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― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Thursday, 7 April 2005 05:12 (8 years ago) Permalink
a lot more acoustic .. no electro toys in use ...
― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 7 April 2005 06:32 (8 years ago) Permalink
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― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 7 April 2005 18:43 (8 years ago) Permalink
Driving in my Peugeot heyyeah 20 inch rims with the chrome now heyyeah Blazing out Yo La Tengo heyyeahDriving around Putney with the top down heyyeah
― pinder (pinder), Thursday, 28 July 2005 03:35 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Thursday, 28 July 2005 03:40 (7 years ago) Permalink
"no fit state" is the high point.
― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 00:57 (7 years ago) Permalink
what's the score? do they have a proper album out? the track that DFA remixed is called 'just like we'. that's ace too.
― piscesboy, Monday, 19 December 2005 13:40 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― Dom iNut (donut), Monday, 16 January 2006 06:34 (7 years ago) Permalink
i can't think back to this experience without cringing.
― bell labs (bell_labs), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:29 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 11:15 (7 years ago) Permalink
no, have a need for a breathy, "sincere" Ween. I have not yet tried the CD myself.
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 11:18 (7 years ago) Permalink
― klee (klee), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 12:27 (7 years ago) Permalink
― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 12:48 (7 years ago) Permalink
do you like it?
― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 12:57 (7 years ago) Permalink
― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 13:17 (7 years ago) Permalink
there's also the Over and Over / Just Like We single, which I guess is a preview of their second record
― Renard (Renard), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:14 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― nervous (cochere), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 06:01 (7 years ago) Permalink
The chants in "Let Him Be Me" are a little bit Howard Jones, a little bit "Self-Control."
I get a hint of a, uh, sincere take on "Tarzan Boy".
― etc, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 13:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
It's not the same sample but it reminded me a bit of Enfants (Chants) by Villalobos. Over The Sky Was Pink obviously.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 13:26 (11 months ago) Permalink
ha yeah i immediately thought of Sky Was Pink when i heard that
― ♆ (gr8080), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 22:44 (11 months ago) Permalink
oh you mentioned that days ago too
yeah, they've acknowledged it's a rip
― Number None, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 22:51 (11 months ago) Permalink
they have? link?
― ♆ (gr8080), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 23:09 (11 months ago) Permalink
re Let Me Be Him; yeah i can't recall an album track being so raved about and hyped up for years
the chants are this aren't they pretty much?
― piscesx, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 23:37 (11 months ago) Permalink
Reminds me a bit of the vocals in Wire's "Kidney Bingos."
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 23:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
can't find a direct quote but
Hot Chip's Joe Goddard tells Pitchfork that "Flutes" was one of the first songs that he and bandmate Alexis Taylor wrote for the new album. Its origin came from a sample of a two-note flute melody, its main inspiration from James Holden's remix of Nathan Fake's "The Sky Was Pink". The band chose the song as In Our Head's first song to be made public as a left turn for listeners: "I like it when bands come back with something that's fresh and unusual, you know?," Goddard said. "It's a more ambitious song than other things we've done in the past. I worked on it a lot to make sure it's constantly developing in an unusual way. I'm pleased with how it turned out."
― Number None, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 23:44 (11 months ago) Permalink
re: Let Me Be Him/gr8080 - the "ooooo oooo ooo oh oh oh haay oh" parts remind me of something too, like phil collins or peter gabriel?
Feel like it may be something more recent like one of the songs on the Holy Ghost! album?
― willem, Thursday, 21 June 2012 08:09 (11 months ago) Permalink
I thought of Phil Collins or Gabriel as well but tbh every second pop song that comes out these days seems to have an "ooooo oooo ooo oh oh oh haay oh" type chorus so it could be anything.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 21 June 2012 09:43 (11 months ago) Permalink
It's a bit like a Coldplay chant if we're being brutally honest, and nothing wrong with that.
― Get wolves (DL), Thursday, 21 June 2012 10:06 (11 months ago) Permalink
In a post Arcade Fire world, every song has a wordless "ooooooh" or two on it.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 21 June 2012 13:57 (11 months ago) Permalink
Hacky Red One-type pop producers aiming for a stadium anthem with terrace chant crossover on every single record probably has a hand in that too.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 21 June 2012 14:08 (11 months ago) Permalink
And yet despite that Hot Chip's sounds entirely fresh and endearing and thrilling to me.
― Get wolves (DL), Thursday, 21 June 2012 15:32 (11 months ago) Permalink
No doubt because the occasion wordless "ooooh" is hardly the only hook each respective song has to offer.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 21 June 2012 15:34 (11 months ago) Permalink
The synthy bits in "Flutes" initially reminded me of Booka Shade, but yeah, I can definitely see "The Sky Was Pink" as an overall inspiration.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Thursday, 21 June 2012 16:06 (11 months ago) Permalink
something about these guys has always bugged me, never really loved them, but i like this album! esp the first few songs
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Thursday, 21 June 2012 16:14 (11 months ago) Permalink
i tried getting into this but the vocals kill it for me, pass
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 21 June 2012 16:22 (11 months ago) Permalink
Always have that problem with Wet Chip, why guys why
― gonna send him to outer space, to hug another face (NickB), Thursday, 21 June 2012 16:24 (11 months ago) Permalink
thats always been my ish but it isnt bothering me too much now
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Thursday, 21 June 2012 16:30 (11 months ago) Permalink
haha im glad i read that about flutes cuz otherwise i would have really been bugged by what it reminded me of
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Thursday, 21 June 2012 16:31 (11 months ago) Permalink
now i'm thinking that the "ooooo oooo ooo oh oh oh haay oh" part reminds me of a song from some commercial? like for a car or some foreign country's tourism ad?
