The Big DP - Dave Porteous. www.davidmusic.ca
Who's ready to laugh up a storm?
Many of you have maybe checked out, or been shown this stuff by myself, but here it is again - it doesn't get old.
Check out the promo videos for "War Music" - sheer hilarity.
Am I the only one who thinks this is absolutely fall-down funny? Am I too hard on this guy? Seems like he's much more concerned with promoting himself & his "sweetly introspective singer-songwriter" image than any paper "concept" he uses to prop up these projects. It's kind of appalling if you ask me - super disrespectful to anything concerning war, to use something so super-horrific as a platform for attaining some kind of fascile emotional connection with an audience. Flat out gives bad bad singer-songwriters a bad bad name.
Also, check out his new album "Parliament" - with an almost equally hilarious video. Another chapter in DP's big book of albums weakly based around a lame concept.
Maybe it's just that I'm a bitter and lonely person - but this guy sucks. He's putting himself out there though, at least, you've gotta give him that. If only it wasn't the fakest lamest thing ever it might be good. Gotta admire the ambition and the effort...
And yes, that is DP's voice referring to himself in the third person in the War Music video.
Plus check out these quotes about DP:
"Precocious Toronto singer/songwriter crafts emotionally biting tunes with the convictions of a seasoned pro" - CMJ Music Marathon
"Dave Porteous has released another great CD." - Tegan & Sara, on the CD "Missing April"
"A singer/songwriter whose pleasant voice laid back & lush-sounding folk rock songs about love & life" - Canadian Music Week
"The project and ideas are so cool & unique...in fact, it's freaking sick." - PureGrainAudio.com on the video album "My Fallen Company"
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Comments please - and extra apologies if I've come off as a big asshole hater. I'm nice, really.
