pro tip: this song is amazing
http://soundcloud.com/jessieware/jessie-ware-110-1
it could totally be on 'velvet rope' right??
i'm really in love with this thing
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 June 2012 23:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
I prefer "Running," which will probably be in my top ten. My favorite guitar solo in many months too.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 June 2012 23:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
but, yeah, she's worth watching. She reminds me of Shara Nelson.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 June 2012 23:59 (11 months ago) Permalink
There's also this
Looking forward to the album
― Number None, Friday, 8 June 2012 00:53 (11 months ago) Permalink
I love the video for 110% almost as much as the song. I can't figure out what the muffled sample in the background is saying, "carving my initials on your forehead" I think?
― boxedjoy, Friday, 8 June 2012 09:57 (11 months ago) Permalink
fucking love this song. definitely deserves a thread
― just sayin, Friday, 8 June 2012 10:14 (11 months ago) Permalink
original 'running' felt to me way too encumbered with reference and borrowed vibes, but tbf i did come to that conclusion when i was still getting to know her (which i guess i still am). alf have you heard the disclosure remix?
'110', it wasnt really until i heard it on the radio before i realised how much it goes, it's p catchy. not sure if it's gonna be a keeper but certainly one of those brief flings you kinda fall for a bit
― r|t|c, Friday, 8 June 2012 10:16 (11 months ago) Permalink
Love this song
― owenf, Friday, 8 June 2012 10:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah I've played this song 20 times since I first heard it, I love it
― chris paul george hill (dayo), Friday, 8 June 2012 10:59 (11 months ago) Permalink
i've been meaning to listen to this and "running" for MONTHS and didn't get round to them because i didn't think i'd have to make an effort. here we are now though, i like them all, on one listen "running" is better and neither are as good as "strangest feeling" but who knows how they'll shake out
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Friday, 8 June 2012 11:06 (11 months ago) Permalink
"running" is totally and amazingly soft rock
just checked out Strangest Feeling, must have missed it last time around, amazing too. Think she's shaping up to be my 2012 pick of the girls looking at her trajectory.
― owenf, Friday, 8 June 2012 11:17 (11 months ago) Permalink
i think i might start a thread for delilah at some point, her album is really surprisingly good
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Friday, 8 June 2012 11:22 (11 months ago) Permalink
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Friday, 8 June 2012 12:06 (16 minutes ago) Bookmark
so so so tryhard sade tho
just look at the single cover even
― r|t|c, Friday, 8 June 2012 11:26 (11 months ago) Permalink
"maybe felt a little too record industry to capture the true desired lisa stansfield realness" is what i said about my first impressions of ware generally on the bobby caldwell thread
― r|t|c, Friday, 8 June 2012 11:27 (11 months ago) Permalink
listening to the three singles together is weird, they're all good songs but they all feel like really overly deliberate attempts to capture a certain aesthetic - sade x soft rock for "running", delilahesque trip-hop revivalism x burial 3am night bus moods for "strangest feeling", airy summery "my boo" breezy realness for "110%"
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Friday, 8 June 2012 11:34 (11 months ago) Permalink
i think i perhaps like "strangest feeling" best b/c being overly conscious and deliberate suits that gothy aesthetic well
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Friday, 8 June 2012 11:35 (11 months ago) Permalink
1. Devotion2. Wildest Moments3. Running4. Still Love Me5. No To Love6. Night Light7. Swan Song8. Sweet Talk9. 110%10. Taking In Water11. Something Inside
― r|t|c, Friday, 8 June 2012 14:57 (11 months ago) Permalink
i wonder if i'm the only person on earth who feels sorry for jamie woon
― r|t|c, Friday, 8 June 2012 14:59 (11 months ago) Permalink
haha the first thing i thought of when i heard "110%" was "aw, poor jamie woon"
― J0rdan S., Friday, 8 June 2012 15:34 (11 months ago) Permalink
jamie woon's album did decently, didn't it? and now he's just between albums.
