paramore: paramore

i suspect that it might take a proper big hit to make them click with me à la carly rae jepsen

(who also only exists as the personality of the song)

lots of thematic agreements amongst hayley's songs tho, espesh from brand new eyes on when half of them become about the band (but still tie in to pre-tumult obsessions like self-doubt and fear of being a bad person and faith or unfaith in people or god and her near-religious belief in the importance of being in a rock band). they aren't a Lyrics Band and hayley's not a great writer but if you know specifically what feelings she's overcoming by willing herself to be a rock star sometimes it's more thrilling.

"proof" is my favorite on here i think.

Yes Carly is a very good point of comparison for the distinction I was thinking of!

Did you ever hear "Misery Business" though? That was their big hit in the US (I think due to appearing in Twilight).

lots of thematic agreements amongst hayley's songs tho, espesh from brand new eyes on when half of them become about the band (but still tie in to pre-tumult obsessions like self-doubt and fear of being a bad person and faith or unfaith in people or god and her near-religious belief in the importance of being in a rock band). they aren't a Lyrics Band and hayley's not a great writer but if you know specifically what feelings she's overcoming by willing herself to be a rock star sometimes it's more thrilling.

yes absolutely, but I think this almost heightens the effect I'm referring to? It's like she's spirit animal of the band's music.

i've heard "misery business" but can't remember anything about it, every paramore song i've heard i've had to actively go seeking out - they've never had any hit big enough for me to have heard in the wild

totally! xp

FTR Lex I don't really expect you to change your mind on this regardless of what you hear. I was asking about "Misery Business" because I expected that you'd have heard it and still have been underwhelmed.

"Misery Business" was huge over here, though very belatedly. I heard it on the radio constantly. Was Twilight hype not a big deal in the UK?

big but ignorable

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

The lyrics may be better on this album but BNE was so.. interesting. The way it was pitched as a 'we're over our troubles' album but the lyrics were clearly full of anger and spite and conflict, which turned out to reflect the mood of the band. Add what dlh mentions about added conflict with her faith and you end up with an album where I was constantly listening to the lyrics when ipodding the album on my way to work.

http://yelyahwilliams.tumblr.com/post/47380538039

misery business was pre-twilight

Yes but in Australia it only became big after the film. Australia and the UK tend to be analogous in such things. Obv that doesn't apply to the US.

music video coming in tonight

http://instagram.com/p/X0zQVbnTsp/

god, "ain't it fun"

my only thoughts on this album so far because i can't get past this song

dittttto

My song of the year so far

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OblL026SvD4

so much better than the now video

so much better than the now video

The two deluxe bonus tracks are good.

the way she pronounces "bubble" on "ain't it fun" is fucking weird as hell tho

it sounds like "beelblew"

This album's stylistic sprawl makes me wonder how much material Paramore wrote/recorded for the album that didn't get used. Feels like they could be sitting on almost an album's worth of awesome extras

all the butterfliiiiiiiies

^lots of ppl making tswift references which i don't totally get, i made a tiny los campesinos! ref because i like to do that but today i've been thinking about just how apt a reference they are

um. i didn't realize everyone was making taylor references?

los campesinos! are sonically pretty apt.

i brought up taylor because of the particular subject matter of this song, which is something that...i dunno. not many other people do?

there are lots of pop songs about seduction or breakups but songs about blissful uncomplicated love, new or old or otherwise seem slightly less present these days? maybe i'm being crazy. anyway other than this track and some taylor stuff and the delightful new ariana grande froth that flips a big pun sample i can't think of many recent happy love songs. cher lloyd had a few last year or the year before? mindless behaviour and one direction maybe? but boybands still seem walled off from the pop mainstream in north america in ways that paramore no longer do?

anyway, this is great this album is great, the back half has opened up to me 'Proof' is wonderful, even the ballads are evoking feelings from me. wonderful stuff.

Love every track on this now. Even the interludes.

it wasn't a knock alex! i was just surprised to see so many refs when nothing in the song struck me as particularly swifty until i read the blurbs

http://25.media.tumblr.com/ad8311adbe99eed4000e05d7bfd2bba9/tumblr_ml0n11lBI41qd67gpo2_500.png

Thug life

songs about blissful uncomplicated love, new or old or otherwise seem slightly less present these days?

The last 30 or 40years, maybe? :)

Just bought two songs from this because I've been trying to cut back on music purchases this year and there were a few new releases that I wanted to dig into. I feel like I'm going to havev to go back for the rest though when my paycheck comes in. Getting the feeling this may be the wrong year to quit buying music.

While the 80s influences are obvious and present on Ain't It Fun, the timing makes me think that someone heard Haim last year and got an idea.

i like this album bunches. in addition to blissful uncomplicated love there is blissful complicated faith (proof) and turbulent complicated love (crazy girls) and i think she has lots of presence on the ukelele goofs and as far as chiming ballads go i'm pretty into "daydreaming", if less into the one that's a sequel to whichever riot! song that was.

i guess daydreaming gets pretty fast lol i always get this wrong

While the 80s influences are obvious and present on Ain't It Fun, the timing makes me think that someone heard Haim last year and got an idea.

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lmao

album is so awesome (at least so far, only halfway through first listen, a little daunted by the length). bums me out how clearly they're headed for a Folie a Deux situation of being in that no man's land between pop and rock radio where they end up supported by neither in spite of a great record.

I'm open to this being my favourite album this year.

Pretty much nothing makes me happier than the jumpy rhythms in the verses of "Still Into You".

"Now" had seriously sapped my interest in hearing this, then "Still Into You" blew me away and i was like, ok, i need to figure where to hear this if it's not going to be on Spotify in the US

The Singles Jukebox's #1 song of the year so far -- elated!

for whatever reason they decided to put it on rdio

yeah that was where i found it. congratulations rdio, whatever you are, you now have my e-mail address.

love how "Ain't It Fun" could've been rearranged with horns and been a Swing Out Sister track in '86.

apparently they were on tv tonight

someone'll have an upload soon

Don't really get why the "Interlude" songs had to be labeled add such or why someone would think they were tacky or "youtube star". There have been plenty of albums that feature more raw, unrefined, or solo performances alongside the stuff thats been more worked up. It reminds me of Robbin' the Hood or something, although a very different album in allother respects.

Which ties in with the No Doubt snub upthread too. Lol

Somethings just, somethings just make sense and one of those is that this is the best album ever