Beyonce - 4

rihanna is number one now, and not just because she's my lover.

Since when does a Beyonce single need to have a tune?

I dunno, mostly they've had them before now??

Yeah but at the same time 'Ring The Alarm' and 'Diva' and 'Get Me Bodied' and even 'Single Ladies' aren't exactly what you'd call melodic. I don't think it's exactly a prerequisite.

Still trying to work out whether I actually like the new one as much as I think I do or it's misplaced joy than Pon De Floor is getting a wider listenership.

"run the world" doesn't have any less of a tune than most beyoncé singles, stop this geirish fixation on melody

crazy in love was more or less tuneless.
single ladies was melodic (check on it was kinda melodic and catchy too) but her melodies generally dont linger or really develop, her songs just tend to sledgehammer through.
shes all about catchy hooks really.

part of me thinks using pon de floor as yr first new single from a big 'name' artist like beyonce is actually a bit boring/dissapointing.

(the other part doesnt give much of a fuck)

Going by the common definition of "tuneless" (god I hate that word) every single Beyonce single is tuneless, y'all should really stop fronting

well actually "Halo" isn't tuneless but it is horrible, so tomayto/tomahto

i was even inspired enough to do my top 5 moments of this video http://alexmacpherson.tumblr.com/post/5633514514/i-dont-know-when-the-mainstream-media-started

xps

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URLs very much in character

tagged version of "till the end of time" leaked and it sounds rather great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEyjIKOe5X0&fmt=18

lol twitter:

"Wait. But why did Till The End of Time leak right before the End of Days? Beyonce and her marketing ploys. Not here for it."

much better than "run the world"

this sounds like a very 80s approximation of 'world music' to me -- not that i'm complaining

wow "till the end of time" sounds great

very 80s approximation of 'world music' is some of my favourite shit tbh

I like the little bit of intro to run the world than the actual song itself

thank god for a music video that doesn't feel the need to cut every 1/2 a second but it does seem to make the song seem slower than it is

love the album art but it makes me want people to appreciate cubic zirconia's aesthetic more

long over the song but the video is sick - apparently she enlisted kwaito dancers tofo tofo from mozambique to help her choreographers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wmJzUMDVuo

(re: run the world)

no tags: http://soundcloud.com/3xs/tteotb

Oh this is great.

Yes. So great!

her performance of 'girls' at billboards was pretty amazing imo

yes very amazing

also lol at dream's contribution to the 'say nice things' video beforehand

that whole thing was just hilarious, even by narcissistic pop musician standards

"amazing" or "hilarious" or both? The animation that was added was hilarious imho-- red javelin in her hand or something...

Song may not prove popular enough to merit a Saturday Night Live version of that appearance

ya the javelin bit and the drumsticks were kinda corny, just because they required a little too much precision to "work," but i thought everything else was phenomenal. hope more awards shows will try to do video stuff like that in the future

http://beyonce.columbiarecords.com/4/images/splash/bg.jpg

YES!!!!

can always count on her to serve it visually, at least

she's performing a new song titled "1+1" on Idol tonight.

Also, tracklist:

http://www.columbiarecords.com/beyonce/4/images/splash/tracklist_1.png

http://www.rap-up.com/2011/05/25/new-music-beyonce-11/

^ link to 1+1 stream

wow, this is really good. Sounds like something Alicia Keys would do, really soulful...off of the back of this and "End of Time" I'm really excited for this album now.

yeah this is great

wonder who did this -- sounds like something r kelly would write

damn, miss info says it was written by terius

this really totally could've been on 'love letter' tho

really excited about this

considering how terrible the ballads were on the last album, this is exciting news imo -- she sings the hell out of this

wow wouldn't have guessed Terius wrote this

into all three of these tracks now

she just killed it on idol

Yeah, the Idol performance was w0w!

there's something p hilarious & diva-ish about beyonce slaying a ballad on the final night of american idol

fuck, this song

btw how is this the first song on the album

I have to assume that "I Care" will be a banger.

thx for that soundcloud btw; so good.

Listening to that now. Not convinced it's better than just the piano/vocal arrangement she did on Idol (but still very nice).