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Those of you who are sleeping on that Saul Williams cover really need to get to some clicking.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 8 January 2006 21:07 (twenty years ago)

Hang on, so Robyn's Show Me Love is actually different to Show Me Love by Robyn S? How very confusing.

(I have no memory of any of these either)

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 9 January 2006 10:06 (twenty years ago)

Yes, I remember when Matos talked about Herbert playing Robyn S's "Show Me Love" I had a momentary very weird mental image.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 9 January 2006 11:23 (twenty years ago)

xxpost
"List of Demands," that was really great. I enjoyed that, thanks. It would be low quality, I'm sure, but any chance of an mp3 rip? Though the video does make it x-times more fun to hear.

Robyn, who the hell knew? "Show Me Love," ehh...I still can't enjoy that song today. I'm sure I can blame incessant 90s radio rotation for my hatred, but it's not as dreadful of a single as I remember.

― mox twelve (Mox twleve), Monday, 9 January 2006 11:25 (twenty years ago)

yes, the s williams thing is v. good, I have listened to it a lot. does anyone have or can anyone make an MP3, please?

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 9 January 2006 12:06 (twenty years ago)

robyn covering 'list of demands'?? i can't download but i can't imagine anything worse.

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 9 January 2006 12:48 (twenty years ago)

you can't download and you can't imagine anything worse

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 9 January 2006 12:55 (twenty years ago)

so the only reason i YSId the robyn album was because i had to get it from my work pc to my home laptop somehow - just thought i'd share the link just in case anyone needed it.

so, i'm just hearing the album for the first time now, and...WOW. It's wonderful! Can I expect the Juliet album (which I just ordered) to be as good/interesting/danceable as this?

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 9 January 2006 13:19 (twenty years ago)

You don't need to download, Lex, just click.

The moment that casio beat comes in! Great stuff.
The other lady there, Jenny Wilson, had a pretty decent album out in 2005 too, including a great single, "Summertime - the roughest time", which is here (video)

― naranjito (Koens), Monday, 9 January 2006 13:50 (twenty years ago)

Charlie, the Juliet album contains less dreary acoustic balladry (none in fact iirc) and is largely produced by JLC i think...but despite this there is nothing on it better than 'Avalon' although a couple of other tracks are worth hearing (about the same ration as the Robyn album, but the good Robyn tracks are probably better).

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Monday, 9 January 2006 13:56 (twenty years ago)

cos of this thread i found a cheapo bin copy of the first album '.. is here'.. couldn't get through more than 3 tracks before i got bored.

the fact this thread refuses to die is imploring me to try harder .. but i just dont feel compelled to do so.

― mark e (mark e), Monday, 9 January 2006 13:58 (twenty years ago)

The Juliet album is about as good as the second Republica album.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Monday, 9 January 2006 13:59 (twenty years ago)

i wouldn't go that far.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Monday, 9 January 2006 13:59 (twenty years ago)

The second Republica album is great - "Try Everything", "Luxury Cage", "Kung Fu Movies" - classic. Actually, "Ride The Pain" has the same sort of propulsive thrust as the Republica album in question. I don't rate the Juliet album very highly, "Avalon" is terrific, the sonics are whooshing and exciting but for all of JLC's talk about what a talent and a star she is, I hear precious little evidence.

― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 9 January 2006 14:26 (twenty years ago)

Robin S doesn't have a 'y' in her name.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002IW7.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 9 January 2006 15:21 (twenty years ago)

And I like Robyn but Robin S' "Show Me Love" >>> All Robyn songs.

― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 9 January 2006 15:24 (twenty years ago)

by quite some distance, too.

the jlc remix of 'avalon' is ace but i am confused as to why juliet decided to be shirley manson of the 05 when she could have been glittery electrohouse diva. it sounds a bit like jlc's practice ideas for the madonna album.

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 9 January 2006 17:15 (twenty years ago)

that's spot-on actually.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Monday, 9 January 2006 17:19 (twenty years ago)

robyn has bad teeth

― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 9 January 2006 19:03 (twenty years ago)

I love her

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 9 January 2006 19:04 (twenty years ago)

I just listened to Robin S' "Show Me Love" yesterday and it isn't as good as it should be. It does drag a bit.

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Monday, 9 January 2006 22:53 (twenty years ago)

So get the single edit, sheesh!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 9 January 2006 22:57 (twenty years ago)

"List of Demands" reminds me that not enough pop stars are precious these days, it's a valuable asset.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 9 January 2006 23:13 (twenty years ago)

"So get the single edit, sheesh!"

It was the single edit! I don't know, it's not bad, but I remembered it being much better. I like Robyn's "Show Me Love" better.

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Monday, 9 January 2006 23:37 (twenty years ago)

Are you sure you got the single edit? The one with the pianos? Around 3:35 length? Doesn't drag at all.

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 01:13 (twenty years ago)

K-Klass's "Let Me Show You Love" is better than Robin S's "Show Me Love".

