oh and "9 to 5" is the slow burner, been trying to figure out exactly which Prince song it sounds like and the answer is "Gotta Broken Heart Again"
― sensitive thug hugging epidemic (The Reverend), Friday, 29 May 2009 20:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Could not find it ANYWHERE in HMV. Why oh why? What do I have to do to get a physical copy?
― Germanic Street Preachers (Masonic Boom), Friday, 29 May 2009 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I broke down and ordered it from Amazon. After looking again at lunch today, I'm convinced there is conspiracy to keep this out of the Chicago area. But, y'know, thats what you can expect with a tiny little no-name label like Def Jam handling things.
― the sideburns are album-specific (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 May 2009 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
so far i'll be voting this #1 probs
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 29 May 2009 23:07 (fifteen years ago) link
mm
― Surmounter, Friday, 29 May 2009 23:15 (fifteen years ago) link
ok we've got surm/tapestore/lex/masonic love for this -- sounds more than safe, I'm ordering NOW. (Impossible to find physical object around here though (tried for a week or so on s/t/l love alone), but mailorder physical object is for some reason marked down 40% already! -- do not get reason, but shan't complain.)
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 30 May 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
OK thanx to J0rdan S for pushing me to finally listen to this. I know Siltbreeze apparently has better distribution than Def Jam but does anyone know if the lyrics are included with the CD? It'd be nice to have them all in one place.
Because I'm a very tacky person, my fave so far is "P Is For Power." And "Kill Bill" makes me guffaw (a good thing).
― Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 30 May 2009 00:39 (fifteen years ago) link
once it sets in how amazing the songs are you realize how many places all of them go. "we fuck you" alone has like 15 incredible parts
― hazmat yayo (J0rdan S.), Friday, May 29, 2009 6:32 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark
i love the end where she goes "it's cool, it's cool, it's in fashion"
― Surmounter, Saturday, 30 May 2009 01:11 (fifteen years ago) link
man, this was listed as 13.99 when i picked it up, then i went up to register and turns out it was only 7.99, shittttt
awww, and in the thank yous, binkie says "and to my girls in Electrik Red. LOVE YA - we getting Spice Girls money!"
;_;
― sonia supermayer (Tape Store), Saturday, 30 May 2009 01:43 (fifteen years ago) link
>:(
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 30 May 2009 01:44 (fifteen years ago) link
"Shoobies: Kanye West, Usher, Ne-Yo, Ludacris, Jamie Foxx, T.I., Nick Cannon, Ciara, Amerie, Jamaica Ibn Jasper, Gee Roberson"
― sonia supermayer (Tape Store), Saturday, 30 May 2009 01:47 (fifteen years ago) link
"...thanks Batman for all the advice"
does it have the lyrics in the book?
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 30 May 2009 01:50 (fifteen years ago) link
naw, but it has cool ER quotes...."Always remember where you came from and never forget those red pumps on the way to where you're going," etc.
― sonia supermayer (Tape Store), Saturday, 30 May 2009 01:53 (fifteen years ago) link
ok we've got surm/tapestore/lex/masonic love for this -- sounds more than safe, I'm ordering NOW.― anatol_merklich, Saturday, May 30, 2009 12:01 AM (1 hour ago)
I am offended that I am not included in this axis.
― i'm educated in sex, yes (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 30 May 2009 01:54 (fifteen years ago) link
cassie fan club llc
― sonia supermayer (Tape Store), Saturday, 30 May 2009 01:56 (fifteen years ago) link
i think im going to spend the weekend transcribing the lyrics into this thread, but don't hold me to that
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 30 May 2009 01:58 (fifteen years ago) link
you better be coming to trapped in a closet tonight
― sonia supermayer (Tape Store), Saturday, 30 May 2009 02:01 (fifteen years ago) link
when/where? im pretty trapped in the closet'd out tbh
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 30 May 2009 02:01 (fifteen years ago) link
ugh you guys are like making plans
― Surmounter, Saturday, 30 May 2009 02:03 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i'm jealous :(
― i'm educated in sex, yes (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 30 May 2009 02:05 (fifteen years ago) link
lol, it's at sparky's. we have r kelly's chocolate cherry butterfinger ice cream! starts @ 11. also a show right now at cafe berlin that i'm heading out to. and another at the fugue (lol) that's weird but notable
― sonia supermayer (Tape Store), Saturday, 30 May 2009 02:07 (fifteen years ago) link
this is pretty sexy...i approve.
― the table is the table, Saturday, 30 May 2009 02:10 (fifteen years ago) link
i put this album on when some friends were over and it operated perfectly fine in those circumstances, which was good
― Surmounter, Saturday, 30 May 2009 02:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Bed rest is pretty much perfect
― Surmounter, Saturday, 30 May 2009 03:03 (fifteen years ago) link
not even on iTunes, huh?
This is one of those cases where I would LOVE to buy the album, but have had to rely on d/ling just coz it doesn't seem to exist in the physical world.
