Add me to the chorus of Irreplaceable haters.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:02 (thirteen years ago) link
it was really weird hearing her remake of "get me bodied" on the radio
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Destiny's Child should really reconvene with A+ producers/writers and blow the roof off.
yeah Beyonce is consistently underwhelming
but it is totally obvious why "Irreplaceable" was a huge hit and "Ring the Alarm" wasn't
― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Both you guys are crazy incidentally.
I'm known as crazy on ILM???
― Trying to Find Every Nicole Wray Song Is A Bitch (lilsoulbrother), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
"Irreplaceable" is Beyonce's best single. I get why people don't like it but it's not "mediocre".
― Tim F, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:05 (thirteen years ago) link
it's at least her best single since her first album
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Still don't see it.
― Trying to Find Every Nicole Wray Song Is A Bitch (lilsoulbrother), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Or hear it to be more appropriate.
do we need to do a Beyonce single poll, or are we above this
― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:07 (thirteen years ago) link
let's do a lloyd singles poll instead
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd place "Crazy In Love" and "Baby Boy" only very marginally below "Irreplaceable".
Off the top of my head:
"Irreplaceable" > "Baby Boy" = "Crazy In Love" > "Ring The Alarm" > "Single Ladies" > "Sweet Dream" > "Work It Out" = "Check On It" > "Video Phone" > "Deja Vu" > "Naughty Girl" > "Ego" > "Diva" > "If I Were A Boy" > "Me Myself & I" > "Girls (Who Run The World)"
Am I forgetting anything? Ordering of the last 8 or so is on potentially faulty memory.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:11 (thirteen years ago) link
What about Why Don't You Love Me? which is totally massive and wonderful and I didn't even know was a single until recently (or that it existed) but GODDAMN so good.
― Alex in Montreal, Thursday, 12 May 2011 00:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Both "Work It Out" and "Check On It" ended up being bonus tracks on their subsequent albums (although TBF both were also film tie-ins, from memory) so it's not like there's no precedent for Beyonce quietly demoting a track's status.
― Tim F, Wednesday, May 11, 2011 6:57 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
yeah they were both off soundtracks a good 9-12 months before the albums, so it's not a matter of demotion, they were never part of the proper promotional cycle for those albums. also "Check On It" was a huge #1 hit so there's no parallel there.
― contenderoni (some dude), Thursday, 12 May 2011 00:35 (thirteen years ago) link
anyway sometimes people say "comeback" in the dramatic sense of oh an artist has been away a long time or is coming off of a flop, sometimes they just mean lead single of new album, which is clearly all surm meant
― contenderoni (some dude), Thursday, 12 May 2011 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I can be very literal which repels hyperbole language. My mind is still stuck in the concept of "comeback" like Tina Turner came back a la Private Dancer after all her life situations, previous albums not doing well, and playing supper clubs.
Beyonce's "Why Don't You Love Me?" was released last summer so she still was around, plus considering that it can take time to create an album she didn't "comeback" from anywhere, she was working.
― Trying to Find Every Nicole Wray Song Is A Bitch (lilsoulbrother), Thursday, 12 May 2011 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah but there is still a symbolic importance to the lead single from a new album, especially for an artist of her stature -- there's kind of an expectation that she's going to come with a "Crazy In Love"/"Single Ladies"-level megahit right out of the gate.
― contenderoni (some dude), Thursday, 12 May 2011 01:04 (thirteen years ago) link
although, as i said, i think it's totally fine to not hit that mark every time it's expected -- not that i think Beyonce is the visionary or risk-taker her Billboard interview implies she thinks she is, but with every other artist in R&B running scared that if they drop the wrong single their album will never get a release date, she can at least afford a left turn or an unpopular 'statement' song here or there without her career really being at stake.
― contenderoni (some dude), Thursday, 12 May 2011 01:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i never knew "work it out" was considered a flop, it was a solid top 10 hit here (and also i love it). always thought the beyoncé strategy of leading-not-leading her albums with ~soundtrack singles~ was quite canny, maybe she should've done it for this one.
lol "why don't you love me?" has been purged from her wikipedia list of singles. you can't fool my memory, b. (weirdly it was one of those songs i didn't give a second's thought to as a whatever bonus track, but started to really like when it had a video etc.)
