Sufjan Stevens

[Taverner]

Love him or hate him?

I think he's the most innovative thing to happen to pop in a long while....

And I mean real pop, not that Britney-Mandy-Beyonce-Whinyassprincess pop.

[qnr]

1. I like him a lot, though some of his work is too religious for my taste - I think I'll

listen to "They Are Night Zombies" in honor of this thread.

[liontamer]

2. like him

he's great live. and cute to boot.

[leftofthedial]

3. saw him on Austin City Limits

the angel-flight attendant costumes were pretty damned stupid

the music was cool

the lyrics veered a little too far into the insipid "spirituality" area for my taste

I agree though. Interesting, innovative pop.

[stuntcat]

4. Love him

he's playing here soon at the Kennedy center and the tickets are FREE but if you want one you have to go to the Kennedy center on the 27th and pick them up and I can't drive and my hubband might have to work that day :|
We're gonna try though, I hope we see him.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

5. Love him

I saw him at the Bowery last summer. He was great.

Of course, I might be biased being from Illinois originally, but still, he's a fantastic musician and songwriter.

[Danger Mouse]

6. That's the weirdest thing...had a coworker try to get me into him today...

I want to check out some of his stuff, though, and I will soon...

[asthmaticeog]

7. I really don't see what's so innovative about his work.

There're plenty of people he's directly lifting from. :shrug:

I don't care enough to hate him, but I wouldn't spend my money a record of his, either.

[qnr]

8. I just want to see how far he goes in the 50-state project, or whatever it is called n/t

[terrya]

11. I see your point.

But I still like "Illinois" a lot. Plus, he's good looking, so that satisfies the embarrassingly shallow side of my musical tastes.

[newsdude]

9. I love Illinois

And Michigan was pretty damn good, too.

But I wish he'd rock out once or twice a record. A little testosterone wouldn't hurt.

[GenDem]

10. I have "Michigan" and love it.

I love the song about the UFO's and John Wayne Gacy. He is definitely unusual. I have heard that he is going to put out an album for every state. Do you know what he's working on now?

on edit -- it is "Illinois" that I have. Me bad.

[stuntcat]

12. the John Wayne Gacy song

so nice and creepy, I love that one, how his voice breaks
*shiver*