This isn't bad. I had planned to hate her for all eternity after that Tears for Fears cover.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 March 2017 00:38 (seven years ago) link
Kate Bush is a good call - not in the way it sounds, but in the way she's maturing as an artist.
Not sure about this on first listen - there is so much going on - but think it may well grow on me.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Friday, 3 March 2017 01:33 (seven years ago) link
i like the parts w/the house piano
― example (crüt), Friday, 3 March 2017 01:59 (seven years ago) link
aka the good parts
― call all destroyer, Friday, 3 March 2017 02:03 (seven years ago) link
on second listen it's a total earworm
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 3 March 2017 04:02 (seven years ago) link
can't stand the video, that being said
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 3 March 2017 04:03 (seven years ago) link
I like the pre-chorus/chorus, but not so keen on the verses, which feel kind of disconnected to me.
― MarkoP, Friday, 3 March 2017 04:07 (seven years ago) link
Kate Bush is a good call
Visually as well.
It would/will be more obvious should she breaks out of 1st person relationship songs. As far as I know, Lorde's not an instrumentalist. I wonder what would be today's equivalent of a Fairlight to get in her hands?
― Sanpaku, Friday, 3 March 2017 04:17 (seven years ago) link
The backing vocals on the chorus sound so much like Niki & The Dove.
― kitchen person, Friday, 3 March 2017 04:24 (seven years ago) link
the last minute is the best part
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Friday, 3 March 2017 04:43 (seven years ago) link
Pretty good song. Dull lyrics but the delivery's convincing. Suspenseful verses building up to a big, booming chorus, the sound of something exciting happening RIGHT NOW.
Kate Bush comparisons seem criminal.
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Friday, 3 March 2017 05:41 (seven years ago) link
predictable but decent I guess
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 3 March 2017 07:57 (seven years ago) link
'She thinks she loves the beach you're such a damn liar' ✓
I like this a lot, and think it's full of energy. She uses three or four different sounding vocals in this and I think it really works. Booming chorus.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 3 March 2017 10:13 (seven years ago) link
'She thinks you* love the beach etc'
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 3 March 2017 10:14 (seven years ago) link
I want to like this but it just makes me want to listen to Miike Snow instead. Silvia specifically.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 3 March 2017 11:35 (seven years ago) link
OTM, the detuned synth lead steals the whole song
― El Tomboto, Friday, 3 March 2017 11:37 (seven years ago) link
terrible single on first listen, no coherence between verse and bridge
her voice is not great on this, sounds like she's stretching for those low notes, no idea why they wouldn't just have transposed it, I'm certain she'll be far off key live (not bcz she's not a good singer but bcz the song is out of her register)
― niels, Friday, 3 March 2017 12:23 (seven years ago) link
I like this.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 March 2017 12:31 (seven years ago) link
literally can't believe you're all handing out these props to that My First Chord Sequence chorus
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Friday, 3 March 2017 12:39 (seven years ago) link
are we really only demanding this of our pop
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Friday, 3 March 2017 12:40 (seven years ago) link
(the synth line at the end is decent I guess)
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Friday, 3 March 2017 12:54 (seven years ago) link
shut up
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Friday, 3 March 2017 14:37 (seven years ago) link
I love it when LJ starts talking about chord sequences and composition like he knows what he's talking about.
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 March 2017 14:40 (seven years ago) link
This does feel like it was written for the opening ceremony of a major sporting tournament in a city with no clear identity though.
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 March 2017 14:41 (seven years ago) link
yeah, it doesn't seem very... lordey to me
feels like a belting singer would have served the material better
― niels, Friday, 3 March 2017 14:45 (seven years ago) link
i don't dislike this but it sounds pretty generic for someone considered an Event Artist (the reasons for which are beyond me)
― lex pretend, Friday, 3 March 2017 14:46 (seven years ago) link
― niels, Friday, March 3, 2017 9:45 AM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
my guy
― call all destroyer, Friday, 3 March 2017 15:13 (seven years ago) link
1st person relationship songs
aka 95% of pop music in 2017
― Wimmels, Friday, 3 March 2017 15:38 (seven years ago) link
Or indeed, most pop music ever.
