Kanye West (and Daft Punk too) "Stronger"

The one thing that bugs me is the Klondike/blonde dyke line...you can just see Kanye coming up with the Klondike line, and searching in vain for something that rhymes with it.

"uh, troglodyte...third reich...tandem bike...okay, blonde dyke, I'll fit that one in somehow."

He is completely forgiven though because the Apollonia line is sheer brilliance.

So tragic. Listening to College Dropout now is tear-inducing nostalgia.

That comes out on Tuesday, right?

I really like the last 30 seconds. I wish the rest was that good.

^^^^

That comes out on Tuesday, right?

-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, August 4, 2007 11:47 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

unless you're talking about the single, but even that doesn't come out 'til the 21st

I was making an oblique joke about how these days we seem to go from hype to leak to backlash/disillusionment to nostalgia really quickly these days.

i really cant wait until this thread is unearthed 30 years from now when everyone realizes how good this is and you all apologize to me for being so rong

xpost I thought maybe it was an oblique joke about how all albums come out on tuesdays

I was making an oblique FAILED joke about how these days we seem to go from hype to leak to backlash/disillusionment to nostalgia really quickly these days.

-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 5 August 2007 07:03

"stronger" vs. "ayo technology" for hip-hop single of the year.

I didn't hate it, but something just sounded wrong about it to me...too slow, or something.

That's funny, because the dance station I listen to plays a sped up version of it that I think is terrible.

I get the feeling that Kanye knows this isn't his strongest stuff. What musically says above is one indication. That this is all over the place thematically is another. I have no idea what this song's point is.

The worst part for me, though, is the line, "So go ahead go nuts go ape shit." Bravado is nothing new, but this a step too far - this makes the listener self-conscious. I'll go ape shit when I damn well feel like it, thanks.

LOL @ this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/80-disco-punk-electro-KANYE-WEST-STRONGER-sunglasses_W0QQitemZ270149937933QQihZ017QQcategoryZ48559QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

On July 3, 2007, West told Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 that although he believes "Stronger" is "a great song", it does not compare to the Daft Punk original.[2]

On July 3, 2007, West told Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 that although he believes "Stronger" is "a great song", it does not compare to the Daft Punk original.[2]

-- The Reverend, Sunday, 5 August 2007 23:28 (19 minutes ago)

Welcome to the party, Kanye, better late than never! in other breaking news, the Allies win World War II. /sarcasm

the track "Champion" from Graduation will sample Steely Dan's "Kid Charlemagne"...

http://www.zshare.net/audio/3191235282d37d/

Wow, that "Daft Hands" video is really great!

it just hit me today that this song sucks in the exact same way as "Come With Me"

^^^^^

haha I may be the only person on earth, but I actually like "Come With Me". I'm completely predisposed to that type of megalomaniacal event song.

Hahah, I also like "Come With Me" and now suspect my gradual begrudging appreciation of "Stronger" is undergirded by that same force. Apparently it's just a cycle: every ten years, hip hop's reigning producer/performer guy must sample a beloved track (with pretenses of collaborating with the original artist on an actual new recording) and inflate it to ludicrous proportions of melodrama with no actual narrative. The fans of the original track must cry out in rage but the public makes its choice.

(Actually, how successful was "Come With Me"? Surely "Stronger" was a bigger hit by an order of magnitude...)

Big difference, I can't really imagine dancing to "Come With Me" or hearing it in any context other than alt-rock radio.

I like that one line where he's like "Try and trap me - bad rap." I knew a guy in high school that was like "See?! He knows the song sucks, he even admits it! (mimes Puffy shaking his head in shame) "Bad rap."

Another great line: "I cosigned it!"