which draws her to me more
careful, dog.
― nultybutnice (whatever), Monday, 4 April 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
love the line "now i love a bad boy mentality/ but i don't want to be visiting no jail"
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 02:44 (thirteen years ago) link
and the next one - "just know when there's someone out there mocking me / be my gangster when it's time to get real" <3
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 08:30 (thirteen years ago) link
GUYS THIS AMEN BREAK ON "WITCHES BREW" IS FUCKING SLAAAAYYYING ME
― ToeJam & Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 14 April 2011 04:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I like how it's all slow motion.
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Thursday, 14 April 2011 09:04 (thirteen years ago) link
<3 Broken Record
― music loves drugs (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i've fully come round to "broken record". remixes from todd the god and jacques greene also pretty u&k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34uavBaXoW8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3qYPokxKnY
there really isn't a single song on the album that i don't love to some extent - even the ones i think are slightly weaker still make me very fond of them somehow
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
you didn't like 'broken record' at first? that kind of makes me a little sad...
― music loves drugs (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link
i did like it, i just didn't think it was AMAZING like "katy on a mission" and "lights on". that is rectified and i now think it's very AMAZING.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm not big on "Broken Record" as a whole but i LOVE the vocal breakdown bit.
― Number None, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess i can see it; it does remind me of radiohead a little bit
compare:
i would toss and turn at night with your voice in my head
vs.
miss could you stop the noise i'm tryna get some rest
it's a stretch for sure, but not that much of one
― music loves drugs (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Zinc remix is nice too xps
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i had to come around on 'broken record' - looooove the ascending/descending vocal in the verses
― boehner und der club of gore (donna rouge), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 18:22 (thirteen years ago) link
compositionally, it's great! (plz do not read this as = soundz like Radiohead) I love the way the ending mantra repeated over and over again--a common trope in pop music--ties into the 'broken record' conceit, I love the R&B harmonizing towards the end (I assume this is what NumberNone is referring to as the 'vocal breakdown'), the little countermelodies underneath that long note in the chorus...I think the songwriting chops add a whole new dimension to Katy's style and keeps things from turning into "guess the beat" (though I like that game)
― music loves drugs (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 18:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i love this woman - http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/apr/24/soundtrack-of-my-life-katy-baltho she should really mention mamas gun over baduizm (not that baduizm is bad, its not)
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 29 April 2011 13:21 (thirteen years ago) link
be interesting to see what happens when she goes a bit R&B as she prob will (even if its just trying her hand at it, rather than coverting full on)
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 29 April 2011 13:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Is this going to get a US release any time soon?
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 29 April 2011 13:39 (thirteen years ago) link
'I used to like a lot of R'n'B, but when I analysed most of those songs, and looked at the chord progression or whatever, there wasn't much there'
bet lex would love this if anyone else said it
― just sayin, Friday, 29 April 2011 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Seeing her tonight... sooo excited...
― mike t-diva, Monday, 9 May 2011 10:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't think there's much in house music when you "look at the chord progression" either.
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 12:43 (thirteen years ago) link
"Is this going to get a US release any time soon?"
its released worldwide on google.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 9 May 2011 12:45 (thirteen years ago) link
What's that stuttering sample on 'Go Away' from? The King's Speech maybe?
― PG Harpy (Doran), Monday, 9 May 2011 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link
i think i worked out it was the prodigy ("charly" iirc)
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
That kind of makes sense if it's Zinc I guess. I love that song.
― PG Harpy (Doran), Monday, 9 May 2011 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah it's absolutely gorgeous
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 15:59 (thirteen years ago) link
love when she gets all r&b diva towards the end
yeah it's charly, or def something off the first prodigy album - but i don't know if that in itself is a sample?
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Monday, 9 May 2011 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I remember I had loads of tapes of Red Alert from NYC and Solid Steel when I first moved to London and I remember that sample being dropped into the mix, I never found out where it was from.
― PG Harpy (Doran), Monday, 9 May 2011 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
standing at the barwith my friend oliviaaa
so otm
― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 May 2011 06:43 (thirteen years ago) link
it's the next single, i hope olivia gets a cameo in the video
― lex pretend, Thursday, 12 May 2011 08:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Good, it's my favourite track on there I think. Although, I think I've exhausted this album for a bit now.
― Devil Mo (dog latin), Thursday, 12 May 2011 09:12 (thirteen years ago) link
It's still holding up for me - helps that the songwriting is so strong.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 12 May 2011 10:38 (thirteen years ago) link
fyi she kills it live - just so much natural casual charm on stage, nothing overdone
― that's my hair no horses up there (lex pretend), Thursday, 19 May 2011 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
olivia revealed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG4T7y7Yxk0&hd=1
― abcfsk, Saturday, 21 May 2011 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
great video
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Saturday, 21 May 2011 18:58 (thirteen years ago) link
YES @ shot of ddr/dancing stage machine
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 21 May 2011 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
love it
― The Reverend, Saturday, 21 May 2011 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm not sure anyone has pointed out the greatness of the line "now I love a bad boy mentality/ but I don't want to be visiting no jail"
― The Reverend, Saturday, 21 May 2011 21:40 (thirteen years ago) link
You already did man. It is great though.
― Number None, Saturday, 21 May 2011 22:49 (thirteen years ago) link
ok ha
― The Reverend, Saturday, 21 May 2011 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, like the video. Love the way it just takes place in a pool bar, not at China Whites or whatever.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Sunday, 22 May 2011 12:48 (thirteen years ago) link
so finally getting around to actually listening to this, and it's...great. Like, really great.
I haven't heard all of it yet, but it sounds like it's better than Eye Contact, which I didn't expect, like, at all.
― mr. mxstache (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 3 June 2011 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
"lights on" is randomly being promoted by vevo on this "i love new music" youtube sidebar. i suspect it's the first exposure many americans are getting to katy b, and sadly a large number of the comments are negative and the like-to-dislike ratio is alarmingly low :'(((
anyway i was wondering if perhaps this random e-promotion meant that she was going to get something of a 'push' stateside, but considering some of the artists featured alongside her i would guess not
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 4 June 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
where are you seeing this, tel? the one I'm liking has a 20,000-to-1,000 like ratio, which seems good to me...
tbh, I really do like Lights On, but I'm not sure if it would be my choice to break Katy B into the US; I do think both Broken Record & Easy Please Me have the potential to dominate American dancefloors though...
― mr. mxstache (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 4 June 2011 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
(maybe not the dancefloors, too midtempo? I don't know anything about this...)
easy please me - like the track but honestly don't get the love for the video. I found it sooo cringey and hard to watch.
― owenf, Friday, 10 June 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
Video's okay; who's the MIA lookalike; I think I spied her in the Broken Record vid too...?
― brodie_odie_dope (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 10 June 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
Royal T remix
http://soundcloud.com/royaltmusic/katy-b-easy-please-me-royal-t
This is more like it, at last a bit of energy!
― jimitheexploder, Saturday, 11 June 2011 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
Naw, the laid-back voibes are totally the point imo
― The Reverend, Saturday, 11 June 2011 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
I found the album kinda boring, the bangers don't bang they just kinda clunk and the other tracks are good but don't bang enough despite sounding like thy're kinda aiming for that. Nothing reaches the energy of As I or Tell Me, those two hit that ballance really well. Oh I kinda like Lights On... But thats about it.
― jimitheexploder, Sunday, 12 June 2011 00:26 (twelve years ago) link