this thread got very bad!!
― gbx, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link
has ∞ been 51'd yet
― cr.ht (crüt), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 18:53 (six years ago) link
it's a mystery to me that he's still allowed to post here
― 龜, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 18:56 (six years ago) link
believe it or not, it is possible to hold in one's head the thoughts "I enjoy Grimes' music," "Grimes is an adult who can make adult decisions," "I question some of those decisions," "Elon Musk sucks on a personal and professional level," "it's shitty to publicly speculate about the specific kinks of real people who have not invited such speculation," and "that kind of speculation happens most frequently and with most salivation to women"
and also the thought "there is an elon musk thread and it's not here"
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 19:06 (six years ago) link
lol yeah i mean obviously but it's still surprising & disappointing at some level.
lol no it isnt
people feel very connected with artists
fools
and Grimes is an eminent millennial artist,
what even
with a history of activism & advocating for liberal/leftist causes.
none of this is real
so intellectually yeah
a very low bar indeed for what intellectual is tbqh
, it's easy to say "who cares who she dates/who she's seen with,"
yes. yes it is
and even if you don't care that it makes her look like a hypocrite,
which u shouldnt even if u swallowed any iota of the public persona of a pop performer
it's just disorienting
arah come on now, disorienting?
, like one of those mr. krabs memes.
dont know this are they good
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 18:08 (fifty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
sup flappy we still cool
― gneb farts (darraghmac), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 19:13 (six years ago) link
lol ilm
katherine's closed the case imo
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
hi i didnt mean to indulge that creepy shit! i was simultaneously in another convo where someone was doing that "we need to PROTECT her" shit and i guess i got mad abt it here? it was dumb. i wish we could go back in time to when we were excited about LOONA + grimes u know? :(
― challops trap house (Will M.), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 19:18 (six years ago) link
lol yea dmac
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 19:20 (six years ago) link
let's hug it out yo
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 19:20 (six years ago) link
nope
― sleeve, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 19:24 (six years ago) link
u kno yr within yr god given right and i respect that
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 19:26 (six years ago) link
this thread has always sucked
I guess that's part of why I'm so conflicted about that Blood Diamonds song. I dig it, but it's so sexually charged that it makes me question my motives for liking it and Grimes overall. Am I into the music, or am I just another dude crushing on the cute girl? And again, how can I even make a distinction?― Evan R, Thursday, June 7, 2012 7:17 PM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI think the other thing is she has a little girl voice, so when she sings that "talk to me daddy" line, she's playing into some sort of icky fantasies― Evan R, Friday, June 8, 2012 12:50 AM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkVisions is sexy too, of course, but its sexiness comes from her overall energy and intimacy and the romanticism and physicality in her lyrics. This is the first track I've heard where she seems to be going for a deliberate Lolita thing, so it just feels a little cheap and easy― Evan R, Friday, June 8, 2012 12:53 AM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Evan R, Thursday, June 7, 2012 7:17 PM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I think the other thing is she has a little girl voice, so when she sings that "talk to me daddy" line, she's playing into some sort of icky fantasies
― Evan R, Friday, June 8, 2012 12:50 AM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Visions is sexy too, of course, but its sexiness comes from her overall energy and intimacy and the romanticism and physicality in her lyrics. This is the first track I've heard where she seems to be going for a deliberate Lolita thing, so it just feels a little cheap and easy
― Evan R, Friday, June 8, 2012 12:53 AM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― we æt so many shimripl (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 19:26 (six years ago) link
this is gonna sound weird, but i almost think visions is like love king, where like every element is its own little hook, one of the reasons i like it a lot
― "I know its hard to hear but I'm a Realest." (rennavate), Wednesday, April 4, 2012 12:57 PM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
and yes i did just compare boucher to terius
― "I know its hard to hear but I'm a Realest." (rennavate), Wednesday, April 4, 2012 12:58 PM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
*yanks rope on bus*
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, April 4, 2012 1:09 PM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― we æt so many shimripl (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link
(posts edited)
The Trump era came early to ILM.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 19:28 (six years ago) link
kill v. fp
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 20:04 (six years ago) link
but is she a electro-frankie vallie?
