i like them
― jaxon, Friday, 29 June 2007 21:52 (seventeen years ago) link
me too
― deej, Friday, 29 June 2007 21:52 (seventeen years ago) link
new album is really good
less zapp. more boogie
― jaxon, Friday, 29 June 2007 21:53 (seventeen years ago) link
3rd annual mustach party is coming up. i can't wait
http://art-ificial.com/images/jason-chromeo.jpg
― jaxon, Friday, 29 June 2007 21:54 (seventeen years ago) link
love the mix disc on eskimo. so so on the actual stuff.
xpost
KEEP ON THUGGIN
― strongohulkington, Friday, 29 June 2007 21:55 (seventeen years ago) link
wait is that tynan?
something very thin about the drums on this stuff tho i am feeling the trashy hipsterness of it
― deej, Friday, 29 June 2007 21:55 (seventeen years ago) link
haha. tynan. that's me and chromeo dude. i'm gonna go cry now
― jaxon, Friday, 29 June 2007 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link
i need to hear that eskimo mix. robert palmer covers the System's "You are in my system"?! drool
― jaxon, Friday, 29 June 2007 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link
how sick is this cover artwork?
http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Xu1MntTsL._SS500_.jpg
― jaxon, Friday, 29 June 2007 22:07 (seventeen years ago) link
Have I ever told the story on here about Chromeo cruising in the Jetta?
― nabisco, Friday, 29 June 2007 22:12 (seventeen years ago) link
try to keep it under 4,000 words
― jaxon, Friday, 29 June 2007 22:17 (seventeen years ago) link
Actually it isn't really a story, so I should avoid unduly creating suspense, like it's a good story or anything: I used to always see the smaller guy from Chromeo in my neighborhood, usually just standing around talking on his cell phone, and that seemed kinda cool but insufficiently special -- I mean, I wanted to see Chromeo TOGETHER, you know. But then a few months went by and I was crossing a street and a car stopped next to me, and I looked to my left and it was both members of Chromeo, finally together. And they were wearing sweaty white t-shirts and sitting in a Jetta with a bunch of furniture in the back seat, moving someone out of his apartment. And there was something so weird about seeing both members of CHROMEO together in such a mundane situation -- it was like a lolcat picture, "oh hai, we R Chromeo, he gots new one-bedroom" -- that I started laughing and they gave me a weird look.
This is so not a good story, but if I had a picture of Chromeo sitting in a little Jetta moving house, you would totally lose your shit over it.
― nabisco, Friday, 29 June 2007 22:21 (seventeen years ago) link
xpost try to bite me
― nabisco, Friday, 29 June 2007 22:22 (seventeen years ago) link
I really like their Feist remix.
― jaymc, Friday, 29 June 2007 22:30 (seventeen years ago) link
"Needy Girl" sounds even better now that it's outlasted its original context.
― nabisco, Friday, 29 June 2007 22:41 (seventeen years ago) link
needy girl is undeniable
― later arpeggiator, Friday, 29 June 2007 22:43 (seventeen years ago) link
ya
go chro
― s1ocki, Friday, 29 June 2007 23:08 (seventeen years ago) link
no one's heard the new album i'm guessing? that's why i started the thread and all...
― jaxon, Friday, 29 June 2007 23:09 (seventeen years ago) link
its on oink.
― gr8080, Friday, 29 June 2007 23:11 (seventeen years ago) link
but i havent heard
― gr8080, Friday, 29 June 2007 23:12 (seventeen years ago) link
I heard Needy girl at a Vice party recently. It sounded good. I feel doubly ashamed.
― jim, Friday, 29 June 2007 23:14 (seventeen years ago) link
it's great, holds together better as a whole than the first one did. really though it just makes me twitchy until they tour again.
― energy flash gordon, Friday, 29 June 2007 23:16 (seventeen years ago) link
i got it yesterday. it's okay. vocals kill it a little for me. but the music isn't bad. i predict trade-in for vinyl.
― scott seward, Friday, 29 June 2007 23:17 (seventeen years ago) link
no x-post warning!
"it's on oink" uh yeah and it's been in the shops for almost two months
― energy flash gordon, Friday, 29 June 2007 23:18 (seventeen years ago) link
it might be better than the vice books i've been getting though. what's the trade-in value on those?
― scott seward, Friday, 29 June 2007 23:18 (seventeen years ago) link
the new one is totally great, the first one was totally :-/
― deej, Friday, 29 June 2007 23:22 (seventeen years ago) link
i think the first one is a really solid record, but I haven't played it in a long time
― gff, Saturday, 30 June 2007 01:49 (seventeen years ago) link
i like them, too. i saw them open for the unicorns in 2005 and was pleasantly surprised.
― poortheatre, Saturday, 30 June 2007 04:32 (seventeen years ago) link
Needy Girl is in a Reese's ad and it's confusing
― Morley Timmons, Saturday, 30 June 2007 05:43 (seventeen years ago) link
the new album is great. 100% = total summer jam, even though it's winter.
it also makes me want listen to lots more of the music that Chromeo obviously listen to - i guess the Eskimo mix is a good place to start?
