touch with the American people
He's a Bernie Sanders liberal while Isabell is a Pelosi lib

I thought it was pretty boring, honestly.

She gave off weird, controlling vibes and hiding behind those toilet seat sunglasses made her look insecure. The rest of the band seemed scared of her, but not the male producer.

But hey, if that’s what he likes.

Steve Earle self-described his political views as somewhere “left of Mao.”

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married to an abortatron

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People can’t handle him being liberal.

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I can’t handle his music being mid or declining