Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance [Full Album]

[@SUSLTD]

honestly just love how he's got a career's worth of avant-garde contemporary shit, and just happens to have like, a handful of utterly perfect song-focused albums on the back burner.

[@neilallen4286]

Hands down one of the greatest albums ever made.

[@clumsiii]

still delivers - such tunes such drumming such piss and vinegar

[@ManskisTreeHouse]

@@clumsiii kotcheriffic

[@clumsiii]

@@ManskisTreeHouse is Kotch the drummer? What is kotch?

[@motherfinestudios]

​@@clumsiii Glenn Kotche, yes.

[@clumsiii]

@@motherfinestudios nice! Thanks for supporting my laziness. Rabbit hole commence! wow first stab at the search result: watch?v=D0S2aVUUGNs "Wild Sound" by Glenn Kotche Another group is playing but thanks again!

[@wideeyedboy35]

‘If I were to die with these things gone, I’d be frozen with a smile’ Thank you Jim.

[@nopeteys2424]

Best lyric of the whole album

[@intoxicduplicata]

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NINTEDO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2

[@dalaiguama]

Couldn't find it in Spotify, so here I am. Thanks.

[@raypark6013]

You can download the album into local files on spotify

[@danielduque1194]

@@raypark6013 can u send me the link I can’t find it anywhere online

[@raypark6013]

@@danielduque1194 a lot of Jim's music (including this record) is on Bandcamp. You can buy it or just get it from SoulSeek.

[@clumsiii]

and that's another reason why don't fk w spotty

[@aumoccbei3197]

the interlude / outro from 28:15 in 'Get a Room' is one of the most devastating and accomplished pieces of music I have ever heard, just genius.

[@andresjacome296]

This is one of the most beautiful records ever made.

[@etherian]

This album brings back so many memories. It feels like lying on a cosy, fuzzy blanket in a flowery meadow in springtime.

[@JetHarperJones]

I am so happy I found this. I forgot this was one of my favorite albums. I have been through so much trauma and forgotten so many things. Fffffff man.

[@21innocentbystander]

Desert island record for me. Anyone else? Cheers I love you people.

[@j.c.marshall2374]

Agreed. Phenomenal album. My favourite Pop album, if you had to call it that.

[@lukea3262]

@@j.c.marshall2374 You're not wrong mate, Art Pop specifically would probably the best label

[@blckrbbn]

One of the greatest song-oriented albums of all time.

[@JonW9999]

Great record. Love the guitars on this.

[@temporarylike]

Best album of the 21st century IMO. A ridiculous claim. I know.

[@conradclipper]

Jim Orrk is honest and weird like David Bowie. He plays guitar like Neil Young. He writes words like Phillip Larkin. He constructs the overall sound of an album with the attention to detail of Brian Eno. He shuns fame and makes for the sake of making, like all the best artists. He produced some of the finest albums of a generation, from Wilco to Joanna Newsom to Sonic Youth. And that's the least of what he does. Everything in this record is perfect, from the landslide drums of the track one to the Keiji Haino noise outro of the ending. A signpost for the future from Japan.

[@barryvestal4330]

I agree with everything you said....but Jim moved to japan awhile back...and if your going to get onto great Japanese artist check out the truly Cornelius!!!! Hes fantastic

[@maxwellharris1434]

Nice writeup. He is one of the greats-will anyone remember?

[@japantest]

ta

[@Buckinghamrabbit]

Love the larkin comparison lmao

[@conradclipper]

@@barryvestal4330 Yes, that's why i mentioned both Japan and his sometime collaborator, Haino! And as for Cornelius - I'm from the generation that had Point on CD, where you had to remove the jewel case tray under the the disc to reveal a beautiful technicolour secret image. Point is an all-time classic.

[@mhbackman]

I just rediscovered this again today on KZbin after not listening to it for over a decade, and MAN this totally soundtracked an entire section of my twenties. The nostalgia hit me like a freight train. Such a brilliant record. Shame it's not on Spotify.

