https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qur_IWsj8mE
Electric Six, "Flashy Man" (2008)
He won't apologize because he's not sorry!He's the xbox to your atariWatch out, here comes the flash!
― da croupier, Sunday, 22 August 2010 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
raphael saadiq's like, "damn, guess i should have swore."
― da croupier, Sunday, August 22, 2010 12:12 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
this was basically the same logic behind amy winehouse's success (obv a bit more dimension to that but not dissimilar)
― NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Sunday, 22 August 2010 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I can see why people dig this song but between the E6 track for the xbox/atari line (which is like the tenth best on that album) and Harry Nilsson's "You're Breaking My Heart" for the "omg he said fuck you" this is just yet another faux-motown ditty in a time of plenty.
― da croupier, Sunday, 22 August 2010 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
(tenth best track on Flashy, I mean, there's umteen better lines than the "xbox/atari" one)
the profanity in the chorus alone means ppl arent getting into this for a 'sounds like motown!!' vibe -- or theyre digging how it takes a familiar template & adds some contemporary language for being pissed off abt an ex on top
the line after the double-dash gets at it. the appeal of the song is, to me, (a) the compelling groove and vibe combined with (b) deploying that chorus/cuss-phrase in a song where you wouldn't expect it. once you get familiar with it, tho, it may lose it's appeal fairly fast (which is maybe why you think you'll be sick of it in a week).
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 22 August 2010 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02lXLiFsRtE
1972
― da croupier, Sunday, 22 August 2010 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
ha that is a pretty bogus bite
cool song
― NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Sunday, 22 August 2010 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
still like this more than 'crazy' -- the production alone just feels looser
― NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Sunday, 22 August 2010 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Deej is otm, it'll get old fast. But the other key thing about it besides retro+catchy tune+omg swear words is the ebullience of it. The whole thing is fun, it takes a lot of pleasure in its pissiness. The vibe of the song sets the chorus up so that it feels joyful.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 22 August 2010 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
it does a good job sounding both pissed & accepting
― NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Sunday, 22 August 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Despite the "hook" elements actually being more like hurdles, I gotta admit this song is growing on me.
― da croupier, Sunday, 22 August 2010 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Reaction to "Single Ladies" was pretty immediate. Most other "instant reaction" type moments of the last decade weren't very recent... The Black Album, The Grey Album, Hey Ya, Marshall Mathers LP & The Eminem Show, Trapped In The Closet, Kid A, Crazy In Love, Work It, American Idiot, You Know You're Right...― billstevejim, Sunday, August 22, 2010 11:28 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― billstevejim, Sunday, August 22, 2010 11:28 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Yeah, remember how when "American Idiot" and "The Black Album" leaked there was posts on Gawker and Wall Street Journal and Perez Hilton within 24 hours? I'll never forget where I was when that happened!!!! What moments that made me feel connected to everyone all at once i will treasure them
― eat, pray, love, fly @ u face (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 22 August 2010 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
i've already forgot where i was when this song dropped so
― da croupier, Sunday, 22 August 2010 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
but tbf i wasn't reading gawker, wsj and perez
― da croupier, Sunday, 22 August 2010 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
oh wow but you fucking heard about you piece of shit
― eat, pray, love, fly @ u face (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 22 August 2010 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
whiney is otm itt
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 22 August 2010 18:52 (thirteen years ago) link
jesus christ whiney do you get a million dollars if this is the FIRST SONG EVER everyone cared about at the first time? calm down.
― da croupier, Sunday, 22 August 2010 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link
i've heard this song 25 times today. haven't heard any beatles.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 22 August 2010 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― christopher dullan (Tape Store), Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:07 (thirteen years ago) link
this song is so boring and i haven't seen anyone mention it until ten minutes ago. on this thread.
― christopher dullan (Tape Store), Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:08 (thirteen years ago) link
― da croupier, Sunday, August 22, 2010 5:18 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
Glad I'm not the only one who's made a Cee-Lo/Nilsson connection. I wrote something similar in the other cee-lo thread.
And Whiney OTM. This song was as much a hit in the "internet viral video" sense as it was anything else.
