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Bon Ivar... (Original Post) WCGreen Feb 2012 OP
Don't know...I never heard of him... CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2012 #1
Band on SNL WCGreen Feb 2012 #6
the band on SNL tonight? Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #2
Yep, that's the one... WCGreen Feb 2012 #5
Personally I don't care for him RZM Feb 2012 #3
Mythical nonsense for the words.... WCGreen Feb 2012 #4
Didn't watch SNL, but I know what you mean RZM Feb 2012 #7
I like a couple of dana_b Feb 2012 #8
Remind me Edie Bruckell and the New Bohiemians.... WCGreen Feb 2012 #9
I'm not aware of too many things OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #13
Never heard of Bon Ivar. But I'm a fan of Bon Iver! bif Feb 2012 #10
Oh Bif.... WCGreen Feb 2012 #12
I love Bon IVER EastTennesseeDem Feb 2012 #11

WCGreen

(45,558 posts)
5. Yep, that's the one...
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 02:21 AM
Feb 2012

Mrs WCGreen was wondering why the one guy kept switching instruments when, given the droning of the guitar, were lost in the mix...

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
3. Personally I don't care for him
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 02:16 AM
Feb 2012

I know some people do. But I just don't get it. Sounds like a pure distillation of all the worst trends in 80s ballads.

WCGreen

(45,558 posts)
4. Mythical nonsense for the words....
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 02:20 AM
Feb 2012

I had the close caption on and it sounds like he was just pulling random words out of his head.

I am sure there are people out there trying to determine what it was they were saying, what deep deep meaning is hidden in the words.

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
7. Didn't watch SNL, but I know what you mean
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 02:22 AM
Feb 2012

I've yet to decipher a single line.

I hesitate to say something 'sucks,' because to each his/her own.

But yeah, he kind of sucks.

dana_b

(11,546 posts)
8. I like a couple of
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 02:53 AM
Feb 2012

his songs but some of it is too - i don't know how to describe it but maybe whimsical for me. My daughter and her friend love his stuff though. They swear they aren't hipsters but people call them that all the time.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
13. I'm not aware of too many things
Mon Feb 6, 2012, 02:14 AM
Feb 2012

but I know what I like and
You know what that means?

It means I don't care for Bon Iver. SNL last night was the first time I've heard him. Them? Just didn't do anything for me.

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