shame none of her other material is as funky
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 27 June 2011 12:54 (twelve years ago) link
review from monae's recent local show opening for bruno mars- "amateur hour performance art":
Just when it seemed as though wunderkind Bruno Mars -– he of the coy, boyish charm and the golden songwriting pen and the voice you could just pour over ice cream –- could do no wrong, well, then he does.He picks Janelle Monáe as his partner on the “Hooligans in Wundaland Tour,” leaving many of us out there in the undersold 1stBank Center crowd Sunday night wondering, “What just happened?”Mars has Cee Lo Green on speed dial following their brilliant collaboration on “F**k You,” and he even manages to make B.o.B. look like a genius (“Nothin’ on You” was a Mars vocal highlight Sunday night, even without the Atlanta rapper’s silly but infectious rhymes all over it).But Monáe and her amateur performance-art hour was so tedious and painful, I don’t know what even Mars could have done to fix it. Were those cape-clad dancers dressed as “Star Wars” Ewoks or extras from the “Scream” franchise? The “Alice in Wonderland” backup singers made no sense with the rest of the cast’s “Matrix” saddle shoes and Monáe’s Grace Jones sunglasses. And the song choices could not have been more jangling. We went from Nat King Cole’s “Smile” to “I Want You Back” from the Jackson 5 to Monáe’s own funkadelic “Tightrope.”Give the Grammy award-winning singer props for the groovin’ 11-piece band, and during “I Want You Back,” there were moments it sounded as though Janet and Michael were in the house. But those dance moves have got to go –- everyone lying down on the stage as legitimate choreography went out in, um, 1978.
He picks Janelle Monáe as his partner on the “Hooligans in Wundaland Tour,” leaving many of us out there in the undersold 1stBank Center crowd Sunday night wondering, “What just happened?”
Mars has Cee Lo Green on speed dial following their brilliant collaboration on “F**k You,” and he even manages to make B.o.B. look like a genius (“Nothin’ on You” was a Mars vocal highlight Sunday night, even without the Atlanta rapper’s silly but infectious rhymes all over it).
But Monáe and her amateur performance-art hour was so tedious and painful, I don’t know what even Mars could have done to fix it. Were those cape-clad dancers dressed as “Star Wars” Ewoks or extras from the “Scream” franchise? The “Alice in Wonderland” backup singers made no sense with the rest of the cast’s “Matrix” saddle shoes and Monáe’s Grace Jones sunglasses. And the song choices could not have been more jangling. We went from Nat King Cole’s “Smile” to “I Want You Back” from the Jackson 5 to Monáe’s own funkadelic “Tightrope.”
Give the Grammy award-winning singer props for the groovin’ 11-piece band, and during “I Want You Back,” there were moments it sounded as though Janet and Michael were in the house. But those dance moves have got to go –- everyone lying down on the stage as legitimate choreography went out in, um, 1978.
― what does anything meme? basically (Hunt3r), Monday, 27 June 2011 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― the Sandalled Vandal (dog latin), Monday, 27 June 2011 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
brilliant parody imo
― Don't start the chain you know? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 June 2011 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
Congrats on scoring a #1 hit ... as a featured guest on a Fueled by Ramen release.
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Thursday, 8 March 2012 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
man that song is so bad. The voice epitomizes everything I hate about a certain kind of male singing.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 March 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
― some dude, Thursday, 8 March 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
I have only ever heard this song in ads
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Thursday, 8 March 2012 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
it basically blew up off of being in a super bowl ad
― some dude, Thursday, 8 March 2012 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
Huh. Yeah, when I listened to it last week (after noticing it had hit the top 5), it sounded vaguely familiar but I had no specific memory of ever having heard it on the radio or anything.
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
it basically blew up off of being in glee iirc
― Pup Shalom Dog Costume (forksclovetofu), Friday, 9 March 2012 03:13 (twelve years ago) link
the song was gaining traction before Glee, and raised in profile after it was on there, but it really didn't explode until the Super Bowl commercial
― HalfNelson (some dude), Friday, 9 March 2012 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
I don't really like this song, but I like the rest of the Fun. album. I'm pretty happy for the dude that made The Format's Dog Problems getting a #1 hit, but I wish it wasn't with this song.
