so that makes "blurred lines" a... spring anthem
― J0rdan S., Sunday, August 18, 2013 7:27 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
sort of? i think there's a difference between songs that come out in spring and get play throughout the summer and songs that come out in august/september. less expectation and "event"ness
― fuck your movie theater yacht (zachlyon), Sunday, 18 August 2013 23:36 (ten years ago) link
(regardless of the massive ad campaign involved w/this)
― fuck your movie theater yacht (zachlyon), Sunday, 18 August 2013 23:41 (ten years ago) link
Late-summer anthem runoff:"Roar" vs. "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
― only dogg forgives (Eazy), Sunday, 18 August 2013 23:54 (ten years ago) link
there is not a summer blockbuster season for music like there is with movies, much as the 'song of the summer' thinkpiece industry wants to will one into being.
― some dude, Sunday, 18 August 2013 23:57 (ten years ago) link
OK IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER
― fuck your movie theater yacht (zachlyon), Monday, 19 August 2013 00:06 (ten years ago) link
it's still summer wtfend-of-summer jams are still summer jams IMO
― sup (billstevejim), Monday, 19 August 2013 00:11 (ten years ago) link
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSJKUJtB7_wZG2jmfAOPj7Ep7zzE5EBh8der-9hx7stguxSJ-2J
― fuck your movie theater yacht (zachlyon), Monday, 19 August 2013 00:16 (ten years ago) link
don't let big song-of-the-summer thinkpiece industry fool u, drake was an inside job
― "Dave Barlow" is the name Lou uses on sabermetrics baseball sites (s.clover), Monday, 19 August 2013 00:19 (ten years ago) link
i remember when "Drop It Like It's Hot" was released just before Labor Day and just instantly got played in every DJ set that whole weekend, that was kind of an end-of-summer jam (xp)
― some dude, Monday, 19 August 2013 00:21 (ten years ago) link
I think summer blockbuster songs replaced summer blockbuster movies this year. I mean, what's Man of Steel compared to "Blurred Lines"?
― only dogg forgives (Eazy), Monday, 19 August 2013 00:23 (ten years ago) link
i recall mariah carey releasing "fantasy" with the intent of supplying a good "end of summer" song.
― sup (billstevejim), Monday, 19 August 2013 00:28 (ten years ago) link
"Bust A Move" was definitely August into first semester.
― only dogg forgives (Eazy), Monday, 19 August 2013 00:31 (ten years ago) link
fantasy is ultimate summer jam
― surm, Monday, 19 August 2013 00:32 (ten years ago) link
"California Girls" was definitely timed for the summer very deliberately, and then the singles campaign ended up lasting so long that "Last Friday Night" was a big song the next summer. so i wouldn't be surprised if when her label decided to release the album in October they were like "let's save the summery song for the 3rd or 4th single next year and release 'Roar' for the fall."
― some dude, Monday, 19 August 2013 00:33 (ten years ago) link
i remember when all the girls where making that ohhhohohoh sound in california gurls in the clubs all summer
― surm, Monday, 19 August 2013 00:35 (ten years ago) link
I dunno, to me "end-of-summer song" implies wistfulness. the song I always think of (which is shit but) is "Stereo Hearts."
― katherine, Monday, 19 August 2013 02:59 (ten years ago) link
I think of Boys of Summer
― albvivertine, Monday, 19 August 2013 03:36 (ten years ago) link
that too; basically anything that acknowledges "the end of summer" is a bit loaded
― katherine, Monday, 19 August 2013 03:44 (ten years ago) link
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/86799045/August+And+Everything+After+Counting+Crows++August+And+Eve.png
― some dude, Monday, 19 August 2013 04:00 (ten years ago) link
Heard "Roar" for the first time. Not bad! Could have made a nice Pink song.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 August 2013 01:14 (ten years ago) link
So who is this Bonnie McKee person? She doesn't get talked about as much as Dr. Luke and Max Martin.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 August 2013 01:15 (ten years ago) link
songwriters don't get as much press as producers
― fuck your movie theater yacht (zachlyon), Sunday, 25 August 2013 01:26 (ten years ago) link
Looking at her songwriting discography, I came away with the impression that she pretty much *is* pop music songwriting for the last 3-4 years.
― Greer, Sunday, 25 August 2013 03:09 (ten years ago) link
I remember seeing McKee in one of those Blender mag "Teen Pop WS 20" lists circa 2004.
― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 25 August 2013 03:12 (ten years ago) link
Her first album cover is very 2004 Blender WS:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517A1JVZBSL.jpg
― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 25 August 2013 04:15 (ten years ago) link
She's got a second album coming out, I guess.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 August 2013 14:58 (ten years ago) link
we talked about her a bit on the rolling pop thread. i'm super keen on american girl.
― "Dave Barlow" is the name Lou uses on sabermetrics baseball sites (s.clover), Saturday, 31 August 2013 19:24 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, "American Girl" is p good.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 31 August 2013 19:27 (ten years ago) link
the sort of more explicit vicious irony in the song casts a fair amount of light on the 'intentionality' behind her hits for perry
― "Dave Barlow" is the name Lou uses on sabermetrics baseball sites (s.clover), Saturday, 31 August 2013 19:28 (ten years ago) link
by which i just mean that its hilariously self-aware and it makes it easier to see that perry's stuff is also maybe moreso than we give it credit for
The writing of "American Girl" http://www.americansongwriter.com/2013/08/how-did-they-write-that-bonnie-mckee-american-girl/
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 31 August 2013 19:46 (ten years ago) link
"American Girl" is so awful that it makes a fairly frightening case for how much better Katy Perry pulls off these kinds of songs than anybody else could.
― some dude, Saturday, 31 August 2013 20:03 (ten years ago) link
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5646340/singles-lady-bonnie-mckee-is-looking-out-for-number-one
harrowing profile that reveals she did meth after her first album flopped and as a teenager was the 'Fergie' in a rap group with Macklemore
― some dude, Saturday, 31 August 2013 20:06 (ten years ago) link
it's kinda past awful into a special hypnotic realm tbh
like just... that poor old woman won't somebody help her
― r|t|c, Saturday, 31 August 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
i think cos the name is like a subconscious mashup of bonnie tyler and maria mckee as well you're just thinking wtf ur not showing me heaven anymore
― r|t|c, Saturday, 31 August 2013 20:13 (ten years ago) link
when "five-inch electric-teal Christian Louboutin stilettos, Daisy Dukes, popsicle-pink hair, baseball cap with 'Loser' scrawled on the bill, eyes hidden behind cat-eyed Prada sunglasses" is what you wear to a print interview, you're trying too hard.
― some dude, Saturday, 31 August 2013 20:20 (ten years ago) link
left out the best part: "A half shirt emblazoned with the phrase 'As If' bares serious midriff"
― some dude, Saturday, 31 August 2013 20:24 (ten years ago) link
smh that i mean wtf does this woman have to do so ppl will recognize she's in on the joek
― "Dave Barlow" is the name Lou uses on sabermetrics baseball sites (s.clover), Saturday, 31 August 2013 22:57 (ten years ago) link
maybe tell a better joek idk
― r|t|c, Saturday, 31 August 2013 22:59 (ten years ago) link
i think if she wore a shirt that said "As If" oh wait
― some dude, Saturday, 31 August 2013 23:04 (ten years ago) link
bonnie mckee + ester dean + sean garrett supergroup
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 31 August 2013 23:07 (ten years ago) link
in a game of strip poker where they remove an article of clothing each time they get a year closer to turning 40 without dropping an album
― some dude, Saturday, 31 August 2013 23:09 (ten years ago) link
"thematic fans"
― katherine, Saturday, 31 August 2013 23:32 (ten years ago) link
when you put your hands on me in my demographic niche, be my thematic fan tonight
― some dude, Saturday, 31 August 2013 23:53 (ten years ago) link
we pulled up the livestream of katy perry doing the red carpet for the VMA's. she's a profesh
― surm, Sunday, 1 September 2013 04:54 (ten years ago) link
verses of that bonnie mckee song sound a lot like "video killed the radio star"
― crüt, Sunday, 1 September 2013 19:31 (ten years ago) link
i'm sure there was an early draft that went 'i was raised by a television that killed the radio star, oh-wa-oh' that was deemed too subtle
― some dude, Sunday, 1 September 2013 19:49 (ten years ago) link
lol
https://twitter.com/katyperry/status/375956149004414976/photo/1
― 2 Steenz (some dude), Friday, 6 September 2013 12:43 (ten years ago) link
coochie cutters @BrbSelenaGomez 24m@katyperry SLAY
― r|t|c, Friday, 6 September 2013 12:44 (ten years ago) link
Baffling that you wouldn't change the title of the album.
― MikoMcha, Friday, 6 September 2013 15:55 (ten years ago) link