― Germanic Street Preachers (Masonic Boom), Saturday, 30 May 2009 05:17 (fifteen years ago) link
you saw my titties before you saw my face
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Saturday, 30 May 2009 06:51 (fifteen years ago) link
k8, not only does this not have a UK release date, but when i mentioned electrik red to the-dream's UK PR, she hadn't even heard of them. this is the point where i carp endlessly about how PRs will bombard me with CDs and emails and phone calls about their terrible indie bands, but when i'm actually enthusiastic about an act, getting basic information like a release date is suddenly blood/stone.
it's apparently available to order on amazon though!
― lex pretend, Saturday, 30 May 2009 09:38 (fifteen years ago) link
ill walk around this bitch in my louis vitton heels with my ass hanging out
― i am rubber, t u.r.koglu (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 01:34 (fifteen years ago) link
I've been blaring this in the ice cream shop and in the car. "Freaky Freaky" is perfect in both situations, blowing my mind.
― sonia supermayer (Tape Store), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 03:09 (fifteen years ago) link
when i mentioned electrik red to the-dream's UK PR, she hadn't even heard of them
This is ridiculous.
― Tits Bramble (Matt DC), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 08:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I suspect they'll probably wait to see how The Dream's album does over here before even making a call on a release date. Despite the Electrik Red album being like 20 times better.
― Tits Bramble (Matt DC), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 08:33 (fifteen years ago) link
listened to this so much over the wkend walking round in the sun
― just sayin, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 09:26 (fifteen years ago) link
OK, I am gonna play the shit out of this album. Starting tonight. I'm going to play it out every set.
― If My Body's A Club You're My Disco Ball (Masonic Boom), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 10:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Devotion is the only one I'm not mad crazy about but that's because I don't really like breathy slow jams. I'm sure it's a great example of its kind though.
― Tits Bramble (Matt DC), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 10:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm OK with Devotion - the only one I skip is 9 to 5.
― If My Body's A Club You're My Disco Ball (Masonic Boom), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 10:51 (fifteen years ago) link
devotion is great, but i can see how it's a tough sell sandwiched tween "so good" and "Freaky freaky"
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 11:06 (fifteen years ago) link
the lyrics "expose my devotion" and "verify my love" have that gr8 balance of technical + romantic that i lpve
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 11:10 (fifteen years ago) link
"expose my devotion" is such a visceral lyric
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 11:14 (fifteen years ago) link
clinical too <3
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 11:15 (fifteen years ago) link
bed rest does this bjork syllabic repetition thing at the end
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 11:18 (fifteen years ago) link
― i am rubber, t u.r.koglu (k3vin k.)
http://kuwait-style.com/images/2007/05/05-30-07-LOUBOUTIN-SUPER-WALLIS-PLATFORM-PUMPS-357Pounds.jpg
LOUBOUTIN!
― i'm educated in sex, yes (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 14:42 (fifteen years ago) link
anyway, Rich Juzwiak's write-up of this is really good:
http://fourfour.typepad.com/fourfour/2009/05/oooh-shit-damn.html
― i'm educated in sex, yes (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link
great piece. Though I'd rate this a little bit below The-Dream's own albums.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
i wholeheartedly disagree
thx for the louboutin lesson brain ;)
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 14:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Hrrmmmm. That blog raises an interesting point - that, despite all the gurl power stylings, they are still females singing men's words.
(See also: the endless arguments that Miss AMP and I had about the Long Blondes*.)
I suppose it comes down to the concept of acting / performance / delivery whether it comes across as believable, as much as the skill of the lyricist. I mean, girl groups and divas have a long history of singing other people's words and making them their own, making you FEEL it - so it's not bothersome that they're singing someone *else*'s words, so much as singing a man's pneumatic ideal of what an uber-sexy in control babe would sing. (Are they really posed as whores, or women who demand a man who is capable of meeting them on their own level? I don't get whore so much as "I'm a fucking rock star baby, you ought to be able to hold your own with me, financially as well as sexually.")
Do I find them more convincing than, say, Pussycat Dolls (who I find revolting) or more that I *identify* with their take on sexual freedom?
*I suppose the disparity there was the conflict between this notion of Indie Band - i.e. song-writer author, supposed to write their own lyrics, and yet still reliant on dynamic of male songwriter / female mouthpiece and how that just played into the whole "men act, women appear" thing.
― If My Body's A Club You're My Disco Ball (Masonic Boom), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 14:58 (fifteen years ago) link
This is better than the Dream's own albums due to not having The Dream's annoying persona all over them.
― Tits Bramble (Matt DC), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 15:13 (fifteen years ago) link
^^
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 15:22 (fifteen years ago) link
man i love it when u guys get real excited about an album. listening to we fuck you now and it's gonna sound pretty great in my car.
― hugging used to mean something (call all destroyer), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 15:36 (fifteen years ago) link
haven't read rich's piece - and don't intend to until i've finished my own piece - and briefly, as am distracted by the tennis, but the-dream told me that all the ideas and concepts re "femininity" came from the girls, and they bullied him into following what they thought rather than what he'd intended to do with them - i mean as much as they're "his" project, he didn't put them together or anything - they were already a group prior to hooking up w/him
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 15:38 (fifteen years ago) link