my first thought: "wow, Luke James going Tery Songz!"
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 21 March 2015 22:49 (nine years ago) link
that rarest of creatures, decent music crit in a youtube commentMarvin Lee 1 week ago So this is the current direction of pop music, funky, euphoric, slow electropop, much like Jealous, Love Me Harder, Style or Love Me Like You Do, to name a few. I really like it.
Marvin Lee 1 week ago So this is the current direction of pop music, funky, euphoric, slow electropop, much like Jealous, Love Me Harder, Style or Love Me Like You Do, to name a few. I really like it.
is "love me like you" as good as the rest of these songs?
also sorta feel like this trend was kicked off by "hold on we're going home"
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 21 March 2015 23:19 (nine years ago) link
yeah the Trey Songz track that this most reminded me of when i thought it might be Trey was BoB's "Not For Long" and that was basically a "Hold On" knockoff, so there's some connection there
i don't like "Love Me Like You Do" as much as the other Ellie Goulding on the charts right now, "Outside," but it's ok i guess
― some dude, Sunday, 22 March 2015 00:00 (nine years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Saturday, March 21, 2015 4:19 PM Bookmark
adorn
― raih dednelb (The Reverend), Sunday, 22 March 2015 01:03 (nine years ago) link
eh "Hold On" definitely wanted to be "Adorn" but none of these songs really have much in common with "Adorn"
― some dude, Sunday, 22 March 2015 01:16 (nine years ago) link
heart of plexiglas
― maura, Friday, March 20, 2015 5:39 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
sums it up for me. it's catchy and the drum fills are nice i guess
― lex pretend, Sunday, 22 March 2015 10:19 (nine years ago) link
that would suggest an affable disposability but idk i only get oppressive production line drudgery from this, synth stabs like a rubber stamped rictus on prepack orgafun (lol i am MAD rockist about fake disco)
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 March 2015 10:30 (nine years ago) link
like mannn isnt it ultimately all about freedom, triumph of abiding humanity, losing urself to be urself, etc... not this lemmings motorik
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 March 2015 10:34 (nine years ago) link
idk it's very ersatz but it's hardly "uptown funk"
― lex pretend, Sunday, 22 March 2015 10:35 (nine years ago) link
vis-à-vis the raves upthread it's somehow both much better and much worse than expected
― lex pretend, Sunday, 22 March 2015 10:36 (nine years ago) link
it's the same as uptown funk but disco as template makes its inherent woe cut closer, too close ime
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 March 2015 10:47 (nine years ago) link
yeah not rly into this sorry boys. tryna take me out to dinner i cancel it
i lolled at this.
― Tim F, Sunday, 22 March 2015 11:37 (nine years ago) link
still not sure what shift k3y deserves for replacing my daily internal dialogue with that exchange
he does not deserve his awesome new jam being ignored though, u scumbags
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 March 2015 11:56 (nine years ago) link
Do you mean "Name & Number"? I love it but I am weirdly into his ropey vocals on it.
― Tim F, Sunday, 22 March 2015 12:00 (nine years ago) link
I note "Not Into It" was finally released! Some 18 months + later.
― Tim F, Sunday, 22 March 2015 12:01 (nine years ago) link
yas kween name & # is what i mean
i read ropey as inviting karaoke
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 March 2015 12:04 (nine years ago) link
Shifty is for the people.
― Tim F, Sunday, 22 March 2015 12:08 (nine years ago) link
My GF texted me about "Jealous" being an "Adorn" knockoff and I trust her judgement.
― raih dednelb (The Reverend), Sunday, 22 March 2015 20:15 (nine years ago) link
wow I don't hear it. Still sounds like post-Justin laptop soul moves.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 22 March 2015 20:18 (nine years ago) link
"Adorn" is quite literally laptop soul.
― raih dednelb (The Reverend), Sunday, 22 March 2015 20:38 (nine years ago) link
^ lol yep!!
slow the tempo on "adorn" a few bpm and the similarities are pretty striking
― dyl, Sunday, 22 March 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link
i can see the connection between "jealous" and "adorn" ... i still see "adorn" as being outside that group of songs tho
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 22 March 2015 21:58 (nine years ago) link
― r|t|c, Sunday, March 22, 2015 7:56 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Tim F, Sunday, March 22, 2015 8:00 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark
this song is so good
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 22 March 2015 22:51 (nine years ago) link
he looks like the biggest fucking goober and yet his vocals are so weirdly endearing and sweet
he sounds and looks like the 5th most important member of a second-tier boy band
AND YET
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 22 March 2015 22:52 (nine years ago) link
ya i think i said b4 his singles are all on a runtish jordan knight tip
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 March 2015 22:59 (nine years ago) link
yes exactly
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 22 March 2015 23:08 (nine years ago) link
But what better song of personal liberation is there than "Ridin' Solo."
― with HD lyrics (Eazy), Monday, 23 March 2015 01:58 (nine years ago) link
I wasn't into this song at first
But my officemate kept on playing it and now I think it's great, it's one of "those" songs
Looking forward to hearing this everywhere
He was also playing the new Carly Rae and I still think that song is bad and not good and doesn't improve with casual brushes
Sorry Carly, next time... maybe?
― 龜, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 03:46 (nine years ago) link
lol that crj song really sank like a stone after a week of people losing their minds about it
― some dude, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 03:48 (nine years ago) link
The CRJ single is only being added to radio today.
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Tuesday, 24 March 2015 03:51 (nine years ago) link
Cap'n Sav-a-Rae
― 龜, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 03:52 (nine years ago) link
heard that in the wild on sunday
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 24 March 2015 04:18 (nine years ago) link
i wouldn't be surprised if the crj song doesn't really pick up
― dyl, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 05:11 (nine years ago) link
arguing that "adorn" is the genesis of songs like this is one of the worst insults i've seen about it. i don't hear it? i mean if you change everything about the production and tempo maybe but those are quite big things.
as a song this one is really nowhere near "jealous"
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 11:42 (nine years ago) link
I'm not massively in love with this but it doesn't really seem offensive?
― Tim F, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 11:44 (nine years ago) link
so this album's good, including the Keith Urban-Stevie Wonder collaboration.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 15:30 (nine years ago) link
what a strange career this guy's had
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 3 June 2015 15:33 (nine years ago) link
on one hand i'm pretty embarrassed for having liked "whatcha say", otoh i love "trumpets" and "want to want me". i don't think i have any idea what is and isn't a good song with this dude
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 3 June 2015 15:34 (nine years ago) link
Caramanica, somewhat baffled, calls him chameleonic. I say the guy has scored the most frictionless hits of the last few years.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 15:41 (nine years ago) link
all I ever wanted was some fuuuuuunnn
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 July 2015 23:58 (nine years ago) link
debates upthread about whether "WTWM" fit into the "Style" lineage but imo "Cheyenne" gets far closer to belonging to that bloodline
― carly bae jepsen (monotony), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 01:48 (nine years ago) link
Totally.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 01:55 (nine years ago) link
so did y'all end up getting tired of "want to want me"
― dyl, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 02:08 (nine years ago) link
Nope!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 02:08 (nine years ago) link
not tired of the album either
No commentary on his judging "So You Think You Can Dance?" or his performing "Cheyenne" on last week's show? Let Mary Murphy's non-renewal not be in vain...
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 03:15 (nine years ago) link
"X2CU" is incredibly good
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 15 October 2015 19:35 (eight years ago) link
terius-level outro
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 15 October 2015 19:38 (eight years ago) link
I JUST WANT X2CU
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 October 2015 19:51 (eight years ago) link