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Friday, 8 June 2012 15:50 (11 months ago) Permalink
capture the true desired lisa stansfield realness
i don't care man i'll take the imitation
― goole, Friday, 8 June 2012 16:00 (11 months ago) Permalink
sade is the real oak real and stansfield is the real plastic real tho, there's levels mayne
― r|t|c, Friday, 8 June 2012 16:08 (11 months ago) Permalink
i guess what i'm saying is i am enjoying the video
― goole, Friday, 8 June 2012 16:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah i dont actually know how woon's sold on the low but i dont feel his album was ever really in the air once it dropped, even in the liminal circles we're talking about. just seemed to drop and disappear
anyway i wouldnt care to speculate on what he deserved but it was definitely more than what he got. i felt like he made brave-ish decisions on that album he didnt have to if he was just playing to the gallery and it's a shame they werent acknowledged at very least
― r|t|c, Friday, 8 June 2012 16:14 (11 months ago) Permalink
ok maybe brave is too strong but whatever, he stuck to his guns somewhat and i respect that
― r|t|c, Friday, 8 June 2012 16:16 (11 months ago) Permalink
Produced by Julio Bashmore if you were wondering. It's blowing up, just an hour ago I heard it on a radio station in Mexico City and was wondering what ILM thought about it.
― Moka, Friday, 8 June 2012 17:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
For all the reference points being thrown around here, and I know Jessie Ware's coming from a completely different place, but you could put 110% on the Grimes album and no one would notice. Its level of base competency is higher and it's a good song but I'm not sure the production does it many favours. I listened to Running straight afterwards and liked that one more.
Bit disappointed that so many of these jobbing post-dubstep vocalists seem to be defaulting to a very similar soft-rock middle ground, and yeah while it might be a brave decision up against whatever the FACT-reading bores are clamouring for, you need serious songwriting ability to pull of that aesthetic well and I dunno if any of these guys do.
Does Roses Gabor have a post-guest-vocalist career yet? That might be promising.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 9 June 2012 11:37 (11 months ago) Permalink
"running" is as good as "110%"... this might be my most anticipated album of the year atm
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 9 June 2012 19:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
assuming d'angelo isn't putting an album out
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 9 June 2012 19:29 (11 months ago) Permalink
Running > 110% for me, but just barely.
I hadn't been slotting Woon into this space in my brain, but now that it's been mentioned it totally makes sense.
No clue what he sold, but that album was mad underrated even on ILM, given the love for 'Night Air'. There were a LARGE number of jams there.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Sunday, 10 June 2012 20:32 (11 months ago) Permalink
― boxedjoy, Friday, June 8, 2012 5:57 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
You heard it right - it's a sample from Big Pun's Dream Shatterer, I think.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Sunday, 10 June 2012 21:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
hmmm, not so sure about this onehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=FnOBjARwNi0
― Number None, Monday, 18 June 2012 12:03 (11 months ago) Permalink
baby in our wildest moomins
― r|t|c, Monday, 18 June 2012 13:36 (11 months ago) Permalink
i like this a lot
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 June 2012 15:07 (11 months ago) Permalink
http://vimeo.com/38905074
hadnt seen it before but this song off the alb is the real deal
― r|t|c, Friday, 27 July 2012 00:09 (9 months ago) Permalink
"wildest moments" is amazing
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 06:03 (9 months ago) Permalink
fully in love with all the singles now. i think "running" might have shaken out as my favourite so far
think i might be talking to her next week
― lex pretend, Friday, 27 July 2012 07:19 (9 months ago) Permalink
i'm really taken with how - similar to wynter gordon's newest stuff - ware's vocal strategy is a perfect midpoint between r&b and female singer-songwriter
― lex pretend, Friday, 27 July 2012 07:20 (9 months ago) Permalink
hmm...I heard "Stimela" and wasn't impressed.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 July 2012 11:04 (9 months ago) Permalink
Holy fuck her album is going to be amazing. "Sweet Talk," the latest track to be released, is ANOTHER great track. When the guitars drop in at 2:30... one of the best musical moments of the year. Man this girl's on a roll.
― heiswagger (rennavate), Friday, 10 August 2012 00:00 (9 months ago) Permalink
Can we change this thread to "general jessie ware thread" btw i think it's about time
As requested, kinda.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 August 2012 00:04 (9 months ago) Permalink
that works. thanks ned!
