The backing vocals on the chorus sound so much like Niki & The Dove.
― kitchen person, Friday, 3 March 2017 04:24 (seven years ago) link
the last minute is the best part
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Friday, 3 March 2017 04:43 (seven years ago) link
Pretty good song. Dull lyrics but the delivery's convincing. Suspenseful verses building up to a big, booming chorus, the sound of something exciting happening RIGHT NOW.
Kate Bush comparisons seem criminal.
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Friday, 3 March 2017 05:41 (seven years ago) link
predictable but decent I guess
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 3 March 2017 07:57 (seven years ago) link
'She thinks she loves the beach you're such a damn liar' ✓
I like this a lot, and think it's full of energy. She uses three or four different sounding vocals in this and I think it really works. Booming chorus.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 3 March 2017 10:13 (seven years ago) link
'She thinks you* love the beach etc'
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 3 March 2017 10:14 (seven years ago) link
I want to like this but it just makes me want to listen to Miike Snow instead. Silvia specifically.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 3 March 2017 11:35 (seven years ago) link
OTM, the detuned synth lead steals the whole song
― El Tomboto, Friday, 3 March 2017 11:37 (seven years ago) link
terrible single on first listen, no coherence between verse and bridge
her voice is not great on this, sounds like she's stretching for those low notes, no idea why they wouldn't just have transposed it, I'm certain she'll be far off key live (not bcz she's not a good singer but bcz the song is out of her register)
― niels, Friday, 3 March 2017 12:23 (seven years ago) link
I like this.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 March 2017 12:31 (seven years ago) link
literally can't believe you're all handing out these props to that My First Chord Sequence chorus
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Friday, 3 March 2017 12:39 (seven years ago) link
are we really only demanding this of our pop
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Friday, 3 March 2017 12:40 (seven years ago) link
(the synth line at the end is decent I guess)
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Friday, 3 March 2017 12:54 (seven years ago) link
shut up
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Friday, 3 March 2017 14:37 (seven years ago) link
I love it when LJ starts talking about chord sequences and composition like he knows what he's talking about.
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 March 2017 14:40 (seven years ago) link
This does feel like it was written for the opening ceremony of a major sporting tournament in a city with no clear identity though.
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 March 2017 14:41 (seven years ago) link
yeah, it doesn't seem very... lordey to me
feels like a belting singer would have served the material better
― niels, Friday, 3 March 2017 14:45 (seven years ago) link
i don't dislike this but it sounds pretty generic for someone considered an Event Artist (the reasons for which are beyond me)
― lex pretend, Friday, 3 March 2017 14:46 (seven years ago) link
― niels, Friday, March 3, 2017 9:45 AM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
my guy
― call all destroyer, Friday, 3 March 2017 15:13 (seven years ago) link
1st person relationship songs
aka 95% of pop music in 2017
― Wimmels, Friday, 3 March 2017 15:38 (seven years ago) link
Or indeed, most pop music ever.
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 March 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
we need more of this https://youtu.be/8NO8h_uTkdU
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Friday, 3 March 2017 15:43 (seven years ago) link
the chorus is the weak part to me but the childish backing vox still end up stuck in my head so *shrug*
i agree that it sounds like it would be better for someone else's voice
― dyl, Friday, 3 March 2017 18:14 (seven years ago) link
I wonder what this would sound like if Selena Gomez sang it
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, 3 March 2017 18:15 (seven years ago) link
better I think, Gomez has that plasticky generic voice that's perfect for basic pop whereas Lorde sounds like she's trying to impart profundity to everything she sings, which imo her material doesn't justify
Gomez's robotic intonation of luv-u-like-a-luv-song-bébé >>>>>>> any moment on this
― lex pretend, Friday, 3 March 2017 18:42 (seven years ago) link
One thing I think Lorde is very good at selling (both here and in the other songs of hers that I like) is youthful melodrama; the no-stakes parameters of the lyrics are being delivered as if she firmly believes they are the most important things ever uttered, which is about as perfect an encapsulation of teenage emotion as I can imagine. Obv whether that type of thing appeals to you or not is another matter entirely.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, 3 March 2017 18:46 (seven years ago) link
Distant xpost, but first thing I thought was Kate Bush "Big Sky." Second was Sia's "Cheap Thrills."Anyway. Good first single.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 3 March 2017 18:56 (seven years ago) link
I'll be hearing this 'ever I go, especially the lightup floor and the bedaroom
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
