She's back! Overpowered is everything I didn't know I wanted more of. She has managed to keep all the beauty of her lyrics in Ruby Blue and returned with a song that opens with 'You're datin' my daughter' to perfect effect. Her follow-up may be better than expected.
― o-ess, Friday, 22 June 2007 13:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
i thought it was 'your data my data' in a 'let's call the whole thing off' vein
― blueski, Friday, 22 June 2007 14:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
omg is roisin murphy a milf?
― strongohulkington, Friday, 22 June 2007 14:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
i think the video is crap really altho her outfit is superb.
― blueski, Friday, 22 June 2007 14:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
so when is the album out?
― strongohulkington, Friday, 22 June 2007 14:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
What? That video is not crap by any means; it is anti-crap
― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 22 June 2007 14:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
i love this song, i also heard "your data, my data"
― lex pretend, Friday, 22 June 2007 14:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
october for the album
― lex pretend, Friday, 22 June 2007 14:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
hooray!
― strongohulkington, Friday, 22 June 2007 14:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
good track.
is she going to be working with Herbert on the new record?
― arghkaybee, Friday, 22 June 2007 14:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
I like how the video seems like it's going to be some awful 'I'm just a real girl' statement - but then ends up being the opposite.
― Alex xy, Friday, 22 June 2007 14:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
an 'I'm just a real girl who never takes off this awesome outfit' statement
― blueski, Friday, 22 June 2007 15:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
I saw it as a final refusal to give up the image (after flirting with doing that), in the end unsullied by the normal/drab setting.
― Alex xy, Friday, 22 June 2007 15:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah but y'know, so what. i'd rather the video just be a more literal interpretation of the song again these days. also the 'music goes quieter when they go into a different room' thing is kinda played out.
― blueski, Friday, 22 June 2007 15:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm intrigued about the album, it's a nice track and I've always liked her voice.
― chap, Friday, 22 June 2007 15:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
is this one of the Richard X songs?
― jamescobo, Friday, 22 June 2007 15:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
it's produced by one of Bugz in the attic.
― jed_, Friday, 22 June 2007 15:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
obv, it's clearly "your data, my data".
― jed_, Friday, 22 June 2007 15:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
huh? data
― jed_, Friday, 22 June 2007 15:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
the beats are a bit sluggish, actually, but i do like the acid line.
― jed_, Friday, 22 June 2007 15:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
the beat is weird, you really notice the snare sounding ever so slightly premature every half a bar.
― blueski, Friday, 22 June 2007 19:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
Towering.
"exact doesn't matter - a matter of fact"
Plus she's always been hot...
― Iain Macdonald, Friday, 22 June 2007 19:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
i thought it was late but yeah.
― jed_, Friday, 22 June 2007 19:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think so too! Some of my friends tease me for it, though.
― chap, Friday, 22 June 2007 19:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
why? how could someone think she's not attractive?
― mitya, Friday, 22 June 2007 20:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
whilst it is 'your data my data', i guess I was looking for a bit of Wicklow accent in there. Oh and Groove Armada are responsible for alot of the new work. Something to look forward to... though October?! Really? That's two months between it and the first single
― o-ess, Saturday, 23 June 2007 15:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
Róisín Murphy - Overpowered (Radio Edit)
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 23 June 2007 19:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
i kind of hate the drums
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 23 June 2007 19:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
the drums sound weird and crap in that rip though. god i fucking hate low-quality mp3s, why do people do them? still?
i don't think i've actually heard a decent quality version of this song which is REALLY ANNOYING.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 24 June 2007 20:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
touring!
― o-ess, Saturday, 21 July 2007 01:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
Apparently it is You dated my daughter. Which I understood as some wacky "Lolita" thing. But it also fits with line "the chromosones match." Still a bit confused as to the actual message of the song, not that it really matters though. Maybe some sort of: "Well, we can use our branes but the chemicals always take over and science will never really be able to catch up." Something like that. I think it's an ace song. The remixes on the ep are bit meh though.
― stevienixed, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 18:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlFjf1pWk2c
― Jordan, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 18:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
I quite like the video. Sure, it's not very deep, but I think she's aware of herself/her image and jokes about it all.
― stevienixed, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 18:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
Apparently it is You dated my daughter.
it so is not!
― blueski, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 20:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
doesn't sound like it.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 20:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
i'm sure she'd return to that, in the lyrics, if that's what she meant. it would have some effect on the basic story she's telling(?)
"mamaaaa, just kill the haaaaam"
it's on all the lyrics websites as "dating my daughter". is it a snowball effect where one site puts it up first and then all the others just copy that? even if that is the case i'm baffled as to how someone could hear it as that in the first place.
― blueski, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 20:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
It's fremme neppa my daughter.
― Alba, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 20:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
is it a snowball effect where one site puts it up first and then all the others just copy that?
yeah v probably -- i've noticed this consistency with other misprints.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 20:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
he never her daughter
― blueski, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 20:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
It really does sound nothing like "your dating my daughter". I suppose if she had suddenly developed a weird American accent just for the word "daughter", and had some weird speech defect that meant she couldn't pronounce the the syllable "ing" it might be possible, but I have looked into it and this is not the case.
