TS: Robyn - "Be Mine" VS Annie

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I'm in love with 'Be Mine' right now. Simular sort of feel. The strings are achingly brilliant.

Probably still go with Annie though.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Thursday, 19 May 2005 21:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Heartbeat > Be Mine.

Its not so much that Be Mine is bad, its that Heartbeat was oh so good.

― Xii (Xii), Thursday, 19 May 2005 22:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I had to download "Be Mine" to participate in this thread, but now I'm wondering why I even bothered.

"Heartbeat" pwns!

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 19 May 2005 22:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I like them about equally. I think I have a stronger emotional attachment to "Heartbeat," but they are both very successful and have more or less the same appeal.

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Friday, 20 May 2005 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Definitely "Heartbeat", but only through context, I love it so much. "Be Mine" is still a brilliant song (with a fantastic video, if anyone's seen it?).

― astropatty (adr), Friday, 20 May 2005 01:00 (twenty-one years ago)

You do realize that "Be mine" is just a nice little rip-off of "Time after time" by Cyndi Lauper, where "Heartbeat" is a Rembrandt. Case closed

― jazzhooligan, Friday, 20 May 2005 18:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't really see the 'Time After Time' comparison i'm afraid.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Friday, 20 May 2005 23:08 (twenty-one years ago)

"My heartbeat" is so much more effortless; "Be mine" is quite nice, but it works up too much of a sweat getting there.

― brittle-lemon, Saturday, 21 May 2005 00:26 (twenty-one years ago)

The "Time After Time" thing was the first thing I thought of when I heard it, too. The chorus melodies start out v.similar.

― whenuweremine (whenuweremine), Monday, 23 May 2005 19:53 (twenty-one years ago)

'Be Mine'. More driving, more swoonsome, more drum machines, a spoken word middle-8, more Lauper.

(Plus, my word, do you peeps twist your panties over 'Heartbeat')

― The Irrelevant Man (Negativa) (Barima), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 08:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, i feel that 'Be Mine' has more to it. It's full of subtleties that we can all agree 'heartbeat' doesn't have.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 09:56 (twenty-one years ago)

'Be Mine' is totally 'Time After Time'! It's very good though, not as good as 'Heartbeat' mind.

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 10:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I like how people are comparing "Be Mine" to "Heartbeat" and "Toxic" - it sounds like neither, but it sort of does sound like one strained through the other.

I love it love it love it.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 12:24 (twenty-one years ago)

five months pass...

She really gets Kate Bush-y by the time she starts really nailing the chorus about 2/3 of the way thru it (Robyn, I mean) -- lovely

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 11 November 2005 23:38 (twenty years ago)

Oh wow. What a TS. It might be my second-favorite song of 2004 vs. my second-favorite song of 2005. I give up.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 11 November 2005 23:47 (twenty years ago)

"Be Mine"

― 'Twan (miccio), Friday, 11 November 2005 23:48 (twenty years ago)

i'm not sure what happened but "bum like you" just brought me to tears, sort of happy ones though

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 11 November 2005 23:49 (twenty years ago)

THE ROBYN ALBUM IS GRATE. I DON'T LIKE "MY HEARTBEAT".

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Friday, 11 November 2005 23:59 (twenty years ago)

annie needs to be burned at the stake

― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 12 November 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

annie needs to be cooked a nice steak

― Worst song, played on ugliest guitar (fandango), Saturday, 12 November 2005 01:18 (twenty years ago)

I like the songs with harder beats.

― 'Twan (miccio), Saturday, 12 November 2005 01:19 (twenty years ago)

relatively speaking

― 'Twan (miccio), Saturday, 12 November 2005 01:20 (twenty years ago)

I always sort of feel like "Heartbeat" isn't really as good as I think it is, but I'm always happy to hear it. I'd definitely burn out on it if I owned it though.

THEY ARE BOTH EQUALLY NICE REALLY AND THIS THREAD COULD GO ON TILL INFINITY is the sad, but true conclusion.