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 March 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
we need more of this https://youtu.be/8NO8h_uTkdU
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Friday, 3 March 2017 15:43 (seven years ago) link
the chorus is the weak part to me but the childish backing vox still end up stuck in my head so *shrug*
i agree that it sounds like it would be better for someone else's voice
― dyl, Friday, 3 March 2017 18:14 (seven years ago) link
I wonder what this would sound like if Selena Gomez sang it
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, 3 March 2017 18:15 (seven years ago) link
better I think, Gomez has that plasticky generic voice that's perfect for basic pop whereas Lorde sounds like she's trying to impart profundity to everything she sings, which imo her material doesn't justify
Gomez's robotic intonation of luv-u-like-a-luv-song-bébé >>>>>>> any moment on this
― lex pretend, Friday, 3 March 2017 18:42 (seven years ago) link
One thing I think Lorde is very good at selling (both here and in the other songs of hers that I like) is youthful melodrama; the no-stakes parameters of the lyrics are being delivered as if she firmly believes they are the most important things ever uttered, which is about as perfect an encapsulation of teenage emotion as I can imagine. Obv whether that type of thing appeals to you or not is another matter entirely.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, 3 March 2017 18:46 (seven years ago) link
Distant xpost, but first thing I thought was Kate Bush "Big Sky." Second was Sia's "Cheap Thrills."Anyway. Good first single.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 3 March 2017 18:56 (seven years ago) link
I'll be hearing this 'ever I go, especially the lightup floor and the bedaroom
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
will never not be weird to me to witness grown-ass people losing their shit over the "perfect encapsulation of teenage emotion" but w/e
― Wimmels, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
DJP otm
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 March 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
― Wimmels, Friday, March 3, 2017
you're right, we shouldn't read or listen to product by people under 21.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, March 3, 2017 6:46 PM (fifteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hmm I've never really got this from her; earnestness I guess, drama no
― lex pretend, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:03 (seven years ago) link
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, March 3, 2017 2:00 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you're right because "teenage emotion" is all people under 21 across genres ever write about
― Wimmels, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:04 (seven years ago) link
I'm not sure what distinguishes teenage emotion from adult emotion except that adults are sillier about it.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 March 2017 19:07 (seven years ago) link
what is meant by "teenage emotion" was defined in the post, and feeling that for 4 minutes while an adult seems obviously attractive
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:10 (seven years ago) link
The post was also talking about how a now 20yo's songs come across, not their subject matter, so I don't really think the attempted "teenage emotion is all young ppl write about" dig actually makes any sense.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, 3 March 2017 19:30 (seven years ago) link
I experience teenage emotion whenever I get a new pimple.
― Evan, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:35 (seven years ago) link
I also railed against crushingly boilerplate melodies as a teenager
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Friday, 3 March 2017 19:38 (seven years ago) link
a boilerplate, crushing that teen
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 March 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
you should enjoy it when boilerplate melodies are given new life.
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link
we are running out of melodies
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:52 (seven years ago) link
suits the songs narrative well tbh
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:56 (seven years ago) link
She's often hard to read, and while I often blame myself Lorde proves the exception. "Royals" still confounds me.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 August 2021 14:44 (two years ago) link
also the satire just sort of stops at "haha isn't this woo-woo new age healer ridiculous and caught in some kind of grief cycle that they're using nonsense to cope with." knowing that lorde is doing this doesn't improve the song for me and instead cuts off any emotional connection i could have with it xp
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 20 August 2021 14:44 (two years ago) link
Brad OTM; it doesn't really matter if it's satire if it's also bad
― a gentle push against my Wonder Bread face (DJP), Friday, 20 August 2021 14:53 (two years ago) link
I guess that’s true in terms of issuing a verdict on the album, I’m not postmodern enough to think it doesn’t matter at all.
― DJI, Friday, 20 August 2021 14:55 (two years ago) link
a lot of reviews are like "satire that resembles the real thing isn't satire," which is extremely untrue, but imo the writing isn't strong enough to make the satire function anyway
i think it's more that she doesn't feel distant enough from what she's satirising in the first place, like her public persona is already hippie-ish enough that it'd be easy to believe she was getting super into new age wellness nonsense for real?
― ufo, Friday, 20 August 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
so y'all are saying it would be better if she leaned into it and was earnest about this goopery
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Friday, 20 August 2021 21:42 (two years ago) link
absolutely not
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 20 August 2021 22:00 (two years ago) link
Even if it’s ironic, going after instragramming goopers seems lazy. The world is a target-rich environment for satire and disdain, many of whom are way worse than hot girls.
― DJI, Friday, 20 August 2021 23:01 (two years ago) link
Pandemic pop has really sucked.
