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― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 05:18 (eleven years ago) link
kind of annoyed i missed hi when he was in london the other week
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 08:04 (eleven years ago) link
*him
more annoyed that i can't type today
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 08:05 (eleven years ago) link
He's made a ridiculous percentage of my favorite songs of the past couple years, but he hasn't quite mastered the album format.
Really? This feels totally coherent and of-a-piece to me, possibly because the sound is so coherent even when the songwriting goes to loads of different places.
I really like this by the way, haven't paid much attention to Miguel before now but I'm glad I got to hear all these songs for the first time at once. It's so self-assured, like you get the feeling a lesser talent would either have hedged their bets and thrown in a couple of rote house bangers OR just gone totally over-the-top with the psychedelia and produced some kind of garish Solange-does-Flaming-Lips mess.
Will admit I feared the worst on hearing the outro to Don't Look Back but he never lets the aesthetic or the instrumentation overwhelm either the voice or the songwriting, both of which are by and large impeccable.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 27 September 2012 10:12 (eleven years ago) link
This album is truly amazing. Love it.
― longneck, Thursday, 27 September 2012 10:14 (eleven years ago) link
hang on "candles in the sun" is a completely different version of the ADC one? awesome
― lex pretend, Thursday, 27 September 2012 11:27 (eleven years ago) link
your beloved Lennon is gone!
― taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 September 2012 12:00 (eleven years ago) link
He was pretty good live last night at the Howard Theatre in DC. Sold-out show, lots of enthusiastic women. He was backed by a guitarist, keyboardist who also played bass, another keyboardist and a drummer. Did a fair amount of Prince-inspired dance moves with the mic. His seduction effor with a woman upfront on the "P is Mine" did not go over too well, but his friendly and humble chatter later did, as did the brief tribute to Los Angeles rap and his hits and more. Played for about an hour and 10 minutes.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 27 September 2012 13:53 (eleven years ago) link
jealous that you went, i really wanted to
he's playing morgan state's homecoming in a couple weeks w/ 2 chainz and elle varner, i should figure out some way to go
― the definition of fuckshit bird (some dude), Thursday, 27 September 2012 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
He's in Philly tonight. A number of folks immediately headed to the door right when the main part of the set ended and before he came back for an encore. I guess expectations are so low for live r'n'b shows that people didn't thing he would do one. Yes, it was a work/school night but it was not that late. Oh, Bobby Valentino opened last night. He was ok. I think you're trying too hard when you pull your shirt off after only the second song.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 27 September 2012 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
i think encores are less expected outside of the rock show context, at least for people that don't go to a lot of concerts in general.
― the definition of fuckshit bird (some dude), Thursday, 27 September 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
It's pretty amusing that 'Pussy Is Mine' is bookended with this sort of fake sheepishness and shunted at the end of the album. If this were a Terius album it would be wonderfully and unashamedly blown up into a 10mins vainglorious album centrepiece and split into 'Pussy Is Mine (Parts 1 and 2)'.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 27 September 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
"where's the fun" is pretty inessential
― la goonies (k3vin k.), Thursday, 27 September 2012 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
i like it a lot?
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 September 2012 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
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― the definition of fuckshit bird (some dude), Thursday, September 27, 2012 8:20 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah it's weird i was at the weekend last night and he didn't come back for an encore, but the crowd waited around for one, but actually didn't cheer/chant for one? very odd...
― heiswagger (rennavate), Thursday, 27 September 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
also this is finally out in the wild
― heiswagger (rennavate), Thursday, 27 September 2012 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
― Matt DC, Thursday, September 27, 2012 5:20 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
think it was probably mentioned upthread, but is anybody else of the opinion that pizza is mine is on there to dispel gay rumors?
― barthes simpson, Thursday, 27 September 2012 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
not if you've dated guys who are p-----?
― taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 September 2012 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
jesus christ i love how that metronome sound is used in "arch & point"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 September 2012 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
oh I didn't know that it was also slang
― barthes simpson, Thursday, 27 September 2012 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
― la goonies (k3vin k.), Thursday, September 27, 2012 5:37 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i thought this for a bit but it makes a lot more sense to me/i like it a lot more now that rev pointed out its similarities to thundercat
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 27 September 2012 23:30 (eleven years ago) link
― barthes simpson, Thursday, September 27, 2012 6:36 PM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
outside this thread i'm not sure there are any more gay rumors about miguel than there are about pretty much every popular R&B singer
― some dude, Thursday, 27 September 2012 23:32 (eleven years ago) link
also it's not exactly the most masculine thing a dude could write
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 27 September 2012 23:33 (eleven years ago) link
haha ok i get alfred's post now
― la goonies (k3vin k.), Thursday, 27 September 2012 23:47 (eleven years ago) link
apparently Kaleidoscope Dream and a lot of other albums dropped early on vinyl this week to make the Grammys deadline
― some dude, Friday, 28 September 2012 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
i noticed a few months ago that he was selling the vinyl on his website and that it shipped a week early but i thought it was just some general incentive to get ppl to spring for the vinyl
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Friday, 28 September 2012 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
I wld buy a copy on vinyl
― barthes simpson, Friday, 28 September 2012 02:32 (eleven years ago) link
Where's The Fun is great. The only bits I'm not sold on yet are the title track and The Thrill.
