This song is just awesome. I have listened to it at least 10x since yesterday morning. "Ain't that some shit!" <3 <3 <3
― o sh!t a ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ (ENBB), Saturday, 21 August 2010 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Leftsetz is busy spreading the word about this on his twitter and e-mail, and discussing the youtube and how it can't get on the radio. Catchy but retro and noveltyish imo.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 21 August 2010 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
i think its that hes susceptible to way more corniness as a singer than he ever was as a rapper. he needs to get over his dre3000 crisis and ditch the singing.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Saturday, August 21, 2010 10:26 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this is pretty rong, Andre kinda started singing more and more over time and eventually making it part of a "bored with rap" pose but Cee-Lo has always sung way more (and way more capably) throughout his whole career.
― richie goingham (some dude), Saturday, 21 August 2010 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link
although there totally is a cutesy smugness going on with a lot of his stuff, yes. i'm just not sure he'd have a lot to offer as a straight-up rapper at this point in his career.
― richie goingham (some dude), Saturday, 21 August 2010 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i like this song. kinda hard not to. its certainly better than 'crazy'
― NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Saturday, 21 August 2010 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
is there any way in the world this song isn't the biggest hit of the year? it's going to be on everybody's grandma's facebook page by about monday afternoon.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 22 August 2010 02:02 (thirteen years ago) link
many ways
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 22 August 2010 02:07 (thirteen years ago) link
mainly the song is called "fuck you"
will still be #1.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 22 August 2010 02:10 (thirteen years ago) link
(as "F You" or something)
and anyway, however billboard deals with it, there are going to be approx. 800 million kids walking around singing it.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 22 August 2010 02:11 (thirteen years ago) link
meh idk if it will be a hit but i looooove it
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 22 August 2010 07:04 (thirteen years ago) link
p-fork's song-of-the-year?
it's kinda fun (in a boring way), but just seems waaay too derivative for me on 1st hearing.
― Ioannis, Sunday, 22 August 2010 09:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I am feeling very cynical about Cee-Lo's new song.
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 August 2010 09:48 (thirteen years ago) link
is this really what excites ppl in life? i mean...
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 August 2010 09:50 (thirteen years ago) link
http://tumblinerb.com/post/988418888/whats-your-thoughts-on-the-new-cee-lo-songs
noz totally spot on here
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 August 2010 10:08 (thirteen years ago) link
its certainly better than 'crazy'
wrong
― billstevejim, Sunday, 22 August 2010 10:21 (thirteen years ago) link
When did subtlety die?
― billstevejim, Sunday, 22 August 2010 10:23 (thirteen years ago) link
makes me think of jamie liddell type classic soul facsimiles but like thats not a bad thing
― plax (ico), Sunday, 22 August 2010 11:39 (thirteen years ago) link
noz otm but i like jack black so
― travis markers (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 22 August 2010 12:47 (thirteen years ago) link
First play of the clean version of F**K You tonight on Trevor Nelson's Radio 1 show 7pm - 9pm. There's a lot of debate about how there can possibly be a clean version but we won't spoil the surprise. Tune in.
please be farts, please be farts
― travis markers (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean, honestly, is this the first time critics have all universally spazzed out over a pop song RIGHT AWAY since "Hey Ya?" Like even "Crazy" took a while to take off.
Also, back in the Hey Ya days, there was no twitter/facebook and blogs were still sort of vanity projects. This seems kind of unprecendented in being a song """""everyone"""" loves in the span of 24 hours.
― travis markers (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:04 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't love this song, i think it's terrible
― k'naamean (zvookster), Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:07 (thirteen years ago) link
NEW CEE-LO SINGLE IT FLY @ U FACE
― travis markers (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:10 (thirteen years ago) link
ha
― k'naamean (zvookster), Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:10 (thirteen years ago) link
go on and tell u little boyfriend
― plax (ico), Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:11 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^ I KNOW
pretty much the best 1 second of music this year!
― travis markers (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:12 (thirteen years ago) link
don't get all the "AW MAN CEE-LO AIN'T THAT GREAT A SINGAH KNAWMEAN". i mean nobody said the dude was Luther Vandross, but he has a cool singing voice that is sprinkles of Al Green mixed with some James Brown-esque rawness. i always loved his vocals at the beginning of Dungeon Family's "Crooked Booty"
― the master of unlocking (San Te), Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:28 (thirteen years ago) link
dunno who yr railing against there santa. ryan pitchfork hates on cee-lo's voice?
