that bassist is really something to watch. even knowing that going in, i was riveted.
― alpine static, Monday, 25 November 2013 04:57 (ten years ago) link
Bassist's enthusiasm was fun to watch, but the first song they did on SNL didn't wow me.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 November 2013 05:07 (ten years ago) link
My wife spent both performances going "why is she doing that with her FACE"
― deX! (DJP), Monday, 25 November 2013 13:49 (ten years ago) link
I kept asking myself why they sing in that weird clipped way, is that a known style that they're aiming for or an idiosyncrasy or ? Whoever said the main singer sounds like a tiny Michael McDonald trying to get out of her throat otm.
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 25 November 2013 14:58 (ten years ago) link
she sounds like she is obsessed with Christine McVie and staccato
― deX! (DJP), Monday, 25 November 2013 14:59 (ten years ago) link
she reminds me of that mannered way Lisa Stansfield tried to sing like Barry White, but with Toni Braxton
― some dude, Monday, 25 November 2013 15:00 (ten years ago) link
Ok, because it's like when someone karaokes a song where the vocals have a strong affectation, and they try to approximate that affectation but don't quite nail it? That's what they sound like to me. Michael McDonald is a perfect example!
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 25 November 2013 15:01 (ten years ago) link
the clipped singing reminded me a little of dirty projectors
― Mordy , Monday, 25 November 2013 15:01 (ten years ago) link
ee NUNCE ee ATE ING IS. THEIR. STEEZ!
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 November 2013 15:01 (ten years ago) link
i like it, it means you can actually understand some of the lyrics
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 November 2013 15:02 (ten years ago) link
Lisa Stansfield, ok I get it. I just don't really like it, I guess. I don't particularly like any of those singers tbh. That's just me. Lotsa ppl do.
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 25 November 2013 15:02 (ten years ago) link
They remind me of Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.
― a beef supreme (dog latin), Monday, 25 November 2013 15:02 (ten years ago) link
Yeah most people sing vowels but these ladies like to sing consonants
― St3ve Go1db3rg, Monday, 25 November 2013 15:14 (ten years ago) link
― deX! (DJP), Monday, November 25, 2013 1:49 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag
Yes, I thought that too. One was doing that while the other non-lead was smiling and looking enthusiastic
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 November 2013 16:12 (ten years ago) link
they rocked. so good.
― sleepingbag, Monday, 25 November 2013 16:13 (ten years ago) link
I was trying to put my finger on what was wrong with their SNL performance. I was thinking maybe the mixing was off. I assumed they can play by now, having performed most of their lives. For whatever reason, they did not rock.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 25 November 2013 21:34 (ten years ago) link
i wonder if ILM has any opinions on how bands sound on SNL
― 乓乒 (gr8080), Monday, 25 November 2013 21:36 (ten years ago) link
Haim was decidedly better mixed than Eminem was
― deX! (DJP), Monday, 25 November 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
But still not mixed well enough
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 November 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
All the olds in my Facebook are like "what is this shit and what's with that lady's face" which just makes me like them more tbh
― polyphonic, Monday, 25 November 2013 22:23 (ten years ago) link
Ha ha. In contrast I remember being really impressed by how great Phoenix sounded on SNL, not this year but 2009.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 25 November 2013 22:27 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, the Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix appearance, when they got three performances, sounded immaculate.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 25 November 2013 23:11 (ten years ago) link
It's only Danielle who sings all staccato, really.
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Monday, 25 November 2013 23:18 (ten years ago) link
It makes sense that she sings most of the leads in that she may or may not have the best singing voice among them but she has the most distinctive vocal style. The other two are a bit more anonymous.