― heiswagger (rennavate), Friday, 10 August 2012 00:23 (9 months ago) Permalink
+1 for Running. Shades of Sade, tasteful trip-hop, etc.
Still I actually liked tasteful trip-hop. Makes me want to go listen to a Moloko record.
― Josiah Alan, Friday, 10 August 2012 00:29 (9 months ago) Permalink
That was a good interview BTW, Lex. I wouldn't mind seeing dance music in the UK go classy again like back in the 2-step heyday.
― Josiah Alan, Friday, 10 August 2012 00:44 (9 months ago) Permalink
I wouldn't mind seeing dance music in the UK go classy again like back in the 2-step heyday.
I'm not sure this sentence makes sense really? Unless by "2-step" you basically mean MJ Cole and Wookie?
― Tim F, Friday, 10 August 2012 00:52 (9 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, and some Dem 2 tracks and Tuff Jam.
― Josiah Alan, Friday, 10 August 2012 00:53 (9 months ago) Permalink
And Craig David.
― Josiah Alan, Friday, 10 August 2012 00:54 (9 months ago) Permalink
Mixtape of garage/interview on the AV Club
― rob, Wednesday, 3 April 2013 02:06 (1 month ago) Permalink
Does anyone think she's gonna "make it big" in the US and if so with which track?
― Room 227 (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 4 April 2013 03:03 (1 month ago) Permalink
OMG her taste is so awesome.
― Tim F, Thursday, 4 April 2013 03:14 (1 month ago) Permalink
does she secretly board here?
― monotony, Thursday, 4 April 2013 03:43 (1 month ago) Permalink
also, can't believe there still isn't a version of imagine it was us without POM POM POM SPECIAL DELIVERY splattered all over it
"Hold Your Head Up High (Julian's Bad Boy Mix)" is a booming tune, all time for me.
I wonder if she has the Dreem Teem In Session Vol. 2 mix, as several of her selections are on there.
― Tim F, Thursday, 4 April 2013 04:51 (1 month ago) Permalink
oh my good god what is she trying to do me, i have a gf jess
― r|t|c, Thursday, 4 April 2013 10:27 (1 month ago) Permalink
JW: Exactly! Fuck no! My favorite is the one on Wikipedia called “quiet storm.” They call me “quiet storm,” like we’re fucking X-Men characters. It’s fucking wicked!
― r|t|c, Thursday, 4 April 2013 10:34 (1 month ago) Permalink
― monotony, Thursday, April 4, 2013 3:43 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I KNOW RIGHT
god it's making me want to stab everything
ugh fuck the radio
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Sunday, 7 April 2013 07:51 (1 month ago) Permalink
there is now.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Sunday, 7 April 2013 17:13 (1 month ago) Permalink
LINK
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 7 April 2013 17:19 (1 month ago) Permalink
http://rnbxclusive.se/2013/04/jessie-ware-imagine-it-was-us-video/ ?
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 7 April 2013 19:49 (1 month ago) Permalink
i got the video to play but now i can't :\\\\ i promise there was a video there before
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 7 April 2013 19:50 (1 month ago) Permalink
i think this is maybe her best song
― J0rdan S., Monday, 8 April 2013 03:10 (1 month ago) Permalink
x-post: Working for now but it's been linked to Vevo and before it was that Chinese language (I think) version of youtube.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 8 April 2013 03:14 (1 month ago) Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=u03f5Wnwff0
― J0rdan S., Monday, 8 April 2013 03:17 (1 month ago) Permalink
Yessss
― etc, Monday, 8 April 2013 04:11 (1 month ago) Permalink
oh, yes
― monotony, Monday, 8 April 2013 09:11 (1 month ago) Permalink
perfect video as well
I love this song so hard.
