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 goodearl rated 24 months ago- From the page: "Sufjan Stevens was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in the chilly upper reaches of the Lower Peninsula. A self-taught musician, the young Sufjan pounded out elaborate Mozartian sonatas on a toy Casio, and by college became proficient on the oboe, recorder, banjo, guitar, v...
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- mushlya rated 5 weeks ago
- amazing Sufjan Stevens!
- evennaar rated 12 months ago
- awesome
- skybirds rated 17 months ago
- Sufjan Stevens is the love of my life.
What a beautiful, beautiful man.
- Foxton rated 21 months ago
- Just stumbled this, but Surfjan already recommnded by a friend. (Well, he has a Nintendo Wii). From the site: "At that time, in college, the world loomed large and daunting, and Sufjan's music came to sound like a medieval woodwind ensemble waving swords and torches at the twelve-headed dragon of death. During his last semester in college, Sufjan pruned, picked, and assembled a selection of these songs to produce the inaugural release "A Sun Came" on Asthmatic Kitty Records, a home label Sufjan initiated with his step-dad Lowell. A thousand copies were manufactured and shipped to a dark, dank closet somewhere in the vacuous black hole of the universe, where they shifted and snored in their sleep for several years to come"
Will update when I've listened to more stuff.
- Dudymas rated 25 months ago
- Simple, uplifting, creative music... definitely a new favorite band of mine now.
- actionUnit rated 29 months ago
- i love this man and his music. sufjan stevens is one of the best things I have found out about in the past year. i seriously think he is my dream guy.
- goodearl rated 24 months ago
- From the page: "Sufjan Stevens was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in the chilly upper reaches of the Lower Peninsula. A self-taught musician, the young Sufjan pounded out elaborate Mozartian sonatas on a toy Casio, and by college became proficient on the oboe, recorder, banjo, guitar, vibraphone, bass, drums, piano, and other instruments too numerous to mention. Somewhere along the line he also started to sing, though at the time his friends didn't encourage it."
- fromtheoven rated 30 months ago
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I love Sufjan.
- Scotth3 rated 31 months ago
- Yowza! Me likee so far. Epic sweep / scope (at times), romanticism (at times), and sturdy popcraft. A 50 state album would be the ne plus ultra of concept albums (meta-concept albums?). Keep up the good work. (see also http://www.myspace.com/sufjanstevens and http://www.sufjan.com/ (no I'm not a shill or flak)).
- Spyridon-Swift rated 31 months ago
- let it be heard Sufjan is one of ore generation's greatest.. he wields emotion like da Vinci wields a paintbrush..
Sufjan Stevens was found in a milk crate on the doorstep of Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, in Detroit, MI, on Canada Day, July 1, 1975. He was wrapped in cellophane, and tagged on the wrist with the mysterious note: "I love you." Mr. and Mrs. Stevens had three other children: Jo-Jo, Zukey-Dukey, and Jam-Jam. Mrs. Stevens crocheted afghans for the flea market. Mr. Stevens was the custodian at the hospital. They had very little money, but very big hearts. They decided to keep the baby (using the milk crate to hold their National Geographics). They named him Sufjan Stevens, after Abu Sufjan Muhammad, the great Armenian Sufi warrior who slew ten thousand dragons to save the Fairy Princess. Despite his despondent looks, Sufjan was a good kid. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens did the best they could. They fed him carrots, they read him parts of the Bhagavad Gita, they combed his hair, they sang songs and tap-danced in the living room. Things were looking good!
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