Did she just leave autotune on its default setting or something?
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 19 August 2012 02:25 (10 months ago) Permalink
the autotune is really the least weird thing about it, lots of people have made more raw/amateurish use of it the last of people. the words and the random meter are just bizarre.
― some dude, Sunday, 19 August 2012 02:26 (10 months ago) Permalink
er "the last few years"
i pretty much wrote a farrah lyric by accident for a second there
― some dude, Sunday, 19 August 2012 02:27 (10 months ago) Permalink
super interesting thing about it is that it really is an audible lesson in what autotune can't fix. compare this to the flavor flav single from a few years back. flav can't sing for shit, but he has the basic idea down - he just has bad pitch. he sings the song, they autotune the shit out of it, now when he sings "deeeeep" it sounds like a robot hitting the note. on this, her leaps are so far from the actual melody that AT or melodyne just corrects to something near it, and it's still audibly wrong. then they build the track around that, it sounds like. this is less outsider than...like those sound-library discs collectors get obsessed with?
― steven fucking tyler (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 19 August 2012 02:28 (10 months ago) Permalink
it gets uh better too...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_291277&feature=iv&src_vid=XemtXy7aAWA&v=ey3clrDUhGk
― scott seward, Sunday, 19 August 2012 02:30 (10 months ago) Permalink
oops here
You guys haven't even seen the video! She and her daughter visit the father's grave (if you're not a Teen Mom viewer, you should know that Farrah's kid's father is dead):
The whole song repeats twice - it's like the Residents' "Commercial Album" principle applied without a wink.
― 誤訳侮辱, Sunday, 19 August 2012 02:32 (10 months ago) Permalink
that one almost sounds like xiu xiu xp
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Sunday, 19 August 2012 02:34 (10 months ago) Permalink
a friend's girlfriend works as a producer on Teen Mom, really need to talk to them about this next time i see them
― some dude, Sunday, 19 August 2012 02:35 (10 months ago) Permalink
love how that song ends with the phrase "this is the best i can do," delivered with an autotuned shrug
― some dude, Sunday, 19 August 2012 02:39 (10 months ago) Permalink
not having seen the show & having only these to go on I gotta say there's something in the earnestness of her delivery and the unrevised bluntness of the lines that's kind of moving in the way some GUYS I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING ABOUT THE WORLD hardcore used to be, these lyrics that'd be like THERE HAS TO BE! A BETTER WAY!
at any rate enjoy it while you can, by this time next week you will be as sick of this as you got of Rebecca Black
― steven fucking tyler (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 19 August 2012 02:44 (10 months ago) Permalink
the header of her official website is "Your go to public figure..."
― some dude, Sunday, 19 August 2012 02:45 (10 months ago) Permalink
I'll have moved on to something else for sure, but this is a completely different kind of kick for me. Rebecca Black (who I never got even momentarily interested in) was a girl trying to make pop music and mostly failing; this is something else. I'm genuinely unsure whether this girl thinks she's making pop records which could be hits, or whether she's making some kind of bizarro confessional art-song. To tie it into something Scott said on Facebook, I feel like Editions Mego should license this album and put it out with cover art designed by Stephen O'Malley and see what happens.
― 誤訳侮辱, Sunday, 19 August 2012 02:47 (10 months ago) Permalink
yeah i mean the album is a soundtrack to her book right? i kinda wonder if she has any misguided pop ambitions or just threw it together as part of her media platform
― some dude, Sunday, 19 August 2012 03:00 (10 months ago) Permalink
yeah it's different & more fun for sure but online it will play out the same way, with 10 million people saying THIS SUCKS in as many "clever" ways as they can xp
― steven fucking tyler (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 19 August 2012 03:03 (10 months ago) Permalink
wow she's like the lucia pamela of the autotune generation. tracks need more cowbell tho
― cock chirea, Sunday, 19 August 2012 03:24 (10 months ago) Permalink
This is fucking wild. I am in awe.
― Everything You Like Sucks, Sunday, 19 August 2012 06:40 (10 months ago) Permalink
I would probably have believed it if someone told me 'Finally Getting Up...' was the new Crystal Castles single tbh.
― pandemic, Sunday, 19 August 2012 11:26 (10 months ago) Permalink
This is amazing. Reminds me a lot of the Russian Youtube-hit singer Anzhela London. Same blend of twisted-commercial-pop elements and outsider art.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Sunday, 19 August 2012 11:34 (10 months ago) Permalink
The album is quite remarkable. As mentioned upthread, it really doesn't sound like it ended up being weird, abrasive and disjointed accidentally. Appalling music can certainly take on a strange avant-garde quality without meaning to but this sounds more deliberate and focused somehow.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Sunday, 19 August 2012 11:57 (10 months ago) Permalink
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Sunday, August 19, 2012 2:34 AM (19 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^
― it's-a me, irl (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 19 August 2012 22:00 (10 months ago) Permalink
like by the law of averages there are probably gonna be ppl that look at this thread w/o listening to the songs and think that this is just a bunch of music nerds hi-fiving over fucking Residents references or whatever, but... this is really... something
― it's-a me, irl (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 19 August 2012 22:04 (10 months ago) Permalink
haha pandemic OTM, this is super reminiscent of Crystal Castles to me
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Sunday, 19 August 2012 22:32 (10 months ago) Permalink
i'm really into it. the whole album. it's like if supposed former infatuation junkie era alanis made an edm record.