― jabba hands, Saturday, 30 June 2007 06:55 (seventeen years ago) link
100% = total summer jam, even though it's winter.
lol hemisphere?
― deej, Saturday, 30 June 2007 07:15 (seventeen years ago) link
i guess the Eskimo mix is a good place to start?
Haven't heard their Eskimo mix yet, but the Ce Soir On Danse! mix on Disque Primeur is aces.
― Telephone thing, Saturday, 30 June 2007 20:46 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.discogs.com/release/794987
...wow, that's not very helpful, is it? Disque Primeur and Chromeo's websites are both useless as far as getting the tracklist and horrifyingly Flash-heavy; their Myspace doesn't have it; and Arcade Mode, which I'm fairly sure used to have a tracklist, is out of stock. Ah well.
― Telephone thing, Saturday, 30 June 2007 20:51 (seventeen years ago) link
i was talking w/ tremendoid about this, but my initial instinct is to be wary of the mixes; what makes them so great? I'd be afraid of it being a sort of generic 80s touchpoint mix or something and i really do enjoy their own music as 80s pastiche more than i think i would enjoy a random 80s mix from hipster dilettantes
― deej, Saturday, 30 June 2007 23:55 (seventeen years ago) link
try this then. not hipster dilettante
kenny dope's roller disco mix. completely breautiful http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/8411.html
― jaxon, Sunday, 1 July 2007 03:33 (seventeen years ago) link
a random 80s mix from hipster dilettantes
these dudes are serious business about the 80s shit. i met p at a record fair and he was diggin deeeeep!
― Confounded, Sunday, 1 July 2007 03:42 (seventeen years ago) link
that said i havent heard the mix
― Confounded, Sunday, 1 July 2007 03:43 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/s/swadewithth_backtothe_101b.jpg
thoughts on this? less hipsteur cheese, more collectro authenticity type shit, more r&b less pop than chromeo, i don't think i like it quite as much tho. Still some great songs on it (omg "too young to love")
― deej, Sunday, 1 July 2007 06:46 (seventeen years ago) link
more revivalism, less pastiche
"I'm Your Paradise" is prob the best song actually
― deej, Sunday, 1 July 2007 06:54 (seventeen years ago) link
Chromeo playing for free in SF. I have been digging this for months now and will probably check it, seeing its around the corner from my work. http://www.mezzaninesf.com/calendar.asp
― oscar, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 04:45 (seventeen years ago) link
they are tight live.
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 05:00 (seventeen years ago) link
that 'tenderoni' joint is awesome. i wasn't so into the last record but i might get the new one.
― haitch, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 05:31 (seventeen years ago) link
'bonified lovin' and 'call me up' are my joints
― deej, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 05:36 (seventeen years ago) link
U CAN CALLLLL ME UP LATE AT NITE!
so drunkhigh
― deej, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 02:41 (seventeen years ago) link
i am going to see them live with 'fl0sstradamus'
― deej, Monday, 9 July 2007 14:50 (seventeen years ago) link
haha i might too. but i might die if i do.
― s1ocki, Monday, 9 July 2007 17:07 (seventeen years ago) link
bf just saw them in williamsburg, had a good time even tho it was barely tolerable, venue wise
― Surmounter, Monday, 9 July 2007 17:30 (seventeen years ago) link
There is a pre-self-titled album mix floating around called "le mix." Obligatory Klymaxx, Cameo, etc., but some other good stuff. I'm going to the show this saturday @ empty bottle (fits 7.5 people), should be riot-inducing.
― valoss, Monday, 9 July 2007 19:19 (seventeen years ago) link
yeah thats where i'll be
― deej, Monday, 9 July 2007 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link
Going to see them in a couple of days, LOVED needy girl and some of the rest of that album grew on me... hopefully will be a good time! (venue is kind of budget but not lacking in space)
― now more than ever, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 06:32 (seventeen years ago) link
loving the baltimora-style "oh-oh-wa-oh" on "bonafide lovin"
― max, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:20 (seventeen years ago) link
i cant believe ppl i respect/tolerate are feeling this garbage
― and what, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:22 (seventeen years ago) link
nile rodgers : chromeo :: big daddy kane : edan
― and what, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:23 (seventeen years ago) link
i enjoy the hipster cheese of it. its certainly a part of the appeal
i dont think anyone would argue this is as great as roger troutman or something
― deej, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:33 (seventeen years ago) link
also chicks dig on this
― max, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link
look im not hating just cuz hipster douchebags or whatever (my gf likes hot chip) but unless you own every 80s r&b 12" ever produced theres no excuse to waste time on the vice magazine edition
― and what, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link
for the price of 1 chromeo record you could buy 15 dollar bin classics
i d***loaded the chromeo record and will gladly see cameo if i catch them touring for 12 dollars
― deej, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link
yeah i dont know that id necessarily spend $$ on this but i dont really have a problem w/ this kind of pastiche/revival/whatever; id take zapp over these guys any day but ive heard more bounce to the ounce about six million times
― max, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:46 (seventeen years ago) link
plus if i can use them to get babes into lisa lisa & cult jam then im all for it
― max, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:50 (seventeen years ago) link
There's something about the best parts of the new one, though, that don't really feel like pastiche -- god knows how, since every individual element seems like pastiche, but there's something about the whole that winds up feeling to me a bit like the difference between Daft Punk and whatever Daft Punk are sampling. (I.e., not really different in content, but somehow vastly different in feel and application and whatnot.)
