1) Owen is a solo project of … Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists named Owen.
1) Owen is a solo project of musician Mike Kinsella. Kinsella is one of the dominant figures in the Chicago indie scene, having also led the band American Football, and played in the bands Cap'n Jazz, Joan of Arc and Owls. He also plays drums for the trio Their / They're / There. Owen is known for its soft melodies, sparse playing and plaintive vocals.
2) Owen (오왼), previously known as Owen Ovadoz (오왼 오바도즈) is a South Korean rapper under MKIT Rain, UNCUTPOINT, members only records. He debuted on January 15, 2016, with “P.O.E.M.”
Nobody's Nothing
Owen Lyrics
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You've got everything you came for
Warm arms, warm bed to fall into when you can't get what you did out of your head
Go on you've made yourself clear, you're no good for no one now
You put your selfish hands and your selfish tongue on my body
But, we both know who your mind's on
It's a shame
But you've only yourself to blame
Go on see if I care
Do what ever the fuck you want to do
I'll do the same
Alright, OK
There's no need to apologize for selling what you advertise
I know that you're dealing with her leaving
It's a shame
But you've only yourself to blame
Your grieving for good reason
She was great
But you've only yourself to blame
You're still dealing with her leaving
It's a shame
But you've only yourself to blame
You're bleeding internally and you're in pain
But you've only yourself to blame
So grab your things
Go on
Get out of here
I never asked to be nobody's nothing
The lyrics of Owen's song "Nobody's Nothing" are a conversation between the singer and a lover who is leaving. The singer is aware of why the lover is leaving, but she still feels frustrated about being used for comfort after the lover's heart has clearly belonged to someone else all along. In the first verse, the singer urges the lover to leave and take everything they came for, which was physical comfort in the form of a warm bed and warm arms to hold them. The singer acknowledges that the lover is no good for anyone at this point, having put their selfish hands and tongue on her body while still thinking of someone else.
In the second verse, the singer tells the lover that they don't need to apologize for using her, but she also makes it clear that she knows they are still dealing with the pain of someone else leaving them. However, she blames the lover for their own situation because they allowed themselves to be in a relationship where they were not truly valued. The singer emphasizes that she does not care what the lover does now, and that she won't apologize for being used.
Overall, the lyrics express the frustration and hurt that comes with realizing that the one you love is not fully committed to you. While the singer acknowledges the lover's pain, she also makes it clear that she won't continue to be used as a source of comfort while the lover grieves someone else's departure.
Line by Line Meaning
Go on get out of here
Leave me alone and go away
You've got everything you came for
You got what you wanted from me
Warm arms, warm bed to fall into when you can't get what you did out of your head
You used me for comfort when you couldn't forget her
Go on you've made yourself clear, you're no good for no one now
You showed your true self and you're not good enough for anyone
You put your selfish hands and your selfish tongue on my body
You touched and kissed me with only your own desires in mind
But, we both know who your mind's on
We both know you're thinking of her
I know you're still dealing with her leaving
I know you're still affected by her departure
It's a shame
It's unfortunate
But you've only yourself to blame
But you're the one to blame for what happened
Go on see if I care
I don't care what you do
Do what ever the fuck you want to do
Do anything you want, it doesn't matter to me
I'll do the same
I'll behave in the same way
Alright, OK
I am fine with it
There's no need to apologize for selling what you advertise
You don't need to apologize for being true to yourself
Your grieving for good reason
You have a valid reason to grieve
She was great
She was wonderful
You're bleeding internally and you're in pain
You're hurting emotionally
So grab your things
Collect your belongings
Get out of here
Leave this place
I never asked to be nobody's nothing
I don't want to be someone unimportant or insignificant to you
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
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JRX1337
He won't. He's too self aware to do that. I met him when he played in Atlanta last year. He's a really big inspiration for me. I shook his hand and told him it was an honor to meet him. Then pulled out two old pictures, one of me when I was a baby (for my girlfriend), and one of my girlfriend when she was a young girl (for me). When he got around to signing the picture of my girlfriend, all I told him to write was "The pharmacist and his wife". He said he'd play that song for me, and he did. :)
William Madden
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Owen's made some great stuff over the years. But, I must say, personally, my favorite Owen album has been and still is I Do Perceive. It's just so spine-tingling great! I always listen to the whole album, each time I play it. From the opening chords of "Who Found Whose Hair in Whose Bed?" to the hauntingly beautiful epic song, "Bed Abuse", probably my favorite Owen tune, to the apt closing number, "Lights Out", I Do Perceive is definitely a modern-day classic!