― hamlisch kilgour (get bent), Sunday, 19 August 2012 22:36 (10 months ago) Permalink
just otm-ing everyone at this point but the song is almost avant garde, pretend it came out of brooklyn with some blog buzz anda nice visual aesthetic and sky's the limit.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 19 August 2012 22:49 (10 months ago) Permalink
there's no musical throughline to her melodies, it's just diary entries sung at random pitches.
― hamlisch kilgour (get bent), Sunday, 19 August 2012 22:50 (10 months ago) Permalink
yeah, this stuff is pretty rad. one of her songs was making the rounds on my Facebook feed for the LOLZ a few days ago and i ended up listening to it probably 8 times in a row.
― circa1916, Sunday, 19 August 2012 23:04 (10 months ago) Permalink
Damn,....
I cannot fucking believe I'm saying this but
Is this on itunes?
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 August 2012 00:01 (10 months ago) Permalink
xiu xiu is a surprisingly apt comparison. mindfuck.
― jed_, Monday, 20 August 2012 00:08 (10 months ago) Permalink
I seriously can't believe this is related to an MTV reality star, like I feel we're going to find out this is actually Har Mar Superstar with a pitchshifter
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Monday, 20 August 2012 03:38 (10 months ago) Permalink
this girl's persona on the show is completely tragic btw. a lot of legitimately bad things have happened to her (boyfriend dying, her mom is abusive iirc) but she's also kind of awful. her speaking voice is one of the least appealing sounds.
― horseshoe, Monday, 20 August 2012 03:40 (10 months ago) Permalink
oh I got the speaking voice thing from her Youtube cooking show, which was really the end of the world
this album is weirdly compelling though
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Monday, 20 August 2012 03:42 (10 months ago) Permalink
like "Liar Liar" is genuinely amazing
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Monday, 20 August 2012 03:45 (10 months ago) Permalink
I think Romney blasts this on his tour bus, since it's sadface android music
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Monday, 20 August 2012 03:49 (10 months ago) Permalink
I wrote about her for the sci-fi website io9.
― 誤訳侮辱, Monday, 3 September 2012 21:59 (9 months ago) Permalink
you guys
this may be my favorite release of 2012
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 02:20 (9 months ago) Permalink
like wtf is going on in "Caught In The Act"
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 02:21 (9 months ago) Permalink
― some dude, Saturday, August 18, 2012 10:35 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark
lol i called him about this and he was like "oh yeah, we know. we heard early versions of it"
― some dude, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 02:22 (9 months ago) Permalink
haha I can't imagine that blase of a reaction to this
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 02:25 (9 months ago) Permalink
no it was more of an "I KNOW, shit is crazy huh"
― some dude, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 02:29 (9 months ago) Permalink
haha even better!
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 02:29 (9 months ago) Permalink
i am taken with the fact that this is the soundtrack to an autobiography. are you meant to listen while reading?
"searching for closure">>>>>>>
― lex pretend, Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:27 (9 months ago) Permalink
and yes, easily the oddest music i have heard in a while
FLAare my initialsappeal to me
― lex pretend, Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:31 (9 months ago) Permalink
i'm the push behind the swingi know everything we ever wanted
― lex pretend, Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:47 (9 months ago) Permalink
will always love both this thread and this record for giving us the line "I haven't heard anything this alienating in years" - one of the best, funniest pieces of music criticism ever
― we don't wanna miss a THING!!! (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 6 September 2012 12:24 (9 months ago) Permalink
man, seriously
I thought people were exaggerating upthread but this is realllllly weird
someone mentioned Crystal Castles, I'm getting like lo-fi house music via noise artist vibes. like it kind of sounds like Maria Minerva or Grimes. with added bass wobbles.
― dmr, Thursday, 6 September 2012 16:54 (9 months ago) Permalink
It's definitely weirdo music but I don't find it especially fascinating.. I wish it was funny-sounding but I'm not laughing. You get the jist of what the entire thing sounds like after 30 seconds, and there's no big surprises after that.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 6 September 2012 17:12 (9 months ago) Permalink
But just to be sure I should probably download the full album...
that could be a response to the original thread question as well
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, 29 April 2013 21:10 (1 month ago) Permalink
everything about this makes me sad, now that I have finished dying of lols
otm until I get resuscitated by lols
― not feeling those lighters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 29 April 2013 23:44 (1 month ago) Permalink
i want her to compose the music for this. or release a soundtrack.
― dyl, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 02:02 (1 month ago) Permalink
it would be awesome if her sex moans were dubbed in and super-autotuned/distorted like her singing
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 02:06 (1 month ago) Permalink
well if she doesn't do it...