― ♆ (gr8080), Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:36 (11 months ago) Permalink
some of Turner's high notes still irritate me, yes
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
this is pretty good you know
never really given these guys the time of day tbh
― r|t|c, Thursday, 21 June 2012 21:05 (11 months ago) Permalink
This is a pretty neat album. Only place the singing got to me was "Look At Where We Are."
― the magic butterfly made everyone feel relaxed (Abbbottt), Friday, 22 June 2012 01:52 (10 months ago) Permalink
do the rest of them do anything much? i haven't had any interest in them for the past few years but these links to let me be him and motion sickness have got me interested again. Tip!
― jed_, Friday, 22 June 2012 01:58 (10 months ago) Permalink
do the rest of them do anything much?
The rest of the band? Everyone swaps instruments a lot. One guy used to do double duty in LCD Soundsystem. There are some songs (live) where pretty much everyone is playing a guitar or something, and other songs where everyone is playing synths.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 22 June 2012 02:23 (10 months ago) Permalink
There are loads of nice touches throughout this - I'm all about the guitar solo and the disembodied girl's voice over the final track at the moment.
Also is the "I don't play no gabba" dude during Night And Day supposed to sound like Tricky?
― Matt DC, Friday, 22 June 2012 09:00 (10 months ago) Permalink
amazed that this is gaining such traction - the production is improved in places but they're still as awful at ballads as ever and his voice is WORSE than ever. found it a real chore to listen to.
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Friday, 22 June 2012 09:04 (10 months ago) Permalink
Hah, I was thinking that a proper R&B singer could have made a hit out of 'Look At Where We Are'.
― Matt DC, Friday, 22 June 2012 09:46 (10 months ago) Permalink
(I mean as a cover, not just singing over the same backing)
If an R&B singer who wasn't The Weeknd or Frank Ocean or Beyoncé covered it, it would be entirely ignored by the entire world.
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Friday, 22 June 2012 09:50 (10 months ago) Permalink
no way, ppl love that shit
remember when solange covered the dirty projectors
― just sayin, Friday, 22 June 2012 10:05 (10 months ago) Permalink
I could imagine Brandy singing it. I agree it's a good song let down by his voice but when I had it on in the car my daughter, who ignored the rest of the album, said "I love this song. It's beautiful." So maybe the reedy slow jams are for the 5-year-old girl market.
― Get wolves (DL), Friday, 22 June 2012 10:32 (10 months ago) Permalink
holy shit, i love "let me be him". it's very moving.
― jed_, Friday, 22 June 2012 23:28 (10 months ago) Permalink
enjoying their NPR live streaming gig. "Ready for the Floor" -> "Everywhere" pretty great.
Ending with "Let Me Be Him".
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:29 (10 months ago) Permalink
killed it on Fallon
― Aerosol, Friday, 20 July 2012 05:37 (10 months ago) Permalink
The sound mix wasn't doing them any favors, but energetic nerds are always fun to watch.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 20 July 2012 05:41 (10 months ago) Permalink
Up here - another new drummer?! (no questo)
― ¥╡*ٍ*╞¥ (sic), Friday, 20 July 2012 06:25 (10 months ago) Permalink
jesus lex stay out of this thread if all you're gonna do is complain about the same shit you always complain about re: hot chip
― heiswagger (rennavate), Friday, 20 July 2012 14:08 (10 months ago) Permalink
They had to recruit this guy to play drums for the U.S. dates. Current drummer had visa trouble and couldn't come over.
― andrew m., Friday, 20 July 2012 14:46 (10 months ago) Permalink
pretty good at Pitchfork but the sound was a bit...muffled? I don't know.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 July 2012 15:05 (10 months ago) Permalink
― heiswagger (rennavate)
This is what he does. I was reading an old Robyn thread the other day and every other post was him telling everyone how much he can't stand her. This was going back to 2005 and five years later he's posting the same old shit, I can't believe he doesn't get bored of it.
Finally got to see them in Minnesota last week. They were great but the set seemed so short. Looking at the other recent setlists it seems they had to cut Hand Me Down Your Love and Let Me Be Him. Pretty gutted they didn't do Motion Sickness either as that has become my favourite on the new album.
Just saw the other day Look at Where we are is the next single. It's a great song but surely Don't Deny Your Heart is the obvious hit on the album?
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 20 July 2012 19:04 (10 months ago) Permalink
Seeing them tomorrow night! So excited.
― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Saturday, 21 July 2012 04:33 (10 months ago) Permalink
they were great at pitchfork, i thought
the new songs sounded really good but they haven't really stretched them out or messed around w/ them like the older songs.
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 21 July 2012 04:35 (10 months ago) Permalink
SO AMAZING. Chromatics were way better live than on record (and I love them already), and Hot Chip deserved everything I've heard about their live show. They did a Fleetwood Mac cover, they dropped Prince's "If I Was Your Girlfriend" into "Look At Where We Are," and made some tweaks to "Night and Day" that I really wish had made it onto the album- generally streamlining it, also adding this kind of...rattling/scratching sound (like Dennis Bovell's matchbox on "Newtown") and an ooo-weeee-ooooooo theremin-sounding synth line on the chorus.
― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Sunday, 22 July 2012 04:04 (9 months ago) Permalink
So "Let Me Be Him" is the best thing ever, amirite?
― heiswagger (rennavate), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 19:10 (9 months ago) Permalink
Let Me Be Him is indeed excellent but think I would put Motion Sickness, Don't Deny Your Heart and Flutes ahead of it.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 20:00 (9 months ago) Permalink
So they've finally put out the obvious single from the new album. The video is quite brilliant and very bizarre.
http://youtu.be/Gf3bmQh8_dM
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 26 November 2012 13:03 (5 months ago) Permalink