― Worst song, played on ugliest guitar (fandango), Saturday, 12 November 2005 01:22 (twenty years ago)

This is still an ongoing TS in my head

― Googley Asearch (Toaster), Saturday, 12 November 2005 01:32 (twenty years ago)

ballad "Be Mine" owns...otherwise, i'd take "Heartbeat" over dancey "be mine"

― Jimmy_tango, Saturday, 12 November 2005 04:01 (twenty years ago)

robyn swears like she's a naughty 5 year old. yes, everything apart from kanichiwa nitches sucks 'de cock

mm i'd say any annie song by a country mile

― micarl (micarl), Saturday, 12 November 2005 13:49 (twenty years ago)

fucken n getting in the way

― micarl (micarl), Saturday, 12 November 2005 13:50 (twenty years ago)

I vastly prefer the Robyn album to the Annie but i think Annie's highs are stronger. But overall Robyn is more fun and less twee.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Saturday, 12 November 2005 14:34 (twenty years ago)

I like "Heartbeat" but I LURRRRRRRRRRRVE "Be Mine".

― Roz (Roz), Saturday, 12 November 2005 14:45 (twenty years ago)

"Be Mine" got me a little misty-eyed the other morning, which is something I don't think "Heartbeat" ever accomplished, so it gets my vote.

"Chewing Gum" (my favorite Annie) vs. "Who's That Girl" (2nd best Robyn on that album) would be a much closer call.

― Josh Love (screamapillar), Saturday, 12 November 2005 16:15 (twenty years ago)

Heartbeat, easily.

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Saturday, 12 November 2005 22:04 (twenty years ago)

Annie fans hate pop.

There, I said it.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 12 November 2005 22:05 (twenty years ago)

Annie fans don't exist in real life. We are just kbits.

― snowballing (snowballing), Saturday, 12 November 2005 22:07 (twenty years ago)

"Heartbeat"

― one time gaffled 'em up (one time gaffled 'em up), Saturday, 12 November 2005 22:13 (twenty years ago)

M.I.A. fans hate Hip-Hop.
Sunn O))) fans hate Metal.
Sufjan Stevens fans hate tunes.
Madonna fans hate music.

where does this get us?

― Worst song, played on ugliest guitar (fandango), Saturday, 12 November 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)

I do like "Heartbeat" a lot more than the other tunes I've heard from her though... but it is a bit wispy. But it is touching enough that I can't give this totally to Robyn at all.

I'm happy for this to exist on a jukebox somewhere, or be reminded of it on MTV one day, without ever really needing to hear it 1XXX times myself.

― Worst song, played on ugliest guitar (fandango), Saturday, 12 November 2005 22:26 (twenty years ago)

Be Mine when i sit down with headphones and can appreciate everything i like about it
Heartbeat when i'm on the dancefloor with my woman

― lemin (lemin), Saturday, 12 November 2005 22:33 (twenty years ago)

Finally seeing Annie live was such an unbelievable disappointment, and it's hard for me to un-remember that feeling. I expected attitude, and she definitely had attitude; unfortunately, it was the attitude of someone who's wondering if she left the oven on.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 12 November 2005 23:02 (twenty years ago)

But seriously folks. Maybe it was just an off night, I dunno, but I was devastated!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 13 November 2005 01:40 (twenty years ago)

I really enjoyed Annie live, but I didn't expect much. I certainly didn't risk devastation. Some songs were kinda z but the bass was louder, her voice was a little less treacly and the guitar-programming-vocal line up gave the thing a nice Cocteau Twins quality.

― 'Twan (miccio), Sunday, 13 November 2005 16:22 (twenty years ago)

But she was so glazed over, it was like somebody had slipped her a roofie

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 13 November 2005 19:54 (twenty years ago)

Not in Philly!

― 'Twan (miccio), Sunday, 13 November 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

I think the show would have been a lot worse if she wasn't bracketed by doofy, giddy dudes with bad hair. It's the Debby Harry vs. Blondie deal. Amiable goofballs (dude in dreads tapping on a snare?) make for a nice contract.

― 'Twan (miccio), Sunday, 13 November 2005 19:58 (twenty years ago)

contrast, rather

― 'Twan (miccio), Sunday, 13 November 2005 19:58 (twenty years ago)

That said, I have no idea what people who see her as some savior of pop or whatever were expecting in the first place.

