if i was gonna try and get an alternative-to-adorn camp going i'd think "do you..." had the best chance
not that i'd vote for any track on this even if i liked "adorn"
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
this... isn't true― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, October 30, 2012 2:14 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink"Don't Look Back", "Use Me", "The Thrill", and "Arch & Point" totally are, and even "Where's The Fun In Forever" and "Candles In The Sun" lean in that direction for at least part of their durations― thraeds of life (The Reverend), Tuesday, October 30, 2012 9:20 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, October 30, 2012 2:14 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"Don't Look Back", "Use Me", "The Thrill", and "Arch & Point" totally are, and even "Where's The Fun In Forever" and "Candles In The Sun" lean in that direction for at least part of their durations
― thraeds of life (The Reverend), Tuesday, October 30, 2012 9:20 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
If they're bombastic stadium rock, they certainly don't sound like anyone else's bomstadrock.
― Well, ILE be damned! (seandalai), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
I think for me it's like... Adorn > A&P > Do You > Use Me > The Thrill > Where's The Fun > KD > Don't Look Back > PIM > How Many Drinks > Candles
― thraeds of life (The Reverend), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
If you're talking about the ILX poll then Adorn has as good a chance as any - he went top 10, possibly top 5, last year and his profile is higher now. Also 2012 has been kinda low on big unifying singles, Call Me Maybe notwithstanding.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
Bombastardtock
― Tim F, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
sounds like a late nineties Chem Bros track.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
― lex pretend, Tuesday, October 30, 2012 9:22 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Now I know why Kanyetothe made a thread about Lex
― O-Jah Da Lionmane (longneck), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
― Well, ILE be damned! (seandalai), Tuesday, October 30, 2012 2:24 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I dunno, it's all pretty Purple Rain as mentioned upthread (which is good! usually when people "sound like Prince" that's not the Prince they rip off), but not slavishly
― thraeds of life (The Reverend), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not really sure the bass bumps in Adorn really fit the song and sound totally out of place in the context of the rest of the album but the songwriting and the performance and everything else about the track are straight 10/10 so it barely matters.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
adorn definitely could win ilx this year. adorn, call me maybe, inspector norse and... idk what else, seems like a pretty weak year
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
Prince might be bombastic and stadium and rock but I wouldn't call him "bombastic stadium rock". The distinction makes sense in my head at least.
― Well, ILE be damned! (seandalai), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I think it'll come down to Adorn vs CMM. Gangnam Style will take a lot of punters' money but won't get the votes. I'm probably missing something obvious though.
― Well, ILE be damned! (seandalai), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
it wouldn't be the same at all with out that big synth bass xxp
― thraeds of life (The Reverend), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
yeah "Sure Thing" was #6 on our poll last year (and only #68 on P&J, the fuckers)
― Victory Goon (some dude), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
(Looooooooooooooooove Sooooooooooooooooooosa)
― O-Jah Da Lionmane (longneck), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
which dawn single is going to get ilx traction? "pretty wicked things" i presume
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
obv in a just world "pretty wicked things" would have had the real-world impact that "adorn" did but oh well
If I vote for a Dawn track it will be "Black Lipstick"
― thraeds of life (The Reverend), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
I don't really rate "Pretty Wicked Things"
― thraeds of life (The Reverend), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
;_;
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
nicki is going to suffer from vote-splitting too :(
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
"Automatic," "Black Lipstick," or "Scripture" for me.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno, it seems like it's trying to do too much with too little xxp
― thraeds of life (The Reverend), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
it does a huge amount with a huge amount
i won't vote for any armor on song because i'll vote for armor on, so...
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
They do and they don't, I mean the vocals and most of the songwriting are't but the guitar tones and the general ambience feel like pure 00s stadium rock, hence me mentioning Coldplay upthread. I mean that's fine, the guitar sounds and general ambience are usually the best thing about those records, it's just everything else that blows so well done Miguel for finding an acceptable context for them.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:40 (eleven years ago) link
I prefer "86" as far as songs from the upcoming album go
― thraeds of life (The Reverend), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
― lex pretend, Tuesday, October 30, 2012 5:37 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
what's with the radicalization on this issue? i generally think the shipley doctrine is a good one but it doesn't apply iirc to huge singles (like adorn as you mentioned before, not really the case with dawn)
― all mods con (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
don't really get the purple rain comparisons either
― all mods con (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
Not trying to troll, b/c I know this is sacred around here, but has Armor On lost some of its luster for anyone else? (uh, asking for a friend...)
― Evan R, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:43 (eleven years ago) link
It's a question of approach not actual sound, I mean I can't imagine Prince recording anything like this album. But Miguel's found a way of making modern stadium rock work with modern R&B that's similar to what Purple Rain managed for the 80s.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
Not trying to troll, b/c I know this is sacred around here, but has Armor On lost some of its luster for anyone else?
NO
AOTY unhesitatingly and still ridiculously far ahead of everything else
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
MDC otm
― thraeds of life (The Reverend), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
is dawn gonna place in the singles? "faith" would be my one vote
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
― lex pretend, Tuesday, October 30, 2012 5:36 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
if there's one thing nicki doesn't suffer from in 2012 it's too many good songs
― Victory Goon (some dude), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
It's faded for me -- the space in the arrangements which sounded novel in June now sounds like a way to hide a couple unfinished songs -- but no so's it would leave my top twenty.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
i haven't listened to it in a long time... i should revisit
i'll def have "stupid hoe" pretty high
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
― Evan R, Tuesday, October 30, 2012 5:43 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah it's cool but at this point i'm more interested in seeing what the new one does
― Victory Goon (some dude), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
nicki's best moments in 2012 hit the sweet spot of being great public pop AND great personal favourites that i ended up playing on loop - i could legit vote for "stupid hoe", "starships" (YES) and "the boys" if it wasn't for my one-track-per-artist rule
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
Gun Shot >>> everything else.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
Not to make this a nicki thread but I remain upset that gunshot never became a huge summer single.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
posted a photo on instagram tonight of him in the studio with beyonce
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 04:34 (eleven years ago) link
Huh, I assumed Dawn Richard was a British thing since the only place I've ever come across her name is the Singles Jukebox.
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 05:02 (eleven years ago) link
But it's been established that I don't know shit, so.
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 05:03 (eleven years ago) link
No, no, no. She's an American r&b singer who was in Diddy Dirty Money and Danity Kane. Sounds like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWBnNOk1_Vs
― thraeds of life (The Reverend), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 05:36 (eleven years ago) link
Oh I've heard her (b/c of the Jukebox), just didn't know her provenance.
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 05:39 (eleven years ago) link
Kaleidoscope Dream is prob going to be in my Top 3 at this point, maybe even be my number one - it's got like 5 of my favourite songs this year.
just couldn't get into the Dawn Richard record at all though. :/
― Roz, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 06:28 (eleven years ago) link
where's this beyonce image?
― monotony, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 08:40 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice/beyonce-hits-the-studio-with-miguel-photo-1007994432.story
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 12:05 (eleven years ago) link
i must look like such a psycho singing and clapping along to this album on headphones. hope my cats don't judge me.
― push iatee (some dude), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
Yell WHERE'S THE FUN IN FOREVER at it.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 14:01 (eleven years ago) link