[@jessechase6576]

I grew up with Jim in the Thrill Jockey arena. These will always be in my top 5. Sometimes God speaks and its the best listening party you've ever had.

[@melissaantonelli4557]

I used to have this on vinyl. And listen to it over and over. Such a good album.

[@sethc3276]

It is SUCH. AN. AMAZING. RECORD. My god, it has gotten me through more than any other piece of music I've ever heard.

[@anthonycardott3541]

Many hours ripping it off Napster when it first came out. The month I graduated high school, this was the joint

[@DraculaMountainNick]

Possibly my favorite album of all time, Jim O'rorurke has always been a master craftsman when it comes to relatable lyrics and catchy melodies. Such a great record too, hopefully it'll come to spotify soon!

[@emeraldcelestial1058]

This is super satisfying music. It's definitely made by someone who is both a huge fan of music and someone who is a great musician and knows what satisfies someone who loves music too.

[@concars1234]

in other words good music HAHAHA

[@emeraldcelestial1058]

@@concars1234 :>

[@clayzimmerman1]

This guy just gets down to it, in every way, in so many different genres of music. Remarkable artist. Loved him for decades now. Come back to the US and play some shows!

[@derskannibale]

This is just awesome... get a room - what a beautiful piece of music!!!

[@isadoreducasse9822]

"It would be so nice if you weren't here, empty air where you use to stand like an empty plate that gets bussed away." This line from Good Times just gets me.

[@koolaidman52]

cryin at the end of life goes off "if I were to die with these things gone, i'd be frozen with a smile"

[@ericjones961]

koolaidman52 he'll of a lyric to end this album. This is one huge layered onion of an album. I could peel and peel, and always find new and different takes on this glorious album.

[@sprainedfloral1247]

Such a haunting line...

[@musicselekta]

all downhill from here never fails to blow me away even after hearing it like 50 times. what a massive tune

[@strangerinthealps5874]

Some of the best music I've ever heard.

[@JonW9999]

Such a great blend between delicate melodies and full-on flaming rock on this album.

[@CraigGrande]

An album I discovered as a kid and keep coming back to. Every period of life I return to it it has new meaning and enjoyment. One of my favorite straight rock albums of all time. It’s also easy to get people into it, it straight up rocks.

[@asktheanswer424]

Gratitude for Jim Orourke

[@diegoorozco2580]

Hello Jim, I hope you are having a nice time in Japan. We love your art.

[@andrewjadowski4112]

“Looking at you reminds me of looking at the sun and how the blind are so damn lucky”

[@yapira3d]

Still mind blowing

[@NvisibleTreeMan]

Thanks dagelask for all you do for the community

[@PatrickMacCready]

This album is timeless.

[@cheezysmusiclounge3239]

Much as I like this album, listening to the title track reminds me of my depression.

[@ivoblio]

Man, it's been years. So good to hear this again.

[@maxwellharris1434]

Hooked on this since the summer of 2002. This one (and Halfway to a Threeway, and Bad Timing) on CD, repeating forever. I complain about the fact that’s it’s still unavailable to stream...but i listen to it more often because it ain’t.

[@TopoVizio]

Maxwell Harris honestly its kind of a blessing its not on streaming services because I don’t over play it. Would love to see it come to spotify or apple music tho

[@zachmckeever5925]

Jim O'Rourke is quite unique in his sound. You can see the cross pollen shit going on between John McEntire of Sea and Cake, when they combined with Gastr Del Sol, which is a great band as well. Jim going solo, though, I feel allowed him to explore sound and instrumentalization on a different level. He obviously used a lot of pedal work, and waxed between gentle melodics and full on rock and roll. It's immensely complex and a pure joy to listen to. Especially on a really good set of headphones.

[@clumsiii]

+Zach McKeever Even on mediocre headphones! Still...I wanna hear these songs interpreted -- a lil more growl - guess it's up to me - ha

[@clumsiii]

+Zach McKeever production is so fkn goooood

[@jenk8664]

Thanks for sharing this!!! I love this album-haven't heard it in years! Cheers!

