the 1975

yessss

the studio version of "if you're too shy"..... overwhelmingly powerful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jQ7Jyb-j8A

it's mixed in a way that is making me feel insane but i like that the song crosses into SNL band territory at certain points, it's a super cheesy song

feels to me like they've perfected the john hughes soundtrack cut aesthetic of the first record

"heart out" goes to the prom

i was expecting something super clean like "she's american" but this is a bit wonkier than i expected off the live performances

god "the birthday party" is so fucking good

I’m not too shy at all, Matty

I'VE BEEN
wearing nothing every time i
CALL YOU
and i'm starting to feel weird about it

LOVE "if you're too shy"

sooo gooooood ugh this band

this is my lifebelt.

sounds like they mixed it to stand out in a current pop environment like the bass is extra heavy

i suppose i could quibble w the mix. like the horns could be brighter/sharper ? but that seems to miss the point

feels to me like they've perfected the john hughes soundtrack cut aesthetic of the first record

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, April 23, 2020 2:54 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

"heart out" goes to the prom

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, April 23, 2020 2:56 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

I love you for this

can’t wait to listen

i love love love the weird instrumental intro bit!

that weird instrumental bit is a conciser version of their instrumentals imo

wish Love, Simon were re-released with "If You're Too Shy" as a non-diegetic piece in one of those eyeing-you-from-afar scenes.

it's all kinda smushed together into a granola bar of sound to me but w/e that's most music is now

i sort of like the symmetry of them doing another john hughes-y song but about avatar sex, stuff like "weird science" as a subtextual influence

This is amazing

The 1975 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> John Hughes

“Weird Science” is a great reference point for this.

o theres an official video of sorts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYYQpTbBSBM

its also, and maybe this is so obvious its not worth mentioning, extremely Prince

'i could never take the place of your man'

yes

yep "I could never take the place of your man" is the first song I thought about too. god this song fucking rules

the chugging bass part makes me more sure i want to see them get into wax trax

"Well, I found the hotel/I called up the twins/It's seven in the morning so they won't let me in" is sharp writing.

one of us!

true or false:

the current 1975 listening cru is actually the the-dream listening cru reconstituted

― k3vin k., Wednesday, May 17, 2017 2:29 PM (two years ago)

oh god yes

to such an extent that I get suffocated (I like The 1975).

"Well, I found the hotel/I called up the twins/It's seven in the morning so they won't let me in" is sharp writing.

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, April 23, 2020 4:53 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

what is 'the twins' a reference to

Ashley and Mary-Kate?

"Matty Healy tweets that The 1975 have two brand new members: Kaylee and Taitlyn Jaiy. If you've caught the band on tour since then, you'll recognise Kaylee and Taitlyn as the twin dancers and backing singers who bop in unison to a backdrop of neon rectangles, blinking TV sets and messages of millennial ennui"

Don't know if that's what he's talking about though!

that actually might be it

The Winklevi?

I'm happy they're still making tracks that could fit into the first album while expanding their sound on other tracks. Solid song, great intro

this song is about being into a cam girl right

man they couldn't close-up on one of those other two guys' faces even once? not even during the sax solo?

song rules of course but the slight difference between the live & studio version is weird - the studio version has synth horns in the chorus it sounds like instead of the sax?

upon reflection this song is crazy good. i love how it’s kinda got this downbeat dramatic moroseness going on in the verses a la “somebody else” before becoming this cheesy rockefeller center vamp

I wonder if the artwork for Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America is supposed to be a nod to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot?

for some reason i put on "me" tonight

i was late
but i arrived
i'm sorry but i'd rather be getting high than watching my family die

"if you're too shy" cured my depression etc

full disclosure: i was a bit worried they were losing me with the britpop stuff

Whitney Houston + “You Get What You Give”