i concur with dom, who'd dismiss robyn for her lack of sales when there're so many other reasons to dismiss her, like her crap songs?
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 21:13 (seventeen years ago) link
Lex "Give It Up To Me" is so boring! It's the archetypal last third of the dancehall album pop duet (as opposed to the great first third of the dancehall album pop duet!).
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 21:18 (seventeen years ago) link
How good is Alicia Keys on the "Ghetto Story" remix though?
(sorry, wandering off topic)
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 21:21 (seventeen years ago) link
And yes, it is perfect. Whatever perfect is.
― ana (ana), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 21:27 (seventeen years ago) link
yeah i know but keyshia cole's verse pwns all. so light and offhand and perfect! all of SP's duets are underrated though, everyone seemed to love 'baby boy' at the time but have now forgotten how supremely poised it is. incidentally tim i think you've totally underrated b-day, we should return to this elsewhere though as beyoncé is too good to be talked about on a robyn thread.
YES. i love the whole cham album too.
what are those robyn songs like? what i mean is, are they cutesy and twee and fucking annoying with lame beats and no basslines, or are they dreadful sub-imbruglia acoustic balladzzzz, or is it possible that robyn has actually done another song as awesome as 'be mine'?
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 21:28 (seventeen years ago) link
"With Every Heartbeat" is a chilly electro-ballad on which Robyn sounds scarily like Kate Bush - and I mean scarily. Musically it's in Anneli Drecker territory, lachrymose string sections and squeaky clean zoloft synthesiser arpeggios, it sounds large and emotional more than tuneful.
As per the above I generally like Robyn at her most serious (yes, like "Be Mine").
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 21:46 (seventeen years ago) link
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― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 00:09 (seventeen years ago) link
As someone who believes Who's That Girl is Robyn's masterpiece, this makes me very happy.
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