yeah wait a couple years, it could happen
― Dimension 5ive, Monday, 22 December 2008 01:54 (fifteen years ago) link
lol @ her overdosing on nyquil pills and twittering it
― weekend goodtime (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 19 February 2009 06:39 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
uhhh *googles*
― k3vin k., Thursday, 19 February 2009 06:45 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.crunktastical.net/?attachment_id=15838
― rev. al shipley (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 19 February 2009 06:49 (fifteen years ago) link
oh ok ok
― k3vin k., Thursday, 19 February 2009 06:58 (fifteen years ago) link
ughhh wtf they pulled "sandcastle disco" from youtube :(
this is @ new years rockin eve
― k3vin k., Thursday, 19 February 2009 07:04 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah it really ruins youtube zings and lols
― rev. al shipley (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 19 February 2009 07:05 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^
― The Reverend (rev), Thursday, 19 February 2009 17:54 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
Dirty Projectors
― see-those-tit-ies (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 November 2009 04:09 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
probably better than the DPs covering Solange
― mdskltr (blueski), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
so?
― goodbye indie, hello trendy. (Tape Store), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Dear Solange, autotune is yr friend. kthxbai
― Turangalila, Friday, 13 November 2009 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah lex listen to this, it's great
― k3vin k., Friday, 13 November 2009 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
i wonder how a cover can be non-calculated
― house of flying jaggers (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
you should look up the definition of 'inspired' xpost
― goodbye indie, hello trendy. (Tape Store), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:44 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
k3vin k., I luv her but she's just not a very good singer.
― Turangalila, Friday, 13 November 2009 16:52 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
nick otm
― becky & robbie's bogus journalism (The Reverend), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
guitar lick is badu's 'bag lady', no?
― like moses, the townfolk like the red sea (stevie), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
yes
― Turangalila, Friday, 13 November 2009 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4vKWFCWw04
― becky & robbie's bogus journalism (The Reverend), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
I am now imagining lex throwing shade to literal strawmen
― becky & robbie's bogus journalism (The Reverend), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:44 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRZ2s_VMffQ
― becky & robbie's bogus journalism (The Reverend), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:46 (fourteen years ago) link
okay now if anyone could tell me where that lick that's sampled/replayed all the way through 'booty' comes from i would be a very happy bunny (is heard at 3 minutes in to the above video)
― like moses, the townfolk like the red sea (stevie), Friday, 13 November 2009 18:15 (fourteen years ago) link
best parts of this cover are in the latter half, where she moves beyond the original's pacing and starts fucking with the phrasing and the tempo...right around the bridge, I guess? 'isn't life just a mirage of the world' 'where does time begin where does space end where do you and i...etc.etc.
but as i reflect, i suppose that its impact would be lessened if the entire cover was a straight up reinterpretation that didn't hew fairly closely to the DP version at the outset.
― wrapped up, packed up, ribbon with a donk on it (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 13 November 2009 18:17 (fourteen years ago) link
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― house of flying jaggers (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:46 (3 hours ago) Permalink
ok, but i don't like being reminded that the person is singing something to "accomplish a purpose." it's forced, just like these 'zings'
― house of flying jaggers (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:47 (3 hours ago) Permalink
um, are you not picking up on my obvious message? solange is not v good at all at CLASSIC. SOUL. COVERS. they're not CLASSIC. SOUL. COVERS. they're trying desperately hard to be. but they're not because, like this cover, she's so frustratingly self-conscious. i mean, i guess it could be worse, but she's about as successfully retro as the pipettes. yawn. also maybe because she's a dull vocalist and her songs aren't that great?
― goodbye indie, hello trendy. (Tape Store), Friday, 13 November 2009 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
sandcastle disco aside
― goodbye indie, hello trendy. (Tape Store), Friday, 13 November 2009 20:26 (fourteen years ago) link
don't see how this is trying to be retro at all
― hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Friday, 13 November 2009 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link