― nabisco, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link
yeah and even on the point about shows, cuet girls go to chromeo shows and formerly-cuet 30/40-somethings go to SOS Band reunions
is there an sos band reunion? i would go to that too probably
― deej, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:54 (seventeen years ago) link
i dont think they ever broke up
― strongohulkington, Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:59 (seventeen years ago) link
i would like to take my mom to a chromeo show. she would be a good bellweather to their fidelity and authenticity
― strongohulkington, Thursday, 12 July 2007 19:00 (seventeen years ago) link
look im not hating just cuz hipster douchebags or whatever (my gf likes hot chip) but unless you own every 80s r&b 12" ever produced theres no excuse to waste time on the vice magazine edition -- and what, Thursday, July 12, 2007 6:36 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link
but i do own them all. also, i am hipster douchebag
― jaxon, Thursday, 12 July 2007 20:25 (seventeen years ago) link
i think im saying i like it because hipster douchebags. hipstersploitation
― deej, Friday, 13 July 2007 02:43 (seventeen years ago) link
I like most of the songs but some of them are duds. I get embarrassed when the female voice comes on about the telephone number. Great legs on the cover though.
― Maria :D, Friday, 13 July 2007 02:49 (seventeen years ago) link
I like this a lot, except for the Momma's Boy song.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 18:35 (seventeen years ago) link
going to see these guys @ the echo next thursday
― max, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 18:58 (seventeen years ago) link
they played a short set in chicago but it was fun. the ladies there were hot yes
― deej, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 19:01 (seventeen years ago) link
haha deej im glad youve caught on to why i like chromeo
― max, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 19:09 (seventeen years ago) link
see also: why i owned dave matthews band "crash"
― max, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 19:11 (seventeen years ago) link
tho i listen to chromeo by myself way more than i ever listened to dave
haha i totally suspected you had a dmb past
― deej, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 19:12 (seventeen years ago) link
no offense
― deej, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 19:13 (seventeen years ago) link
none taken, im finally able to admit that 90% of the music i listen to i choose specifically to attract girls.
― max, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 19:15 (seventeen years ago) link
i am so far pretty unsuccessful.
I like the first album better, but the new one is definitely fun. They're playing for free on Monday here in SF as part of a going.com promo. Probably be tons of people there I guess.
― Dare, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link
show was really fun. girls got on the stage and danced with them. P played drums on a girls butt.
― jaxon, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 18:08 (seventeen years ago) link
funnnn show
― max, Saturday, 28 July 2007 16:31 (seventeen years ago) link
dude loooks/acts kind of like pre-born to run jewish bruce
I saw them last week. Muy fun.
― The Reverend, Saturday, 28 July 2007 17:50 (seventeen years ago) link
ugh
-- and what, Thursday, July 12, 2007 7:22 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Link
otm
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 2 September 2007 11:26 (seventeen years ago) link
My roommate got Chromeo in the mail, not every 80s 12" R&B ever produced so I've been listening to the former. :(
― da croupier, Sunday, 2 September 2007 12:51 (seventeen years ago) link
if 00s R&B actually sounded like 80s R&B...
― blueski, Sunday, 2 September 2007 12:57 (seventeen years ago) link
these days = a bad Felix D H. they sound like they're taking the piss.
― pisces, Sunday, 2 September 2007 13:48 (seventeen years ago) link
how so
― deej, Sunday, 2 September 2007 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link
i didn't really know who these guys were, but they are on mtv all the time right now like they are the dance ed lover and doctor dre.
― artdamages, Monday, 8 October 2007 16:17 (sixteen years ago) link
really? great, i love 'em.
― max r, Monday, 8 October 2007 17:41 (sixteen years ago) link
fuck these guys
― omar little, Monday, 8 October 2007 17:46 (sixteen years ago) link
: O
― max r, Monday, 8 October 2007 18:00 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost I don't think they'd fancy my fat arse. But I quite like their music.
― stevienixed, Monday, 8 October 2007 18:26 (sixteen years ago) link
i wasn't sure if they were a comedy troupe or what
― artdamages, Monday, 8 October 2007 18:28 (sixteen years ago) link
the dude who looks like turtle from entourage has a vocoder implant
― artdamages, Monday, 8 October 2007 18:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I love Chromeo.
― Chris in Belfast, Monday, 8 October 2007 18:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Props to my homegirl Lorna who turned me on to this shizzle after hearing about it from two groovy guys she worked with in Urban Outfitters in SF.
Tenderoni is good. I could swallow them slightly better if I could be sure they weren't just taking the piss. I mean they could love this sound as much as I do...
