yeah well you NEVER buy CDs by any of these people, they are rather blatantly singles artists
― Wes HI DEREson (HI DERE), Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:33 (fifteen years ago) link
i do love hollaback tho, kind of a lot
― Surmounter, Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:34 (fifteen years ago) link
good
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:35 (fifteen years ago) link
lol curtis
― the name's ban. suggest ban (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:36 (fifteen years ago) link
i would pay $40 to see uncle kracker cover "hollaback girl" while dressed as stefani and dancing w/ the harujuku girls
― the name's ban. suggest ban (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I... would not
― Wes HI DEREson (HI DERE), Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd pay $40 not
― da croupier, Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
I apologize for my attitude on this thread. I've been listening to top 40 radio regularly again for the first time since like 2003 and it's making me cynical
― cortez de esteban (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
so that hardbody brooks & dunn zing was like top 40 roid rage then?
― the name's ban. suggest ban (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Chuck is OTM regarding her quasi-electroclash schtick (which is kind of what I was getting at re: the overall American Apparel aesthetic here), especially considering her vague aspirations to some kind of performance art (which she talks up incessantly, but which I have yet to see manifest itself in the recorded output).
As for the synths, they sound to me like the pretty standard sounds used throughout trance music for years. Her main trick seems to be to layer a bunch of "supersaw" type chords, big buzzy monsters, and offset them with a slightly different lead -- not sure how to describe it, but kind of hollow, tubular and striated. It's not a bad trick. But I don't think there's anything crazy inventive about her synth work that you couldn't find done with more nuance in Depeche Mode or The Knife. (But I'm not gonna tell Mike what kind of synths he should like; that's just my read on their precedents.)
― pshrbrn, Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link
especially considering her vague aspirations to some kind of performance art (which she talks up incessantly, but which I have yet to see manifest itself in the recorded output)
reminds me of someone else...FISCHERSPOONER. Empire Of The Sun making similar worrying noises recently too.
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:57 (fifteen years ago) link
ah yes, but fischerspooner have the deitch imprimatur, therefor they are FOR RILLZ!
― pshrbrn, Thursday, 19 March 2009 17:00 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought it was kinda funny when Fischerspooner did it, and I'm sure someone's gonna google a quote that proves me wrong in five seconds, but they always came across in interviews as thinking the whole thing was pretty ridiculous and funny too.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 19 March 2009 17:49 (fifteen years ago) link
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Love Angel Music Baby is a dope album tho
― reverend bout to change my name to rev peso (The Reverend), Friday, 20 March 2009 10:03 (fifteen years ago) link
This is true.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 20 March 2009 10:23 (fifteen years ago) link
the way she enunciates the d in "he can't read my poker face" is nice
― Surmounter, Sunday, 22 March 2009 00:06 (fifteen years ago) link
also i'm unsure why the "puh-puh-puh poker" bit confuses ppl so much, i thought there was plenty stuttering happening in music these days
― Surmounter, Sunday, 22 March 2009 00:09 (fifteen years ago) link
this song is like taking over my life right now
― Surmounter, Sunday, 22 March 2009 00:12 (fifteen years ago) link
"confuses" isn't really the right word for the reaction that part gets from people.
― liveblogging 'before i self-destruct' from the moon (some dude), Sunday, 22 March 2009 05:01 (fifteen years ago) link
what is it?
― Surmounter, Sunday, 22 March 2009 05:02 (fifteen years ago) link
"revulsion"
― Hoos Passansteeno (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 22 March 2009 05:03 (fifteen years ago) link
:(
― Surmounter, Sunday, 22 March 2009 05:03 (fifteen years ago) link
it revulsions people
― abe being busy (k3vin k.), Sunday, 22 March 2009 05:33 (fifteen years ago) link
lazy sry
― abe being busy (k3vin k.), Sunday, 22 March 2009 05:34 (fifteen years ago) link
funny kinda
― Surmounter, Sunday, 22 March 2009 05:41 (fifteen years ago) link
― Surmounter, Sunday, 22 March 2009 05:46 (fifteen years ago) link
i gotta say, her performance on idol tonight was kinda awesome
http://t.love.com/200255707
dunno why "poker face" has to have that awful "puh-puh-puh-puh-puh-puh poker face" part in it but oh well
btw i never thought i would like someone if they became MORE like nellie mckay but whaddya know
― strøm thurmond (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 2 April 2009 06:09 (fifteen years ago) link
lol that is the best part
― P is for Pussy (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 2 April 2009 06:27 (fifteen years ago) link
judging various parts of "Poker Face" seems like a fools game to me considering they all suck
― prins tuomas (The Reverend), Thursday, 2 April 2009 07:07 (fifteen years ago) link
"Poker Face" has pretty much the same problem as the Veronicas' "Untouched" -- big awkward gulf between the melodic chorus and the inane talky verses with cheesy vocal filters. "Untouched" kind of survives that problem because the hook is great, "Poker Face" not so much.