― Matt DC, Friday, 28 September 2012 08:40 (eleven years ago) link
Fall into forever / just forgive me I was faithless
That's probably my favorite moment on the album
― Evan R, Friday, 28 September 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
― Matt DC, Thursday, September 27, 2012 10:1
"Use Me" and "Don't look Back" both sounded great live Wednesday night. Not overblown or overwrought.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 28 September 2012 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
ftr there are some gems on that 33-song compilation rev posted upthread. "magazines" in particular, some others i can't remember. many of these are probably early cuts and he's still looking for his voice (figuratively, but literally sometimes - i'm almost posotive ne-yo is actually singing "hand it over"), but the quality is surprisingly good overall
a bunch of these are songs for other artists i had no idea he wrote
― la goonies (k3vin k.), Friday, 28 September 2012 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
i think he was nominated for a grammy for a song he did with musiq... also he wrote some joints on 'raymond vs raymond' (including "mars vs. venus" !!)
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Friday, 28 September 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
"i feel the night approaching / the moon is calling me" on don't look back beginning sounds like night air !
― moullet, Friday, 28 September 2012 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
Grammy nomination was for co-writing this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEpfuzjHvxU
― Andy K, Friday, 28 September 2012 23:15 (eleven years ago) link
"where's the fun in forever" is one of the best joints on here
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 29 September 2012 00:20 (eleven years ago) link
was just thinking right now that it's interesting to me that he wrote everything here w/in a pretty pop structure... like for his "alternative," "live-driven" album the longest song on this is just 4:45. after hearing the "use me" & "don't look back" i would've put money on there being like one 8 min song or something.
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 29 September 2012 01:28 (eleven years ago) link
also interesting to me is that i believe when he says that he set out to do something that was liked by tastemakers even if it didn't continue his career trajectory as a radio star and then he goes out and writes the biggest pop hit of his career, boosts his profile considerably with hipsters and the general public and probably has a few more on the way.
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 29 September 2012 01:40 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i think his idea of arty or experimental is still really focused on hooks, melody, emotion, vocal performances, and just taking musical chances that can foreground those elements. which i love, very keyed in to what i like to hear. (xpost)
― some dude, Saturday, 29 September 2012 01:42 (eleven years ago) link
i am pretty curious to see if this album has the same kind of run of 3-4 big radio hits like the last one, and what those songs end up being.
yeah... i could see "drugs" and "how many drinks?" both doing pretty well at radio even if they don't come close to scraping "adorn" -- he should do big first week numbers either way tho
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 29 September 2012 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
i think the song i'm crossing my fingers for single hopes the most is "Use Me"
― some dude, Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:06 (eleven years ago) link
after "adorn" did so well i've given up on predicting what songs have a shot at being a hit
― la goonies (k3vin k.), Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:11 (eleven years ago) link
the album version immediately turned me around on thinking that song had radio potential
― some dude, Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:12 (eleven years ago) link
i was definitely happy when they ran with it as a single after the EPs cuz i think it definitely had picked up some steam on the internet but i definitely didn't expect it to be his biggest radio hit ever
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:23 (eleven years ago) link
definitely
― la goonies (k3vin k.), Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:23 (eleven years ago) link
when i talked to him "adorn" was just starting to get radio play and he was saying that he didn't write any songs for the radio and i was sort of contemplating the idea of him disassociating from the major system and going indie or something, but that certainly isn't happening anytime soon now.
damn i definitely wrote definitely three times in that post
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:24 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i mean he had a lot of momentum off the last record but mid-level R&B stars are on such shaky ground these days, you can have a couple big hits one year and then just start shooting nothing but blanks for no real obvious reason, wouldn't have shocked me if he'd started slipping off the radar right now
― some dude, Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:28 (eleven years ago) link
yeah me either. he played me an early version of "how many drinks?" and i was like "ah well they've got that one at least, maybe people will think it's a lovely mmts song"
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
I'm still floored that "Adorn" hit #1. If he gets "Use Me" into the R&B top twenty I'll be ready to give all the credit for Miguel's A&R guys and promotion for the way they've finessed his exposure in the last eight months.
― taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:41 (eleven years ago) link