on second thought, this would make good hold music
― rob, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 15:59 (five years ago) link
>:(
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 15:59 (five years ago) link
Just barely.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:01 (five years ago) link
good hold music would be good
― nashwan, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:01 (five years ago) link
It's cool we got some middlebrow synthpop to wash the taste of weird elongated synthpop out of our mouths
― imago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:02 (five years ago) link
to be less of a dick about it: obviously this song isn't bad, it just doesn't move me
"hold music" was just a joke about the final refrain
― rob, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:02 (five years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/7o0cyy8.jpg
33: Khalid featuring 6lak and Ty Dolla $ign – “OTW” – 236 points – 7 votesvideo
boo’d up • i like it • OTW
Listening to "OTW" for the first time and, gosh, that is a sumptuous four minutes of music. The beat is holographic in the way that old Jam & Lewis productions used to sound compared to their contemporaries. Like you know how they had an improbably long career where they just kept successfully updating their sound to the times for several decades? This is what I imagine they'd be up to if that streak were still going. A travesty that this never made it to top 40 radio, especially when Khalid is such a hot property right now off the back of comparatively beige material like "Eastside" and "Love Lies". – Champiness
http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=25530
I’m a sucker for singers that have a bit of ache in their voice no matter what they’re singing about, and from the “nah, I can be your booty call” chorus on down, this is so much less gross than a lot of its contemporaries — actually being happy in a relationship is presented as a good outcome, leaving the decision of whether to proceed up to the woman happens more than once, that kind of thing. It’s nothing major, and it shouldn’t be significant, but in 2018 just being relatively respectfully horny does make it stand out. – Ian Mathers
Where American Teen sounded like a lazy, carefree, day-drinking-filled afternoon, “OTW” is the sound of the creeping complexities of the evening. Khalid is still concerned with the potential of The Date, but there’s a clear shift — the cute, shyly teenage come-ons of “Location” (“I got a lot of cool spots that we can go”) have developed into suggestive adult R&B imagery: coastal highways, lingerie, sports cars. The result is a little darker and a little less distinct; but it’s a credit to Khalid that his inherent endearing goofiness still shines through the flexes — when he assures the girl riding beside him in his Porsche that he “kept the slip so you know it’s not rented”. – Claire Biddles
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:08 (five years ago) link
i can't believe this wasn't a proper hit when khalid has had so many other much worse hits
― ufo, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
too low
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
beautiful song
― my tweet portal is whack (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:10 (five years ago) link
continue to be baffled by this one's appeal tbh
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:11 (five years ago) link
ridiculous
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:12 (five years ago) link
sounds nice but dying for some personality
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:12 (five years ago) link
"sumptuous" otm champiness
I respect ty's effort as always
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:13 (five years ago) link
production on this is so gorgeous
― ufo, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:14 (five years ago) link
Beautiful song, missed it in '18 somehow
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:19 (five years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/rwUmYCx.jpg
32: Tirzah – “Holding On” – 236 points – 7 votes – 1 number one votevideo
Tirzah
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:22 (five years ago) link
This one will raise the heart-rate!
― imago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:23 (five years ago) link
good album this
― nxd, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:24 (five years ago) link
did not get this album at all which was a shame because "I'm Not Dancing" was pretty cool
― ufo, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:26 (five years ago) link
This was my number one vote and I love her so if any of you dare badmouth her I’ll delete all the poll’s images
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:26 (five years ago) link
sounds like it was produced by john shuttleworth
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:28 (five years ago) link
Sometimes it reminds me of Arthur Russell too
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:29 (five years ago) link
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB)
Is this a compliment because I like him too.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:32 (five years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/6C7WZQU.jpg
31: Donato Dozzy – “Cleo” – 246 points – 8 votesvideo
Donato Dozzy
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:34 (five years ago) link
as I noted here, "Cleo" is fucking dope
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:36 (five years ago) link
aw, nice!
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:37 (five years ago) link
ok this is gorgeous
― frogbs, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:37 (five years ago) link
holding on is a little wispy nothing of a track, like overhearing someone singing to themselves as they walk past. love the album and think it sounds better in that context, I picked a different track
― ogmor, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:37 (five years ago) link
<3 the b side "mindless fullness" too
― nxd, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:37 (five years ago) link
another one for 2 Chainz here
― nashwan, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:38 (five years ago) link
couldn't wrap my mind around the tirzah record but "holding on" is p good in isolation
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:38 (five years ago) link
never heard of this but it's very cool, continuing to enjoy this year's bobbins placements a surprising amount
― ufo, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:39 (five years ago) link
Didn’t vote for Cleo but I’m on board with this one too.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:39 (five years ago) link
cleo gives me the hard fidgets
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:40 (five years ago) link
He does this sound better than almost anyone, right up there with Plays Bee Mask
― or something, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:40 (five years ago) link
hyperactive stillness
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:42 (five years ago) link
SURELY a saer must like this
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:42 (five years ago) link
Bobbins killed the poll
― imago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:55 (five years ago) link
yeah we need another "moo"
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:57 (five years ago) link
Catching up slowly, the Die Wilde Jagd track is def interesting and reminds me of a krautrock compilation I have. I'll probably listen to it again.
I had high expectations for a song called "Donnie Darko" but, based on the first half of it, it sounded exactly like what I imagine most of the tracks I skip sound like.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:58 (five years ago) link
There was some slight badmouths at the Tirzah track so I deleted the upcoming images and ulysses cant find them.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:58 (five years ago) link
Cleo is fucking awesome, the 2nd of my votes to place. Such simple and evocative techno, like Dozzy does best.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:59 (five years ago) link
Tirzah is the best! All hail! She hangs out with Micachu!
― imago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:59 (five years ago) link
my take on Tirzah: the images have been amazing and I would spend money on real postcards of some of them
― rob, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 17:00 (five years ago) link
That’s the spirit imago! Images are back.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 17:02 (five years ago) link
I’m not sure what happened to ulysses though...
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 17:05 (five years ago) link
I've liked Dozzy projects before, but picking this as one of the best tracks of the year is entirely mystifying to me. At least the autechre had trolling value. Next year I'm nominating my cat's purrs and my white noise machine
― rob, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link
a man has to eat! more delicious bobbins for you now.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link