[@TopoVizio]

one of the most underrated albums

[@concars1234]

I honestly agree, this guy is a musician's musician.

[@music6577]

It’s properly rated, no album with 300k views on bootleg yt video and tons of accolades can be considered underrated

[@hunterreyne4310]

man really made this in a week, too. literally how

[@girlysoundy]

it's up on spotify! Best album ever. love you guys

[@ebonylightrainvampire6894]

Oh my god Listening to this on my Google Home rn. Sent from Jerrys Ipad

[@girlysoundy]

@@ebonylightrainvampire6894 Honestly i prefer listening here. Lol. I guess i'm old school...but all my friends are in these comments. There's my wife comparing him to david bowie and my son saying it reminds him of stereolab..he's kinda st8pid

[@purplelizard2348]

Its up on deezer

[@RandoDude111]

Def not on Spotify :/

[@ilyas.7z170]

Not on spotify unfortunately :(

[@thefeelcompany]

Drank a case of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale unintentionally when listening to this for the first time at my pal’s Barnes’ house and it was like being booted into another cosmos. We did share the case.

[@thefinalmessage2444]

don't watch it with the sound off, it's sorta pointless if you do

[@ymbertbonaventuredickens8878]

TheFinalMessage thanks man

[@wowyaywowyaywow]

Omg, I had no idea.

[@noodle71110]

Lol wut

[@matmarah155]

Lol! 😂

[@justinmiles28]

This was my favorite album for a while...after turning on the sound I like it even more !

[@effeerre7592]

gotta love this guy. thinking about disengage... talk about versatility.

[@concars1234]

Good Times is so pretty and blissful

[@natanielwolff]

EXCELENTE DISCO!!

[@ThomasScottCarson]

god bless you

[@williemillerstache]

This is such a special record. One for the time capsule. Just copped the repress too after so many years of missing out on a copy. ‘Therefore, I Am’ is the lyrical equivalent of a Larkin poem. Amazing.

[@cabaretampere]

Brilliant album

[@koolaidman52]

great guitars on this

[@jessechase6576]

I knew life's secret lay behind the change in Bad Timing's 2nd song, but then this album blew me out of the goddamn water like a shark named Jaws. I forgot how much I loved Jon and Jim until again just now. I love you for the music....

[@clumsiii]

Jon? like mcEntire? pretty sure he's not on this one - sick drummer tho

[@clumsiii]

according to discogs: Credits Bass - Darin Gray (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7) Cornet - Rob Mazurek (tracks: 1, 4, 6) Drums - Glenn Kotche, Tim Barnes (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7) Painting [Paintings] - Mimiyo Tomozawa Recorded By - Jeremy Lemos, Kris Poulin Written-By [All Songs By] - Jim O'Rourke

[@clumsiii]

w Jeff Tweedy and Ken Champion on guit and pedal slide respectively on a couple

[@clumsiii]

I've loved this record for a long time and had no idea about Tweedy being on it - fkn cool

[@Dan-uc7vl]

Amazing album!

[@koolaidman52]

i cant fucking believe how good this is

[@Chaerley]

Ive never seen Jims face and I never will

[@lac0rde]

He's an overweight half-white half-asian dude with a stronger than average feminine side.

[@rithmx]

I saw him do a solo acoustic trade off show with Jeff Tweedy once and play bass with Sonic Youth another time and I don't think I've seen his face!

[@concars1234]

you're telling me that's not him on the cover art?

[@zones6089]

he's cute

[@Chaerley]

I planned on NVR seeing him but I did

[@thomasminarchickjr.7355]

This album should’ve been much bigger. He made back to back great albums, got good reviews, but didn’t seem to get the attention he deserved. Maybe that’s why he joined Sonic Youth. Those last few albums with him are pretty great

[@ssmith70s]

I've always wondered about this myself. Definitely one of the best albums of the aughts--perhaps even better than Eureka. But--in gets me thinking--was Jim always just trying to be willfully obscure? Obscurely wilful? One of the two, but fame eluding him I never gathered was a sore spot at all.