― piscesx, Friday, 20 August 2021 23:06 (two years ago) link
my daughter reckons it's a fake-out and she's going to drop something deep and dark soon
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 20 August 2021 23:18 (two years ago) link
glad the kids are keeping the secret second album conspiracies going
― ufo, Friday, 20 August 2021 23:23 (two years ago) link
Even if it’s ironic, going after instagramming goopers seems lazy. The world is a target-rich environment for satire and disdain, many of whom are way worse than hot girls.
Yeah, she's satirizing something that really doesn't need satirizing, and doing it in a way that feels both heavy-handed and inadequate (she says it's an indictment of white people co-opting indigenous traditions, but the song barely touches on that.) I feel like this is Lorde's "57 Channels and Nothin' On." Like, oh no, I'm a rich person living in a bubble and I can't think of anything to write about, so here, let me "satirize" a bunch of tired pop culture shit that everyone already knows is dumb.
Also I keep getting stuck on the fact that mood rings are children's toys; is there some expensive Goop version of a mood ring that I don't know about?
― Lily Dale, Friday, 20 August 2021 23:49 (two years ago) link
What's confusing is that "Mood Ring" was clearly satirical, but the earlier two songs (which had the same sound/vibe/theme) didn't seem to be? Idk - I haven't listened to the rest of the album and probably won't.
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Friday, 20 August 2021 23:54 (two years ago) link
there was an element of it to "solar power", just not as directly
― ufo, Friday, 20 August 2021 23:58 (two years ago) link
oh no, I'm a rich person living in a bubble and I can't think of anything to write about
This is half of pop music now.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 21 August 2021 02:26 (two years ago) link
that's not really anything new either
― ufo, Saturday, 21 August 2021 03:10 (two years ago) link
there was an element of it to "solar power", just not as directly― ufo, Friday, 20 August 2021 23:58 (yesterday) link
― ufo, Friday, 20 August 2021 23:58 (yesterday) link
idk she intro’d it with… ‘There’s someone I want you to meet. Her feet are bare at all times. She’s sexy, playful, feral, and free. She’s a modern girl in a deadstock bikini, in touch with her past and her future, vibrating at the highest level when summer comes around. Her skin is glowing, her lovers are many. I’m completely obsessed with her, and soon you will be too. ‘
― just sayin, Saturday, 21 August 2021 07:08 (two years ago) link
yeah that just goes to show how muddled it is lol
the stuff that read to me that way in "solar power" was "i'm kinda like a prettier jesus" and the whole video
― ufo, Saturday, 21 August 2021 07:15 (two years ago) link
I thought the “prettier Jesus” thing was her paying tribute to a fan meme
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Saturday, 21 August 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
just made my own Solar Power sequence:
Leader of a New RegimeThe PathSolar PowerSecrets from a Girl (Who's Seen It All)CaliforniaMood RingFallen FruitDominoesBig StarStoned at the Nail SalonThe Man With The AxeOceanic Feeling
― winters (josh), Saturday, 28 August 2021 04:12 (two years ago) link
actually, I'd probably make "Stoned" a hidden track at the end of "Oceanic Feeling"
― winters (josh), Saturday, 28 August 2021 04:22 (two years ago) link
New EP in... maori !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 9 September 2021 13:17 (two years ago) link
Indeed, and this article about it is a must read
https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/09-09-2021/lorde-interview-maori-lyrics-solar-power/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 September 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
and this one - https://www.thebigidea.nz/stories/tokenism-in-full-force-my-take-on-lordes-album
― just sayin, Saturday, 11 September 2021 03:11 (two years ago) link
Lorde just told the crowd at the Anthem that she swam??? In the Potomac??? To get a feel for D.C???? The crowd is in SHAMBLES— natalie escobar 🎷🐛 (@_NatalieEscobar) August 30, 2022
Possibly one of the wildest things I’ve heard of being said on a stage here.
― Chris L, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 13:58 (one year ago) link
LOL I love her pic.twitter.com/TtmpuQ2DaS— Jimmy (@jimmyeppley) August 30, 2022
― peace, man, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 14:16 (one year ago) link
Maybe next time she wants to appreciate the local waterways, someone could take her around the Anacostia Community Boathouse.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 14:19 (one year ago) link
lol
In between songs, the singer reminisced about the themes of each of her three albums, noting that Pure Heroine “was about not being a teenager,” Melodrama “was about a boy,” and Solar Power is “about the climate.”
― just sayin, Saturday, 17 September 2022 21:44 (one year ago) link