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Jayse - you're in MN? Interesting. I grew up in South Minneapolis, then, at 15, my parents moved to Edina
they wanted me to go to Edina HS instead of Washburn, where I would've gone had we not moved. But the fact that you're in the Midwest (Upper Midwest!), it's nearer to that whole Chicago scene, from where JOA, Owen, Promise Ring, and a bunch of others (I think Lungfish are from there but not sure), so it'd make sense that they get (maybe?) more exposure in the whole region as opposed to...well, I've been living in parts of CA for 20 years now & I've been in San Diego for -too long now!12 years and, well, I'm past ready to get outta here! I miss LA AND SF a LOT-but I don't miss Minneapolis a bit - good memories from when I was a kid, but I wouldn't want to go back there. But, out here, in CA, it seems li e not many people aren't as familiar with that whole "scene" from Chicago. Anyway...JOA is so great cuz of the strange, experimental-sounding stuff as well as all the different personnel and the oft-changing sounds of each albumand they've done the most of all the others so they're kind of the "main" artery, but I really LOVE Owls. Have you heard either of the 2 Owls albums? The debut, 2001, is a self-titled CD and the 2014 release is simply titled TWO. Both are incredibly great. Every song on both CDs is just total ear candy. If you haven't heard Owls - check 'em out! (but watch out-there's another band that calls themselves (I think) "The" Owls - so, if you're doing a search -don't get confused by the other Owls - if you don't see the Kinsellas, Victor Villarreal, Sam Zurick,in the write up from whatever you picked when doing the hypothetical search...Whew. OK. So - in any event -yeah, I also totally dig the difference between what Mike's doing w/Owen and his stuff w/the other bands: Owen is his outlet for a softer -music-wise, but besides being reflective and introspective, he can throw some acerbic, biting wit in there. This is the perfect outlet for Mike to let it all hang out, so to speak. This new one (King of Whys) is the 1st one where Mike has a full band playing with him instead of earlier ones where he played everything himself (BTW I did eventually pick up OWEN and NO GOOD FOR NO ONE NOW and The Seaside EP as well as another EP called (I think) Owen or Owen EP/Owen the EP, etc, maybe to avoid confusion w/the debut CD? IDK...anyway -I'll stop there.BTWignore those damn lines up there that got crossed out. That happens to me ALL the time when I write comments in YT. Not every single one, but enough where it's become really annoying to see these crossed out lines-there for ZERO reason. They just seem to randomly cross lines of text out...hope it doesn't make it too hard to read through!Jayse
I love how enthusiastic you seem to be about it all! I've listened to all of the bands you've mentioned, although definitely not to the extent of Owen. Like most these days, my introduction to the Kinsellas was through Mike and American Football, in 2012 for me. Took me a year from there to find Owen (in 2013) but Mike's quickly become my favorite artist. Rarely there's a day where I don't listen to at least one Owen album or EP. Obviously Cap'n Jazz was more broadly accepted than JOA...feels like Cap'n Jazz broke less boundaries than JOA, whereas JOA seemed (to most) to really have no rhyme or reason to it. There's so much for me to get into and I'm really excited to dig deep.
The first time I listened to JOA a few years back I hated it, couldn't get into Tim's vocal style. but a few years later and that's changed completely.
I think it's okay that acts like JOA have stayed with the cult following, you can't really expect the general public to "get" it or just like it, yknow? acquired taste and all that.
Owen, on the other hand, I could see appealing to a larger audience. larger than his already established audience. despite him touring less the shows he plays seem to be growing. I'm in Minnesota so my only chance of seeing him would probably be driving to Chicago when he plays. there are a lot of people finding Owen through American Football's growing popularity since the re-issue and upcoming album though, which is good!
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Jayse - cool, glad to talk to someone else who's familiar w/Owen - and, ? Presumably? Joan of Arc, Owls, Friend/Enemy, etc - all the Tim Kinsella (Mike's brother- Mike-aka Owen) have been a major part of, i.e., 1st came Cap'n Jazz, then Davey went his own way & formed The Promise Ring, while the Kinella bros. & Sam as well as Vic V. on guitar, who didn't play on JOA stuff, at least in the beginning, but was on the 1st Owls album, from 2001 - the same lineup that recently, finally, came out with their second album, when it came out, it had been 13 years since their debut. Always suspicious of the motives as well as the quality of music, etc. when bands get back together, but in Owls' case - these guys had all been active throughout the Chicago scene; Mike & Tim were doing stuff- Tim, mostly, being busy with Joan of Arc as well as his other projects (I REALLY like Friend/Enemy- their 10 Songs album is so wonderful.) the really great thing about all these other projects besides JOA is that, even though, in a lot of them, one sees familiar names/faces in them
like Sam or Todd Mattei, or whomever...people who've played on JOA albums, etc. - the coolest thing is that all these side projects, if you wanna call 'em that, don't sound the same, they don't sound like regurgitations of Joan of Arc stuff that didn't get on an album or something. No, IMO, there's a good difference between, say, the experimental, avant-garde, (esp. in the early 2000s) hodge-podge of having lots of people coming down to the studio and making things as complex as possible and also, sometimes, according to certain critics, going too far in search of that perfect avant-garde "moment"or whatever...fuck the critics, though, they're always talking shit about JOA's, to me, anyway, great album from either 2002 or '03: The Gap, which, I've read, they used up to 100 tracks for -well, for at least one song-maybe others too, IDKand they whined because it's not a "traditional" (no, I don't think anyone actually wrote "traditional", but that's what I got out of it) - they also bitched because all the songs sort of bleed into one another - is that, really, some sort of new 'thing'? No. But, to these whiney critics, you'd think it was. On and on they ramble about how complex and over-produced, blah, blah, blah and so on. But they don't seem-the ones I've read, anyway - to understand, that is what makes JOA's music so great in the 1st place: the unpredictability, the willingness to try all sorts of new things and Tim's fearless "fuck it, let's do it! "attitude - they combine to make, not just Joan of Arc, but the aforementioned other Kinsella bands, so outstanding but, unfortunately - or fortunately, depending on how one looks at it: good because it stays within a small, cult following. Not so good that Owen, JOA and the rest of 'em all aren't getting the recognition they so richly deserve!!Jayse
While I Do Perceive isn't my favorite Owen album, Bed Abuse is easily my favorite Owen song. I think all 3 adjectives you used to describe it are appropriate. The instrumentation is indeed epic, but not in the way that it feels overpowering.
My favorite album of his might be the newest one, but At Home With Owen and this album (No Good...) are both top contenders as well. Really, it's just hard to pick a favorite Owen album :)
ballpit
I love this one. Mike's guitar + lyrics/medley give me shivers, as always. I hope Kinsella never sell's out.
YellowRasperryCake
How could you dislike this
Justin matthew Harp
YellowRasperryCake lol there's 0 dislikes ?