ciara - "oh"

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have we had discussion about this delightful track yet?

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 11 August 2005 14:58 (twenty years ago)

We have! Everyone loves it except for me (ie, par for the course for ILM).

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 11 August 2005 15:02 (twenty years ago)

I didn't like it much the first times through, but then I finally heard a version where I could actually hear the synths, which helped a bit. But only a bit.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 August 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

So, like I said, everyone loves it except me (and people who for all intents and purposes might as well be me).

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 11 August 2005 15:07 (twenty years ago)

(If it was a full-on Ludacris track with Ciara only on the hook it would be about a googleplex times better.)

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 11 August 2005 15:08 (twenty years ago)

best r&b track of the year. no fuckin contest

― rizzx (Rizz), Thursday, 11 August 2005 15:10 (twenty years ago)

i think it's a bit 'meh' myself. prefer Amerie's 'Touch' ever so slightly, but i should probably hear 'Oh' again to make sure.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 11 August 2005 15:12 (twenty years ago)

it is my favourite song of the year. it really is a thing of bleary, slo-mo beauty.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 11 August 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)

yeah it's in my top 5 this year for sure. love it.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 11 August 2005 15:14 (twenty years ago)

I love the way this sort of creeps... better than Goodies, I reckon

― Robin Goad (rgoad), Thursday, 11 August 2005 15:45 (twenty years ago)

"it's like that" > "oh" > "goodies"

― beatles fan, Thursday, 11 August 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

(If it was a full-on Ludacris track with Ciara only on the hook it would be about a googleplex times better.)

Damn, there's a vision. Someone hack the track up and make it a reality.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 August 2005 15:50 (twenty years ago)

It took me a long while to appreciate it, but eventually I did, and I think it's great now. Luda kills.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 11 August 2005 16:03 (twenty years ago)

I've heard this song like once a day all summer, and I like it LESS every time it plays. Screw this song. I'm getting so fucking tired of that weeeEEEEEEEeeeeee synth sound.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 11 August 2005 16:09 (twenty years ago)

i think i'd like this song LESS if it was all luda all the time. his verse is like a special treat.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 11 August 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

s1ocki otm. love this song

― 6335, Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

I should start a thread where I just bitch about clearchannel shutting down the hip-hop/r&b station around here. Their top 40 station barely plays "Oh" so I only hear it if I listen to it myself.

― mike h. (mike h.), Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)

Great song.

I've heard this song like once a day all summer, and I like it LESS every time it plays. Screw this song. I'm getting so fucking tired of that weeeEEEEEEEeeeeee synth sound.
-- nickalicious (nickaliciou...), August 11th, 2005.

Are you sure yr talking about the right song?

― deej.., Thursday, 11 August 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

dude it totally has a high pitched WEEEEE synth sound.

― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:07 (twenty years ago)

also it sounds like a Pepsi commercial's idea of crunk and I hate it.

― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

I guess, it sounds totally different to me though. Like, everything is chugging through some hazy filter or something. "Touch" has the same synth sound for sure.

― deej.., Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

haha Al I think you just have something against Ciara.

― deej.., Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)

"Touch", that's another horrible song. (xp)

― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)

I like "1, 2 Step" ok! but every single she's done does have a high pitched whistle melody, do all her album tracks have that too!?

― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

I think 1,2 step is my least favorite of her singles!

― deej.., Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

'Oh' is a genius pinnacle of human achievement. I didn't think I could love Ciara any more, I was wrong. Luda is fantastic on it but come on, Ciara owns that song. "They got their southern cookin', they got them fellas lookin'..."

'Touch' is great too but it is not the colossus that is 'Oh'.

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

(I think I like the reggaeton rmx of '1 2 Step' better than the original!)

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:13 (twenty years ago)

"it really is a thing of bleary, slo-mo beauty."
"I love the way this sort of creeps..."

"'Oh' is a genius pinnacle of human achievement."

sums up my feelings exactly. this song is truly special.

― aaron d.g. (aaron d.g.), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:19 (twenty years ago)

this song is truly special.