[@music6577]

Never cared about fame and largely discredits these albums in interviews, his real passion is computer music and free improvisation judging by the 10000000 steamroom, noise and improv releases prior to and after those albums

[@hannahbufton]

memory lame on repeat ...

[@michaelhrdlicka9654]

this record too dopes for the Spotify

[@mistermatt157]

love this album; new to o'rourke's solo work. the more electric tracks are probably the ones to feature noncredit'd tweedy/gk

[@jemandhuman5039]

still overwhelming good

[@supercool7342]

thanks joey

[@shadowselfCA]

What an experience. Holy shit. That was incredible.

[@Melvins82]

Great Record!

[@daikaizen1231]

[Verse 1] Me, I'm getting better everyday That's what I said, don't believe what you've heard It's not like I want to be king But I can't help myself, it's just that I am [Verse 2] Sorry, but I found someone new to spend time Instead on you, I spend it with me You see, I've travelled round the world, oh yeah I've seen so many things, why am I talking to you? [Chorus] Why do you hide behind somebody else There's one too many in this room and I think it's you [Verse 3] As you can see, I'm a happy guy Don't need nothin' to get me down, 'cause I'll always have you We are on a sinking ship But I'd like to stay on board and shoot the cannons at you [Chorus] Why do you hide behind somebody else There's one too many in this room and I think it's you

[@barryvestal4330]

Absolutely love post punk heroes....where would we be if not...and obviously im talking to...........

[@Lorkoification]

The weepin guitar on Good times...gosh...

[@hansu2503]

Memory Lame and Insignificance are the best tracks on this album for me. Like the rest too.

[@vivinjazz733]

idk why but this album reminds me of Stereolab, love it, Jim O'Rourke is the best

[@kubapotrykus4669]

Go listen to Magnolia Electric Co. by Songs: Ohia

[@venividivicichannel]

ugh i wish he would make more albums like this! but I'm grateful for what we got

[@fanumoftheoppbruh]

jim orourke doesnt miss

[@ManskisTreeHouse]

Such a kick ass album. Kotche rules

[@SimonMordue]

Incredible!

[@strangesynchronicity]

What an album!

[@eliseesther_]

Love this album

[@jamesemery762]

Thus is just ace from start to finish

[@jonathanlerner6192]

woot woot!

[@gieellaaa]

so good

[@andrewray2507]

Wow!

[@pureblue21]

love it

[@downwardbrainspiral]

never heard anything like this

[@watkinscopicat]

already have the vinyl of course but why is this not on itunes!!! ??? come on!

[@milkmanswife93696]

it's a good album alright

[@timhampson2468]

It sounds so lovely until you pay attention to the lyrics.

[@locke_d]

What the actual hell is the last minute of this album I go from being relaxed as heck to having a full on panic attack jesus christ

[@sprainedfloral1247]

If u listen closely to the lyrics it makes sense

[@8fledermaus8]

Its a song about someone dying. I got a chemotherapy beginning tomorrow and this song scares the shit out off me too lmao. masterpiece like so much of his other work, I hope he's having his best time in Japan ❤❤❤ Edit: I wonder if the last part is from the inner pov or from the frenetic happening around - "if I were to die with these things gone, I'd be frozen with a smile" ❤❤❤

[@locke_d]

@@8fledermaus8 oh my god holy shit, you're a strong mf going into chemo you fucking got this

[@8fledermaus8]

@@locke_d thanks mate, got my own personal chemical Christmas tree rn, product pumps and infusion bags included lmao The kind of cancer I got has high recovery rates, I am confident that I get out healthy on the other side of the chemo cycles ❤️❤️❤️

[@8fledermaus8]

@@locke_d really appreciate your good spirits ❤️❤️❤️

[@mancinisleeptrain]

Favorite album. Thank you Jim! Hope you cruise through Santa Cruz or the Bay Area soon.

[@music6577]

I wish but the man’s a hermit and rarely leaves japan, it’s likely he will never tour the states again

[@jimsmint]

Can anyone think of the song he's referencing with the "Woo Hoo" bit? I can only think of Pavement with a similar bit in one their tunes, but I'm sure it goes back further and funnier than that... Cheap Trick? KISS??