― I know, right?, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 18:24 (sixteen years ago) link
i think they have a genuine love of 80s soul and synthfunk. check out their mix on eskimo, they're well into it. i remember when air came out everybody thought they were joking, but a little bit of humour in music isn't such a bad thing anyway. don't be some "OMG, everything is so ironic nowadays" drip.
― max r, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 18:34 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost - please don't post again
― jaxon, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 18:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Okay (shit!)
― I know, right?, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 18:36 (sixteen years ago) link
you cant make this shit up.
― artdamages, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 18:48 (sixteen years ago) link
ok, you could.
― artdamages, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 18:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I was just taking the piss a bit. I don't actually sound like that but whatevs.
― I know, right?, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link
So... it appears you can easily.
― I know, right?, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 18:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Chromeo: The Next Crossover Band That We Feel Like We're Not Allowed to Like Any More?
MTV's Buzzworthy Blog features Chromeo this week.
Of course they make amazing music, but maybe it's just going to be annoying when all of the mainstreamers are post-post ironically having fun while listening to Chromeo, and saying "Let's have a party where we dress up like we're in the 1980s." Then you'll log into facebook one Monday morning, and see a bunch of pictures of girls dressed like they are from the 1980s, and having a lot of fun.
So Buzzworthy.
Chromeo's good, but I think the blogosphere will probably focus more on Calvin Harris now that Chromeo is 'no longer ours.'
― artdamages, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
"Let's have a party where we dress up like we're in the 1980s."
didn't this happen about 3 years ago anyway?
― max r, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 18:55 (sixteen years ago) link
all those mainstreamers
― deej, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 18:57 (sixteen years ago) link
I hate hate hate Calvin Harris. It sounds so cheaply cobbled together.
And yeah, all the art school girls are so past 80's. Its all nu-rave nostalgia. Or so it would seem. I would have thought it a little early, but who am I to judge.
― I know, right?, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
And why would anyone care about someone crossing over into the mainstream?
― I know, right?, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 18:59 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.cs.nyu.edu/courses/spring04/V22.0002-001/Escher_hands_2.jpg
― artdamages, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
>>>>>>>fuck these guys
-- omar little, Monday, October 8, 2007 6:46 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link<<<<<<<<<
^^^^^^^^
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 19:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i would like chromeo, but deej enjoys it because people don't enjoy it because hipster douchebags enjoy it except they don't know because they are on mtv so maybe i do like them. you wouldn't believe how hard it is to smugly contrary sometimes.
― artdamages, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 19:48 (sixteen years ago) link
I can imagine.
― I know, right?, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 20:05 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb5FOa3DrkY
― deej, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 06:46 (sixteen years ago) link
is this stuff out of control yet
i really am having trouble figuring out how to be er 'smugly contrary' or whatever here!!! this is fun but diminishing returns the more of these groups show up i think
― deej, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 06:47 (sixteen years ago) link
something about their willingness to throw every pastiche cliche into it + dudes mj imitation is leaving me feeling very conflicted
― deej, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 06:49 (sixteen years ago) link
hm wow this is good. i guess if you wanna make this type of music— and i guess that's probably where this problem starts, but it's fine w/ me— you might as well jump all the way into the deep end and have a video like this and carry on like they do, or else it seems like your half-assing it, and intense self-conciousness would probably hinder the success of the music.
i guess part of why i stand/actively like stuff like this is because i don't have an intense emotional attachment to the music it so obviously mines, so my immediate reaction isn't "fuck you!"
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 30 October 2007 07:00 (sixteen years ago) link
its really quite well done
― deej, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 07:03 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm just afraid we're getting very close to, i dunno, The Caesars of 80s electro pastiche groups or something
― deej, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 07:05 (sixteen years ago) link
and some things are lost in the sort of lyrical vaguenesses required to keep it 'timeless'
― deej, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 07:07 (sixteen years ago) link
based on the two other songs i've just heard on myspace, private (ugh, btw) seem to be stretching their legs pretty well within the kind of box they're inherently in by making the music they're making. they seem way less one trick pony than chromeo, like "crucify my heart" has that awesome singing by the woman at the end that's just really genuinely awesome, super-talented singing, and something like that is way more rewarding than a lot of the things chromeo do.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 30 October 2007 07:16 (sixteen years ago) link
i agree. chromeo had the freshness of being first tho. i think what rubs the wrong way about this is that you can really see the limits of the style they're working with
― deej, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 07:25 (sixteen years ago) link
that kind of thing frustrates me more w/ something like new young pony club, who seem to want to work within the mold more than these guys, but then again maybe private are just much better at what they do.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 30 October 2007 07:35 (sixteen years ago) link
or maybe i'm giving private too much credit. i guess the flipside is appreciating when something is this good because you can see the limits of the style they're working with, however self-imposed they may be.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 30 October 2007 07:39 (sixteen years ago) link
now im confused
― deej, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 07:44 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah idk maybe i am too. i don't pay enough attention to stuff like this to have reached a satuartion point, really. good shit tho, thx for the link.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 30 October 2007 07:48 (sixteen years ago) link
new young pony club is super terrible. not sure what that has to do w/cromeo, but whatever.
re: cromeo - more of the music, more of the choruses, less of moustache dude talk rapping.