― The-Steen (some dude), Thursday, 2 April 2009 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link
"Untouched" also survives because of the frantic energy in the inane talky verses.
― ur an ugly hamster-abusing "girl" or whatever u are, gtfo (HI DERE), Thursday, 2 April 2009 14:01 (fifteen years ago) link
She's got the #1 single again.
― The Screaming Lobster of Challops (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:50 (fifteen years ago) link
well what can you en expect in a world that embraces Flo Rida
― ur an ugly hamster-abusing "girl" or whatever u are, gtfo (HI DERE), Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I'll take no-personality-ass Flo Rida over smug, hatable Lady Gaga any day of the week, thank you.
― prins tuomas (The Reverend), Thursday, 2 April 2009 18:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Reverend hitting it hard time and time again on this thread. Good sir you are a service to us all.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 3 April 2009 01:41 (fifteen years ago) link
He is, and these other remarks -
reminds me of someone else...FISCHERSPOONER
- really, really OTM. It made my eyeballs bleed a bit.
― The Screaming Lobster of Challops (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 April 2009 01:45 (fifteen years ago) link
ooh Poker face is no.1?!! see, i'm not THAT late on this one
― Surmounter, Friday, 3 April 2009 02:36 (fifteen years ago) link
― prins tuomas (The Reverend), Thursday, April 2, 2009 3:07 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
LOL
― WHO DEY and the blowfish (roxymuzak), Friday, 3 April 2009 20:37 (fifteen years ago) link
waht
http://i44.tinypic.com/2z4fx9s.jpg
― StanM, Saturday, 4 April 2009 11:53 (fifteen years ago) link
(after you get over the pantyhose shock: I hope those guys are dancing)
― StanM, Saturday, 4 April 2009 11:54 (fifteen years ago) link
jesus christ
― sugjust blaze (The Reverend), Sunday, 5 April 2009 00:29 (fifteen years ago) link
no words
― prostitutes all over the place (k3vin k.), Sunday, 5 April 2009 00:31 (fifteen years ago) link
her existence is a joke, right?
then the joke is on me
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Sunday, 5 April 2009 00:38 (fifteen years ago) link
we're all soaking in the joke
― WHO DEY and the blowfish (roxymuzak), Sunday, 5 April 2009 00:42 (fifteen years ago) link
ewww
― sugjust blaze (The Reverend), Sunday, 5 April 2009 00:47 (fifteen years ago) link
There's some flesh-colored panties on under there right?
But re: Poker face, the melodic chorus really is so much better than the rap-lite verses and especially the pu-pu-pokerface breakdown which is just awful. Same deal, to a lesser extent with Just Dance, the verses are actually cool but her "hip hypnotic gin-n-tonic chronic" bridge thing kinda derails the song, and the version with Kardinal Offishull or whatever retarded way he spells his name is even worse. How did this schmuck become the go-to Canadian dancehall guest MC for pop songs? That Dangerous song was banging but would have been so much better with a better rapper on it.
― DJ Mr. Face Stabba, M.D. (Whitey on the Moon), Sunday, 5 April 2009 04:47 (fifteen years ago) link
"i'm bluffin' with my muffin" ?!?!?!?
― WHO DEY and the blowfish (roxymuzak), Sunday, 5 April 2009 04:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Fuck you, Kardinal Offishal is great. He's just a bit past his prime.
― sugjust blaze (The Reverend), Sunday, 5 April 2009 04:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Actually, the problem with him currently is more that he's stuck making all these bad pop moves than that he's lost anything, but seriously, he's behind a lot of banging shit.
― sugjust blaze (The Reverend), Sunday, 5 April 2009 05:00 (fifteen years ago) link