― Alba, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 20:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
you're dating my daughter my sister my daughter my sister
― Jordan, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 21:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
True. At first I heard the data line too but after googling it, now I can only hear the daughter line. :-(
― stevienixed, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 21:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
But even if you accepted a bizarre pronunciation of "daughter", it would still only say "your data my daughter". There is no way you can hear it as "dating" even if you try!
― Alba, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 21:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
Well, English is my 5487th language.
― nathalie, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 08:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
Aaaaaaaaaanyway, after being initially underwhelmed by this, it is slowly growing into one of my singles of the year. Fits well with the dark-italo stuff that's coming out lately. I hope the album is in that vein too.
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 08:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
When is the album coming out anyway? And what dark-italo stuff would you recommend (alongside this ep)?
― nathalie, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 08:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
The whole 'After Dark' compilation that got featured on Pitchfork a few weeks ago is really really great
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 09:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
great track. love the video too. really psyched for this record.
― ^@^, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 09:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
think this ended up charting at about #132
― blueski, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 09:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
so apparently she's pretty big in Belgium
like citizen dick!
― velko, Saturday, 23 May 2009 19:03 (5 months ago) Permalink
'let me know' was a terrible choice of lead single...the title track should've been a proper release
― lex pretend, Saturday, May 23, 2009 12:51 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
that single was awesome waht u talkin bout
― autogucci cru (deej), Saturday, 23 May 2009 20:15 (5 months ago) Permalink
lolled @ titchy making an almost stupid-free post until he had that thing abt the production 'sounding dated soon' <---d00d could you get any more meaningless
― autogucci cru (deej), Saturday, 23 May 2009 20:16 (5 months ago) Permalink
that's harsh, i was gonna say above that if something like 'Movie Star' was being released now by Lil Boots people would definitely pass it off as 'dated', 'so 5 years ago' or whatever
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Saturday, 23 May 2009 20:22 (5 months ago) Permalink
The production tricks on this are so diverse, but if u prefer its the meaning that u just described that's missing from his vague crit
― autogucci cru (deej), Saturday, 23 May 2009 22:07 (5 months ago) Permalink
I adore this album.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 May 2009 22:12 (5 months ago) Permalink
Been listening to this again lately - so so great.
― Lovely release! (sic), Sunday, 24 May 2009 05:25 (5 months ago) Permalink
goldfrapp's 8 years older but probably had/got more sex appeal for more people
RONG
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Sunday, 24 May 2009 10:40 (5 months ago) Permalink
roisin is beautiful. alison g has a round moonface
― lex pretend, Sunday, 24 May 2009 10:47 (5 months ago) Permalink
I always find there's a bit of a spark missing for me with Roisin's music (I felt the same about Goldfrapp's electro stuff actually), but it's mostly because the music business has seemingly only just worked out how to market 'credible' female pop singers. I think Goldfrapp only really managed it because her image was so ridiculously in your face and she had that massive swooping voice and was willing to play every single festival in the world for years.
Both Roisin and Alison are kind of hangovers from the 90s but Goldfrapp never really had the baggage of a Sing It Back or The Time Is Now (the royalties from both of which probably ensure she never has to work again). La Roux and Little Boots are coming from a totally different place to either - they're emerging from that post-Hot Chip/indieclash/rave sensibility. But mostly they're more marketable because they're new.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Sunday, 24 May 2009 10:54 (5 months ago) Permalink
luv roisin but never really fancied her. that's a good pic tho.
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Sunday, 24 May 2009 11:01 (5 months ago) Permalink
bangin' new choon
― unban dictionary (blueski), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 18:21 (2 months ago) Permalink
oh man, nice
― Photo needs a Jamiroquai hat (HI DERE), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 18:32 (2 months ago) Permalink
Great! What the heck does that synth line in the chorus remind me of though? Really bugging me.
― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:09 (2 months ago) Permalink
Ah, Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing.
― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:11 (2 months ago) Permalink
There's another new song too:
― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:27 (2 months ago) Permalink
'overpowered' is totally an amazing album, i like it a lot more than the herbert one
― butthurt (deej), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 23:19 (2 months ago) Permalink
thank you thank you thank you stevem
― Young Scott Young (sic), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 10:16 (2 months ago) Permalink
New single out November 16It's streaming on her Myspace right now
― Number None, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 15:49 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
that cover!!!!
― Tannenbaum Schmidt, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 15:55 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
It's a truly bizarre single, the way its constructed musically. But I love it.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 15:56 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Terrible sleeve.
