I mean afaic his unimpeachable '90s material earned him the right to drift into a career of musical somnambulism if he so chose. It's just been disappointing to see. A waste, if you will.
― War Crimes Tribunal of the Network Stars (Old Lunch), Monday, 2 December 2019 20:48 (four years ago) link
xp ha - i remember getting that Oar tribute comp and loving a lot of the tracks, then tracking down Oar and being pretty let down
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Monday, 2 December 2019 20:50 (four years ago) link
I'd heard Oar before but outside of a few clever lines (the weighted down/waited down couplets, for example) I found it actively irritating. Skip seemed like mostly a creep/sad figure as well, which also contributed to my not finding it a pleasant listen.
But Beck's version morphs it into a totally different thing
― Οὖτις, Monday, 2 December 2019 21:00 (four years ago) link
The Oar tribute record brings me back to the halcyon days of HEAR Music.
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 2 December 2019 22:48 (four years ago) link