― hoda nkotb (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 8 April 2013 16:33 (1 month ago) Permalink
it's perfect
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 8 April 2013 16:40 (1 month ago) Permalink
yes
― Deafening silence (DL), Monday, 8 April 2013 17:17 (1 month ago) Permalink
got a touch of róisín murphy about it
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 8 April 2013 17:36 (1 month ago) Permalink
roisin brand
― zero dark (s1ocki), Monday, 8 April 2013 18:17 (1 month ago) Permalink
it destroyed live on saturday.
everything destroyed live on saturday tbh
live band is severely funky in the best way possible and the voice doesn't exhibit the restraint it does on record and she was utterly charming the entire time.
toronto adored her, more or less. did not anticipate a sold out show or the crowd singing all her backing vocals for her or...well, any of it.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 8 April 2013 18:45 (1 month ago) Permalink
― Room 227 (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, April 3, 2013 8:03 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Over the weekend, my 65-year old dad (Brit but living in America for 30 years) asked me if I knew Jessie Ware, so she's making inroads here somehow--NPR maybe? He also asked me if I knew who Richard Thompson was, so he's not like the 65-year old equivalent of an ilxor or anything. "Wildest Moments" would have been my pick for "which track," since I noticed it in playing in two different (American) TV shows last fall, but now I'm not sure.
― rob, Monday, 8 April 2013 19:01 (1 month ago) Permalink
Her SF show (500 capacity) sold out in the first hour.
― Lambo Sedan (Whitey on the Moon), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 06:38 (1 month ago) Permalink
Her Philly show in Jan which was probably around 500-1000 didn't sell out at all, but someone at the show told me all the other dates on the tour did.
― hoda nkotb (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 15:42 (1 month ago) Permalink
She really is so amazing live and so uniquely personable and chatty and fucking ENDEARING. Also OMG that voice.
― hoda nkotb (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 15:46 (1 month ago) Permalink
yeah i saw her last night...she is hilarious, kept teasing the crowd for screaming all night. "you'll lose your voice if you scream all show! i know from experience, i can't sing along to chaka khan at the club anymore"
― From the home of the underground railway and stuff (symsymsym), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 16:09 (1 month ago) Permalink
My physical copy of the CD retitles "110%" "If You're Never Gonna Move."
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 April 2013 12:24 (1 month ago) Permalink
There was legal issues with the sample iirc
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 20 April 2013 12:36 (1 month ago) Permalink
i found it weird that they had to change not only the sample, but the title as well. like, couldn't they have said that it is called "110%" for no particular reason? idk.
anyway "imagine it was us" is just amazing
― teddy dominatrix (dyl), Saturday, 20 April 2013 16:56 (1 month ago) Permalink
man
http://www.thefader.com/2013/04/24/stream-jessie-ware-love-thy-will-be-done/
― goole, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 22:06 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
!!!!
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 22:07 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
jessie's demonstration of impeccable taste continues
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 22:55 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
can't tell if it was already mentioned in this thread but she covers "never knew love like this before" for the i give it a year (?) soundtrack and it's incredible http://open.spotify.com/track/4aOHup7wmxNKZxdTW8UE3u
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 22:57 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
i've never really liked that song and this feels a bit underpowered to me but i like that she did it. xpost
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 23:05 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
OMG. martika <33
― dyl, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 23:13 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
I've loved this song since before I was born somehow, and could I love Jessie Ware any more right now? Hell no.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 23:33 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
no "jessie's kitchen" no credibility
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 23:35 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
she could totally do "More Than You Know" too.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 23:36 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
Yeah, all good with this.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 23:41 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
The massive intro synth wash that sounds like from a demo made me swoon.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 23:43 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
"Imagine It Was Us" is simply the fucking best
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 11:31 (1 week ago) Permalink
You could loop the last 8 measures alone for like 10 minutes before I'd start to get tired of it.
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 00:57 (1 week ago) Permalink
I'm thinking this is going to wind up being the best hook of 2013.
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 00:58 (1 week ago) Permalink
It is my single of the year so far. 100% unfuckwithable.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:08 (1 week ago) Permalink
The simple little S.O.S. band style guitar lick at the end is so amazing, so audacious to include something that hooky and delicious and just drop it in
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:21 (1 week ago) Permalink
S.O.S. Band! Good catch.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:38 (1 week ago) Permalink