― lihaperäpukamat (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:00 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
hate to say it, but "cougar Sheila E." is not a good look on her
― twice boiled cabbage is death, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:01 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i wonder when that was taken? she's like 9 months pregnant now, so it must be from a pretty old shoot.
like the track a lot, more excited about the upcoming uk funky beats and donaeo collabs she's promising.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:06 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
omg
― modescalator (blueski), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:14 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
so conflicted
― modescalator (blueski), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:21 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
New York, NY– (November 2, 2009) – Disco Electro Pop Queen Roisin Murphy has been busy as the almost 9 month gone pregnant singer is ready to unleash her new single as well as become a new mother. After nearly 2.5 years of promoting her critically-acclaimed OVERPOWERED album, Murphy has been in the studio working diligently on her new music. “ORALLY FIXATED” will be one of three singles that Murphy will be distributing by AWAL (http://www.awal.com/content/roisin-murphy-feature) into iTUNES with a release date of November 16th in the UK and November 17th in the US.
Murphy is also taking a more viral approach with these releases than ever before through video blogs, remix competitions, and some other special surprises. “My fans are so loyal and I am really excited to have them more involved in my creations,” says Murphy. New music has been hinted to as Murphy has made special appearances recently spinning in clubs throughout London and was this year’s musical muse for VIKTOR & ROLF’s Paris Fashion Show.
“Orally Fixated” will first stream on her social networking pages – www.myspace.com/roisinmurphy and www.facebook.com/roisinmurphy first and then a global 48 hour free download promotion will be launched from www.guardian.co.uk/music to be announced in coming days. As Murphy will be tending to motherhood during the later part of this year she urges her fans to be patient as the upcoming singles will be rolled out in early 2010 in a special way virally for her loyal fan base and others. The new music to come will tread on a new departure for Murphy as she explores a new edge mixing a bit of key note British urban beats and MC’s to her notable pop sensibilities. For more information please stay tuned to both Myspace and Facebook pages alike.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:21 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Terrible timing as far as promoting the record goes, hence the viral approach I guess.
― Obscured by clowns (NickB), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:24 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Like anyone was going to buy it anyway...
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:25 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i really really like this song!
― owl city's cover of "such great heights" (Tape Store), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 01:42 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Who produced it?
― Popture, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 02:06 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
So am I the only one who thinks that cover=HOT!
― one boob is free with one (daavid), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 06:41 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
she is never not hot
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 06:43 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I'm not sure what to make of the song. Kinda sounds like a remix. But yeah definitely interesting I guess... and that guitar solo, WTF? (not in a bad way though).
― one boob is free with one (daavid), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 06:48 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
xpost- she's never not hot ...but do you think she looks hot in this one?
― one boob is free with one (daavid), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 06:51 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
ha....warm rather than hot there perhaps
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 06:58 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
it is but on such a basic level that it feels like pandering she hasn't done before for whatever reason. maybe it is cool to do in a 'wanna do this before becoming a mum' type way or maybe just 'people who didn't buy the last two aren't gonna go for this but a cruder/more provocative cover might attract newcomers'? me cynical
tbh i hate the sleeve more for the tacky black outline around the white text. i dislike the title too but maybe just because of the shakira similarity. it all seems a bit wrong but the single is alright (probably a grower).
― modescalator (blueski), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 12:00 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
That new cover is so obviously a joke. It looks like a scene from a Jackie Collins novel or something.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 12:03 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
obviously i approve of the new cover but i eagerly look forward to it being praised as art by an artist not like those pussycat doll whores by various liberals
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 12:05 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
It's not the crudeness that bothers me, it's just how badly done it is. It looks like it aims for Jackie Collins but actually hits somewhere around Readers Wives. Maybe that's the point, but it just looks cheap.
― The Paisley (shop) Window Pane (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 12:06 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Okay whatever one below Jackie Collins is on the trashy fiction scale.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 12:12 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
the typeface is pretty tacky and it makes the title look like 'anally fixated'
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 12:14 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
The cover is more Bunuel/Deneuve in Belle du Jour than Jackie Collins. The outline stroke on the the type though, yes: horrific.
― Stevie T, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 12:16 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
its the same typeface from the last album tho - Shelley Volante. i've used it before on a wedding invite design for a friend ha ha.
― modescalator (blueski), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 12:17 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
When I think that I'm over you, I'm anally fixated.
― I yanked that sucker hard, and work it did. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 12:18 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
lol
― Turangalila, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 18:27 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
yeah, it's the font and the layout that take what is potentially workable and slide it right into super-corny and cheeep looking. By contrast, the "Overpowered" cover is fab. I get the "Belle de Jour" ambition but it doesn't work. Anyway, hope record is awesome.
― twice boiled cabbage is death, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 18:42 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Shelley Volante is such a great name.
― Obscured by clowns (NickB), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 18:49 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
As far as I can make out, the lyrics are about feeding an insatiable infant boy. There's no room for more cunning linguistic interpretations. Which makes that cover doubly odd (and wholly out of keeping with her groomed persona).
― Deliquescing (Derelict), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 19:00 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
On the Guardian website now:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/audio/2009/nov/10/download-roisin-murphy-orally-fixated
― Persian Pickle (Masonic Boom), Thursday, 12 November 2009 11:28 (1 week ago) Permalink