― John Justen, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 07:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Eh...I like both Chromeo and NYPC (not really sure why the latter are being brought into this, they're a different pastiche), but this feels kind of embarrassing. I don't know how to put this really, but where Chromeo are equal parts genuine enthusiasm and aloof distance, this tips too far toward the latter. It also feels like they're trying too damn hard. The forced MJ vocals, the nauseating "rap" section, it's...icky.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 15:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I love New Young Pony Club.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes, but what of Private?
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Never heard of them.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 16:10 (sixteen years ago) link
chromeo were not the first at anything
― chaki, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 17:34 (sixteen years ago) link
they were first at not being first
― deej, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 17:36 (sixteen years ago) link
what is other successful mid-80s R&B/funk pastiche groups not actually from this era
i think i agree w/ reverend but some of these songs aren't really bad either
― deej, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 17:45 (sixteen years ago) link
i like that they try to hard.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 30 October 2007 17:48 (sixteen years ago) link
I enjoy Chromeo's album (its all about the keyb fills) but ugh not feeling "Private." This song is tepid!
― da croupier, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 17:50 (sixteen years ago) link
too*
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 30 October 2007 17:51 (sixteen years ago) link
im gonna stop riding the fence and say i agree, dollars to donuts this ends up in an ipod commercial in a couple months and i'll never want to hear it again.
― deej, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
chromeo still good tho
I'd rather hear Chromeo than look at them, though
― da croupier, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 17:53 (sixteen years ago) link
yah chromeo is good but theres been doods dancing with their laptops to prince style shit way before them
― chaki, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 17:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I am always up for a good Zapp rip
― da croupier, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 17:59 (sixteen years ago) link
word
― chaki, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 18:01 (sixteen years ago) link
eh well i am generally outside of their target audience i guess
― deej, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 18:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Private = good song - rap bit. video = good - watching that dude dance
other 80s funk/disco groups out now = Escort
― jaxon, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 18:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Swade
― deej, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 18:21 (sixteen years ago) link
^ ugh, sounds like some mid 90s house/jazzy jungle/lounge/sushi bar music
― jaxon, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
it doesnt really have a hint of irony to it, but most of the songs are zzz with a couple exceptions. but i think those songs are very good.
― deej, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 18:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Escort are good.
jaymc, you dumbass. David linked to Private's video in his revive. That's kind of what we've been talking about in this section of thread.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 18:46 (sixteen years ago) link
when i was all hating on this i had never heard 'bonafide lovin'... thats a jam
― and what, Monday, 10 March 2008 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link
still dont get why these dudes dont just like do a comeback album for chaka khan or some shit
Private sucks, i heard the obscure boogie track that they explicitly ripped off of for their single on trusme's release party mix and i felt gross for even bringing them up
― deej, Monday, 10 March 2008 20:23 (sixteen years ago) link
This song is tepid!
-- da croupier, Tuesday, October 30, 2007 12:50 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Link
this was wrong, what was tepid was that it was a cover masquerading as a new song
― deej, Monday, 10 March 2008 20:25 (sixteen years ago) link
that makes sense then i guess
― J0rdan S., Monday, 10 March 2008 20:27 (sixteen years ago) link
-- That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, October 9, 2007 3:34 PM
― am0n, Monday, 10 March 2008 20:38 (sixteen years ago) link
been jamming to 100% lately
― max, Monday, 10 March 2008 20:39 (sixteen years ago) link
lmao nobody told me these dudes made beats for non phixion
― and what, Saturday, 19 July 2008 20:07 (sixteen years ago) link
chromeo go over to Daryl Hall's house and play songs with him and his band
http://www.livefromdarylshouse.com/index.php?page=ep10
― jaxon, Friday, 22 August 2008 19:42 (sixteen years ago) link
oh, that's just the first song of the whole episode. the interviews are fun.
here's Say No Go. gets kinda jazzy, but still fun to hear the talk box over the song http://www.livefromdarylshouse.com/index.php?page=ep10
― jaxon, Friday, 22 August 2008 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
livefromdarylshouse.com!!!!!
― goole, Friday, 22 August 2008 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
!!!!?!?!?!!!!!
― goole, Friday, 22 August 2008 19:58 (sixteen years ago) link
daryl's morphing into willem dafoe
― stevienixed, Friday, 22 August 2008 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm sure he's on this site somewhere http://menwholooklikeoldlesbians.blogspot.com/
― jaxon, Friday, 22 August 2008 20:20 (sixteen years ago) link
the bit where he talks about restoring houses is ^_^
― goole, Friday, 22 August 2008 20:33 (sixteen years ago) link
this is great! i wish they had done Private Eyes, that would have been amazing.
― san frandisco, Friday, 22 August 2008 20:59 (sixteen years ago) link
oh and unrelated but my girlfriend went to the afterparty for their recent LA show and her friend made out with P
― san frandisco, Friday, 22 August 2008 21:00 (sixteen years ago) link
'her friend'
― deej, Friday, 22 August 2008 21:02 (sixteen years ago) link
...and now she's like 2 months pregnant, weird right?