will never not be weird to me to witness grown-ass people losing their shit over the "perfect encapsulation of teenage emotion" but w/e
― Wimmels, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
DJP otm
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 March 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
― Wimmels, Friday, March 3, 2017
you're right, we shouldn't read or listen to product by people under 21.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, March 3, 2017 6:46 PM (fifteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hmm I've never really got this from her; earnestness I guess, drama no
― lex pretend, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:03 (seven years ago) link
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, March 3, 2017 2:00 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you're right because "teenage emotion" is all people under 21 across genres ever write about
― Wimmels, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:04 (seven years ago) link
I'm not sure what distinguishes teenage emotion from adult emotion except that adults are sillier about it.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 March 2017 19:07 (seven years ago) link
what is meant by "teenage emotion" was defined in the post, and feeling that for 4 minutes while an adult seems obviously attractive
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:10 (seven years ago) link
The post was also talking about how a now 20yo's songs come across, not their subject matter, so I don't really think the attempted "teenage emotion is all young ppl write about" dig actually makes any sense.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, 3 March 2017 19:30 (seven years ago) link
I experience teenage emotion whenever I get a new pimple.
― Evan, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:35 (seven years ago) link
I also railed against crushingly boilerplate melodies as a teenager
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Friday, 3 March 2017 19:38 (seven years ago) link
a boilerplate, crushing that teen
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 March 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
you should enjoy it when boilerplate melodies are given new life.
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link
we are running out of melodies
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:52 (seven years ago) link
suits the songs narrative well tbh
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 3 March 2017 19:56 (seven years ago) link
Sorry I'm not getting this song... for me the appeal of her first album was how stripped down and homemade it sounded. This one sounds... I don't know... more commercial? Which is ironic because I doubt this one will make it anywhere as big as Royals. It sounds more generic, more like something you hear on the radio everydau. Way too snappy for how I wanted her to sound. Maybe the full album changes my mind but so far I'm not liking this at all.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Friday, 3 March 2017 21:16 (seven years ago) link
This is great imo
---I also railed against crushingly boilerplate melodies as a teenager
Having the same opinions at 30 that you had in yr teens isn't a good thing
― albvivertine, Friday, 3 March 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
(There should be a "necessarily" in there but I was trying hard to not just say "Grow up", so)
― albvivertine, Friday, 3 March 2017 21:28 (seven years ago) link
i have heard this song twice and really couldn't be more satisfied. can't wait for this album.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 4 March 2017 06:20 (seven years ago) link
Lorde sounds like she's trying to impart profundity to everything she sings, which imo her material doesn't justify
otm
― niels, Saturday, 4 March 2017 07:14 (seven years ago) link
Imago I don't like this song very much and agree it's pretty generic (except the vocals that people are hating on, which are the thing that gives it a bit of personality). But I'm going to guess that you have virtually no formal music training and minimal understanding of music theory because it's pretty insulting that you keep defaulting to phrases like "boilerplate melodies" and "my first chord progression", the way you keep reaching for this sort of pseudo-objectivity to justify yr moral high ground whenever your "actually I really love pop music and all its untapped potential" mask slips. You like lots of artists with boilerplate melodies and the rest of the stuff you rep for, even the good stuff, isn't exactly Mozart.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 4 March 2017 11:14 (seven years ago) link
ok well, to be more precise in my criticisms, the pre-chorus melody being the same as the chorus melody, and this melody taking up more than half the song, is deeply cloying to me in a way that perhaps my lack of formal music training can't fully articulate, especially as it's such a simple and obvious melody that we've all heard a zillion times before
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Saturday, 4 March 2017 11:17 (seven years ago) link
someone like carly rae jepsen or rihanna usually avoids being cloying in this manner despite also being Pop as anything. i wish i had the musicological chops to explain why
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Saturday, 4 March 2017 11:20 (seven years ago) link
Pandemic pop has really sucked.
