man I'm not typically about Chromeo ever but their "Jealous" is great. lots of hooks in good stupid fun
― soyrev, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 04:31 (nine years ago) link
never heard the chromeo song but will rep for the dimples tee song using that rhyme
― dyl, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 06:01 (nine years ago) link
i just listen to the tinashe remix, which doesn't lessen either narrator being kinda dickish but does lessen the creepiness
it goes hand in hand with beyoncé's "jealous" to me, both songs in which the narrator tries to grapple with their own irrational jealousy and come out with different results that illustrate how jealousy as a legitimate emotion is gendered and framed within heterosexual relationships at this moment in time
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 11:19 (nine years ago) link
tbh it's really easy for me to tune out the lyrics, especially since his way of singing them is so tasty and full of little hooks.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 16:21 (nine years ago) link
I don't think this song is creepy.
― example (crüt), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 19:39 (nine years ago) link
the hooks def keep me listening when it's on the radio but it's starting to blur with "love me harder" in my mind
― da croupier, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 19:43 (nine years ago) link
don't get why, on a board comprised of people who generally are aware of the complicated history of popular music, pearls are clutched regarding a conceit finding the singer struggling —expressed explicitly within the song's text— that he knows that his behavior is questionable, he can't help it and is trying to address it. I feel this way several times a week. Don't you?
the list of songs (or indeed anything creative) that are great and contain sentiments that are in the long run not healthy, asshole-ish and should be discouraged re: interpersonal relations and in the public sphere stretches into infinity. Or rather: I like songs that reference bad behavior.
I really really liked it when I heard it but Tinashe's contribution makes it my favorite of 2014 alongside Ariana/Weeknd "Love me Harder," which also struggles with conflicting feelings, wanting to fuck someone, etc…
― veronica moser, Saturday, 17 January 2015 18:23 (nine years ago) link
otm post & this song is super classic
― deej loaf (D-40), Friday, 6 March 2015 02:20 (nine years ago) link
His OK falsetto keeps it from classic status and I prefer "Love Me Harder" but the song is dope.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 March 2015 02:24 (nine years ago) link
Didn't know where else to put this, but he sings the hook on this Sage the Gemini song and overall it's pretty great. It was hard to find. Guessing it leaked and they pulled it to polish it up because it sounds a little unfinished in parts.
https://soundcloud.com/unfluent-culture/sage-the-gemini-good-thing-featuring-nick-jonas
― Greer, Thursday, 16 April 2015 14:57 (nine years ago) link
New single
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X-V34Ly_Z4
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 21 August 2015 07:53 (eight years ago) link
Every time it hits the prechorus, I get "You Oughta Know" stuck in my head
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 21 August 2015 10:59 (eight years ago) link
hmmmmmmmmmmmm
― dyl, Friday, 21 August 2015 15:11 (eight years ago) link
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, August 21, 2015 6:59 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
yes this was my first thought too
― J0rdan S., Friday, 21 August 2015 15:37 (eight years ago) link
There's something really charming and idiosyncratic about his music, but I'm not sure it's going to translate into the commercial success he's aiming for. If he wants to keep writing weirdo pop odes to his wife that's fine by me though, I like them a lot.
― Leonard Pine, Friday, 21 August 2015 15:53 (eight years ago) link
gotta have Meek Mill on the remix
― some dude, Friday, 21 August 2015 16:00 (eight years ago) link
would be better as an avicii sample
― for sale: baby shoes, never worn your ass (katherine), Friday, 21 August 2015 16:06 (eight years ago) link
i love this song :/
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 9 October 2015 15:10 (eight years ago) link
which one, "levels"?
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 9 October 2015 15:29 (eight years ago) link
it's really catchy but has enough bad ideas in it that i feel kind of dumb when it gets stuck in my head
― some dude, Friday, 9 October 2015 15:33 (eight years ago) link
it kinda didn't really take off huh
― J0rdan S., Friday, 9 October 2015 15:51 (eight years ago) link
his top 40 run may have just been an amuse-bouche for the weeknd's
― da croupier, Friday, 9 October 2015 16:56 (eight years ago) link
actually, double-checked and "levels" is still rising up the charts - moved up from #56 to #46 this week. can't count it out yet.
― da croupier, Friday, 9 October 2015 17:00 (eight years ago) link
yeah it's getting a lot of pop radio adds right now, i don't think it'll be as big as "Jealous" or anything but i think it'll do alright and keep things moving for him
― some dude, Friday, 9 October 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
yeah it's not a flop or anything but it's been a slow mover
when i first heard it i thought it might have put him on a sort of second album ariana grande track but i guess not
i was wondering recently what's up w/ him cuz "jealous" was huge & he has fame credentials but he still was stuck doing the vmas preshow as tori kelly did the mainstage and his first ever tv performance of "levels" was on seth meyers and not the tonight show
― J0rdan S., Friday, 9 October 2015 17:25 (eight years ago) link
hard out there for a pat boone at #8 when little richard's at #1
― da croupier, Friday, 9 October 2015 17:26 (eight years ago) link
dude's got some hooks but does anyone actually buy his "now i'm dark & sexy" shtick for a second?
― da croupier, Friday, 9 October 2015 17:28 (eight years ago) link
i don't but i don't think he even really inhabits it enough for ppl to see the failure
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 9 October 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link
yeah he's pulling off tindr&b well enough to have some hits, but he can't even compete with Sideshow Schlub in the charisma dept. somewhere deep down he just wants to make lite funk with the new power generation again.
― da croupier, Friday, 9 October 2015 17:34 (eight years ago) link
This is very Drake, take that how you will:
http://uk.complex.com/music/2015/10/nick-jonas-new-video-premiere-area-code
― Greer, Friday, 9 October 2015 19:34 (eight years ago) link
omg those moves are shameless
― da croupier, Friday, 9 October 2015 19:42 (eight years ago) link
meekly raises hand
i'm going to pretend like that new song doesn't exist though
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 10 October 2015 01:17 (eight years ago) link
i.e area code
We thought "Levels" was overall lame. I tend to think there are few things worse in pop than failed lightness, i.e. a guy who wants to be Bobby Brown but sounds like Glenn Medeiros.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 10 October 2015 01:28 (eight years ago) link
based on the way things are gaining it does look like "levels" will be a hit
kinda surprised tho b/c it sounds so... weak
― dyl, Saturday, 10 October 2015 05:59 (eight years ago) link
going to disagree with you there
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 10 October 2015 10:41 (eight years ago) link
the announcement video for the single's upcoming premiere was better than the single
― dyl, Saturday, 10 October 2015 15:32 (eight years ago) link
RIP Nick Jonas' shred career
http://www.metalinjection.net/av/nick-jonas-attempts-guitar-solo-fails-miserably
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 6 April 2016 02:52 (eight years ago) link
lol at how 'area code' just dropped off the end of the earth
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 27 May 2016 15:09 (seven years ago) link
and lol ^ at the above. he really is such a plank of wood.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 27 May 2016 15:18 (seven years ago) link
he'll run for office one day; calling it now.
― dc, Friday, 27 May 2016 15:24 (seven years ago) link
i don't think "Area Code" was ever worked to radio or anything, it came out while they were still pushing "Levels" (which got a big push and stiffed for real)
― some dude, Friday, 27 May 2016 16:29 (seven years ago) link
Well it had a video!
Levels is so good
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 27 May 2016 17:43 (seven years ago) link
Pro tip: It is too high to sing at karaoke if you are a baritone
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 27 May 2016 17:44 (seven years ago) link