Last minute and a half of Tightrope is straight-up amazing, like Curtis Mayfield amazing.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Monday, 24 May 2010 01:08 (5 days ago)
i dunno i think it's bad, real bad, michael jackson
― k3vin k., Saturday, 29 May 2010 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
lol jk i just wanted to say that
loooooooool
― ksh, Saturday, 29 May 2010 14:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't know anything about R&B as has been pointed out on here extensively but I own more records by James Brown/Flaming Flames/The J.B.s than any other artist and this ticks a lot of boxes for me. I can't wait to hear the album.
― Duran (Doran), Saturday, 29 May 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
as someone who loved tightrope, i have to say that i don't think the rest of the album lives up to it.
― forksclovetofu, Saturday, 29 May 2010 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
The Reverend, seriously? Like I listen to much music with autotune or think the rest of the album is out of tune? It's just that song ffs.
― silence is a rhythm too (Turangalila), Saturday, 29 May 2010 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
ok i need to get around to hearing this
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
brb listening to autotuned Ghena Dimitrova
― silence is a rhythm too (Turangalila), Saturday, 29 May 2010 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
'dance or die' is xxxtra dope for real
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
man this is dope. any haters on some kneejerk popism HOW IS THIS MORE ADVENTUROUS THAN AMERIE REHASHING ONE THING STILL needs to back down
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link
build that strawman high, son
― forksclovetofu, Saturday, 29 May 2010 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
― silence is a rhythm too (Turangalila), Saturday, May 29, 2010 11:27 AM Bookmark
Okay, my bad for strawmanning you, but I don't hear it at all.
― i don't care if big daddy kane signed your mommas tits (The Reverend), Saturday, 29 May 2010 18:56 (thirteen years ago) link
deej otm
xp seriously though deej, what do you mean by that? i don't follow.
― forksclovetofu, Saturday, 29 May 2010 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
(altho tbh I don't really think anyone here [rep]ped for the last Amerie album like that)
― i don't care if big daddy kane signed your mommas tits (The Reverend), Saturday, 29 May 2010 18:58 (thirteen years ago) link
haha im totally exaggerating/strawmanning there
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
but there was a huge thread of "how is this more adventurous than [pop r&b artist x] [pop r&b artist y] & its like, look -- its a genuinely unique record! just because we can now acknowledge that, hey, the-dream is a really unique artist, doesnt mean that all 'outsider' alternative-y artists are overrated. this record is good
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
naw, I totally agree
― i don't care if big daddy kane signed your mommas tits (The Reverend), Saturday, 29 May 2010 19:08 (thirteen years ago) link
but to some of us, this particular 'outsider' alternative-y artist is being overrated! -- this is like the most critically acclaimed album of the year
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 29 May 2010 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, the rhetoric around the album is ridiculous, but who gives a shit, the music itself is great
― i don't care if big daddy kane signed your mommas tits (The Reverend), Saturday, 29 May 2010 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
in our circle i dont see much bullshit -- matt p's review was pretty good i thought, & looked at the record for what it was w/out hammering 'the rest of R&B' with it. obviously some cornballs will always see anything vaguely 'alternative' as superior but thats unavoidable, whether this record is great or wack.
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
the idea that 'tightrope' is the best song on this is nuts imo -- tightrope is kinda the most trad/boring -- this record mostly reminds me of bassment jaxx in its manic kitchen sink thing. way more than, like, nellie mckay. this is a great record! i want to know what tim f thinks
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
he definitely is the kind of person who can go either way when it comes to debates like this which gives at least some illusion of objectivity haa
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
man this is so so good ... after reading this thread i expected it to be, like, ok but uneven, but this is just wall 2 wall banging
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
i will say that 'war of the roses' has always been a bit too 'lets do the time warp agaiiiin' for my liking
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 19:43 (thirteen years ago) link
The screamed verse on that is ace.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Saturday, 29 May 2010 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Also the bells in the bridge. I think it's a good track.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Saturday, 29 May 2010 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
― NUDE. MAYNE. (s1ocki), Saturday, 29 May 2010 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
xx-post
The bells are my favorite part and are a subtle echo of some things in other tracks (or at least one--I forget which at the moment). The bells kind of makes me think of the Butthole Surfers's classic "To Parter."
― confusion is a walrus (_Rudipherous_), Saturday, 29 May 2010 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link
the thing about "Tightrope" is it starts out totally trad but then starts going in a million directions at the end and it's easy to lose sight of one or the other when both these things make the other stronger
― i don't care if big daddy kane signed your mommas tits (The Reverend), Saturday, 29 May 2010 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
the of montreal song is cool w me, sounds like shes going for a freddie mercury thing. but i dont listen to of montreal so
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
xp to rev yeah this was esp noticeable seeing her do this on TV & it made me reconsider the song
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
i think my favorite is actually the low-key songs like 'wondaland' (not really low key at all) but like ... this is where she sounds the most jaxx-ian to me.
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
the most jaxon
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 29 May 2010 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
I find this record more and more obnoxious, and keep erasing more tracks from my iPod (still like "Cold War" and "Locked Inside."
We'll never reach a consensus with this one.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 29 May 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
and I can't imagine what song woudl win a poll.
I'm not even ready to answer such a thing. The record is still revealing its charms to me.
― i don't care if big daddy kane signed your mommas tits (The Reverend), Saturday, 29 May 2010 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I kinda feel like this hits the same spot last year's Platinum Pied Pipers album did, where even when it's retro, it's never reverent and uses those retroisms to springboard into something completely new, except the songwriting and production and everything are way better than on that record.
― i don't care if big daddy kane signed your mommas tits (The Reverend), Saturday, 29 May 2010 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
xpWow, I'm kind of jealous of how much you like it. I really wanted to, considering how fucking awesome she is.
Also, the weirdness on Locked Inside isn't necessarily just the voice. There's something offputting harmonically about the whole song to me. e.g., there's something unpleasantly *off* about the 4th chord in that accompaniment loop throughout.
― silence is a rhythm too (Turangalila), Saturday, 29 May 2010 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
'Tightrope' kind of reminds me of Róisín Murphy
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, May 29, 2010 3:39 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
by this i assume you mean, 'ill never agree with the emerging consensus'
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm trying to wait til i'm in the right mood to give this a second chance but it's not happening yet, just thinking about how busy it is is tiring me out
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
There's something offputting harmonically about the whole song to me. e.g., there's something unpleasantly *off* about the 4th chord in that accompaniment loop throughout.
― silence is a rhythm too (Turangalila), Saturday, May 29, 2010 3:54 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark
to each his own but imo this is a great harmonic move
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
deej, you listening to & liking an album does not mean that there is an "emerging consensus"
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
btw who is Nellie Mckay?
― i don't care if big daddy kane signed your mommas tits (The Reverend), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
me agreeing with matthew perpetua suggests something must have some serious appeal ha
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
nellie mckay is like the white precocious theater kid indie version of this -- way awful though. iirc miccio dug her
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:10 (thirteen years ago) link
i really like nellie mckay's first album
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
heres an emerging consensus for u jordanhttp://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/monaejanelle/archandroid?q=janelle%20monae
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_mjAQb_2gchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q6HKiF83aI
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link