wait where does "crazy" fall on the virgin/whore axis I am confused
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 21 August 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
somewhere between "literal-minded" and "specious gendered character judgments are the Same Bad Things"
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 21 August 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
bump
― curmudgeon, Friday, 29 August 2014 04:47 (nine years ago) link
it's sort of infuriating to see the threads that are getting 100 new answers right now while no one cares about this song
― lex pretend, Friday, 29 August 2014 14:14 (nine years ago) link
i think the lyrics are very powerful and i love lauryn hill but there's not much that can revive "my favorite things" for me today except for maybe coltrane
― marcos, Friday, 29 August 2014 14:16 (nine years ago) link
i remember thinking the same of "killing me softly" once upon a time
not sure what to say abt "black rage", lex, other than that it's quite moving. love the background ambience, kids voices & such, that froggy bass tone, the way her voice breaks on "denial of selves". would love to hear a more fully developed version, but the intimacy of the sketch would likely be lost.
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Friday, 29 August 2014 14:27 (nine years ago) link
An ilxer reviewed it for Pitchfork and its on Pitchfork's best tracks list for 2014. Maybe if someone talks about it on a Pitchfork thread it will get more attention
― curmudgeon, Friday, 29 August 2014 15:13 (nine years ago) link
I got bored about halfway through
― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 August 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link
are you seriously bummed that the feebs of ilm aren't dribbling their "insight" all over this great track? it doesn't matter.
― you couldn't even wear a fedora if your lifes depended on it (stevie), Friday, 29 August 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
yeah I'm sure glad those feebs aren't here
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 August 2014 18:01 (nine years ago) link
endless permutations of lol she is crazy get a dude down
― you couldn't even wear a fedora if your lifes depended on it (stevie), Friday, 29 August 2014 18:07 (nine years ago) link
all I'm saying is you can have a perfectly nice thread without looking askance at all the people who AREN'T posting
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 August 2014 18:09 (nine years ago) link
still think this is her most slept on post-miseducation track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LN8wDMtJrM
― you couldn't even wear a fedora if your lifes depended on it (stevie), Friday, 29 August 2014 18:09 (nine years ago) link
Because I'm doing remote supply/substitute for a grade 6 class today, and I was looking for some birthdays to commemorate, I can tell you that Lauryn Hill is 46 and Stevie Nicks is 73.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 14:31 (two years ago) link
i’m halfway through “jerusalem” and good fucking god the unplugged album is terrible so far. but apparently it was therapeutic for her so that makes it ok.
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 19 July 2022 19:02 (one year ago) link
mr. snide
― estela, Wednesday, 20 July 2022 20:19 (one year ago) link
tbf it isn't very good.
― "Why is the voice of reason treated as the unreliable narrator?", asked (Austin), Wednesday, 20 July 2022 20:45 (one year ago) link
I remember loving it at the time, but my dad had just died and I was in the market for something so anguished and ready to bleed. I don't have any inclination to hear it now, and tbh a number of her subsequent concerts, which have veered from moments of inspiration among waves of dross and, well, unbroken waves of dross, have eaten up my tolerance for her, though a friend was recently raving about a Nina Simone tribute record she was involved with.
― politics is about vibes and the vibes are off (stevie), Wednesday, 20 July 2022 21:22 (one year ago) link
i'm halfway through a mr snrub revive and good fucking god it's terrible so far. but apparently it was therapeutic for him so that makes it ok.
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Thursday, 21 July 2022 00:41 (one year ago) link