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Monday, 25 November 2013 23:19 (ten years ago) link
i wish they had more songs where the other 2 sing lead, but that's nothing against her in particular, i just like bands with multiple lead singers. xp
― some dude, Monday, 25 November 2013 23:20 (ten years ago) link
Crazy face is by far the worst singer I think
― polyphonic, Monday, 25 November 2013 23:21 (ten years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/9dfdfce39d442d7cd5cef2c27e77f81e/tumblr_mtrc08anlf1sx94wlo1_500.gif
― sleepingbag, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
I actually love how they trade off leads; all of them are strong enough for it and it evokes memories of The Bangles
― deX! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
hahaha
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 18:44 (ten years ago) link
I hear Miami Sound Machine in 'Forever'― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Sunday, November 24, 2013 7:36 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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otmfm, I just noticed this on my ride to work this morning
― Homo schaduwkabinet (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 18:45 (ten years ago) link
her faces are the fucking best
I wanted to buy tickets to their show in May but apparently it sold out in an HOUR!!
― Homo schaduwkabinet (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 18:46 (ten years ago) link
While I think it's awesome these guys exist, and the choruses are starting to get to me, nothing's yet struck me as an improvement on the late '80s-early '90s stuff they emulate.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
i could totally imagine that changing by album no. 2 though
nothing's yet struck me as an improvement on the late '80s-early '90s stuff they emulate.
the fact that they're alive and doing it now is enough
― goole, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:17 (ten years ago) link
i do think the SNL mix wasn't very flattering. needed more of a bottom end, i think.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:17 (ten years ago) link
that's a weird thing to say. first of all, they don't sound precisely like any one style of that time. second, not everything has to be as good as, say, "tango in the night," right? there's room for more in that broad vein? i mean i love late-80s freestyle but I need to listen to more than "let the music play" and "i wonder if i take you home" sometimes.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:20 (ten years ago) link
whoops, meant to quote rather than strike out. maybe i'm being subconcsiously aggressive.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link
lol at Este as MGM lion
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:24 (ten years ago) link
2013 feels like The Year Women Break Through And Dudes Say "I Heard Stuff Like This Twenty Years Ago"
― deX! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:27 (ten years ago) link
they do have a distinctive sound, and of course there's "room for more" - again, I like them and there's no reason to be defensive about digging them around me. I'm just saying that when I hear them, I think about all the freestyle etc I haven't or could be. For comparison point, the Arcade Fire has songs that I think I superior to Simple Minds/Waterboys etc. And I didn't totally feel that way until their second album.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:28 (ten years ago) link
think are superior, rather
― da croupier, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:29 (ten years ago) link
a Haim freestyle album would be awesome
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:29 (ten years ago) link
i was cool towards this album at first but it has grown on me a bunch and i'm totes infatuated now it's so great
― Mordy , Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:31 (ten years ago) link
But not HAIM freestyle rap
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:32 (ten years ago) link
i'm not saying this out of smug pride over knowing their antecedents, just admitting why I don't feel much need to listen to them, despite they're obv being awesome on a lot of levels. would be eager to know what haim are offering (besides "being alive and doing it now," which means little imo when it comes to what music you play at home) that makes them more engaging for others, cuz i'd like to hook into that.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:32 (ten years ago) link
They combine the eighties stuff with harmonies in unexpected places and the occasional post-punk motif.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:34 (ten years ago) link
tbh "If I Could Change Your Mind" is the only one that screams 1987 to me. The rest is straight-er Roches.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:35 (ten years ago) link
ok "sell-out roches" might be angle i can get with
― da croupier, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:36 (ten years ago) link
of course, this might just boil down to "taste iz taste" and nothing more to be said
on the other hand there's something funny about music that is, to a great degree anyway (and i do think it's being slightly overstated w/r/t HAIM on this thread), consciously revivalist. at first you think, "well, this is good, but what does it mean to be making [e.g.] a 'classicist' soul album in 2013. isn't that kind of redundant?" and then you listen to (say) lee fields's "faithful man," and you remember that there is always room for more, that his record is actually superior to a bunch of canonical soul LPs*, and (this is most significant I think) besides which in 200 years (should humanity still be around and listening to old music) the distinction b/t these various "waves" of a particular genre won't amount to a hill of beans.
*or let's say garage rock. i dislike a lot of garage revival stuff, but some of it is better than almost anything that came out in the 1960s.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:38 (ten years ago) link
xpost roches? i don't get it, except that they are singing sisters.