― san frandisco, Friday, 22 August 2008 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link
i mean her friend
― san frandisco, Friday, 22 August 2008 21:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Chromeo making the guest rounds, VP announcement soon
http://img32.picoodle.com/data/img32/3/8/22/f_vpm_1767ab1.jpg
― I DIED, Friday, 22 August 2008 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link
hahahaha
― The Reverend, Saturday, 23 August 2008 03:53 (sixteen years ago) link
http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Chromeo/track/I_Cant_Tell_You_Why_
― fleetwood (max), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:35 (fourteen years ago) link
oh yeah
― rather shipped (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:38 (fourteen years ago) link
apparently chromeo & darryl hall are gonna play together at bonnaroo
― max, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
lol @ me upthread
― goole, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link
The Chromeo DJ Kicks looks fantastic. Can anyone report back?
― Tim F, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link
you gotta have some tiny balls to not like Chromeo
― merked, Thursday, 11 February 2010 01:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Looks down....Fair enough.
― EDB, Thursday, 11 February 2010 01:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Chromeo just kicked off their tour for the new album, so much fun.
― skip, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 04:34 (fourteen years ago) link
lol at me calling jaymc a dumbass
― born to darraghmac (The Reverend), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 07:53 (fourteen years ago) link
of all the acts to surface around the period these guys came onto the scene, I never would've guessed they would be the ones to still be standing. their persistance is pretty inspiring.
― Loverboy (Spinspin Sugah), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Personally I don't think they've made any progress since Fancy Footwork(2007) and I am wondering why I bothered after She's in Control (2004). Everything else is regression.
― Shut Up. Kenny G. Etc. (u s steel), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 02:06 (fourteen years ago) link
weird thing to say about a retro act
― kim cardassian (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 02:26 (fourteen years ago) link
fancy footwork was way way better than shes in control
― blap...tremendo (deej), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link
We need retro because some people didn't pay attention to cool electro records the first time around. I listened to Fancy Footwork about eighty two times and thought it was a big fat DUD. The magic just isn't there. I think I gave them a chance. They're kind of asking for it, nothing can top classics like "You're so Gangsta" or even "Woman Friend".
― Shut Up. Kenny G. Etc. (u s steel), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link
'youre so gangsta' is not a classic
― blap...tremendo (deej), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 02:55 (fourteen years ago) link
If you don't love electro it isn't.
― Shut Up. Kenny G. Etc. (u s steel), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 03:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyway....I'm willing to give Business Casual a chance....when it comes out.
― Shut Up. Kenny G. Etc. (u s steel), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 03:16 (fourteen years ago) link
― Shut Up. Kenny G. Etc. (u s steel), Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:14 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
thats like every song of theirs. 'youre so gangsta' is a corny conceit & pretty repetitive & just not that good. the first record was super spotty in the songwriting dept. & that track was no exception ... the singing on the verses is really bad & annoying, and the beat is super basic & lame. i dunno just listening to it again, very thin & kinda actively abrasive
― blap...tremendo (deej), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 03:47 (fourteen years ago) link
like, ive been listening to 80s electro for years dude ... this is just a really thin pastiche & so is most of that first record. they def stepped up the songwriting a whole bunch on the second one, the production is a lot tighter, its just a much much better & more consistent record
― blap...tremendo (deej), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 03:49 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean those fucking awful guitars on 'destination: overdrive' ... seriously?? u think this record is all that?
needy girl is still teh best tho
― kim cardassian (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:04 (fourteen years ago) link
yah that one really works
― blap...tremendo (deej), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:07 (fourteen years ago) link
bout the only track i think
needy girl & fancy footwork are 10/10 imo... could give or take pretty much everything else
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:10 (fourteen years ago) link
i like some of the newer stuff
― kim cardassian (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:11 (fourteen years ago) link
that one that max posted upthread is nice
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:12 (fourteen years ago) link
i saw this, it was a good time. was much more the darryl hall show than a chromeo show, but they were fun. i went to that instead of DARK FLAMING LIPS OF THE MOON, i think it was a much better choice.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:13 (fourteen years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:10 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
no no no the 2nd album has a bunch of jams ... 'bonafied lovin' 'tenderoni' 'call me up' '100%' ... it was like they stopped seeing 80s as a random throw-against-the-wall pastiche & kinda realized that hey this stuff was already funny ... it seems like they really care abt the music on the 2nd record & it wasnt just one big remember-the-80s joke
― blap...tremendo (deej), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:20 (fourteen years ago) link
100% is super ill
― max, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:22 (fourteen years ago) link
There are a ton of solid songs on Fancy Footwork--basically the entire thing is mixtape/party worthy. Even Momma's Boy turns into something of a jam. I would be surprised if the new record is even close to as good as FF but it doesn't need to be.
― skip, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:26 (fourteen years ago) link
oh yeah, "bonafied lovin" is actually really good
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:26 (fourteen years ago) link
no no no, you have to like what I like, dammit!