― 'Twan (miccio), Sunday, 13 November 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

I was expecting techno and pop combined in one irresistably fey yet leather-booted front woman!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 13 November 2005 20:45 (twenty years ago)

I'm an Annie fan and I do hate a lot of pop, it's true.

I might pick 'Be Mine' here though, maybe just because it's fresher to me.

'Anniemal' is one of the best albums of the decade.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Sunday, 13 November 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

Robyn live might be interesting. Annie sux at it.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Sunday, 13 November 2005 20:55 (twenty years ago)

Isn't being good live a bit rockist ? Ha ha

― snowballing (snowballing), Sunday, 13 November 2005 21:04 (twenty years ago)

can I choose "heartbeat" having only heard rex the dog's mix of it?

― etc, Sunday, 13 November 2005 21:44 (twenty years ago)

Ha ha: Robyn vs Annie? The Answer is: The Knife.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 13 November 2005 23:16 (twenty years ago)

The Knife have some pretty interesting videos

― Acid house girls and flowers (fandango), Sunday, 13 November 2005 23:17 (twenty years ago)

haha oh no, need more coffee! my brane was trying really hard to shoehorn the "feel my heartbeats" bit itno the rex knife remix, too!

― etc, Sunday, 13 November 2005 23:23 (twenty years ago)

I had a dream a few weeks ago about a compilation where every song title was some variation on "Heart Beat". It had Annie and The Knife, but I also remember the following:

Sugababes - Hearts Beat In Time
Hillary Duff - My Heart is Still Beating

I didn't hear it, but I held it in my hands and thought "this is probably the best thing ever."

and Princess Superstar had some weird mashup tune whose name I can't remember but, if I reconstruct my dream, was probably something like "Beat That Bitch With a Bit (Open Heart Surgery Mix)". I thought this might be the weak link.

Sorry for sharing this with you all.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 13 November 2005 23:28 (twenty years ago)

Love You from the Heart (beat)

Kevin Blechdom rulllles that compilation!

Also Heart - These Dreams :)

― Acid house girls and flowers (fandango), Sunday, 13 November 2005 23:31 (twenty years ago)

(sorry for hijacking your dream :( )

― Acid house girls and flowers (fandango), Sunday, 13 November 2005 23:37 (twenty years ago)

Gah Tim, that's beautiful :)

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 13 November 2005 23:43 (twenty years ago)

Annie by a mile

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Monday, 14 November 2005 08:04 (twenty years ago)

"Hillary Duff - My Heart is Still Beating"

OMG Hillary's new single is actually called "Beat of my Heart"!!!

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 19 November 2005 00:01 (twenty years ago)

Heartbeat is pretty good.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Saturday, 19 November 2005 01:59 (twenty years ago)

omg Tim your dreams are pop-prophetic!

(can someone make that compilation please?)

― spontine (cis), Saturday, 19 November 2005 13:35 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Revive -- I just heard both for the first time!

"Be Mine" sounds like the work of a 14 year-old girl. And "My Heartbeat" has the more irresistable melody by a LONGshot.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Saturday, 7 January 2006 05:36 (twenty years ago)

What a weird thing to lie about.

― Zwan (miccio), Saturday, 7 January 2006 06:18 (twenty years ago)

Not as weird a thing as itis to call someone out on.

Besides, two weeks ago doesn't count as "just"?

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Saturday, 7 January 2006 06:29 (twenty years ago)

i just thought it was funny, dude. but if you want to have this conversation again, go ahead.

― Zwan (miccio), Saturday, 7 January 2006 06:30 (twenty years ago)

I guess it's just late and I'm not following.

Anyway, to be clear: what sounds like the work of a 14 year-old girl isn't the product per se but the voice, melody and overall sentiment. While I can appreciate the whole schtick Robyn has going, "Be Mine!" just has a kind of crummy teen pop feel to it.

And on the other hand, I've listened to "Heartbeat" about 10 or 15 times tonight -- let's put it this way: it's effective.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Saturday, 7 January 2006 06:35 (twenty years ago)

But also: as good as it is, I think it's possible "Heartbeat" is overvalued in the current market.

So there.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Saturday, 7 January 2006 06:58 (twenty years ago)

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TS: Robyn - "Be Mine" VS Annie - "My Heartbeat"