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 9 March 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
jon otm, though i like this song okay
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Friday, 9 March 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
NYT on it all
“I started falling in love with the Drake album and the Kanye album, and I thought, that’s really theatrical, and it’s hip-hop music, and I make really theatrical music,” Mr. Ruess said. “Why can’t I add a hip-hop element?” He said his idea was “to take that ’70s songwriting style but modernize it a little bit more.”
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 March 2012 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
when I read the story this morning and that quote, I thought, "Wait, is this a Ryan Tedder story?"
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 10 March 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
The spike in popularity is even more rare for an alternative rock outfit: It has been more than a decade since a rock band had a song enter the pop chart in the top spot. (Nickelback did it in December 2001 with “How You Remind Me.”)
wow NYT really badly mangled the factoid that fun. are the first rock band to hit #1 with their first Hot 100 hit
hilarious that his idea of HARNESSING THE POWER OF HIP HOP is to hunt down the token white guy on Kanye's production team
― some dude, Saturday, 10 March 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
It's prom night in America.
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Saturday, 10 March 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
nah this song will be inescapable in May because of graduation ceremonies, not proms
― some dude, Saturday, 10 March 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
Showing my ignorance of the rituals of American youth there, but I'd have thought it works in both cases. Wherever young people feel a bit happy, a bit sad, a bit nervous, a bit drunk.
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Saturday, 10 March 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
Janelle's wasted on it though. She just sort of glides by. I was expecting more of a turn.
singles jukebox reviewhttp://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=5019
― God: Huummm (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 10 March 2012 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
the token white guy on Kanye's production team
um, what about Mike Dean?
― Number None, Saturday, 10 March 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
i guess dean's in the mix, but not as much as bhasker, no i.d., etc.
― some dude, Saturday, 10 March 2012 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
Its about a girl losing her virginity. The peeling of the apple is the foreplay, but then when the moment comes she gets nervous. And when she cuts herself thats the cherry popping and when she puts the blood on her lips it shows shes not an innocent little girl anymore. Look at her facial expressionsFootballFanatic141 16 hours ago 63
― flagp∞st (dayo), Saturday, 10 March 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
Why does she say confusion is a walrus?
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 20 April 2012 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
Can't wait for the Janelle Monae Wars 2012 edition.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 20 April 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTP53kCgVkU
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 6 September 2012 03:03 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.jmonae.com/sites/jmonae.wmg-gardens.com/files/styles/photo_detail_large/public/201304/jm_annoucement_0.gif
― Number None, Saturday, 13 April 2013 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
Ooooh!
― MarkoP, Saturday, 13 April 2013 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
that's a very specific time
― teddy dominatrix (dyl), Saturday, 13 April 2013 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/atlanticrecords/queen-feat-erykah-badu/
into it
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 00:47 (eleven years ago) link
I kind of dig it. Unfortunately, if I let it go to the next song on Atlantic, I get reminded that Twenty One Pilots is a thing.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 02:05 (eleven years ago) link
it's enjoyably corny
― brb buying poppers w/my employee discount (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 04:13 (eleven years ago) link
is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror?
― sandra dayo connor (The Reverend), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
rap at the end is a bit too extra tho :/
― sandra dayo connor (The Reverend), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
haha the extra-ness of the rap was what brought me round to this
(which i like, but i've been too busy looping quadron and kelis to give it my full attention)
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
"oh no/the booty don't lie"
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
love the deep groove w/ horns ~4 min in.
the rap is pretty great in its own way too. like not many performers can keep it that posi without just inducing eyerolls.
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
new quadron?
― sandra dayo connor (The Reverend), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
okay this is fantastic
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
quadron
in here rev, and be sure to watch the video
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
ugh this shit is endless, i'm very sorely tempted to turn it off at the 2:30 mark
― some dude, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
oh well second half is better at least
― some dude, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
erykah kills it and the bit at the end was pretty exciting.
keen for this album, the last one was a real mess of ideas but a lot of them stuck
― monotony, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I'm hoping the new one will be shorter and more concise. New song is cool, probably a grower.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 23:28 (eleven years ago) link
Can't. Stop. Playing. This. So many fresh new tunes this week. And it's only Tuesday.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 23:34 (eleven years ago) link
oh no, the booty don't lie.
― cherry blossom (soda), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 23:47 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe I'm just in the wrong mood, but Q.U.E.E.N. is totally boring to me.
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 15:34 (eleven years ago) link