baby boy > irreplaceable > ring the alarm > get me bodied > work it out > crazy in love > if i were a boy > déjà vu > diva > sweet dreams > run the world (girls) > check on it > halo > naughty girl > broken-hearted girl > why don't you love me? > single ladies (put a ring on it) > ego > video phone > me, myself & i > green light > beautiful liar
― lex pretend, Thursday, 12 May 2011 08:42 (thirteen years ago) link
w/r/t "baby boy", i can't believe it took me until last year to realise she was singing "baby boy, let's conceive an angel" towards the end, which made me love it even more
― lex pretend, Thursday, 12 May 2011 08:47 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm struggling to imagine a world where "crazy in love" isn't beyonce's best single by a mile
― uberweiss, Thursday, 12 May 2011 10:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Hearing 'Diva' in a club the other week reminded me how exceptionally shoehorned and clumsy a record it is.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 12 May 2011 11:11 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah that song is garbage. imo:
get me bodied > irreplaceable > crazy in love > check on it > naughty girl > halo > ring the alarm > ego > sweet dreams > video phone > single ladies > baby boy > run the world > deja vu > diva > work it out > me myself & i
― contenderoni (some dude), Thursday, 12 May 2011 12:37 (thirteen years ago) link
irreplaceable > baby boy > single ladies > ring the alarm > deja vu > if i were a boy > check on it > naughty girl
rest i don't like / care / recall
― r|t|c, Thursday, 12 May 2011 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
― uberweiss, Thursday, 12 May 2011 11:30 (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i'm struggling to imagine a non-menopausal world where people still get excited when it comes on
― r|t|c, Thursday, 12 May 2011 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
http://stan-wars.com/
you guys ever see this btw, serious lolz
― r|t|c, Thursday, 12 May 2011 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
MY FAVOURITE THING EVER.
― Tim F, Thursday, 12 May 2011 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
it is from the author of the best blog of all time obv
http://wigcrypt.blogspot.com/
― r|t|c, Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:05 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.beyonceonline.com/us/sites/beyonce/files/imagecache/preview/photos/B4_SNDRD_COVER_FINAL_CMYK_0.jpg
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 19 May 2011 03:33 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmMU_iwe6U
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 19 May 2011 03:34 (thirteen years ago) link
project redeemed xp
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 19 May 2011 03:34 (thirteen years ago) link
― r|t|c, Thursday, 12 May 2011 10:50 (1 week ago) Bookmark
lol
― flopson, Thursday, 19 May 2011 04:15 (thirteen years ago) link
also damn @ album art
― flopson, Thursday, 19 May 2011 04:16 (thirteen years ago) link
For reals. I <3 that cover.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 May 2011 04:34 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah
― jho'sh? "ice cr?m" jackson (The Reverend), Thursday, 19 May 2011 06:02 (thirteen years ago) link
album art looks more like a magazine photoshoot than an album cover (i've scrolled past it 5 times today and each time assumed it was a photoshoot)
video is GREAT
― that's my hair no horses up there (lex pretend), Thursday, 19 May 2011 08:02 (thirteen years ago) link
does look more like a mag than album cover but not a bad thing. quite like it. they shd have made it a proper fake-magazine cover with dates etc on it.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Thursday, 19 May 2011 09:05 (thirteen years ago) link
she looks almost like britney on it tho
Yeah, i thought it was Britney on first glance. Did a total double take.
― Number None, Thursday, 19 May 2011 09:07 (thirteen years ago) link
The bit in the video with the giant dogs = A+++++
― Tim F, Thursday, 19 May 2011 09:14 (thirteen years ago) link
over the last few months i've found myself liking "halo" more and more...i believe the ilx phrase is "ambushed my unexpected emotion"
― Suggest Banter (Local Garda), Thursday, 19 May 2011 09:20 (thirteen years ago) link
or was about 11 years ago
are they hyenas?
i was even inspired enough to do my top 5 moments of this video http://alexmacpherson.tumblr.com/post/5633514514/i-dont-know-when-the-mainstream-media-started
xps
― that's my hair no horses up there (lex pretend), Thursday, 19 May 2011 09:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Would be happy with this as an album cover also:
http://newsodrome.com/celebrity_news/beyonce-4-album-preview-exclusive-25641017.jpg
― Tim F, Thursday, 19 May 2011 09:31 (thirteen years ago) link
that pose epitomises beyoncé
― that's my hair no horses up there (lex pretend), Thursday, 19 May 2011 09:38 (thirteen years ago) link
the "my persuasion" breakdowns give me a Martin Gore vibe.
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 19 May 2011 09:38 (thirteen years ago) link
this song really doesn't have any tune at all :(
― jho'sh? "ice cr?m" jackson (The Reverend), Thursday, 19 May 2011 09:42 (thirteen years ago) link
No but it's easier to ignore that when beyonce is putting so much effort into distracting you with visuals.
― Tim F, Thursday, 19 May 2011 09:47 (thirteen years ago) link
It's like if Missy had left Ciara off "lose control".
― Tim F, Thursday, 19 May 2011 09:52 (thirteen years ago) link
which was second-rate missy to begin with!
― jho'sh? "ice cr?m" jackson (The Reverend), Thursday, 19 May 2011 09:53 (thirteen years ago) link