it scans as conventional and boring to me.
Seven lines in a row that all rhyme at the end and it's in a 3+3+1 configuration where the third line is extended in each part and then an extra line is tacked on at the end.
― timellison, Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:36 (twelve years ago) link
this is way bigger than lana on youtube right now. like a zillion times. not like video games wasn't huge there. it was. but people really want katy perry right now. the people have spoken. they already have a shape-shifting chameleon who has a hard time singing on snl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJtB55MaoD0
― scott seward, Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:39 (twelve years ago) link
co-sign amateurist 100%
― some dude, Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
well they want beyonce AND katy. you know, they want two things. jessie j can do both.
― scott seward, Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
And now that I think about it, it's that chorus that made me think of Mary Margaret O'Hara the first time I heard it.
I now feel slightly less nuts for having made that comparison on another board, thanks.
― Simon H., Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
strings on 'national anthem' sound just like 'bittersweet symphony'; is jagger going to get a check again?
― akm, Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I have to admit I'm kind of feeling timellison's posts xp
― uncle acid and the absquatulators (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:08 (twelve years ago) link
Keith Allen got the cheque i think.
― piscesx, Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:13 (twelve years ago) link
jesus i'm not even pissed; Alan Klein rather.
― piscesx, Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
miss u markers
bit.ly/AtVigP
http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif
― dave cool, Thursday, 26 January 2012 04:06 (twelve years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/the-stereo-bomb/adams-song-the-stereo-bomb
― dave cool, Thursday, 26 January 2012 04:07 (twelve years ago) link
― timellison, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 8:36 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
ok that is definitely unusual but what it seems to translate to before it reaches my ears is just endless repetition of the same melody without interesting variation. so unusual = unusually lazy. in this case. to me.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 26 January 2012 04:37 (twelve years ago) link
(i guess the clincher for me is just that i can't even bear the thought of listening to it again to judge it against that description.)
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 26 January 2012 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
it just doesn't seem to go anywhere, melodically. and before i am accused of being geir i realize there are many other things that a good song can do. but this one just doesn't seem to do anything else for me--the only compensations, and they are hardly enough, are her vaguely smoky voice and the minimally effective simulation of a david lynch soundtrack.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 26 January 2012 04:42 (twelve years ago) link
also i'm about to get all asshole-y but i kind of feel like few of the folks repping for this lady on here are gong to care about her or even think fondly of her big song in a few years. i'd bet money on it.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 26 January 2012 04:43 (twelve years ago) link
now with full chorus: http://t.co/A6SuCYMn
― dave cool, Thursday, 26 January 2012 04:49 (twelve years ago) link
bought a few record albums this afternoon (sparks, copernicus, oman souleyman) and noticed a freebie LDR 7" behind the counter as i was paying. asked if i had to buy something specific to get a copy. counter girl said yeah, but gave me one anyway. she asked if i'd seen the SNL performance and was it as bad as everyone says. i told her yeah, it was, and we commiserated vicariously. celebrity is probably tough.
turns out it's a joy orbison remix of "video games" with an odd future (syd the kid) remix of "blue jeans" on the flip. both pretty dull. but free!
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Thursday, 26 January 2012 06:56 (twelve years ago) link
driving in cars with boys (not on the album I know): sounds exactly like something else, can't remember what. (maybe this is why it isn't on the album, because the tune is a complete plagarism). anyone know what it is? some middling 80's pop song.― akm, jueves 26 de enero de 2012 01:57 (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― akm, jueves 26 de enero de 2012 01:57 (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
texas maybe? the atmospheric twangy guitar, big drum sound and the overall vibe from this particular tune reminds me strongly of them
video games = this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZK23sxkpk0
― cock chirea, Thursday, 26 January 2012 11:20 (twelve years ago) link
More importantly than any of this... we're currently arguing in my record shop as to whether she should be filed under 'R' (Ray, Lana Del) or 'D' (Del Ray, Lana).
The most popular comedy answer is definitely 'I'd file her in the bin!'.
― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Thursday, 26 January 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
'L' for Land Del Rey.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 26 January 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
Lana, fucking hell fingers.
Landfill Del Rey
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 26 January 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
We always file under surname, so that part isn't going to change; it is either D or R. I initially used R but I'm coming round to D.
― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Thursday, 26 January 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
It's obv. D, R is madness
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 26 January 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
Supposedly there used to be a record shop where I come from where the T section was almost as big as all the other sections put together, because they put every band whose name began with 'The' in there. Not sure if I believe that tho.
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 26 January 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
um her surname begins with D, obviously
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Thursday, 26 January 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:52 AM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i've seen stores like this.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
I think in English, it's standard to include the particule when alphabetizing. In Romance languages, it's not since there are a zillion names that begin with de and del and della, etc..., and cause it's not really part of the surname but simply implies that the family is from somewhere or belongs to someone. It's often associated with aristocracy which is why many dropped the use thereof during the Revolution.
― Quand le déshonneur est public, il faut que la vengeance soit (Michael White), Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
file her under T, the lana del rey
― the star of many snuff films (Edward III), Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
That Lana del Rey
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
File her under Dor file her under V for Video Games...
― Mark G, Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
i file Wings records under M. hope that isn't a problem for anyone...
― scott seward, Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
paul wccarthy and mings
― the star of many snuff films (Edward III), Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
Real question here is where you put McCartney, i.e. do you treat Mc as Mac or not?
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
In comments published in German, McCartney, who has two albums due out this year, said many youngsters would probably hear his music for the first time through playing the ... video game.
― Mark G, Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
let's get back to talking about whether or not video games is a good song or not
― the star of many snuff films (Edward III), Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
I am officially convinced on the 'D' issue now, after a most instructive & entertaining discussion via the shop's facebook page.
― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsFjlLXP9GU
― the star of many snuff films (Edward III), Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
so anyway video games isn't really about video games, it's about a boyfriend who forced her to make sex vids. it all makes sense now, she's like a 21st century joyce carol oates.
swinging in the backyardpull up in your fast car whistling my name
open up a beerand you say get over here and play a video game
I'm in his favorite sun dresswatching me get undressed take that body downtown
I say you the bestestlean in for a big kiss put his favorite perfume ongo play a video game
it's you, it's you, it's all for youeverything I doI tell you all the timeheaven is a place on earth with youtell me all the things you want to doI heard that you like the bad girls honey, is that true?
― the star of many snuff films (Edward III), Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
P!tchf0rk prediction?
8.1
― piscesx, Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
I thought it was "whispering"...
How do you whistle someone's name?
― Mark G, Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
5.9
― Meme Rogers (DL), Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
why the fuck does the non-youtube version clip and distort? is that an aesthetic decision these days?
― ♈ᘮﬡᕮ-Ꭹᗩᖇᗪᔕ - ᗯ ᖺ ᗢ Ḱ ᓰ ᒪ ᒪ (diamonddave85), Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
Whistling as a language
In the Spanish canary island of La Gomera, a traditional whistled language named silbo gomero is still taught in school. Six separate whistling sounds are used to produce two vowels and four consonants, allowing this language to convey more than 4000 words. This language allowed people (e.g. shepherds) to communicate over long distances in the island, when other communication means were not available.
― the star of many snuff films (Edward III), Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
A wolf-whistle is a two-toned sound (like 'whip-woo') commonly made using the above technique to show approval of something or someone (originally a person thought to be sexually attractive).
― the star of many snuff films (Edward III), Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
'21C Joyce Carol Oates' is the funniest variation on 'gangsta Nancy Sinatra' yet
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(well maybe not funnier than 'white Morrisey')
― ban dejar (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
you'll be laughing out the other side of your mouth when your grandkids are deconstructing "video games" in their first year intro to pop music course
― the star of many snuff films (Edward III), Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
LOL: http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/some_came_running/2012/01/pop-quiz.html
Michelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point, or grievously overworked quasi-meta record album promo art?
A. http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5523026f588340168e61f4b7f970c-800wi
B. http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5523026f588340168e61f4c12970c-800wi
C. http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5523026f588340168e61f4c99970c-800wi
― You got to ro-o-oll me and call me the tumblr whites (Phil D.), Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
dissertation on lesser works of early 21st century youtube divas
― the star of many snuff films (Edward III), Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
Middle Age: A Romance (2001)I'll Take You There (2002)The Tattooed Girl (2003)The Falls (2004)Missing Mom (2005)Black Girl / White Girl (2006)The Gravedigger's Daughter (2007)My Sister, My Love (2008)Little Bird of Heaven (2009)A Fair Maiden (2010)The Crosswicks Horror (Forthcoming)
― ban dejar (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link