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 20:13 (six years ago) link
https://gizmodo.com/i-had-no-idea-who-grimes-is-but-after-20-minutes-of-mi-1825843922
― carles danger mous (s.clover), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 20:30 (six years ago) link
btw fps for the use of the word 'gross' makes anyone using it sound so dumb
― gneb farts (darraghmac), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 21:30 (six years ago) link
gross
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 21:32 (six years ago) link
lmfao @ those quotes whiney posted
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 21:49 (six years ago) link
what is even happening in this thread now
― akm, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 21:51 (six years ago) link
Dudes being dumbasses
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 21:53 (six years ago) link
Watch this play out in a 5-part narrative structure, in which the main action will coincide with upcoming album releases. (The music industry sucks and so on ...)
Also, interesting how all this will cross with the lyrics and who knows what else. Swift with a twist.
Also, dolphin.
― Franki, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 22:17 (six years ago) link
2018: the year of Tesla Grimes and White Power Kanye.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 23:25 (six years ago) link
Don’t forget our childish mangino
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 23:27 (six years ago) link
Manbino
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 23:28 (six years ago) link
Back to the music of Claire Boucher
Elon Musk names his favorite Grimes songs https://t.co/7KaAxal8C6 pic.twitter.com/bpSGV6L190— Pitchfork (@pitchfork) May 9, 2018
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 02:14 (six years ago) link
he is already renaming her songs! :/
― Tapes 'n Tapes of Osho (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 02:18 (six years ago) link
Who we gonna manic pixie dream girl now? :(
― Cousin Slappy, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 05:33 (six years ago) link
of course the guy from the car industry is going to pick kill v maim
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 06:33 (six years ago) link
odds that elon musk just went onto spotify and played the first 5 or so songs
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 14:25 (six years ago) link
you like grimes? name three of her records
hey i "like" grimes im not "in like" with her sheesh
― gneb farts (darraghmac), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 14:48 (six years ago) link
deems what's your favourite grimes song
― ogmor, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 15:01 (six years ago) link
are u nuts i couldnt name a grimes song
― gneb farts (darraghmac), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 15:50 (six years ago) link
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tvQAAOxy4kpQ9zRM/s-l300.jpg
― Kanye O'er Frae France? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
xp it's REALiTi (demo) obv
― niels, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 15:59 (six years ago) link
https://image.ibb.co/fv4jJn/realit.jpg
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 16:02 (six years ago) link
"It's Grimes Time!! (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)" is my favorite
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
hmm doesn't seem to be on spotify 🤔
― niels, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 16:30 (six years ago) link
lmao @ the strib article mh dug up. a literal failboat.
― goole, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 17:40 (six years ago) link
how many signals can our rotten culture send that identifying with anyone is delusional? the sense of betrayal about all this is nauseating
― goole, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 17:43 (six years ago) link
deems I'm disappointed you're not a secret grimes fan but impressed at your dedication to ilx
― ogmor, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 18:50 (six years ago) link
this thread rules!
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 18:58 (six years ago) link
― goole, Wednesday, May 9, 2018 1:43 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
First, I don't care about Grimes as an idol nor would I identify with her, I think Visions was great and Art Angels was poor and that's the extent of what I think about Grimes as a musician. It would take much more than dating Elon Musk for me to not give her next LP a try. However, she does have her hands in many causes that I do care about, and those causes come in direct conflict with the libertarian visions that Elon Musk has been barking constantly. I think that's ground for disappointment, and I think it's fair to wonder if she has been sincere about her politics.
Second, I think identifying with positive figures is a great thing to do (to a certain extent) and I can totally imagine a 19 year old female musician having a hard time breaking out in the industry taking solace in the success of someone like Grimes. I don't think it's delusional, but I agree that there is no betrayal in the sense she doesn't owe anything to her fans.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 20:23 (six years ago) link
― ogmor, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 18:50 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
a vos service
― gneb farts (darraghmac), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 21:43 (six years ago) link
vhs otm
― maura, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link
i think it’s perfectly natural, fun even, to “identify with” (not sure what that means) an artist whose work you like and who seems cool in interviews or on social media. part of liking things is “identifying” with them. it’s also reasonable to be disappointed if they say something unchill. “identifying with anyone is delusional” is over the top. like who cares
― flopson, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link