― Cunga, Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
the video has 120,000 hits, it's A SENSATION
― christopher dullan (Tape Store), Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
the youtube I saw had it at 300,000 in a day.
― Cunga, Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
tape store, u pick some random shit to all caps on
― plax (ico), Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Ebullient, but I still like "Yamaha" better this summer.
― 2 + 2 is vah-gi-nah (Eric H.), Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
wonder how blogs would have reacted to joe tex's "aint gonna bounce no more (with no big fat woman)" back in the day
― da croupier, Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
no, not really.
also, to answer whiney, "Party In The USA"
― christopher dullan (Tape Store), Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:19 (thirteen years ago) link
"party in the usa" is a pretty good answer actually
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:20 (thirteen years ago) link
whether this is the first time someone with cred tied a decent song to a novelty hook for profit in the internet age, this is a solid example of it
― da croupier, Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:20 (thirteen years ago) link
but p4k type crits didn't even hop on board to Miley at all. my point is that this is a pop moment AND a critical moment, all in 24 hours
― eat, pray, love, fly @ u face (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
ie the world outside Singles Jukebox
― eat, pray, love, fly @ u face (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess if you pick and choose the xact terms of yr category then yeah its totally the best eg.
― plax (ico), Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
haha I'd personally put the Weezer "Pork + Beans" video drop in this category, but I realize it probably didn't garner the same enthusiasm this did from blogs of all shapes and hipness
― da croupier, Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
it def had a similar moment only everyone was saying "this video is funny" not "this song is GREAT", which is the point of my argument
― eat, pray, love, fly @ u face (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
"Gold Digger" and "My Love" were so much bigger than this, not that it matters because this song is unremarkable retro zzz
― christopher dullan (Tape Store), Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
also "Umbrella" and "Single Ladies" and I really don't see that much hype about this song, I get that you're a fanboy or whatever and I'd be throwing around the same hyperbole if Cassie had a second hit, but NO
― christopher dullan (Tape Store), Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
think people are still missing whiney's original point, which was just when was the last time blogs from all walks were praising a dropped youtube featuring only lyrics by bringing up Kid A and the popular hits of 03
― da croupier, Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
thanks for reading my thesis, Tape Store and supplying an argument to a totally different one, you're making my weekend totally not frustrating
― eat, pray, love, fly @ u face (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
"umbrella" is another good answer
"singles ladies" no and "my love" had a weird release because of SINGLE CLEARANCE ONLY or w/e that voice over was
& i don't think that whiney is a cee lo fanboy
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Are you really arguing that Cee-Lo's "Fuck You" had more instant (24-hour) critical love than any of those songs I just named because that's total bullshit
I look forward to rereading your thesis in two months.
― christopher dullan (Tape Store), Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link
the thing about "fuck you" is that it's retro enough to appeal to older people, while cee lo has enough cred in both indie and pop worlds because of gnarls to warrant mention + goodie mob for rap blogs
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link
like, i agree with whiney that "fuck you" dropped and then all of a sudden that video link was everywhere
it was like the bieber slow down thing tbh
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't follow whiney's cee-lo posts, but i based that comment off this comment on the new sufjan (lol) thread:
CeeLo put out a song today who gives a shit
― travis markers (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, August 21, 2010 3:07 PM (Yesterday)
― christopher dullan (Tape Store), Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
did "umbrella" "gold digger" and "crazy in love" get a lot of media attention pre-video? i honestly don't recall, but i think a link or two would probably be more educational than "that's total bullshit"
― da croupier, Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
i think "umbrella" is the best counterargument
whiney is right in that lots of people didn't care about "party in the usa" because it was miley
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
i wish Usher had dropped a lyrics-in-motion video for OMG
― da croupier, Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:43 (thirteen years ago) link
we could probably clear a lot of lazy pre-albums drops if artists had to make one
sorry, i don't have the time to gather all the articles and blog posts from 2004, 2005 and 2007, but then again i don't see a list of sites going crazy about this song either
― christopher dullan (Tape Store), Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
but 700k listens on youtube isn't that big of a deal
i think whiney ref'd three fairly disparate ones, no?
― da croupier, Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link