CHROMEO

Chromeo making the guest rounds, VP announcement soon

http://img32.picoodle.com/data/img32/3/8/22/f_vpm_1767ab1.jpg

hahahaha

http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Chromeo/track/I_Cant_Tell_You_Why_

oh yeah

apparently chromeo & darryl hall are gonna play together at bonnaroo

lol @ me upthread

The Chromeo DJ Kicks looks fantastic. Can anyone report back?

you gotta have some tiny balls to not like Chromeo

Looks down....
Fair enough.

Chromeo just kicked off their tour for the new album, so much fun.

lol at me calling jaymc a dumbass

of all the acts to surface around the period these guys came onto the scene, I never would've guessed they would be the ones to still be standing. their persistance is pretty inspiring.

Personally I don't think they've made any progress since Fancy Footwork(2007) and I am wondering why I bothered after She's in Control (2004). Everything else is regression.

weird thing to say about a retro act

fancy footwork was way way better than shes in control

We need retro because some people didn't pay attention to cool electro records the first time around. I listened to Fancy Footwork about eighty two times and thought it was a big fat DUD. The magic just isn't there. I think I gave them a chance. They're kind of asking for it, nothing can top classics like "You're so Gangsta" or even "Woman Friend".

'youre so gangsta' is not a classic

If you don't love electro it isn't.

Anyway....I'm willing to give Business Casual a chance....when it comes out.

If you don't love electro it isn't.

― Shut Up. Kenny G. Etc. (u s steel), Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:14 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

thats like every song of theirs. 'youre so gangsta' is a corny conceit & pretty repetitive & just not that good. the first record was super spotty in the songwriting dept. & that track was no exception ... the singing on the verses is really bad & annoying, and the beat is super basic & lame. i dunno just listening to it again, very thin & kinda actively abrasive

like, ive been listening to 80s electro for years dude ... this is just a really thin pastiche & so is most of that first record. they def stepped up the songwriting a whole bunch on the second one, the production is a lot tighter, its just a much much better & more consistent record

i mean those fucking awful guitars on 'destination: overdrive' ... seriously?? u think this record is all that?

needy girl is still teh best tho

yah that one really works

bout the only track i think

needy girl & fancy footwork are 10/10 imo... could give or take pretty much everything else

i like some of the newer stuff

that one that max posted upthread is nice

apparently chromeo & darryl hall are gonna play together at bonnaroo

i saw this, it was a good time. was much more the darryl hall show than a chromeo show, but they were fun. i went to that instead of DARK FLAMING LIPS OF THE MOON, i think it was a much better choice.

needy girl & fancy footwork are 10/10 imo... could give or take pretty much everything else

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:10 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

no no no the 2nd album has a bunch of jams ... 'bonafied lovin' 'tenderoni' 'call me up' '100%' ... it was like they stopped seeing 80s as a random throw-against-the-wall pastiche & kinda realized that hey this stuff was already funny ... it seems like they really care abt the music on the 2nd record & it wasnt just one big remember-the-80s joke

100% is super ill

There are a ton of solid songs on Fancy Footwork--basically the entire thing is mixtape/party worthy. Even Momma's Boy turns into something of a jam. I would be surprised if the new record is even close to as good as FF but it doesn't need to be.

oh yeah, "bonafied lovin" is actually really good

no no no, you have to like what I like, dammit!

\oO/ dude im right what can i say

oh man i love "100%". and i pretty much agree w/deej about fancy footwork. solid album

I gave it another shot but I have to say "Bona fide Lovin" goes down easy enough but is kind of poo.

the eli escobar remix of bonafied lovin is much better than the og, but i could never find a decent download and it only ever seemed to come out on fabriclive38

so chromeo eh

seeing them in tripod in dublin this november - on a thursday, not cool

\oO/ dude im right what can i say

― blap...tremendo (deej), Wednesday, July 28, 2010 2:14 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark

two heads?

That second album is growing on me, good r & b and seventies sounds in it...it's just a tad lightweight..maybe I should take a vacation until Business Casual comes out.

two heads?

― kim cardassian (s1ocki), Wednesday, July 28, 2010 8:12 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

better than 1

'lightweight' is p much the problem w/ most of the 1st one ... its like they have these vague ideas of what '80s R&B' is like & occasionally a good idea (like the melody for the hook of 'your so gangsta') that they meld w/ these cliches in order to paper over a lack of well anything else ... anyway ive made my pt i think

love the actual verses in You're So Gangsta, should have kept 'em on the album

looks like i'm going to see these guys saturday night will report back

theyre super fun iirc

expect a really young crowd tho

oh i've seen them many times - hometown crowd yo

oh right

theyre super fun

ya

originally, when they started, i remember they were kind of bad live, and then all of the sudden they came back and were like, super awesome.

true. story.