I am feeling very cynical about Cee-Lo's new album

prob as soon as it falls out of the top ten

this starts tonight, such a weird fucking world we live in
http://www.tbs.com/templates/splashpage.jsp?oid=1252428
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2gDfR3Qvzo

I can't even

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

getting his dudes paid

somehow i doubt the money from the group's post-reunion activity is being split 4 ways equally.

def not but still

this was TERRIBLE btw

I am shocked

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/cee-lo-green-pleads-contest-slipping-ecstasy-woman-article-1.1921615

some discussion started about that over here: cee-lo's "closet freak"

it really sucks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV8SQerjYvg

really weird but also fire

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.

oops. meant to link this instead -
https://twitter.com/noz/status/747279777715752960?lang=en-gb
the dream of the modern musician is to become so popular that you can reliably earn money while making music that nobody actually likes

he was a good rapper at one time imo

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.

i still think some of the songs on the record with 'fuck you' are good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBhdIcb84Hw

forgot he covered band of horses on that album hah

First two solo albums have so much good stuff

not sure how you could not see/hear why he was considered the star?

yeah the first two albums are really good. Dangermouse was the turning pt.

it was a smart move monetarily but yeah i jumped completely off the boat at Gnarls barkley

still one of the all time great verses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CssC-DY4lO8

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.

"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).

one month passes...
#2 this week (behind Gaga)

― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Thursday, February 24, 2011 5:26 PM bookmarkflaglink

deej was right

this is a mom song
sounds like a song a mom would like
with the piano and that "chang-chang-changa-chang" guitar
and a guy singin all sweet over it
your mom's going to dance to it at your wedding
after she's had some wine

― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, August 26, 2010 2:48 PM bookmarkflaglink