Father John Misty - Ballad of the Dying Man 

This man is totally underrated.

"They just don't make good music anymore" - Some old dude with nostalgia goggles.

Tell me how this album won't be his greatest album yet. Because it fucking will be.

Father John Misty blesses us with more music.

The last minute is too holy! I'm obsessed. BLESS.

Never heard of this bloke before but heard this on the radio today. Fabulous. Will be looking further now :)

this album is gonna be great. It's just highlighting that we distract ourselves with consumption, elections, entertainment, etc. because we all know deep down that we are gonna die one day

Can't wait to hear this live

Thank you for creating music with something to say. If been a long time since I heard music that mattered.

This song is about a man closing all his social media accounts lmao

*LYRICS* Naturally, the dying man wonders to himself: “Has commentary been more lucid than anybody else?” And had he successfully beaten back the rising tide of idiots, dilettantes, and fools on his watch while he was alive? Lord, just a little more time! oh In no time at all, this'll be the distant past ooh So, says the dying man: "Once I'm in the box, just think of all the overrated hacks running amok." And all of the pretentious, ignorant voices that will go unchecked, the homophobes, hipsters, and 1%, the false feminists he'd managed to detect. oh, Who will critique them once he's left? oh In no time at all, this'll be the distant past What he'd give for one more day to rate and analyze The world made in his image, as of yet to realize What a mess to leave behind Eventually, the dying man takes his final breath But first checks his news feed to see what he's 'bout to miss And it occurs to him a little late in the game We leave as clueless as we came From the rented heavens to the shadows in the cave We'll all be wrong someday oh ...

Whoa, first time hearing this song, today. He's like the son of Elton John. Love!

Really dig the instrumentation on this.

How did I only experience Father a while ago when he's been here over a year? Praise be John Misty!

Father John has stolen my heart

This will be album of the year. Mark my words.

Very cool. All of the tracks remind me of George Harrison's album Living in the Material World. The harmonies, almost gospel feel in the piano, the spiritual nature of the lyrics. I really dig this. I see many people are call him to task about the political nature in the songs, but he is not wrong. In fact, most of the lyrics talk about people and society blindly following a leader or a belief. That can be dangerous whether your leader wears a "Make America Great" or a Pork-Pie hat. I find the lyrics challenging but not self-righteous.

Wow, this song, as well as the title track of this album, are absolutely incredible instrumentally and lyrically. By far his greatest album.

This has got a similar vibe to Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Album; really enjoying this...

this is the best song I have ever heard

Beautiful 😢

Tillman with another fantastic single. Looking forward to Pure Comedy!

How did 53 people give this a thumbs down? It's *beautiful*.

his man somehow captured the essence of Dylan, Lennon-McCartney, Bernie Taupin/ Elton John and baked it. sincerely, Raymond Henry McDonald, new fan.

beautiful, relevant, and he says the shit that no other artist would dare say.

he really needs to write a book. that would be highly entertaining

Let the This Is Us fans flock together :)

Un vrai délice! cela faisait longtemps que je n'avais pas écouté une musique qui me tient autant au coeur!!!Merci!

I heard this On Point on the way to work this morning

wow this is beautiful. incredible. can't wait for this album

Eventually the dying man takes his final breath But first checks his news feed to see what he's about to miss

My first song from this artist. Seems pretty good. I'll go watch more I guess.

I love this hymn.

Josh Tillman does it again kids! This guys got inspiration for years to come and then some. I saw him 2 years ago with my wife. It was mind blowing. Check out the video I took that night... He THROWS DOWN...it was an incredible show!

"In no time at all, this will be the distant past" I cannot believe this song is over 6 years old already

I finally got around to hearing your "rant". Im sure I understand this album. Looking forward to it.

genial

beautiful

This album is shaping up to really be something special. Not a bad song yet.

Issa Gold brought me here. Where my Indigos at??

Brilliant

The Dallad of the Buying Man....On Sale Now!!!

Hello Elton ! (doesn't mean that I dont love it !!!)

After listening to more of the material and hearing interviews, I think we (maybe just me) might be getting things a bit mixed up. When I first heard these songs, I automatically put my "political" filter on assuming he was talking about a Trump presidency. While that might be true, these songs likely were written over a year ago or more. I think Josh is really talking about himself and society, offering questions for himself rather than telling anyone how to live their lives. I know in interviews he talked about the importance of seeing the world more clearly and speaking with a clear head. Compare that to the first two albums which were highly influenced by doing all sorts of things to not see clearly (e.g. drugs). What I love about the lyrics and music is this is coming from his heart and inner-voice. Commercially, that is risky as I am sure his fan base would want more theatrical "whiskey-drinking" songs. What he has done is make a really lush, personal album, or at least that is my take after listening to more material from it. Mix wise, his voice is clear and upfront with little processing. I am sure that is done to clearly put the focus on the lyric. He recent performances on SNL this week were fantastic and a sign of good things to come.

"first check his newsfeed to see what he's about to miss" Love that line

❤opening reminds me of Elliott Smith. Like figure 8 era.

3:50 is heaven

ART

Me!! Me!! He is singing about me!