Throw an " ed" on the end of that sentence and it's OTM.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

i'm surprised ned doesn't like this more. it sounds like the r'n'b equivalent of shoegaze to me.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

R&B shoegaze = "In Your Arms Tonight" by TLC or "Taste This" by Mya.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:56 (twenty years ago)

so OTM, i think i luv you

― rizzx (Rizz), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:58 (twenty years ago)

Another thing I love about this song is how well the vocals are thought out, i.e. the spaces where she doesn't sing give the song so much character. the pauses that occasionally pop up in the chorus ("................ round here we ridin' slow") really stand out.

also, I love the way that the verse and chorus complement each other. I love how elements of the chorus are incorporated into the verse. it's just so perfect.

― aaron d.g. (aaron d.g.), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:12 (twenty years ago)

"white tees, nik-ees, gangstas dont know how to act..."

― deej.., Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:14 (twenty years ago)

I didn't mean to suggest that Ludacris was more awesome than Ciara on this track! He is indeed a treat, though.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:17 (twenty years ago)

"we keep it gutter you should know...getting crunk up in the club, we gets low..."

getting wild and out of control, in slo-slo-mo

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:20 (twenty years ago)

I love the way Ciara constantly flirts with losing herself in these cavernous synths which keep threatening to swallow her whole, and she always pulls back to ride them instead. The whole melody is conflict, resolution, conflict, resolution over and over again.

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)

Luda is amazing on this yes - "picture perfect, you might wanna take a flick flick flick flick flick..."

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:23 (twenty years ago)

i've made this mix, mostly techtrancy with some avant stuff in there and ciara's oh as well....shit...i never made a mix, when oh comes on it's like hell yeah, keepin it gutter....ill post the ysi link when it's finished

― rizzx (Rizz), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:28 (twenty years ago)

ok. maybe u dont care but whatever

― rizzx (Rizz), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)

"inna different color whiiip, whiiip, whiiiip..."

― deej.., Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)

rizz that mix sounds awesome.

I'm currently trying to decide whether 'Oh' is banging enough to get a roomful of people dancing like maniacs. I might wimp out and play 'Goodies' instead.

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:36 (twenty years ago)

That would be the correct decision unless you want to watch people attempt to slink and fail miserably.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:39 (twenty years ago)

probably not like maniacs, or maybe horny as fuck maniacs. maybe that

― rizzx (Rizz), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:40 (twenty years ago)

I've been to plenty of parties where "Oh" made everyone bump n grind.

― deej.., Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:44 (twenty years ago)

ok so it depends on whether I lure this hot boy from work to Sugar tomorrow then.

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

I think I need to listen to 'Oh' a few hundred more times tonight just to, you know, help me make this decision.

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

heh, we travel in different circles, deej.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:48 (twenty years ago)

The club's called Sugar? awesome, u gotta play 'oh' then, cos that's sugar right there

― rizzx (Rizz), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:51 (twenty years ago)

Remember! Forget about the sugar Friday 12 August involves Dancing

'goodies' are sugary too!

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:59 (twenty years ago)

jaymc and his crew be bump and grinding to outhud.

― deej.., Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:51 (twenty years ago)

i'm surprised ned doesn't like this more. it sounds like the r'n'b equivalent of shoegaze to me.

Hm, I see what you're getting at but it doesn't gel as it should for me to love it that way. (And now I have to go back to those two tracks Dan mentioned.) (Also keep in mind that for me one r'n'b equivalent of shoegaze sorta already happened in the form of the Veldt, and if that's too rockist/cult band an answer for some, fuck you assholes to the ends of the earth. Not that I'm accusing anyone HERE of thinking that. ;-) )

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:59 (twenty years ago)

jaymc and his crew be bump and grinding to outhud.

no no i just don't go to many parties where people are bumping and/or grinding, period.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:06 (twenty years ago)

but also, yeah.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:06 (twenty years ago)

this song's so fucking southern summer; i've definitely seen people dancing to it but it's been uptempoed, with that one hook, the one that sounds like it's coming from three streets over, being reserved for the 'ok turn off half the lights and like it's dramatic moment' (aka 'stop - hammer time'). classic obv - bubblecrunk that works like g-funk.

xpost - jaymc i am never partying with you dude!

― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:08 (twenty years ago)

this song sounds like that hazy sidewalk thing = yeeeeeeeaaahh

this thread makes me worried about people

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 12 August 2005 00:11 (twenty years ago)

it's not because i don't want to be at said parties, blount! my friends are lame!!