― k'naamean (zvookster), Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:33 (thirteen years ago) link
mostly the original post, which I realize is like 6 years old, but that's the latest album of Cee-Lo's I've heard (cuz I never listened to the Gnarls Barkley other than "crazy" and "transformers).
― the master of unlocking (San Te), Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
― travis markers (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, August 22, 2010 9:04 AM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this is an odd thing to say. lots and lots of popular singles in the last few years had like an instant reaction across the internet.
― richie goingham (some dude), Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:36 (thirteen years ago) link
there is a rictus-grinning "hey cos we all like retro huh guyz!" communal aspect to it all i guess
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:41 (thirteen years ago) link
as in the communal aspect is built-in, ppl vibing off other people rather than a personal relationship to the song
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:43 (thirteen years ago) link
just heard this. made me smile through almost the whole sone (except where he mimics someone whining). i love it. and the choir -- especially delivering those lyrics -- is an inspired touch.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 22 August 2010 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
makes me think of amy winehouse type classic soul facsimiles and thats a bad thing
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Sunday, 22 August 2010 14:47 (thirteen years ago) link
you are a facsimile of suck
― the master of unlocking (San Te), Sunday, 22 August 2010 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i just played it for my wife. she loved it.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 22 August 2010 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
― the master of unlocking (San Te), Domingo, 22 de Agosto de 2010 11:48 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
man, don't be like those twilight fanboys. It's just my opinion.
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Sunday, 22 August 2010 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
i agree with whoever upthread said this will be a monster hit. but so far, it doesn't look like it's commercially available (well, legally, anyway).
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 22 August 2010 14:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean, honestly, is this the first time critics have all universally spazzed out over a pop song RIGHT AWAY since "Hey Ya?" Like even "Crazy" took a while to take off.Also, back in the Hey Ya days, there was no twitter/facebook and blogs were still sort of vanity projects. This seems kind of unprecendented in being a song """""everyone"""" loves in the span of 24 hours.― travis markers (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, August 22, 2010 9:04 AM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalinkthis is an odd thing to say. lots and lots of popular singles in the last few years had like an instant reaction across the internet. --richie goingham (some dude)
this is an odd thing to say. lots and lots of popular singles in the last few years had like an instant reaction across the internet. --richie goingham (some dude)
cool name one
― eat, pray, love, fly @ u face (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 22 August 2010 15:02 (thirteen years ago) link
bon iver, skinny love.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 22 August 2010 15:05 (thirteen years ago) link
all the critics were like, "f--k YEAH."
I can picture this song at the end of an Adam Sandler movie in 2015 and everybody going 'oh, no...'
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Sunday, 22 August 2010 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Reaction to "Single Ladies" was pretty immediate. Most other "instant reaction" type moments of the last decade weren't very recent... The Black Album, The Grey Album, Hey Ya, Marshall Mathers LP & The Eminem Show, Trapped In The Closet, Kid A, Crazy In Love, Work It, American Idiot, You Know You're Right...
― billstevejim, Sunday, 22 August 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
"Fuck You" is instantly catchy with horribly embarrassing lyrics.. I hear no soul within this song at all, especially compared to "Crazy."
― billstevejim, Sunday, 22 August 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I can see this song's lyrics appealing to fans of mainstream lowest-common-denominator country music.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 22 August 2010 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
http://imgur.com/Pbcnm.jpg
checking for soul
― bnw, Sunday, 22 August 2010 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Soullessness. It got squeezed out. There's not much.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 22 August 2010 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't agree with whiney that it's the first pop song that people have immediately creamed over since "hey ya" but i will say that i've personally seen people who NEVER post things on the internet about music ever (facebook friends, sportswriters etc) post a link to the song with a note about how amazing it is, how it's the best song ever etc
i don't really remember this reaction to a song across the spectrum in a long ass while, but then again, anecdotal
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 22 August 2010 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
― r|t|c, Sunday, August 22, 2010 8:43 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
youre overthinking it
― NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Sunday, 22 August 2010 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
one month passes...#2 this week (behind Gaga)
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Thursday, February 24, 2011 5:26 PM bookmarkflaglink
deej was right
― genital giant (Neanderthal), Saturday, 9 May 2020 14:51 (three years ago) link
this is a mom songsounds like a song a mom would likewith the piano and that "chang-chang-changa-chang" guitarand a guy singin all sweet over ityour mom's going to dance to it at your weddingafter she's had some wine
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, August 26, 2010 2:48 PM bookmarkflaglink
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 17:54 (three years ago) link