― marc h. (marc h.), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 10:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 11:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 11:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott pl. (scott pl.), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 12:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― marc h. (marc h.), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 12:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― vinegar (Koens), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 12:43 (eighteen years ago) link
ALL HAIL EMPEROR SNOOZANS!
Sean, "Tymps" is actually probably the best argument in favor of Elizondo's version, and the relative flatness of Brion's arrangement!
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 13:10 (eighteen years ago) link
Broken Social SceneFranz FerdinandWolf ParadeDevendra BanhartSerena ManeeshKanye WestSuper Furry AnimalsThe New PornographersSufjan SnoozansWildernessClap Your Hands Say YeahIsoleeArt BrutSleater-KinneyStephen MalkmusThe Hold SteadyArchitecture In HelsinkiRosebudsSigur RosJóhann JóhannssonJason ForrestBlood on the WallBloc PartyBell OrchestreKalikak FamilyKompakt 6Part ChimpField Music
Well, I guess I shouldn't be very shocked by any of this.
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 13:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― zeus (zeus), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott pl. (scott pl.), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 18:26 (eighteen years ago) link
I think there was originally some conflicted half-assed "I have reservations" stuff in that review, too, but they weren't clear and precise enough to survive editing.
― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link
Come to think of it, it sounds like an Eels cover, which isn't really a plus or minus either way.
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 15:51 (eighteen years ago) link
:(
― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 20:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 14 October 2005 20:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 14 October 2005 20:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― fandango (fandango), Friday, 14 October 2005 20:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 14 October 2005 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Friday, 14 October 2005 21:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Friday, 14 October 2005 21:50 (eighteen years ago) link
Heh, didn't notice this, BUT "Anytime You Like" (ie the last track) sounds REALLY Bush-like to me – both in the voice (incl the stereoed refrain-thing) and especially the instrumental backing, which (at least at the start) is some sort of twin of "Watching You Without Me" from The Ninth Wave.
― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Monday, 24 October 2005 15:16 (eighteen years ago) link
the bad news: apart from the stuff i'd already heard (and i had reservations about 'konichiwa bitches' anyway), it basically sucks. thoughts here
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 24 October 2005 15:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 24 October 2005 15:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Monday, 24 October 2005 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― login name (fandango), Monday, 24 October 2005 16:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Monday, 24 October 2005 16:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Monday, 24 October 2005 16:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 24 October 2005 16:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Monday, 24 October 2005 16:53 (eighteen years ago) link
Listening to this made me really appreciate the internet. There was a time I may actually have paid to listen to this kind of crap. Thanks to miracle of technology, I can now listen to crap for free!
― viborgu, Monday, 24 October 2005 17:07 (eighteen years ago) link
get one history that extends beyond the millennial mark
― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Monday, 24 October 2005 17:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― marc h. (marc h.), Monday, 24 October 2005 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― marc h. (marc h.), Monday, 24 October 2005 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm hardly convinced she's taking cues from 'electro-house' either. And oh no! ACOUSTIC GUITAR!? It's hardly the main instrumentation, just a tiny melodic frill on that song. Are you really that allergic? The strings are acoustic too as far as I can tell...
The beats are a bit thin & wonky sure (these 'poptimists' have actually heard pop music before haven't they?), but I think they're deliberately so & well used. Every suggestion I've heard to 'improve' Konichiwa Bitches sounds like something that would remove an equal amount of charm & lightness in the process.
The other criticisms just annoy me because I can imagine other scenarios where they'd be totally flipped or disregarded "oh look another boring ballad" (this isn't an r'n'b record!)
― login name (fandango), Monday, 24 October 2005 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 24 October 2005 17:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Monday, 24 October 2005 17:44 (eighteen years ago) link
OK- I'm off on my history of the white appropriation of R&B. Backstreet Boys? Hmm...http://www.musicobsession.com/Pictures/c/o/colormebadd340764.jpgOh wait, there's a black guy there. I guess they pass the cool test.
― viborgu, Monday, 24 October 2005 17:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― viborgu, Monday, 24 October 2005 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Monday, 24 October 2005 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Monday, 24 October 2005 18:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 24 October 2005 18:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― login name (fandango), Monday, 24 October 2005 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link
I guess I don't mind her twee/cute-ness, especially when the lyrics mostly subvert the weak girly-girly factor. I can't really add any more that that. I mean I absolutely loathe Rachel Stevens for similar "pert and pleased with herself" reasons, but can (now) see how they might not be so far apart from some subjective angles.
― login name (fandango), Monday, 24 October 2005 18:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― David L., Monday, 24 October 2005 19:46 (eighteen years ago) link
Well yes, and aside from Sweden of course (entered the album charts at number 1 there).
The album is still the business. The pleased-with-herself voice is part of the appeal, in fact. And acoustic guitars? In the hands of beardy men with earnest Coldplay ballads - dud; over electronic beats - total classic.
― vinegar (Koens), Monday, 24 October 2005 20:34 (eighteen years ago) link
I also think this album is making more waves as a great pop album rather than a great r&b album made by a scandanavian white girl.
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 24 October 2005 23:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 10:04 (eighteen years ago) link