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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)

Ya I agree with the post about this being an album I didn't hear until 2006, but really really like.

― Stephen C (ihope), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 11:23 (twenty years ago)

I will point out again to anyone who missed the information way upthread, that CD-Wow is selling the Robyn CD for £8.75 including worldwide delivery. I bought it from them in October and it came promptly, and I also used CD-Wow when I lived in Canada and had no problems.

I can't really imagine Robyn being a big radio success - this stuff just isn't 'street' or explicit enough to make waves in the straight-up UK pop charts, I don't think...

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 11:44 (twenty years ago)

in other words, she's too twee!

(obv she should be on the radio, but 2005 != 1992)

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 11:45 (twenty years ago)

I love her too, btw, in all her bad teethed glory

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 12:01 (twenty years ago)

Well if you look at Rachel Stevens, Girls Aloud and Annie as examples then she has no chance of decent success.

― mms (mms), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 12:29 (twenty years ago)

Maybe if she teamed up with some blokes from Northern England...

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 12:37 (twenty years ago)

robyn has even less of a chance of success than annie.

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 12:42 (twenty years ago)

I don't know about that. I can hear Be Mine getting some play on the radio more than anything on the Annie record. Just depends what image she promotes herself with and how strong a push the record company give her.

― mms (mms), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 12:46 (twenty years ago)

I don't know that I'd believe that Robyn could be on U.S. radio if not for Natasha Bedingfield.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 14:18 (twenty years ago)

so the question remains, i guess... is this ever getting an official u.s. release?

― marc h. (marc h.), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 14:20 (twenty years ago)

Robyn has a better chance than Annie on account of most of her album being acousticy twaddle. Britain apparently loving that shit generally (even from foreigns - see Jose Gonzalezzzz). This will translate into maybe crashing into the album charts at #64 with singles firmly outside the top 75.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 14:57 (twenty years ago)

acousticy twaddle? where?

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 15:21 (twenty years ago)

*points in it's direction*

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 15:32 (twenty years ago)

< /snark>

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 15:33 (twenty years ago)

I don't think there is any acousticky twaddle but, then I don't know what that means

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 16:50 (twenty years ago)

Is Steve accusing Bum Like You of being TWADDLE??!??!?!?!?!??!!?

― kit brash (kit brash), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 20:06 (twenty years ago)

bum like you does not sound acousticky

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 23:16 (twenty years ago)

not that I know what that means

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 23:16 (twenty years ago)

it's a synonym for 'crap', which 'bum like you' assuredly is

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 12 January 2006 12:18 (twenty years ago)

I don't like you

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 12 January 2006 12:20 (twenty years ago)

The Katie Melua-ish 'Eclipse' and 'Bum Like You' made me think 'acoustic(k)y' and the latter might as well be acoustic - drums are ok but is it really worth having these and 'Should Have Known' (nice beat but eeeh ohterwise) on the album? they all seem to be about the same boring thing. These and 'Robotboy' are just too cheesy for me, despite other emotionally vulnerable-or whatever moments on 'Be Mine', 'Who's That Girl' working just fine.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 12 January 2006 13:55 (twenty years ago)

tht 'oh god it ain't right' in bum like you (?) is my favourite line from last year

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 12 January 2006 14:04 (twenty years ago)

I don't hear any twaddle nor much acousticy nevermind in combination

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 12 January 2006 14:05 (twenty years ago)

the same boring thing : (

don't think there's an "oh", cozen, but yeah

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 12 January 2006 14:07 (twenty years ago)

Robyn has done well to cater to an audience who want different things.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 12 January 2006 14:17 (twenty years ago)

Now although she says it with a toying menace that implies "sayoonara",
doesn't "konichiwa" actually mean "good afternoon"?

'Good afternoon, bitches!' - only makes me love the track more.

― Catherine Ryan (and so this is catherine), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:23 (twenty years ago)

a reference to the comedian dave chappelle, catherine

― marc h. (marc h.), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:31 (twenty years ago)

Here's where you can watch Robyn's performance on the P3 (=radio channel) awards (21/1 2006). She's doing a duet with The Ark's Ola Salo and then some medley thing with bits of Buffalo Stance (Nene Cherry) and Got to Get (Leyla K).
It's at the end, about 1,47 hours into the show.

http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/p3/programsidor/index.asp?ProgramID=2450
Click on the little videocamerathing.

― Lisa Lipstick, Tuesday, 24 January 2006 18:29 (twenty years ago)

and here's a video of Robyn and Jenny Wilson doing List of demands
http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=32531

― Lisa Lipstick, Tuesday, 24 January 2006 20:16 (twenty years ago)

thanks for the links, lisa lipstick!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 20:27 (twenty years ago)

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