― Loverboy (Spinspin Sugah), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 06:00 (fourteen years ago) link
\oO/ dude im right what can i say
― blap...tremendo (deej), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 06:14 (fourteen years ago) link
oh man i love "100%". and i pretty much agree w/deej about fancy footwork. solid album
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 06:19 (fourteen years ago) link
I gave it another shot but I have to say "Bona fide Lovin" goes down easy enough but is kind of poo.
― Shut Up. Kenny G. Etc. (u s steel), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 11:10 (fourteen years ago) link
the eli escobar remix of bonafied lovin is much better than the og, but i could never find a decent download and it only ever seemed to come out on fabriclive38
so chromeo eh
seeing them in tripod in dublin this november - on a thursday, not cool
― haido, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 11:23 (fourteen years ago) link
― blap...tremendo (deej), Wednesday, July 28, 2010 2:14 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark
two heads?
― kim cardassian (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 13:12 (fourteen years ago) link
That second album is growing on me, good r & b and seventies sounds in it...it's just a tad lightweight..maybe I should take a vacation until Business Casual comes out.
― Shut Up. Kenny G. Etc. (u s steel), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 22:58 (fourteen years ago) link
― kim cardassian (s1ocki), Wednesday, July 28, 2010 8:12 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
better than 1
― blap...tremendo (deej), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 23:10 (fourteen years ago) link
'lightweight' is p much the problem w/ most of the 1st one ... its like they have these vague ideas of what '80s R&B' is like & occasionally a good idea (like the melody for the hook of 'your so gangsta') that they meld w/ these cliches in order to paper over a lack of well anything else ... anyway ive made my pt i think
― blap...tremendo (deej), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 23:12 (fourteen years ago) link
love the actual verses in You're So Gangsta, should have kept 'em on the album
― Has admitted to being awesome in order to have sex (sic), Thursday, 29 July 2010 02:56 (fourteen years ago) link
looks like i'm going to see these guys saturday night will report back
― titchyschneiderhouserules (s1ocki), Thursday, 29 July 2010 03:00 (fourteen years ago) link
theyre super fun iirc
― max, Thursday, 29 July 2010 03:12 (fourteen years ago) link
expect a really young crowd tho
oh i've seen them many times - hometown crowd yo
― titchyschneiderhouserules (s1ocki), Thursday, 29 July 2010 03:13 (fourteen years ago) link
oh right
― max, Thursday, 29 July 2010 03:45 (fourteen years ago) link
theyre super fun
― max, Thursday, 29 July 2010 03:46 (fourteen years ago) link
originally, when they started, i remember they were kind of bad live, and then all of the sudden they came back and were like, super awesome.
true. story.
― titchyschneiderhouserules (s1ocki), Thursday, 29 July 2010 03:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I liked 'em with a real drummer
― Has admitted to being awesome in order to have sex (sic), Thursday, 29 July 2010 04:25 (fourteen years ago) link
they were super fun when i saw them on fancy footwork tour - 21+ crowd. Birdman was there and the evening all around was super sexy
― run (The Reverend), Thursday, 29 July 2010 06:43 (fourteen years ago) link
ok, maybe birdman wasn't there
I liked 'em on Fancy Footwork tour too, three out of the four times I saw 'em. Birdman wasn't there either.
― Has admitted to being awesome in order to have sex (sic), Thursday, 29 July 2010 07:17 (fourteen years ago) link
(Fourth time was a festival mainstage in the afternoon, just way too big for 'em. Watched six minutes and went to see lol Wale instead.)
but it was all around super sexy tho, right?
― run (The Reverend), Thursday, 29 July 2010 07:35 (fourteen years ago) link
so the video came out today
http://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2010/7/29/watch-chromeo-dont-turn-the-lights-on.html
i like the song (had it for a few weeks), and i appreciate the comedy video vibe but like.. something about it is a bit lame
― titchyschneiderhouserules (s1ocki), Friday, 30 July 2010 04:40 (fourteen years ago) link
song is dope imo
― blap...tremendo (deej), Friday, 30 July 2010 07:19 (fourteen years ago) link
"Don't Turn the Lights On"....is that a Can reference? Always suspected them of making subtle references to others' work. In any case, new album is due soon, no??
― The Rich Man's 8-Track (u s steel), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:07 (thirteen years ago) link
it's out already
― The Reverend, Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
out today in .au
― Underground - Parking (2010) (sic), Thursday, 23 September 2010 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
dear god I'd never heard the beginning of fancy footwork before. Thriller much?
― owenf, Thursday, 23 September 2010 22:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Beat it obvs
― owenf, Friday, 24 September 2010 08:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Them playing with John Oates as mentioned upthread is kind of awesome. fun, nerdy production talk here at and then at 3:50 they start jammin on No Can Do (can't go for that)
http://www.youtube.com/user/LiveFromDarylsHouse?v=GXXvUa5Tzco&feature=pyv&ad=4413041629&kw=chromeo&gclid=CJfOrJvGvaQCFSFbiAodW2jB0g
more synth and funk record talk here. These bros are just likable, I like when they speak French to each other.