[@johnentwistle952]

maybe "sympathy for the devil"? who knows..

[@sequoiabrother4927]

jim jim Could be any of those, honestly. Jim always has a way of making other genres his own.

[@ashleylanagen9048]

An important distinction between a woot and a hoo historically.

[@christiandoyle7783]

Maybe the “ooo ooo ooo” hook in Cut Your Hair?

[@jimsmint]

@@ashleylanagen9048 lol

[@trykfeil]

the wet cardboard drum sound.

[@Yakobbbb]

GOOD TIMES

[@sunstruck]

what other records of his are like this? I caught "Good Times" playing at the end of the LOVE LIZA film recently and had to have more... Loving this album but looking quickly into his discography I notice that its insanely large and not everything he records is like this obviously. Any tips?

[@MisteroTristero]

Somewhat similar: Eureka, Simple Songs, Halfway to a Threeway. The Visitor and Bad Timing are instrumental but have sort of similar instrumentation, and are quite good. Pretttty much everything else is much more experimental ambient / noise. Still good but potentially less up your alley. I'd also recommend Wilco's album A Ghost is Born, produced by Jim and certainly inspired by this album.

[@morrisman]

both loose fur albums

[@aleccritten]

I second the recommendation on his other Drag City records (I think Simple Songs is pretty underrated). I'd also point you in the direction of Sam Prekop's self-titled effort and in particular Smog's "Red Apple Falls" - Jim O produced both of those albums and you can clearly hear his influence. And I almost forgot - Gastr del Sol's "Camofleur" (his collab with David Grubbs, like Insignificance but with more avant-garde flourishes).

[@tim-jonasschilling3703]

Eight! He is Eight!

[@intoxicduplicata]

Do'ngb Elieve a single worxxx i stay :-)

[@banjogyro]

Album art reminds of Lisa: The Painful x Joan Cornella

[@blks666]

WOW

[@IsaacLightning]

holy fuck that ending

[@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158]

The 90's certainly produced such great and diverse artists, esp in the US americana scene, Smog, Flaming Lips, Wilco, Yo lo tengo, Will Oldham, Jim O'Rourke, Grant Lee Buffalo, 16 Horsepower, Sufjan Stevens, John Grant, Dinosaur Jnr, Sonic Youth, and countless others. Such a rich decade creatively.

[@Sergio_Solorio]

Silver Jews

[@acidvarsity3314]

Dinosaur JR first album was early 80's

[@petarfenerdjiev7042]

Its nice to fart a little while listening to.

[@stusis]

#2020

[@rodrigogonzalez9860]

[@francescamarmol4360]

as a trans-women i feel like that lady half of the time

[@rossturcotte419]

🦆🌙

[@m_crowley6674]

dysphoria says you look like this

[@worshond-gv8ck]

Mind hooking me up with a dl link?

[@huntingvega3876]

Nice work monetizing a video of work that’s not your own lol

[@huntingvega3876]

Nvm, I think this is the work of KZbin’s copyright protection, sorry for being rude

[@JonW9999]

Great album. This + Eureka + Bad Timing +’Halfway to a Threeway are melodic gems. Everything else Jim has done is horrible atonal shite (sorry Jim...) but everyday we should give thanks for the beauty that Jim O’Rourke has left with us.

[@rithmx]

Simple Songs will satisfy your itch

[@EricHansenSingerSongwriter]

Nice, but vocal mix seems off. Too soft.

[@tgefykrgbegy]

that's part of it though. why change an element of an already established album's characteristics and unique factors?

[@barryvestal4330]

Spiderland bro

[@ubatubatapes3306]

this dude in 2017 telling JIM O'ROURKE ABOUT HIS MIX

[@brendenmongrain7357]

Eric Hansen forces you to lean in closer, possibly in an attempt to break down passive listening habits

[@conradclipper]

@@ubatubatapes3306 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA