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 (fourteen years ago) link
'Tightrope' kind of reminds me of Róisín Murphy
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
We'll never reach a consensus with this one.
― 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
i really like nellie mckay's first album
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:11 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, May 29, 2010 4:11 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
yeah no duh i already mentioned that -- alfred said "we" as in people posting itt & reaction has been completely mixed
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
alfred is an eccentric & u are riding lex kneejerk popism here
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link
most of the monae stans aren't even feeling this!!
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
not sure how this qualifies as knee jerk popism -- she's signed to bad boy & sold 3 times as many albums in her first week as electrik red -- i just think there's a lot bluster & noise on the album and not much quality songwriting
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
i haven't even said i dislike this yet, and i quite liked her ep!! i will say that 100% of the critical response (ugh, that perpetua review that i ended up reading by accident) makes me roll my eyes though.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
& you have more eccentric tastes than alfred, you tard
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
whats wrong with the perpetua review lex
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link
the quality songwriting is exactly why this is great fwiw
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 22:00 (fourteen years ago) link
cold war is def my favorite vocal performance
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 22:25 (fourteen years ago) link
"there's a lot bluster & noise on the album and not much quality songwriting"^kinda where I'm at; the razzmatazz gets cloying
and I voted for Metropolis as top 10 p+j in 08 and I'm pretty sure this won't make it into my top 20 unless another few listens really changes my perspective... though tightrope might be a top ten single.
i think a more restricted palette served her better; this is nice and it has def high points but after three or four listens I haven't felt as compelled to return to this as, say, Josh Turner or Guido or Ratatat or Ellie Goulding or
btw, nellie calmed down that jazz hands shit over her last two hands and is no longer quite so drastically unfocused and is quietly building a pretty nice discog
― forksclovetofu, Saturday, 29 May 2010 23:41 (fourteen years ago) link
"last two hands" = "last two albums"
dog u like ratatat
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Saturday, 29 May 2010 23:42 (fourteen years ago) link
yes and you like jacka
― forksclovetofu, Saturday, 29 May 2010 23:47 (fourteen years ago) link
our respective crosses to bear
― forksclovetofu, Saturday, 29 May 2010 23:48 (fourteen years ago) link
btw i listened to shooterz for a week and finally decided that, with exceptions, you and i have definitely different tastes and that's kinda where it's at
― forksclovetofu, Saturday, 29 May 2010 23:49 (fourteen years ago) link
ratatat is great!
― NUDE. MAYNE. (s1ocki), Saturday, 29 May 2010 23:53 (fourteen years ago) link
alfred is an eccentric
Ha! Okay! That's a first.
It's Memorial Day weekend, bros. Take the album on your iPods. Play it for your friends.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 29 May 2010 23:54 (fourteen years ago) link
ipod got stolen
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 29 May 2010 23:56 (fourteen years ago) link
probably sunn0))) :(
― forksclovetofu, Saturday, 29 May 2010 23:59 (fourteen years ago) link
this record is all songs -- if u cant make it thru the 'razzmatazz' thats on you -- and im kinda surprised you dont like anything on shooterz either. really? no songs stood out to you at all?
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Sunday, 30 May 2010 00:05 (fourteen years ago) link
not even like www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhV-3FNUo5w
did the mods write "no bay area youtubes from poster 'deej'" into the code?
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 May 2010 00:12 (fourteen years ago) link
all over me and starz are runnin get some play every now and again, but overall not so much
― forksclovetofu, Sunday, 30 May 2010 00:13 (fourteen years ago) link
reign god is okay but so much of that mix sounds like g-unit recycling
― forksclovetofu, Sunday, 30 May 2010 00:14 (fourteen years ago) link
do you mean its ... gangster rap?
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Sunday, 30 May 2010 00:26 (fourteen years ago) link
bcuz jacka himself doesnt really sound like any member of g-unit & certainly has his own lyrical style
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Sunday, 30 May 2010 00:27 (fourteen years ago) link
anyway we should take that to the fruity therad
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Sunday, 30 May 2010 00:28 (fourteen years ago) link
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, May 29, 2010 7:12 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark
i try to do yall a favor & u zing me for it -- just for that im posting 10 bay rap youtubes in the fruity swag thread before today is over
:-p
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 May 2010 00:29 (fourteen years ago) link
'faster' is sooo good.
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 05:09 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^
― i don't care if big daddy kane signed your mommas tits (The Reverend), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 05:26 (fourteen years ago) link
dash-dashing prince or horny toad
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 05:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Haven't really heard much of her stuff, but I'm excited that I'll be seeing her open for Ms Badu tonight.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
this record is cool, but sometimes it's a little too "jazz hands" for moi
― m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link
holy shit, she's touring with Badu?????
― bageled by dementeds (HI DERE), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i think it's funny how popists basically react like O.G. indie rockers when the uncool kids invade the clubhouse
― m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
http://outmymindjustintimetour.com
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 16:29 (fourteen years ago) link
argh, not going to be able to go
― bageled by dementeds (HI DERE), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 16:31 (fourteen years ago) link