Sparklehorse
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Richmond, United States (1995 – 2010)
Before his suicide in March 2010, Linkous created many albums of beauty and discord and much of Sparklehorse’s music has an introspective, melancholy feel, which Linkous credited to a chemical imbalance. His lyrics are full of odd imagery: Joe Tangari describes Linkous’ songs as “defiantly surrealist… with all manner of references to smiling babies, organ music, birds, and celestial bodies… In fact, some of the lyrics are so surreal that it’s hard to imagine they’re even metaphors for anything.”
Musically, Sparklehorse were not far removed from alt country, though there are as many differences as similarities between that genre and Sparklehorse: Linkous was fond of incorporating obsolete musical instruments or technologies (such as woozy mellotrons, scratchy, distorted wire recordings of his own voice, or cheap, tinny drum machines), in ways reminiscent of some of Tom Waits’ music. Sparklehorse offered a few full-throttle hard rock numbers, as well, such as “Some Day I Will Treat You Good” or “Happy Man”.
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It's A Wonderful Life
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Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain
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Nakkinak
LOOOOOOOONELYNESS
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Dreamglasses
(T_T)
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Harry_01
I'm so in love with his music right now, it's so compelling.
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JanLustiger
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NatsumeAyaSan
We will never forget you... thank you for the great inspiration!
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AmirShahbazi
God, give us back this Great Men and we will send you lady gaga or justin bieber & Countless other beasts!
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zrmkr
im going 2 kil mislf
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interhole
Please send me more yellow birds for the dim interior
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Nakkinak
let's just quote Sparklehorse lyrics until we all die
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Laisemachado
There’s a heaven and there’s a star for you, rest in peace Mark! ♥ (2)
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Nakkinak
seas forever boil, trees will turn to soil [2]
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PennyroyalT
seas forever boil, trees will turn to soil
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P50080
rip
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indagar
To Mark Linkous: http://mitspieler.blogspot.com/2013/03/see-light.html
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NatsumeAyaSan
RIP Mark...
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papermoon13
I hope that one day I'll meet him. Rest in peace.
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x1000a_
rest in peace [2]
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stasap
will never forget you.........big tears
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TommyIsADiamond
You're still missed, RIP Mark.
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Eyes_Of_Insane
There’s a heaven and there’s a star for you, rest in peace Mark! ♥
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