― A solo Beatle--Paul, George, John, Yoko, etc. (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, 6 October 2010 06:16 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought i would be over them by now but this made me lol
"We’re not openly talking about any of these subjects in our music. Rather than talk about them explicitly we prefer to offer hints for people to make their own minds. When we named the album White Women we thought we’d provoke debates on issues of sex, race and gender. We’re in the midst of a conservative moment in America. The backlash to “Blurred Lines” was so puritanical. White Women is the title of Helmut Newton’s first book.
The other thing that’s super important to us is the question of race. Pat and I are very ambiguous: he’s a Christian Lebanese and I’m an Arab Jew. These things are confusing to most people in America. If people are going to listen to our music, why not make them think too? We made an album that’s racially blurred, an homage to black music titled White Women. You can appreciate it first degree or you can see an intellectual discourse on the war of sexes and race. In that way, it’s neither traditional funk nor traditional electronic music."
their fallon perfomance with death from above is pretty slick.
― StillAdvance, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 10:56 (ten years ago) link
yeah that Fallon performance was so so so good.http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/chromeo-ft-death-from-above-1979-sexy-socialite/n42450/
― Spottie, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 16:36 (ten years ago) link
all about the vamping at around the 4.45 min mark
― StillAdvance, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 16:56 (ten years ago) link
really liking this album tbf tbh
― Spottie, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 07:28 (ten years ago) link
this album is dope
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 13:55 (ten years ago) link
this thing is like legit 80% great.
the back half of Somethingood! the teen pop opener. Tory Y Moi is probably someone i am supposed to hate but that song is so good. that hook and the solange hook are pure maple syrup. lots of hooks really. Ezras intld i was ready to HATE but its actually incredible. the sax on Fall Back 2u.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
Very, very into this.
― Dave Depper (Davey D), Thursday, 15 May 2014 22:55 (ten years ago) link
Yeah it's fun, liked it better than I thought I would.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 May 2014 23:09 (ten years ago) link
I've heard half of this - I like the opener a lot; some of the lyrics are a little clunky.
The lede in your pitchfork review was a little bit weird though j0rd - is it really a thing now that all decent albums must have significant written and oral retrospectives on their tenth birthday before officially joining the canon?
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Thursday, 15 May 2014 23:27 (ten years ago) link
is it really a thing now that all decent albums must have significant written and oral retrospectives on their tenth birthday before officially joining the canon?
sadly yes?
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Friday, 16 May 2014 02:22 (ten years ago) link
i admit that it was a bit awkward though. i felt like it was the easiest route to get to my thesis, which is that this album in particular feels like something that really benefits from not being weighed down by expectations and the way people discuss music online writ large (a contrasting album would be like... the EMA record or something)
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Friday, 16 May 2014 02:24 (ten years ago) link
This is a lot better than it needed to be! Little things like the outro on "Play The Fool" & the bridge on "Sexy Socialite" are gorgeous.
(& since nobody's posted it to the thread & the existence thereof cheers me up, here's "Fancy Footwork" getting used in Step Up 3D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9nkv4z6-aE)
― etc, Sunday, 18 May 2014 10:32 (ten years ago) link
Oliver co-production is the secret weapon here. Likewise for that new Camron/A-Trak joint. Watch out for those guys. Big pop things in their future I think.
― anza808, Monday, 19 May 2014 01:12 (ten years ago) link
I love the new album, and especially the extended tracks. They feel like updated 70s/80s funk 12"s that are still fun and listenable despite somewhat weak hooks because of good instrumentation and flow. Jealous is the clear standout and the only one that really works as a sub 4 minute pop track.
― skip, Friday, 23 May 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
Really didn't expect Chromeo to be the first people to be given a shot at the Lorde single, but I'm quite taken with this:
https://soundcloud.com/lordemusic/green-light-chromeo-remix
― etc, Friday, 26 May 2017 22:26 (seven years ago) link
"Jealous" got a lot of mainstream and background music play... good for them. The album went to #11.
― skip, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 22:31 (seven years ago) link
this is so pleasant, and works great next to the Calvin Harris songs on my summer playlist (which is still funny to me—never would have believed a year ago would be a statement that made any sense)
― austinb, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 13:48 (seven years ago) link
hmm maybe calvin harris and chromeo will start the Premature Bloghouse Revival That Was Foretold
― austinb, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 13:49 (seven years ago) link
I'd really love for Chromeo to become bigger stars now that even Bruno Mars has stole their thunder.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 13:52 (seven years ago) link
New video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j-ED6tL85o
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
<3
― Spottie, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 05:32 (six years ago) link
it seems amazing that in the post-Uptown Funk world Chromeo are still a second-tier act but then you see a video like that and it all makes sense
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 11 November 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
Haha
― Spottie, Saturday, 11 November 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7w-Dp16hH0
New single with Morgan Geist production!
― etc, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 08:19 (one year ago) link
The relationship dynamics as depicted in the new video are...intriguing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIGIWKfbUiw
― read-only (unperson), Monday, 2 October 2023 17:48 (eleven months ago) link