6/7/2011, imma drop that body work / fuck my brains out double single (TERIUS NASH aka THE-DREAM, LOVE IV: anticipation and adoration)

haha well I almost never listen to the lyrics unless they jump out at me. I'm also an eng/lit major type fwiw.

I would totally write a freud style sublimation of energies essay about fancy if I was still into masturbating into music publications

wait yeah what would u call the last 30 seconds of not a "release"

i think that part of me is also forgiving about it because i am broke & fantasize pretty readily / can understand why ppl fantasize about how much money would change their lives when working a shitty job, and i guess at some level i wish a the-dream would swoop in & hook me up w/ private jet rides

but not terius specifically

this song is soooooooooooooo long you guys

'right side of my brain' is the release

i know, it's weird, i like a lot of songs about materialism, but i just don't vibe with the particular fantasy in fancy

the last 30 secs get so close to being an eruption but it never quite gets unhinged - it's like at the moment he's about to go for the nuclear option he realizes that it's better to go for a 'honey attracts flies' approach and gearshifts into the absolute melting lushness of 'right side of my brain'

first of all, you could argue that the payoff is the end of "right side of my brain", which means that it just takes really long to get to

BUT

i think the part in "fancy" before the rap where the instrumental is really swelling up and the-dream starts scatting (lol) and there's the screwed vocal ("all we do is, we spend this money") is a great & sorta subtle climax, then it all drops out for his rap so there's a tension release -- idk that part was always pretty epic to me

like my fav. part about the last 30 secs is the way those deep drums come in w/ like 10 seconds left while there are all these like 2-3 synth runs in the background - but his voice still remains measured, control, and the last line is "but even when I used to rock polos I was fancy..." and that's a capitulation, not a sign of victory

the swooping strings are the release imo, yeah, the part w/ the double-time rap

2-3 second synth runs, that should say

'right side of my brain' is the comedown, not the release

just realized this listening back the other night but i love how "fancy" evokes a sound that i think is sorta stereotypical of, like, a parisisan square? jazzy woodwinds & whatever,.

svelte

'right side of my brain' is the comedown, not the release

― dayo, Sunday, September 4, 2011 4:10 PM (20 seconds ago) Bookmark

no!! "right side of my brain" is tense as hell. that's where the "explosive release" is. the last minute of that song is the heaviest part of the album.

the release is mr. yeah/kelly's 12 play, where he is back to fucking

get outta here grady

er, the comedown is mr. yeah etc

cant decide if im more frustrated by rong opinions here or in the politics thread

probably here

er, the comedown is mr. yeah etc

― J0rdan S., Sunday, September 4, 2011 4:12 PM (55 seconds ago) Bookmark

this is weird to me, but i think it's because i would prefer an album of mr. yeahs + kelly's 12-play to what love v. money actually is.

lol. okay just looking at the lyrics, 'fancy' is a 6 minute long epic where the-dream is just about to capitulate to this girl and just about to devote himself to her, before he pulls out (lol) at the very last second and takes a step back in 'right side of my brain'

first of all, you could argue that the payoff is the end of "right side of my brain", which means that it just takes really long to get to

BUT

i think the part in "fancy" before the rap where the instrumental is really swelling up and the-dream starts scatting (lol) and there's the screwed vocal ("all we do is, we spend this money") is a great & sorta subtle climax, then it all drops out for his rap so there's a tension release -- idk that part was always pretty epic to me

― J0rdan S., Sunday, September 4, 2011 4:08 PM (5 minutes ago)

yeah for me the release has always been in parts - starts with the screwed vocal, then the rap, then finally when the drums come in

can't believe I interrupted my catching up with TSJ to argue these points

billy cunningham is not happy w you jokers

'right side of my brain' is the comedown, not the release

― dayo, Sunday, September 4, 2011 4:10 PM (20 seconds ago) Bookmark

no!! "right side of my brain" is tense as hell. that's where the "explosive release" is. the last minute of that song is the heaviest part of the album.

the release is mr. yeah/kelly's 12 play, where he is back to fucking

― J0rdan S., Sunday, September 4, 2011 4:11 PM (3 minutes ago)

^^otm, "mr yeah" is the comedown which is why i do not consider it part of the suite

this is weird to me, but i think it's because i would prefer an album of mr. yeahs + kelly's 12-play to what love v. money actually is.

― horseshoe, Sunday, September 4, 2011 4:14 PM (2 minutes ago)

the album you're looking for is love/hate

otm

i know, that one is the best!

& just for the record i tend to get overly critical about this stuff, i mean LvM was my favorite album of 2009

mr. yeah is a victory lap btw, not a comedown

hmmm yeah

well then the comedown is "kelly's 12 play"

i know, that one is the best!

― horseshoe, Sunday, September 4, 2011 3:18 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yessss

kelly's 12-play is just great.

i think "kelly's 12 play" has my fav dream lyrics ever

oooh oooh oooh-in it!

I'm glad we just generated another 200 posts about the-dream

haha this is the only kind of ilm posting i feel like i can participate in, enthusiastic fandom

if only ilx posts about the-dream were a currency

kelly's 12 play is exactly an example of how his improvisational lyrics were sometimes a benefit rather than weakness. "...check for scratches / get up on my mattress" is like my fav couplet of '09

so if kellys 12 play is the comedown what does that make let me see that booty

a bonus track

i was gonna say "waking up at 4 am to go vomit in the toilet"

lol i thought i established that 'let me see the booty' was the litmus test for dream stannery

that was true until '1977' came out

i think i have listened to "let me see the booty" once

i listened to all three of the most recent albums the other night & i still think "let me see the booty" is fucking great

i think we are all still stans though

i consider myself a 'love hate' stan more than a the-dream stan

or a the-dream as song factory stan vs. the-dream as auteur stan

^^^his next album title