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 01:16 (twenty years ago)

just to make sure...

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 01:20 (twenty years ago)

can someone re-up "jack u off" ysi style. i'm flippin' about 4 and a half shits listening to the first 2/3 of "robyn" and dying to hear this track!

― regular roundups (Dave M), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 03:48 (twenty years ago)

Ha, I think that version of "Show Me Love" is inferior to the original mix.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 04:52 (twenty years ago)

"List of Demands" reminds me that not enough pop stars are precious these days, it's a valuable asset.

LOADS of pop stars are precious, dom. nellie mckay, fiona apple, rufus wainwright, the list is never-ending.

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 12:40 (twenty years ago)

Yr gonna have to explain to me the appeal of that one over the one I posted, MFG!

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 15:11 (twenty years ago)

It basically boils down to substituting the brilliantly slender psuedo-xylophone line for a more beefy (and generic) early 90's house/rave piano.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 17:43 (twenty years ago)

Jack U Off

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 17:47 (twenty years ago)

Yeah see I have no ear for subtlety. Now, let's discuss Ricardo Villalobos.

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 18:46 (twenty years ago)

hang on, which album is "jack u off" on? or is it the prince song?

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 18:46 (twenty years ago)

It's a cover of the Prince song and I believe it's the B-side of "Keep This Fire Burnin," which itself is as good as anything on the new album.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 20:00 (twenty years ago)

I hope you've all seen Lukas Moodysson's excellent film Fucking Åmål (called Show Me Love in the US).Robyn's Show Me Love is in the soundtrack.

― Lisa Lipstick, Tuesday, 10 January 2006 20:05 (twenty years ago)

Wow, better late than never. This is AWESOME.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 21:23 (twenty years ago)

I've had this on mp3 for ages, but I Really Wanted the CD, and I haven't felt like that about anything in a long time.

Do you think the different facial expressions are pasted on, or are the result of photoshop work? She never looks the same way twice, though, so maybe it's just her.

It's annoying not to have any credits or info in the CD.

It's annoying that "Crash and Burn Girl" isn't all over New York radio, it would be a huge winter song.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 21:32 (twenty years ago)

jesus christ, john-tofu!

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 21:34 (twenty years ago)

It's a cover of the Prince song and I believe it's the B-side of "Keep This Fire Burnin," which itself is as good as anything on the new album.

er, sorry for being a fucknut, but where's "keep this fire burnin'"? on an old album i presume? absolutely nothing seems to be on sale in the uk.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 22:47 (twenty years ago)

I am the same, tracer -- I ordered the CD last week after not having been able to find it in any shops

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 00:17 (twenty years ago)

i don't know charlie, i think it may have been just a single.

i went to virgin to get it, and it wasn't in "imports" nor in the regular section, nor in "european music," which apparently consists of france, spain and a grab bag of slavs. when i suddenly realized -- import pop -- paul sci-fi soul -- d'oh -- i went to tower and there were three copies.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 00:42 (twenty years ago)

of the album, i mean.

it appears "jack u off" is the be side to "be mine."

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 00:46 (twenty years ago)

Sean, you just surprised I never heard this till now? I been busy!
But yeah, Bum Like You is supabrill.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 02:11 (twenty years ago)

"Keep This Fire Burning" is from Robyn's 2002 album, "Don't Stop The Music", which has great singles but the filler is a bit more disposable, i.e. there's no amazing non-singles like "Bum Like You" or "Crash And Burn Girl" on it. Actually, it's a bit weirder and noisier production-wise that album.

― edward o (edwardo), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 02:12 (twenty years ago)

I haven't seen it anywhere in the UK. I was in Denmark over Christmas and picked up a copy there having had the mp3's for a while (also got the new Junior Senior which you also can't get here, found out that it's the B52's who sing on Take Your Time!).

It's a great record and can't understand the non release here. Tracer, all the credits for the record are printed on the CD itself rather than the CD booklet thought it's mighty hard to read.

― mms (mms), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 08:57 (twenty years ago)

I love the Robyn packaging. Just pictures on the inlay. Text on the CD. It's magnificently unreadable.

― edward o (edwardo), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 09:00 (twenty years ago)

As a fan of quite a few recent Scandinavian pop records it was pretty good being in DK. Heard Robyn - Be Mine and Junior Senior- Take My Time on local radio in the space of an hour. Junior Senior were performing on the Danish sports awards, heard The Cardigans on a Swedish mobile phone advert and Annie was on in one of the clothes shops I was in.

― mms (mms), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 09:25 (twenty years ago)

Robyn has UK distribution now, and should be launching around April time here though, correct? God knows how they're going to market here. If they've learned from the Annie debacle, they should realise "Hip Scando Pop Genius" isn't something the UK cares about. Maybe if they market here as some kinda of new Stefani, I dunno.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 11:09 (twenty years ago)

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