Grimes/Claire Boucher thread

no i wouldn't!

yeah i'd dig this if idk epica or nightwish or therion or within temptation came out with it. it wouldn't be anything like their other stuff tho imo.

don't worry ums, I realize this is a Grimes song through and through and I still want to clown the shit out of this

Nah we just wouldn't be talking about it.

It's good but (like others have said) brings back bad memories of post-NIN industrial radio rock (Gravity Kills, Filter, Stabbing Westward).

― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, November 29, 2018 11:23 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

So does this count as Grimes's "getting back to our roots" record?

no i wouldn't!

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, November 29, 2018 1:45 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i do believe brad

do you believe me though

Brad/Murgatroid 2020 - A Team You Can Trust

:)

this is bad. i will never be ready for 1998 to come back.

my god if this was some goth metal band you all would be clowning the shit out of this

― The Poppy Bush AutoZone (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, November 29, 2018 2:35 PM (twenty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'd actually probably like it more because then I wouldn't have to think about elon musk

inspired by the north korean band, moranbong, and also by my boyfriend, bong moron

lol

Good takedown

my first thought when i heard it was 'oh this is her doing a NIN song, cool i love NIN'

listened to this whole busting unions last night, great soundtrack!

This sounds like the kind of music I would rebel against in high school.

a day later this still unfortunately rules, minus the lyrics, minus the tepid acoustic-radio-pop interludes ("Play Destroy" had this issue as well) plus the moment I started hearing "there's a place in France"

"Unfortunately, this rules" is my pop music sentiment

*favourite pop music sentiment, that is

Still not used to the fact that when you look it up on YT, the subsequent result is fantano's 7 minute review, posted 19h ago.

{SCREAMS}

You're not clicking the "Not Interested" button enough.

Hard work, that.

I don't care who she's fucking and I don't trust anyone who does and this track rules.

to be fair I think it's less about "who she's fucking" and more about potential fascist over/undertones (although no more, really, than NIN)

Grimes: I have an idea for a song
Studio guy: go on
Grimes: cyber Eugenics...
Studio guy: yea yea spit it out
Grimes: cyber eugenics would be cool?
Studio guy: ok i have Guitar_chug1.wav loaded in just punch in the vocals

— 🔣🆖🔢🆖 (@dei_genetrix) November 30, 2018

:/

Are we really not doing irony anymore?

There's space in this world for quality shade, especially when coming from someone else who makes Canadian industrial pop

this song rules

it's a pretty shitty joke given how vocal she has been about producing all her own stuff

Are we really not doing irony anymore?

Evidently not.

potential fascist over/undertones

oh come on, I thought it was funny. I don't even hate the song!

I don't know what's so objectionable about that comment given that I have seen multiple people make variations on it upthread that have gone unremarked upon

I don’t think the “fascist overtones” are that problematic. It’s a sci fi fantasy.

oh don't worry it's not any more ridiculous than many of the comments in this thread

like, my computer might actually die if I load this entire thread (and grimes won't want that!) but within the buffer there's

fascist art with a hook.

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, November 29, 2018 1:24 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

my post was really to point to other objections that have been raised and I really don't understand why I'm the one taking shit for it

and obviously it's playing with her i-produce-everything claims in a spiteful way that's (part of) the joke ugh

I'm just trying to get you all to listen to Black Dresses - badly, it seems

I also disagree with caek

and obviously it's playing with her i-produce-everything claims in a spiteful way that's (part of) the joke ugh

so obvious it took until now for you to come up with that rationalisation

just fuck off

I wasn't specifically targeting anyone with my question fwiw.

*takes his ball and goes home*

Let’s all be cool and not ruin this thread’s reputation for chill times

lol — this thread is just bonkers.

fascists don't just come out and say "we appreciate power." it's fascist like starship troopers is fascist. in fact the whole formulation is pretty hilarious we "appreciate" power - who talks like that? ppl hunger for power, fight for it, but they rarely appreciate it. in this case it's bc it's an acquiescence, an attempt to get along with those who want power. don't mind me i also appreciate power. or if it is sincere it is stating the lust for power in a superficial casual way. "appreciation" is not a fascist word. it's making a mockery of the desire to accumulate power. either way the song has a relationship to fascism but it's obviously not a fascist song. no fascist is going to listen to it and feel represented or moved.

i wouldnt say nin were ever lyrically techno-fascist or anything like that?

grimes is just a nerd who thinks roko's basilisk is a cool concept or whatever instead of a ridiculously silly thing just like her recent tweets about how cool it will be when everyone has chips in their brain to control their behaviour etc which is bad vibes even if shes just a nerd messing around with sci-fi tropes. i don't get the feeling shes sincerely i much prefer her in any other lyrical mode, even kill v maim which was supposed to be from the perspective of a time-travelling vampire mobster? idk

anyway i hope the album is on its way soon so theres something better to discuss in this thread