Dearest Godfather, Fly home, fly far, fly free! Fight On! ✌🏽

la amo

belle découverte pour moi

Fuck, this is amazing

Made me forgot depression and social anxiety

Hits way too close to home

Melon sent me here and I'm glad he did.

Like Elton in his Heyday :)

brilliant song, but does anyone have any idea about the meaning of the opening couplet (specifically the second line)? "naturally the dying man wonders to himself, *has commentary been more elusive than anybody else?*" the syntactic structure of that second line is confusing the shit out of me, but i feel like i might be dumb and it's going way over my head. any ideas?

There's a lot of competition but, best track of 2017? Yea, probably.

You had me at 🎹.

red rocks in colorado august 2017

This is us brought me Here

This is Us 2020 quem ?????

This song is great

I think im almost dead

This Is Us

This song will be sampled by a hip-hop artiste if not now in the future. I like the melody mixed with soul and jazz. A typical song for Kanye to sample. good song!

that instrumental opening really sounded john lennon esque

Naturally the dying man wonders to himself: Has commentary been more elusive than anybody else? And had he successfully beaten back the rising tide Of idiots, dilettantes, and fools On his watch while he was alive Lord, just a little more time Oh, in no time at all This'll be the distant past Ooh So says the dying man once I'm in the box Just think of all the overrated hacks running amok And all of the pretentious, ignorant voices that will go unchecked The homophobes, hipsters, and 1% The false feminists he'd managed to detect Oh, who will critique them once he's left? Oh, in no time at all This'll be the distant past What he'd give for one more day to rate and analyze The world made in his image as of yet To realize what a mess to leave behind Eventually the dying man takes his final breath But first checks his news feed to see what he's 'bout to miss And it occurs to him a little late in the game We leave as clueless as we came For the rented heavens to the shadows in the cave We'll all be wrong someday Oh Oh Oh

something + elton john

I'm here for "this is us". Somebody else?

Een Lëtzebuerger Radiohörer sein Wunsch 😂 nach den accident un traffic jam vews 😍😇

wow new early Elton john

I wish you all the luck making your next album better than this one Tillman.

Is this Schoolhouse Rock?

George Harrison... Neil Young... right?

You lost me a lil with your last album, hope this one gets me back to your music FJM

Dying man=

Can we stop comparing Father John Misty to Elton John? That's a bloody insult.

I have a feeling that based on the title that it's an ode to Bob Dylan.

This is very applicable to George Carlin

There's something nihilistic about giving up on analysis, on criticism. On the other hand, certainty is certainly a danger.

I really wanted to like this. But every time I listen to it, it sounds more and more like a Ben Folds song.

Naturally the dying man wonders to himself Has commentary been more lucid than anybody else? And had he successively beaten back the rising tide Of idiots, dilettantes, and fools On his watch while he was alive Lord, just a little more time Oh, in no time at all This'll be the distant past Ooh So says the dying man once I'm in the box Just think of all the overrated hacks running amok And all of the pretentious, ignorant voices that will go unchecked The homophobes, hipsters, and 1% The false feminists he'd managed to detect Oh, who will critique them once he's left? Oh, in no time at all This'll be the distant past What he'd give for one more day to rate and analyze The world made in his image as of yet To realize what a mess to leave behind Eventually the dying man takes his final breath But first checks his news feed to see what he's 'bout to miss And it occurs to him a little late in the game We leave as clueless as we came For the rented heavens to the shadows in the cave We'll all be wrong someday Oh

he should just call this album 'donald trump makes me angry'. this is going to be a try hard album. sucks cuz i love misty

💤💤💤

I still have the tarot card” despair “ . But my landlord sexually terrorized me and stole my lifelong record collection

Great song...gotta love Father John's humor. We laugh at this dying man who checks his newsfeed before he dies, but here we all are as listeners and fans on RU-vid, being the exact dying man he describes, cynical and self-righteous, nobody else's opinion compares to our own wise, words of god. Personally, I'd rather be the Ladie's Man with the his casket tied down with a garter belt...but nah, I'm a damn dying man too by posting this comment. 😂😂

I just heard this song for the first time this morning while driving my daughter to school. One of those rare songs that's so amazing you almost drive off the road. The lyrics are wonderfully eloquent and the music brings to my mind a lot of what was great in early 70's rock.

Pure Comedy is going to be one of the best albums of the year.

We leave as clueless as we came

Jack pearson 🌹

Father Elton John Misty

Brilliant songwriting that hearkens another place and time. Very reminiscent of early Elton John.

The first time I heard this song was about month after losing my best friend to cancer-the lyrics are so similar to something my friend would say. Naturally it hit me like a ton of bricks..and I cried like a baby. I've been a fan of the Father ever since

To me this song all boils down to a modern take on Plato's allegory of the cave, referenced near the end of this song. All we can see is shadows of reality from our perspective, and yet we still persist in trying to comment and subject our opinions into positive statements about the outside world. What's it all worth?

Pretty convinced this album will be one of the all time greats. thank you father

Likely the sweetest falsetto of our time

My religion is Father John Misty

Blessed be the Father, The John and the Holy Misty 🙌