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:16 (twenty years ago)

Get new friends, then!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:20 (twenty years ago)

when was the last time you grinded to ciara, ned?

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:23 (twenty years ago)

dude chicago's a navy town and my broheems emerson is up there, you got a gravy highway at yr feet dude!

― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:23 (twenty years ago)

jaymc that's no fair, you know ned has hoagie pits

― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:23 (twenty years ago)

Its that damn ILE chicago thread, innit? ;)

― deej.., Friday, 12 August 2005 00:24 (twenty years ago)

emerson just friendster'd me the other day.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:32 (twenty years ago)

and naw, d, those are the cool kids, everyone else i know is like 30-yr-old lawyers!

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:32 (twenty years ago)

anyway.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:33 (twenty years ago)

ILE bump n grind chicago-fest 2005: shall we start a party?

― deej.., Friday, 12 August 2005 00:34 (twenty years ago)

jay you gotta come up to mtl sometime

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 12 August 2005 00:48 (twenty years ago)

i shall! not for montreal pop, tho. the plan's off for that.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 12 August 2005 01:00 (twenty years ago)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 12 August 2005 01:04 (twenty years ago)

look what you made me do there. you made me virtually frown.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 12 August 2005 01:04 (twenty years ago)

I got kind of burned out on this long before summer. Actually, all of Ciara's singles have been overplayed to death (between radio and me).

Is "Thug Style" going to get released as a single?

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Friday, 12 August 2005 01:14 (twenty years ago)

here's the mix thingy i made

1. Todd Dockstader – ‘Aw’
2. Alva Noto / Ruychi Sakamoto – ‘Morning’
3. Amina – ‘Hemipode’
4. Reuber – ‘Überlandweg’
5. Colder – ‘Wrong Baby’
6. Ciara ft. Ludacris – ‘Oh’
7. Studio Pankow – ‘Zitadelle’
8. Ferenc – ‘Diplodocus’
9. Baxendale – ‘I Built This City’ (Michael Mayer remix)
10. Marc Houle – ‘East to West’
11. The Psychonauts – ‘World Keeps Turning’ (Highfish & Zander remix)
12. Superpitcher – ‘Tell Me About It’
13. Holden & Thompson – ‘Come to Me’ (last version)
14. Isolée – Pillowtalk

download @ http://circusoffools.blogspot.com/

― rizzx (Rizz), Friday, 12 August 2005 06:42 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

does this song interpolate Art of Noise's "Backbeat" from In Visible Silence. especially the melody during the "southern cooking" part? am i totally making this up?

― jaxon, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 19:24 (nineteen years ago)

i love this song so much

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 19:28 (nineteen years ago)

do you agree with the lex that it is a genius pinnacle of human achievement?

― deej, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 19:35 (nineteen years ago)

someone else listen to the AoN song please!

― jaxon, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 19:37 (nineteen years ago)

so a pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel coming out of his pants zipper. the bartender looks down and asks him why it's there. he says "arrrrghghg. i dunno, but it's driving me nutz"

― jaxon, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

i went to youtube to watch a very long live version of the art of noise song. the melody is...kind of similar? don't really hear it though, sorry.

'oh' remains a genius pinnacle of human achievement.

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, it's Oh-so-brilliant.

― Tape Store, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 22:49 (nineteen years ago)

dunno about this one, but art of noise have been randomly coming to mind quite alot recently?? wish i could remember with what tho, lloyd had 2 blatant ones on his album but there was other less obv stuffs that just kinda made tangential sense rather than being a thing

aaanyway 'oh' is classic 4ever, claiming otherwise is foolishness

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 23:21 (nineteen years ago)

does this song interpolate Art of Noise's "Backbeat" from In Visible Silence

That's cool--I totally hear this.

― sw00ds, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

oh yeah the diddy 'last night' rmx, that's the most recent one

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 23:23 (nineteen years ago)

haha "hoagie pits"

― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 01:40 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

we keep it gutta u should know
gettin crunk off in the club we gets low

<4 <4 <4

― lex pretend, Sunday, 13 March 2011 13:03 (fifteen years ago)

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