― Robert T (Shady365), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 14:18 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 14:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 14:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― Michael B, Wednesday, 12 November 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:16 (twenty-two years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:18 (twenty-two years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― Barima (Barima), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:23 (twenty-two years ago)
Which one is that? Explanation, please!!
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 13 November 2003 01:24 (twenty-two years ago)
― minna (minna), Thursday, 13 November 2003 01:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― minna (minna), Thursday, 13 November 2003 01:38 (twenty-two years ago)
― minna (minna), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:09 (twenty-two years ago)
― minna (minna), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:18 (twenty-two years ago)
Well, they sound like a second-rate Clipse. That I Got That (Boom Boom) song is horrible. The rest of it is fairly good, except for a few really good bits.
― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 13 November 2003 08:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 13 November 2003 08:41 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 13 November 2003 09:17 (twenty-two years ago)
Counting the number of writers on each track is repulsive. Do people do that to Kylie or Sugababes? (I haven't noticed..) The best song on Britter's last album, "Anticipating" very clearly displayed that Britney's quite a decent lyricist, so I'm inclined to believe she has quite a large amount of writing input. (so there, Geir!)
― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 13 November 2003 09:49 (twenty-two years ago)
britney's abandoned track w/ the dfa is the best thing she's ever done -- they fucked up by not tossing it on this album (which is very disappointing, the album i mean). -- Yanc3y (ystrickle...), November 10th, 2003
― Michael B, Thursday, 13 November 2003 11:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 13 November 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Thursday, 13 November 2003 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 13 November 2003 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)
― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Thursday, 13 November 2003 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 13 November 2003 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)
As regards B Spears in Zone 6 - fremme neppa venette.
― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 13 November 2003 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)
Maybe she's, you know, kicking it old school. "Who Shot JR?" would have been such a better name for the record. Can't you just see her in a cowboy hat, sitting behind a desk?
― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Thursday, 13 November 2003 15:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 13 November 2003 15:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 13 November 2003 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jus' A Rascal! Dizzee Rascal!!, Thursday, 13 November 2003 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 13 November 2003 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)
zzzzzzzzzzeeeee's jus' a rascal DIZZEE RASCAL!!
― Jus' A Rascal! Dizzee Rascal!!, Thursday, 13 November 2003 15:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 13 November 2003 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:15 (twenty-two years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:16 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:18 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:20 (twenty-two years ago)
I too would wanna hear the DFA track (as if I haven't since August).
― Barima (Barima), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)
― minna (minna), Saturday, 15 November 2003 01:41 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 15:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― m. (mitchlnw), Saturday, 17 April 2004 22:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― Martinez, Monday, 26 April 2004 20:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― uh, Monday, 26 April 2004 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)
(Because the DFA don't want it leaked. Only Yanc3y has heard it, said it was like "the Neps producing 'Love To Love You, Baby'")
x-post
― Barima (Barima), Monday, 26 April 2004 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― uh, Monday, 26 April 2004 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― uh, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 00:58 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:01 (twenty-two years ago)
― djdee2005, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:03 (twenty-two years ago)
sorry, weak moment.
I judge Stripped by that song too. Any "variance" in her style is really subtle to me. Most all of the songs one would consider "different" still fall in the same umbrella, to me.
― uh, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:04 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:06 (twenty-two years ago)
Aw, neat. :-) What's yer dog's name?
Her "image" is much more schizophrenic and contradictory than Britney's at any given point at time.
But in and of itself it's not automatically fascinating, a very obvious point of course. In my own case, I feel about her image, or whatever the word is, much the same way I feel about Eminem's -- ie, not really interested, more exhausted.
(Stripey was planning a wonderful study of Stripped at one point, though, which I want her to complete one of these days. Let me see if she's still interested in revisiting it.)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:08 (twenty-two years ago)
My dog's name is Louis. He's a two year old spoodle, is very cute and very naughty.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:12 (twenty-two years ago)
Is she even working on a third album? I mean I assume so.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:15 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:18 (twenty-two years ago)
"The Voice Within" is a by the numbers ballad, nothing more, the likes of which she has done a million times. It does not stand out at all. And there are other such ballads on the same album, such as "Beautiful". I can't imagine the lyrics are too insightful on either one, either.
But these ballads really fall under the same pop umbrella to me. While they do not possess the sleaze and danceability of the rest of the songs on the album, they still fall under the same contrivances as the other songs on the album, and sonic similarities in the style of the songwriting, even if the intensity is different.
It's still generic pop either way you look at it. I'm not saying an artist needs to change genres on each track to be considered eclectic either, but merely throwing ballads on an album with dance tracks doesn't make one "deviant" at all, especially since that's become the norm.
― uh, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― djdee2005, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 03:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 04:10 (twenty-two years ago)
See, this is one example where Perry and X-Tina's reach exceeded their collective grasp. "That Sugababes song isn't Hispanic enough! They sing like they're too bored to sing! Let's remove all the pop fun and charm and programming-meets-traditional aspects and see if we can get this onto the s/t of Once Upon A Time In Mexico!" Overblown, bludgeoning, unattractive.
