lars von trier and i were especially hoping she'd live up to her black bjork billing on 'dancing in the dark'.
― the love song of j alfred pitchfork (r|t|c), Sunday, 21 December 2008 21:46 (seventeen years ago)
sandcastle disco has got some really nice lyrics.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Sunday, 21 December 2008 22:04 (seventeen years ago)
Her "black bjork" billing? Of course you're going to be disappointed if you're looking for something that isn't there.
― Wonderful Day Wendy (The Reverend), Monday, 22 December 2008 01:39 (seventeen years ago)
If Bjork in black face was a real option, I'd take it
― Bimble is more goth than Jew (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Monday, 22 December 2008 01:45 (seventeen years ago)
hahahha
― Wonderful Day Wendy (The Reverend), Monday, 22 December 2008 01:50 (seventeen years ago)
yeah wait a couple years, it could happen
― Dimension 5ive, Monday, 22 December 2008 01:54 (seventeen years ago)
lol @ her overdosing on nyquil pills and twittering it
― weekend goodtime (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 19 February 2009 06:39 (seventeen years ago)
b/w that and the nip slip it's been a big week for her
― rev. al shipley (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 19 February 2009 06:40 (seventeen years ago)
uhhh *googles*
― k3vin k., Thursday, 19 February 2009 06:45 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.crunktastical.net/?attachment_id=15838
― rev. al shipley (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 19 February 2009 06:49 (seventeen years ago)
oh ok ok
― k3vin k., Thursday, 19 February 2009 06:58 (seventeen years ago)
ughhh wtf they pulled "sandcastle disco" from youtube :(
this is @ new years rockin eve
― k3vin k., Thursday, 19 February 2009 07:04 (seventeen years ago)
lol...as the top of the youtube box explicitly says. not sure i'm feeling that new feature tbh
― k3vin k., Thursday, 19 February 2009 07:05 (seventeen years ago)
yeah it really ruins youtube zings and lols
― rev. al shipley (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 19 February 2009 07:05 (seventeen years ago)
and then she followed it up with a twitter conversation with erykah badu about kids' bedtimes and breastfeeding
― lex pretend, Thursday, 19 February 2009 11:46 (seventeen years ago)
btw i love that youtube feature. i can decide whether i want to play something without having to click through to find out what it is
― lex pretend, Thursday, 19 February 2009 11:47 (seventeen years ago)
^^^
― The Reverend (rev), Thursday, 19 February 2009 17:54 (seventeen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34STLHtu97A
lex, do you still hate this song?(original still high in my top ten)
― goodbye indie, hello trendy. (Tape Store), Friday, 13 November 2009 04:08 (sixteen years ago)
Dirty Projectors
― see-those-tit-ies (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 November 2009 04:09 (sixteen years ago)
i honestly have no interest in hearing it at all, and am totally giving the side-eye to people who never cared about hearing solange's album but are now all like "omgzzz she covered an indie band" - fuck off!
― lex pretend, Friday, 13 November 2009 09:36 (sixteen years ago)
My tastes generally lean indie, but I like Solange's album more than any Dirty Projectors album. That said, this is a really good cover.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 November 2009 09:42 (sixteen years ago)
lex, a problem with that logic (not that this is remotely the only one) is that a whole bunch of people who already like solange think this is great, including myself
― becky & robbie's bogus journalism (The Reverend), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:21 (sixteen years ago)
probably better than the DPs covering Solange
― mdskltr (blueski), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:26 (sixteen years ago)
so?
― goodbye indie, hello trendy. (Tape Store), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:29 (sixteen years ago)
Dear Solange, autotune is yr friend. kthxbai
― Turangalila, Friday, 13 November 2009 16:39 (sixteen years ago)
i'm trying to pinpoint why this doesn't work
i guess it just feels sorta lifeless and super self-conscious to me? i think she sucked all the energy and passion out of the original when she decided to turn a sorta-soulful indie song into A. CLASSIC. SOUL. COVER.
idk, it's by no means bad, but it's too calculated for me to actually enjoy :/
― goodbye indie, hello trendy. (Tape Store), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:40 (sixteen years ago)
yeah lex listen to this, it's great
― k3vin k., Friday, 13 November 2009 16:42 (sixteen years ago)
kinda wish you could hear it w/out knowing it was a cover
― Turangalila, Friday, November 13, 2009 11:39 AM (3 minutes ago)
what?
― k3vin k., Friday, 13 November 2009 16:43 (sixteen years ago)
i wonder how a cover can be non-calculated
― house of flying jaggers (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:43 (sixteen years ago)
haha yeah it's like she's humming to herself and all the sudden she's hitting the exact same notes in the same order as a dirty projectors song and just happens to be in a studio with the sound on
i think there's some pretty interesting vocal stuff going on, esp. rhythmically. def. her own interpretation of the dp's voices-as-instruments thing.
― hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:44 (sixteen years ago)
you should look up the definition of 'inspired' xpost
― goodbye indie, hello trendy. (Tape Store), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:44 (sixteen years ago)
also 'calculated'
3 a : planned or contrived to accomplish a purpose b
pretty sure this = by nature every cover
― house of flying jaggers (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:46 (sixteen years ago)
i don't know how solange doesn't make this a CLASSIC. SOUL. COVER. - that's like... the music that she sings? unless of course she tried to make it a cover that sounds like boards of canada?
― house of flying jaggers (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:47 (sixteen years ago)
how could the futureheads turn this kate bush song into a rousing post-punk cover
― house of flying jaggers (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:48 (sixteen years ago)
lol at lex being a corny indie fuck but about r'n'b instead of indie
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:49 (sixteen years ago)
k3vin k., I luv her but she's just not a very good singer.
― Turangalila, Friday, 13 November 2009 16:52 (sixteen years ago)
Oh come on, people. Solange is pretty much the most indie-friendly RnB singer I can think of. Still, I'm not really feeling this cover - don't think the song is strong enough in the first place.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:53 (sixteen years ago)
nick otm
― becky & robbie's bogus journalism (The Reverend), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:10 (sixteen years ago)
yes color me shocked by lex's response - lol @ humans breathing, lol @ the sky being blue, lol @ the sun rising
― house of flying jaggers (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:14 (sixteen years ago)
guitar lick is badu's 'bag lady', no?
― like moses, the townfolk like the red sea (stevie), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:17 (sixteen years ago)
yes
― Turangalila, Friday, 13 November 2009 17:18 (sixteen years ago)
which is apparently sampled from something else
― hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:18 (sixteen years ago)
honestly, when i first heard the DP original, my thought was 'oh hey this is like R'n'B, maybe i should listen to more of that'
i honestly have no interest in hearing it at all, and am totally giving the side-eye to people who never cared about hearing solange's album but are now all like "omgzzz she covered an indie band" - fuck off!― lex pretend, Friday, November 13, 2009 3:36 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― lex pretend, Friday, November 13, 2009 3:36 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
right but i didn't even know solange existed ~as a person~ until i randomly clicked on the DP thread. now i do!
― lots of jerks (gbx), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:20 (sixteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8PN4v-Lud0
― hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:20 (sixteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4vKWFCWw04
― becky & robbie's bogus journalism (The Reverend), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:42 (sixteen years ago)
I am now imagining lex throwing shade to literal strawmen
― becky & robbie's bogus journalism (The Reverend), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:44 (sixteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRZ2s_VMffQ
― becky & robbie's bogus journalism (The Reverend), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:46 (sixteen years ago)