oh there were two?
― j., Sunday, 27 April 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
was talkin about "Bright Lights, Big City" iirc
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Sunday, 27 April 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
This seems like a p comprehensive "no" right here tbh
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Sunday, 27 April 2014 16:38 (ten years ago) link
I can't even remember the last time I heard it accidentally, ie even in censored form in a store or something.
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Sunday, 27 April 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
it sold over 6 million in the us which is huge, but i haven't heard it in... maybe years now
i still hear "crazy" sometimes
― dyl, Sunday, 27 April 2014 16:46 (ten years ago) link
I feel like I heard "Forget You" all the time in supermarkets, Subway, etc., and definitely at weddings, Christmas parties, etc.
"Fuck You", on the other hand, has completely disappeared.
― That's So (Eazy), Sunday, 27 April 2014 22:28 (ten years ago) link
heard *hear
http://www.waxpoetics.com/features/articles/cee-lo-green-went-atlantas-bubbling-rap-scene-rb-superstardom
not yet read but it's LENGTHY
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 1 May 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link
still:
What’s the Cee Lo Green philosophy? “I don’t give a fuck.” But I care the most, so it’s very ironic.
“I don’t give a fuck.” But I care the most, so it’s very ironic.
a close friend interviewed him back in the world party days and said he was just an insufferable conversationalist who was constantly trying to make DEEP POINTS in the worst possible way.
i still love the guy in spite of myself.
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 1 May 2014 22:04 (ten years ago) link
fake deep definitely feels like a big part of his persona/brand, but when he's rapping it usually works for him
― some dude, Thursday, 1 May 2014 22:38 (ten years ago) link
Opening track of Still Standing would agree
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Thursday, 1 May 2014 22:40 (ten years ago) link
Someone is singin "Fuck You" at karaoke tonight (badly).
People are reacting like it's Christopher Cross.
This song dead.
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Sunday, 4 May 2014 02:12 (ten years ago) link
I read somewhere that Pharell intended to give "happy" to Cee Lo but somethin thwarted it and he ended up with it for his solo record
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
it sounds like a cee lo song
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 20:23 (nine years ago) link
it really does. i'm sure Cee-Lo would've sung it better but i think the hammy showbiz aspect of his delivery now would've made it a less fun, less actually happy-sounding record.
― some dude, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 20:28 (nine years ago) link
otm
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link
surprised a scratch version with carlito hasn't leaked
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
prob as soon as it falls out of the top ten
this starts tonight, such a weird fucking world we live inhttp://www.tbs.com/templates/splashpage.jsp?oid=1252428https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2gDfR3Qvzo
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 June 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
I can't even
― Οὖτις, Monday, 23 June 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
at least that longer ad you linked says "Cee-Lo's old group, Goodie Mob," the shorter ad they actually run on TV just gives the impression that they're, like, members of his entourage or something
― some dude, Monday, 23 June 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
getting his dudes paid
― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Monday, 23 June 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link
somehow i doubt the money from the group's post-reunion activity is being split 4 ways equally.
― some dude, Monday, 23 June 2014 21:11 (nine years ago) link
def not but still
― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Monday, 23 June 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link
this was TERRIBLE btw
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 14:33 (nine years ago) link
I am shocked
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 15:18 (nine years ago) link
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/cee-lo-green-pleads-contest-slipping-ecstasy-woman-article-1.1921615
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 30 August 2014 23:21 (nine years ago) link
some discussion started about that over here: cee-lo's "closet freak"
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 30 August 2014 23:27 (nine years ago) link
it really sucks.
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 30 August 2014 23:33 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV8SQerjYvg
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 July 2015 15:55 (eight years ago) link
really weird but also fire
― nose, Friday, 17 July 2015 16:06 (eight years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/business/media/cee-lo-green-strikes-pop-star-gold-without-a-gold-album.html?_r=0
saw this guy at a prince tribute show in between larry graham and the time at the weekend. he was the worst, obv. backing band that seemed to be playing/miming to backing tapes. and topped off by THAT voice, which goes beyond an acquired taste, to a taste which i am trying to make sure i never acquire.
q - how did people back in the goodie mob days ever believe he was the 'star' of goodie mob, and that what they really wanted, was whole albums of cee-lo singing? possibly the worst development to come from the dungeon family.
― StillAdvance, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 16:25 (seven years ago) link
oops. meant to link this instead - https://twitter.com/noz/status/747279777715752960?lang=en-gbthe dream of the modern musician is to become so popular that you can reliably earn money while making music that nobody actually likes
― StillAdvance, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 16:27 (seven years ago) link
he was a good rapper at one time imo
― Steve Gunn Mann-Dude (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 16:41 (seven years ago) link
i feel like it was mostly Cee-lo who decided that what the world needed was a whole album of him singing. He did a fair amount of rapping on his first couple solo albums iirc. Anyway I wouldn't fault anyone who heard, say, "I Refuse Limitation" and thought he was brilliant.
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 16:48 (seven years ago) link
i still think some of the songs on the record with 'fuck you' are good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBhdIcb84Hw
― maura, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 17:06 (seven years ago) link
forgot he covered band of horses on that album hah
― maura, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 17:07 (seven years ago) link
First two solo albums have so much good stuff
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 19:53 (seven years ago) link
not sure how you could not see/hear why he was considered the star?
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 19:56 (seven years ago) link
yeah the first two albums are really good. Dangermouse was the turning pt.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
it was a smart move monetarily but yeah i jumped completely off the boat at Gnarls barkley
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 20:08 (seven years ago) link
still one of the all time great verseshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CssC-DY4lO8
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 20:10 (seven years ago) link
I really loved the first two solo albums, they were such unique things back then, and he definitely was a good rapper with memorable persona(s). And of course it helped that he was still doing rap music (with occasionakl singing) then, not this weird soul pastiche. But yeah, as nice as "Crazy" was, everything that came after it (including the Gnarls Barkley album) was a massive disappointment, and of course that ecstacy roofie rape is unforgivable, I haven't been able to listen to anything by him since.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 30 June 2016 08:42 (seven years ago) link
"not sure how you could not see/hear why he was considered the star?"
it was more a sort of 'how could we' question. i was a big goodie mob fan. cell therapy was one of my favourite DF songs. and i liked the first cee-lo album, even the songs he sung back then. though closet freak i thought did not work, and the second album (and most of his solo career) seemed to be inspired by closet freak. i like some gnarls songs. but overall, i think his solo career is a mess, filled with songs that do not suit him (then again, might just be me wishing he would just do what he used to do).
― StillAdvance, Thursday, 30 June 2016 09:34 (seven 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