For a make-over that works, 'Breathe On Me' by one B. Spears gets one over on Kylie's 'Come Into My World' good and proper.
― Barima (Barima), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 08:24 (twenty-two years ago)
― uh, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 08:41 (twenty-two years ago)
Have you heard the bootleg of "Yeah" and "Can't Hold Us Down"? It is the bomb.
I fail to see how having generic ballads on an album filled with trashy dance tracks makes an album eclectic at all.
But that's not what Xtina does. Even apart from the fact that genre-wise Stripped takes in goth-rock, hip-hop, dancehall, glam-rock balladry, swooning trip-hop, soul and Disney schmaltz (but done so well), the one thing that stands out about the album is its sheer scope - which ties in to Xtina's multiple image changes of course. It's like she wants to be everything to everyone, and actually tries to do this literally.
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 08:48 (twenty-two years ago)
First of all, hip-hop of the variety that Christina performs isn't that far removed from dancehall music.
As far as glam-rock balladry, I wouldn't agree at all. It isn't as pretentious and showy as that whatsoever. It's really simplified, run of the mill pseudo-introspective "pop" that she has done, and other pop stars have done over, and over, and over again.
The problem is the material she sings is so run of the mill and boring, I don't think anybody could breathe life into it.
― uh, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 14:22 (twenty-two years ago)
Christina is touring again this summer, so it's possible that Mr. Timberlake will go into the studio before she does. There was a quote from Timbaland somewhere saying that he and Justin were supposed to start work on the second solo album next month.
― Lesley, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― djdee2005, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 16:46 (twenty-two years ago)
― Lesley, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)
(cries)
― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 20:23 (twenty-two years ago)
A heavy metal band covering an 80s novelty song? Now that's what I call original!
― Sym (shmuel), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 20:30 (twenty-two years ago)
it is crap.
― Mind Taker, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)
Back in 1987 it was a touch more outre.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 21:18 (twenty-two years ago)
Sweaterific.
― El Diablo Curmudgeonbotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 22:06 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 23:25 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sym (shmuel), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 09:53 (twenty-two years ago)
Given the demeanor of Celtic Frost's music (aka, NOT 80's heavy metal, but blackened thrash...really depends on who you ask, those from the time period say thrash when revisionists seem to claim black metal), the cover was a bit left field.
As far as "dance hall music" I suppose I mean music you'd hear in a club.
― uh, Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:27 (twenty-two years ago)
for whoever decides to jump on that wavelength, realize I mean aka NOT stuff like Judas Priest as in straight "heavy metal".
Celtic Frost were underground legends, and much more extreme than that stuff. Their Hellhammer material is still regarded as cult, although I think someone actually bothered to re-release it. The darker nature of their music made the inclusion of such a cover a little "odd".
As Ned said, it wasn't quite as common in the 80s anyway.
― uh, Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:31 (twenty-two years ago)
― El Diablo Curmudgeonbotico (Nicole), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:35 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:37 (twenty-two years ago)
― El Diablo Curmudgeonbotico (Nicole), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:47 (twenty-two years ago)
Merely having songs that don't sound alike doesn't matter. The differences, to me, are subtle and fall under the same umbrella.
Of course it sounds completely different than her clean-cut almost Disney-ized sounding first album, but overall, I don't think within the album she covers a lot of ground. It's all still ultra-simplistic redundant pop.
But we're not going to agree on this. I'll also say that I think she's talented, but her music sucks. I admit I found "Dirty" catchy, but I'll look elsewhere for my music.
― uh, Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:49 (twenty-two years ago)
Which one Lex?
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 20 May 2004 08:55 (twenty-two years ago)
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:24 (twenty-two years ago)
― Barima (Barima), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:26 (twenty-two years ago)
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:29 (twenty-two years ago)
What we're too afraid to admit is that the secret parent of "Everytime" is "Right Here Waiting For You".
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:45 (twenty-two years ago)
I don't know "Right Here Waiting For You" :(
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:51 (twenty-two years ago)
Jamelia does a couple of ace micro-R&B ballads on her album.
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:53 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:55 (twenty-two years ago)
I listened to Jamelia's album in-store and it sounded like wall-to-wall gully nasty UK R&B - J.D run the track! - kinda stuff. Not sure if that is good or bad, I want to listen more though.
I'd like to write a piece on J.D. and his rapping ice-queen sirens, I think.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 20 May 2004 10:01 (twenty-two years ago)
Jamelia's album has some embarrassing moments ("Beautiful Intelligent Talented Cool Honey - I'm a BITCH!" [girlish giggle]) but mostly it's solid enough Mis-Teeq-esque stuff (if Mis-Teeq took their cues exclusively from US R&B rather than UK garage). The highlights are the lush, swooning ballads like "Life" though. And I swear that if "Superstar" was re-released every summer it'd always be as popular.
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 May 2004 10:05 (twenty-two years ago)
― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 20 May 2004 12:15 (twenty-two years ago)
apparently this is an in the zone cast-off. sounds like kylie. i luv it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfSmUPSULt4
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 February 2017 15:56 (nine years ago)