Singer-songwriter Bill Callahan: ‘I’m not a craftsman – I’m more of a drunk professor who likes coincidence and mistakes’

129 points iheartmagic

Sounds about right

“I used to be darker, then I got lighter, then I got dark again

Something too big to be seen was passing over and over me”

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35 points Getjac

"I started telling a story without knowing the end"

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7 points MickeysDa

I love each and every one of these lyrics. Not because of the words themselves, but because of the way Bill delivers them in the song.

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45 points _shaftpunk

My favorite Bill lyric is from that same album: “I flipped my forelock, I twitched my withers, I reared and bucked. I could not put my rider aground.”

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41 points BroBeansBMS

I saw him at a farmers market in Austin and was too afraid of bothering him to say hi.

Thanks for listening to my Ted talk.

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14 points joshuatx

Same. I've seen him in person multiple times but for privacy sake I'll leave the details/context out. He's pretty quiet and reserved in person but friendly.

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60 points freeofblasphemy

beer

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45 points sloomdonkey

thank you

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11 points hillsonghoods

beer

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13 points MickeysDa

Thank you

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3 points SalameSavant

The Bill Callahan challenge

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19 points bathsonly

Seeing him play in Brooklyn was a highlight. My wife and I got amazing sausages before the show. Go if you can make it to a live show

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5 points BigNatTitties

Second this… was lucky enough to see him twice and was blown away both times (and I’m just a casual fan!)

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6 points bathsonly

My only complaint was his music is suited more for a sit down show. I was standing a long time

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3 points trishsheroinbob

I took my mom, which was a poor choice, but hearing his voice in person was astounding. There's such a deep, resonance in his chest, like if a bass guitar could sing. Truly remarkable.

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2 points gnmatx

Ingesting enough, I saw him in Austin at a sausage shop. Really a crazy old Biergarten/german restaurant.

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2 points lurch99

So was it a sausage fest then?

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11 points Haunting-Ad-2689

Can’t wait for his new one. Both tracks released are 10/10

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8 points Any_Froyo2301

He comes across in interview exactly as you imagine he would from listening to his songs.

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3 points pyhhro

THIRTY SEVEN PUSHUPPPPSS

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1 points 162baseballgames

ever the coolest.

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2 points Disastrous-Look-5559

I watch David Letterman in Australia
America!

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0 points Legal-Occasion1169

He’ll never be a Bowie, he’ll never be an Eno

ETA: downvote me but then look up (smog) lyrics thx

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