TS: "Two Princes" vs. "Rude"

Moka where are you from? For some reason I think I assumed you were Canadian which I guess is not true because it was a hit there months ago

― rap steve gadd (D-40), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 02:57 (Yesterday) Permalink

lol did you maybe subconsciously think "Moka" referred to Moka Only

Hearing it today again on the radio. This time it reminded me of Incubus circa Morningview

― Moka, Wednesday, July 16, 2014 10:13 AM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

...filtered through 311 'Amber'

"Get Busy" still bangs

― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Wednesday, July 16, 2014 12:16 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^

always more of a Like Glue guy but still

there's literally nothing good about 'rude', 'two princes' is 'love at first sight' compared to it.

The guitar solo in "Rude" has some pretty cool texture for a top 40 song in 2014.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, July 16, 2014 1:08 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This solo is like a shreds video.

I'm from Aguascalientes, Mexico. I used to live in Mexico City and all the trends are up to date in there but in this city we get the trends from 4 to 8 months later.

Hearing it today again on the radio. This time it reminded me of Incubus circa Morningview

― Moka, Wednesday, July 16, 2014 10:13 AM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

...filtered through 311 'Amber'

― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), miércoles 16 de julio de 2014 18:39 (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

And then interpreted by Train.

Which might sound like the best or the worst thing ever depending on your taste. This explains why this thing is a hit at the moment.

These are both true, I say:

The guitar solo in "Rude" has some pretty cool texture for a top 40 song in 2014.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, July 16, 2014 1:08 PM (52 minutes ago)

This solo is like a shreds video.
― how's life, Wednesday, July 16, 2014 11:03 AM (1 hour ago)

I must have turned it off before the guitar solo every time I've heard it... checking it out now

oh my gosh what is this cocked-wah monstrosity

it's like the guitarist spent hours in the studio trying to achieve a tone that could rival the band's frontman's voice for sheer obnoxiousness

... although honestly, it's the groovelessness that grates, far more than the tone

the only single good thing about that solo is the singer isn't singing but that's only good in a twilight zone world where you're forced to listen to the song and not able to shut it off.

hahaha....it's a bizarre solo, for sure.

i just can't figure out why i don't hate everything about this. even the solo i find a bit endearing.

the worst part of the whole package is *watching* the singer guy. as long as i don't closely watch the video, i'm ok.

I'm on board with this song all the way through "Saturday morning, jumped out of bed. "

Rude is a song I would never tire of punching

I don't even hate "rude" and find the "this is so unquestionably creepy!" angle really, really overstated -- it went No. 1, because a lot of listeners probably find it charming

(i.e. it's aimed at the crowd who hears "can I have your daughter for the rest of my life" and thinks "what a romantic proposal, and asking her father's permission, like an old-fashioned gentleman," not "WOW POSSESSIVE #RUDE")

That creeps me out more! Like it's a deadening reminder that a huge part of the population totally digs all those like #BeARealMan #RomanticMenDoThis #It'sRomanticToBeOwnedByYourMan type hashtag advice blogs etc.

and let's not forget: the lead singer has a horrible haircut. She'd be spending the rest of her life with Chris Cornell in '99.

In a Grantland article, Stephen Hyden compared the guitar solo in "Rude" to Michael Winslow making guitar noises into a microphone. That's all I picture now.

loool

the fact that music twitter would consider this guy asking dad if he can marry his daughter a horrifying, unforgivable affront on females everywhere is positively shocking

it isn't just music twitter, or at least it has spread to People Who Pay Attention To Stuff Lena Dunham Says Twitter

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6157840/lena-dunham-ingrid-michaelson-magic-rude

Surely this tweet is meant to be taken as pretty 'light' commentary on an underwritten popular song? It's like tweeting "Yes, but has anyone given any thought to who'll bring the dogs back IN?" I mean, it definitely points up the icky aspect of the song, but it's not framing it as "a horrifying, unforgivable affront on females everywhere."

'canadian reggae singer'

Doctor Casino otm. "Casually pointing out dumb stuff in stupid song" very different from calling something a "horrifying, unforgivable affront"

Whoa at that solo I hadn't noticed it until now.

the solo is the only joyful part of the song, or at least the only part that brings me joy

that solo should be to 2014 as Farrah Abraham was to 2012

singer of rude reminds me of this guy for some reason https://bellobitesback.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/harold-and-kumar.jpg

oh god are we at the "what's wrong with holding a door open for a lady?" bit now?

http://www.spin.com/articles/magic-nasri-atweh-rude-interview/

Q: Where are you now?
A: Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?

Ugh. :(

that is the best URL

Britain has so far snubbed 'Rude' completely and doing so is probably our greatest achievement since inventing the internet.

i finally actively listened to the guitar solo last night and holy shit how had i not noticed it before

it's really the only legitimately funny part of the song

Surely this tweet is meant to be taken as pretty 'light' commentary on an underwritten popular song? It's like tweeting "Yes, but has anyone given any thought to who'll bring the dogs back IN?" I mean, it definitely points up the icky aspect of the song, but it's not framing it as "a horrifying, unforgivable affront on females everywhere."

― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:55 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

don't forget males

honestly I didn't even process the message of the song while I was listening to it because I was too busy imagining how many different ways the lead singer could meet a sudden, grisly death

then after I realized what the song was about I decided on hammers to the face

sorry i posted that thing about an affront to females, blah blah blah. i take it back, should've kept my mouth shut and stuck to the music. srsly.

oh god are we at the "what's wrong with holding a door open for a lady?" bit now?

― Daphnis Celesta, Thursday, July 17, 2014 3:30 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no, but we're at the "it betrays a very internet-outrage-bubble-engulfed mindset to think that most people, i.e. the people who made this no. 1, find this remotely creepy." at least with "blurred lines" the general pop-culture consensus was that it was a little sleazy at best

Hope Kyle Mooney is already preparing a parody for SNL.

Even on the poppy side, you have somebody positive like Taylor Swift; I don't necessarily like her by her music, but I respect that she's making catchy songs for young people. They're loving it. She's a positive person. She's elegant. And I think that's great. It's not just about music. It can't all be about music when you talk about the pop world. For Magic! it is. We're all about music.

This guy doesn't make a ton of sense sometimes.

Britain has so far snubbed 'Rude' completely and doing so is probably our greatest achievement since inventing the internet.

Probably only because singles in the UK get released to iTunes months after the rest of the world, fully expecting it to replace that terrible will.i.am song at #1 in about 2 weeks

Britain has so far snubbed 'Rude' completely and doing so is probably our greatest achievement since inventing the internet.

it's a list on radio 1 and #23 on itunes on preorders alone and isn't released until tomorrow

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

katherine i feel like there's a distinction between a thought that isn't widely considered ugly/regressive and whether a thought is ugly/regressive, i don't think it takes a special Twitter Avant-Liberal mentality to find the whole "asking somebody's parents for their hand" steez to be...i dunno, "douche indicative" if not "douche positive"

beyond which i guess is a conversation about ways of expressing certain thoughts which i don't think Hank Magic! is gonna come out of glowingly either

"it betrays a very internet-outrage-bubble-engulfed mindset to think that most people, i.e. the people who made this no. 1, find this remotely creepy."

yeah, obviously, fair enough...it doesn't mean that a section of listeners are wildly off-base if they do find it creepy