― goole, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 02:51 (1 month ago) Permalink
my teenage end, dreamt
― bish don't kmt (some dude), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 02:53 (1 month ago) Permalink
She's amazing.I really like her beautyShe's not a p*rn star, but i'm going to watch her http://farrahsextape.com/ video once it gets released
― pronto, Friday, 3 May 2013 19:46 (1 month ago) Permalink
it's only funny if you forget she has a small child who's entered into an already fucked up situation. poor kid imo.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 3 May 2013 19:52 (1 month ago) Permalink
it has been released todaygood one
― pronto, Monday, 6 May 2013 21:15 (1 month ago) Permalink
have you obtain much hard one?
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, 6 May 2013 21:15 (1 month ago) Permalink
i highly recommend the 5-minute free pornhub preview
also to those clamoring for a cd copy of my teenage dream ended, apparently our prayers have been answered... just in the form of my satanic dream ended and limited to 50 copies
― dyl, Monday, 6 May 2013 23:45 (1 month ago) Permalink
She got paid 1.5M for a single video? Actual pornstars barely get that money in a decade. I dont feel sad for her but I do feel sad as a consumer, they keep force feeding us mediocre reality tv trash such as this woman, tricking us into thinking she's somehow worthy of pop stardom.
― Moka, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 00:10 (1 month ago) Permalink
They'll ruin the pop olympus if they keep pulling this shit, Im telling you.
Thank you very much Paris Hilton.
― Moka, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 00:11 (1 month ago) Permalink
uhh
― dyl, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 00:13 (1 month ago) Permalink
this is all p much the saddest shit in the world tbrr
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 00:39 (1 month ago) Permalink
there's no way she really gets 1.5m right
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 00:40 (1 month ago) Permalink
I know it's a joke, but on first listen I think My Satanic Dream Ended is actually really good!
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 01:59 (1 month ago) Permalink
http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/05/22/farrah-abraham-reality-show-teen-mom-tv-series/
still can't believe that sex tape "leaked"!
― you are not a better writer than f. scott fitzgerald. you are not a b (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 21:13 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
I try to divorce Farrah Abraham the enormously talented outsider artist from Farrah Abraham the reality TV star who is probably under contract with Vivid by now.
― kaleb h. (Everything You Like Sucks), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 21:47 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
i was surprised by: 1) how clear it is that this was just produced as straight up porn, not even trying to preserve the myth, 2) immediate anal and lots of it.
― dylannn, Thursday, 23 May 2013 02:26 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
If you make a poll amongst middle class, single American moms asking them to do a hardcore video (anal included) for that amount of money I wouldnt be surprised if most of them said yes.
― Moka, Thursday, 23 May 2013 06:54 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
Regarding the straight up porn: at first the idea was to create it as an accidental sex tape leak but co-star James Deen refused to do it argumenting that if you want to do a sex tape you dont hire a well known pornstar. (I think he was hired per Farrah's request).
― Moka, Thursday, 23 May 2013 07:19 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
Also apparently she thinks she was the highlight of a lifetime for James Deen and that he has been stalking her and wants to date her. I dont know if she's seriously that delusional or she just loves saying idiotic things for the attention but I want to slap her. Hardly.
― Moka, Thursday, 23 May 2013 07:26 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
why? the music and the reality show stuff obviously came from the same place
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Thursday, 23 May 2013 07:35 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
Because I enjoyed it more when I had no context (I'd never heard of her prior to the album). Knowing who she is takes some of the magic out of it--this sex tape is her Texas Monthly 1999 interview.
― kaleb h. (Everything You Like Sucks), Thursday, 23 May 2013 07:43 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
"enormously talented outsider artist" is a funny phrase because the way people enjoy the record is pretty divorced from notions of her being a conventionally 'talented' singer or songwriter
― my mans ray manzarek (some dude), Thursday, 23 May 2013 11:35 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
xp: Willie Nelson?
― how's life, Thursday, 23 May 2013 11:41 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
Jandek
― unregistered, Thursday, 23 May 2013 12:04 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
I am terribly shocked that something called 'Backdoor Teen Mom' is NOT a leaked sex tape as previously advised.
There goes my faith in humanity.
― Sir Francis Drake burned the Spanish Armada because YOLO (King Boy Pato), Thursday, 23 May 2013 12:16 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
oh it leaked
― my mans ray manzarek (some dude), Thursday, 23 May 2013 12:22 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID
― Sir Francis Drake burned the Spanish Armada because YOLO (King Boy Pato), Thursday, 23 May 2013 12:42 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
she seems really comfortable in front of the cameras
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Thursday, 23 May 2013 15:24 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
it's really gross how this porn film brings out all the hyuk-hyuksters. it's neither amusing nor shameful.
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Thursday, 23 May 2013 15:29 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
is it sad?
― precious bonsai children of new york (Jordan), Thursday, 23 May 2013 15:36 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
i think it was de beuavoir who said that women should be allowed to intentionally leak their own sex tapes without being mocked a little
― you are not a better writer than f. scott fitzgerald. you are not a b (k3vin k.), Thursday, 23 May 2013 15:41 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
really gross
― ḉrut (crüt), Thursday, 23 May 2013 15:45 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
well, simone de beauvoir really said 'sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon'. so...
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Thursday, 23 May 2013 15:52 (4 weeks ago) Permalink