― piscesx, Friday, 20 August 2021 23:06 (two years ago) link
my daughter reckons it's a fake-out and she's going to drop something deep and dark soon
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 20 August 2021 23:18 (two years ago) link
glad the kids are keeping the secret second album conspiracies going
― ufo, Friday, 20 August 2021 23:23 (two years ago) link
Even if it’s ironic, going after instagramming goopers seems lazy. The world is a target-rich environment for satire and disdain, many of whom are way worse than hot girls.
Yeah, she's satirizing something that really doesn't need satirizing, and doing it in a way that feels both heavy-handed and inadequate (she says it's an indictment of white people co-opting indigenous traditions, but the song barely touches on that.) I feel like this is Lorde's "57 Channels and Nothin' On." Like, oh no, I'm a rich person living in a bubble and I can't think of anything to write about, so here, let me "satirize" a bunch of tired pop culture shit that everyone already knows is dumb.
Also I keep getting stuck on the fact that mood rings are children's toys; is there some expensive Goop version of a mood ring that I don't know about?
― Lily Dale, Friday, 20 August 2021 23:49 (two years ago) link
What's confusing is that "Mood Ring" was clearly satirical, but the earlier two songs (which had the same sound/vibe/theme) didn't seem to be? Idk - I haven't listened to the rest of the album and probably won't.
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Friday, 20 August 2021 23:54 (two years ago) link
there was an element of it to "solar power", just not as directly
― ufo, Friday, 20 August 2021 23:58 (two years ago) link
oh no, I'm a rich person living in a bubble and I can't think of anything to write about
This is half of pop music now.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 21 August 2021 02:26 (two years ago) link
that's not really anything new either
― ufo, Saturday, 21 August 2021 03:10 (two years ago) link
there was an element of it to "solar power", just not as directly― ufo, Friday, 20 August 2021 23:58 (yesterday) link
― ufo, Friday, 20 August 2021 23:58 (yesterday) link
idk she intro’d it with… ‘There’s someone I want you to meet. Her feet are bare at all times. She’s sexy, playful, feral, and free. She’s a modern girl in a deadstock bikini, in touch with her past and her future, vibrating at the highest level when summer comes around. Her skin is glowing, her lovers are many. I’m completely obsessed with her, and soon you will be too. ‘
― just sayin, Saturday, 21 August 2021 07:08 (two years ago) link
yeah that just goes to show how muddled it is lol
the stuff that read to me that way in "solar power" was "i'm kinda like a prettier jesus" and the whole video
― ufo, Saturday, 21 August 2021 07:15 (two years ago) link
I thought the “prettier Jesus” thing was her paying tribute to a fan meme
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Saturday, 21 August 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
just made my own Solar Power sequence:
Leader of a New RegimeThe PathSolar PowerSecrets from a Girl (Who's Seen It All)CaliforniaMood RingFallen FruitDominoesBig StarStoned at the Nail SalonThe Man With The AxeOceanic Feeling
― winters (josh), Saturday, 28 August 2021 04:12 (two years ago) link
actually, I'd probably make "Stoned" a hidden track at the end of "Oceanic Feeling"
― winters (josh), Saturday, 28 August 2021 04:22 (two years ago) link
New EP in... maori !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 9 September 2021 13:17 (two years ago) link
Indeed, and this article about it is a must read
https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/09-09-2021/lorde-interview-maori-lyrics-solar-power/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 September 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
and this one - https://www.thebigidea.nz/stories/tokenism-in-full-force-my-take-on-lordes-album
― just sayin, Saturday, 11 September 2021 03:11 (two years ago) link
Lorde just told the crowd at the Anthem that she swam??? In the Potomac??? To get a feel for D.C???? The crowd is in SHAMBLES— natalie escobar 🎷🐛 (@_NatalieEscobar) August 30, 2022
Possibly one of the wildest things I’ve heard of being said on a stage here.
― Chris L, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 13:58 (one year ago) link
LOL I love her pic.twitter.com/TtmpuQ2DaS— Jimmy (@jimmyeppley) August 30, 2022
― peace, man, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 14:16 (one year ago) link
Maybe next time she wants to appreciate the local waterways, someone could take her around the Anacostia Community Boathouse.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 14:19 (one year ago) link
lol
In between songs, the singer reminisced about the themes of each of her three albums, noting that Pure Heroine “was about not being a teenager,” Melodrama “was about a boy,” and Solar Power is “about the climate.”
― just sayin, Saturday, 17 September 2022 21:44 (one year ago) link