Oohh yeah I like that!
― 'Main Shop of Love' Gigolo (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 23 September 2011 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, no. The song's supposed to be melancholy and lonely, and they've overcrowded it and made it peppy. And she isn't singing with a strong voice in this song, so it gets overwhelmed by all the noise around it.
― thinveneer, Friday, 23 September 2011 12:35 (twelve years ago) link
glad some people like it! cheers.
― piscesx, Friday, 23 September 2011 12:54 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry - I didn't mean to be so blunt! We might have been approaching the song from different perspectives.
― thinveneer, Friday, 23 September 2011 12:58 (twelve years ago) link
I think disco has probably been guilty of this crime before. : )
― My hetfield very root with me what can I lou? (rustic italian flatbread), Friday, 23 September 2011 13:01 (twelve years ago) link
Lonely bittersweet vocals over bouncy disco is one of the greatest sounds in popular music though.
― Matt DC, Friday, 23 September 2011 13:11 (twelve years ago) link
Good, sensitive remix. The chord changes on this song still slay me every time.
― Science, you guys. Science. (DL), Friday, 23 September 2011 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
I think I see thinveneer's point, but "The song's supposed to be melancholy and lonely"; yes, and that's why there's the original song. A/this remix doesn't have to follow this same road though does it?
― 'Main Shop of Love' Gigolo (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 23 September 2011 13:23 (twelve years ago) link
Remixes should definitely be free to produce a different feel of the song (that's the point), and I like it when it's done well. I'm not totally dumping on this - I just think the balance is slightly off, and therefore we lose her the depressive quality in her vocals. She's hurting, and it doesn't come through.
― thinveneer, Friday, 23 September 2011 13:34 (twelve years ago) link
that should be: "lose the depressive quality"
― thinveneer, Friday, 23 September 2011 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, sweet chords and melody too, but my favourite part is when the audio from the video clips bleeds through. that's really powerful, not sure why....
― m0stlyClean, Friday, 23 September 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
i sorta hope that when this gets a real release those extra audio clips are still on it
― banana mogul (goole), Friday, 23 September 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, me too. not sure it would have the same impact though. especially if you'd never seen the vid.
vid's back up btw, different link than at top of thread. don't tell monsieur bouchard....
― m0stlyClean, Friday, 23 September 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
that remix is like 1 million times better than the original, good job!
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 September 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
Expected to hate the remix but yeah man, this rules.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 23 September 2011 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
cheers! some nice comments here, thanks a lot everyone. just spent an age reswizzling and syncing our version with her video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCo9o2b17nA
(my aim wasn't to spam but it's hovering just outside hype machine's top 20 at the moment, spare a couple of longtime ilx bros a heart if you've got a sec: http://hypem.com/#!/popular )
― NI, Friday, 23 September 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, that is an epic remix
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Friday, 23 September 2011 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
she says "gaaymes' just like chad warden
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 September 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
#pstriple
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 September 2011 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, I like it so much more with the video! I didn't feel her presence enough in just the remix. I felt her voice got lost and therefore what she was trying to emote was lost as well, but seeing her solves that.
― thinveneer, Friday, 23 September 2011 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
I really like the original but the remix takes it to a different level. Great work.
― A little bit like Peter Crouch but with more mobility (ShariVari), Friday, 23 September 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
myself and NI have been hypreventilating slightly this weekend as we've watched it climb from the 20s to the teens into the Top 5 on Hype's chart. currently standing at number 4 with only Benny Benassi's Florence remix, the new Rihanna and some joker called 'Dirtyphonics' stood in the way.
― piscesx, Sunday, 25 September 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
A+ work on that remix, your remix of "rill rill" is also really something
everything should be disco
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Sunday, 25 September 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
great remix. Got a heart from me. Congrats!
― owenf, Sunday, 25 September 2011 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
love that clique remix! love how it's the opposite of "brings out the inner melancholy of this pop song", it's a reminder that beneath the surface melancholy of "video games" is a pretty romantic, blissed-out song
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
hey thanks gang! we ended up number 3 on Hype Machine behind Rihanna and Florence just before the traditional 3 day expiry/ get-kicked-off point. cruel but fair. we've just finished a remix for Blue Jeans which i think is incredible.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
omg just heard the remix: it's GREAT !
― StanM, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
Rhythmically speaking, I'm not quite sure that Lana's vocals are quite right for a disco track, but that's not the remix's fault, far from it.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHh6Urc3YfY&eurl
― Michael B, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
ugh... wtf
― Young Swell (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
yeah sorry its dumb
― Michael B, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
Funny.
― StanM, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
know one talking abt HRO's #shots @ nabisco
― dangobro (D-40), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
oh god who would ever
― kelpolaris, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 03:49 (twelve years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/woon/lana-del-rey-video-games-jamie (woon)
― jaxon, Sunday, 9 October 2011 05:39 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF7MV4zVPKI
― piscesx, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
That's... unimpressive.
― Young Swell (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
yo i herd you like the bad girls honeyso i put the bad in your girl so you can bad while you girl
― banana mogul (goole), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
my Twitter feed has just exploded because she was on Jools Holland in the UK. according to Pop Justce, the Video Games/Blue Jeans EP has been Top 5 on iTunes in the states by all accounts, and number 1 in France and Ireland.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
she just eye fucked me
― owenf, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
through the camera
otm
― Young Swell (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
Is it just me, or was that performance really, really awful? The way she slips in and out of the cooing voice and the, erm, adventurous approach to the song's melody...I love this song more than anything, but this performance...yikes.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 06:28 (twelve years ago) link
^otm (for me, at least). Idk, it all seemed a little "stiff" perhaps? Also really got a "singer playing a singer singing" feel from it. And I genuinely love that song too.
― unpredictable johnny rodz, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 06:31 (twelve years ago) link
don draper:his new fiance::indie rock critics:lana del rey
― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 06:50 (twelve years ago) link
teeth:lips in that analogy.
― based grandpa (noz), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 07:39 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, her voice seemed so shakey/weak at times....
― I'm not going leftfield on you... (hypehat), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 08:45 (twelve years ago) link
― banana mogul (goole), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 22:19 (Yesterday) Bookmark
roffle
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 11:22 (twelve years ago) link
i like stevie's "moodboard pop" coinage a lot
personally find it kinda boring how crepes will react to even the most obvious thing on that moodboard
the plastic surgery is probably my fave bit, like la confidential right?
super special ilm hypocrisy ts: ldr vs teh weeknd
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 11:26 (twelve years ago) link
What is the teh-dream to ldr's teh weeknd in that controversial analogy?
― Tim F, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 13:47 (twelve years ago) link