Katy B - On A Mission (4 April 2011) - hype, anticipation &c

how many mines do u have to clear to get even half as famous as crazy titch

depends on how much aggravated sexual assault is involved in mine-clearing iirc

oh wait never mind that was the other guy

sorry to make u look bad titch

haha I love that BoA video because the choreography is very "I Get It In"-esque. the song doesn't quite seem to demand it tho.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJYRl04Kqt4

That's what I like- the light, sweet piano hook coupled with the hard dance moves.

wiley always turns me into a grinning doofus when he jumps into "got paid"... what an amazing verse

getting jiggy with katy b is literally my sole goal in life

otm

have power on you

Someone has probably already pointed this out but "Aaliyah" is at least the second time in a Katy B song where there is some issue of someone not letting someone else get by, although in "Aaliyah" you can take it simply as metaphor.

Probably the earlier line makes me take the line in "Aaliyah" in a very physical way.

One thing that seems notable about Katy's songs is that so often they feel very physically situated, like she's really trying to place the listener into the environment using her lyrics. It's like she's stageblocking social situations. So a physical reading of that line seems appropriate to me.

standing at the bar with my friend oliviaaaa

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qnwhd/clips

Listening to On a Mission now. I don't remember if I've ever actually heard the whole album before, but it reinforces my sense that "Broken Record" is the best thing on it. I mean, "Katy on a Mission" isn't too far behind -- it's probably a more interestingly constructed song -- but I really ~feel~ "Broken Record."

"Easy Please Me"!

I've said this before and quickly recanted for fear of getting the gasface, but the verses on Broken Record strongly remind me of the first part of Paranoid Android

Don't do it.

lol

"broken record" is ALL about the last twenty seconds or so. the way she rides that recOoOoOrd melody >>>>>>

katy's extra verse in the live version!!!

was all for "Broken Record" before, glad critical consensus coalesced around it (because that album had like seven fucking singles) but now I'd say "Disappear" is by far best

"witches' brew" is far and away the best single and album standout imo

also i think "louder" is better than 90% of the album

it's weird putting them in order because the quality is very consistent across the album, for the most part - there isn't much separating these at all

witches' brew > lights on > katy on a mission > (louder) > go away > easy please me > power on me > movement > broken record > water > why you always here > something new > disappear > hard to get

nobody linked to this? here, just in case anybody who might be interested missed it:

http://pitchfork.com/features/update/9075-katy-b/

lead single off new album debuting on annie mac in a minute

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_one

song's called "what love is made of"

KATIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEE

https://soundcloud.com/katyb/what-love-is-made-of-radio/s-6lw2L

OMG SO GOOD.

I find this super-straight but mysterious house sound (e.g. this and "Aaliyah") such a good look for Katy.

Yeah that's great. She's got such a good ear for melody, that vocal line never goes to the obvious places the groove is trying to push it to.

'Aaliyah' had better be on the album.

this song is really good

think "got paid" might be one my favorite songs by her, if not my favorite

WHOA

NICE

yeah this is a winner

'aaliyah' was a look but this is more like style, with the maturing confidence to not try to distinguish herself lyrically on every line and instead just let the house signifiers do the talking

but still the sheer quality of "and i can say life is for days / looking at your beautiful face"

yeah that's great. i suppose it's noteworthy that the two most credible UK pop singers at the moment are both mining 80s sounds right now, kind of neat that they've taken complimentary approaches

isn't it 'and i can stay like this for days'

cool tune

so so good

album not till october tho bleurghh :(

this is a nice tune but i am surprised to hear it's the lead single. it doesn't sound that thrilling or instantly gratifying.

i also adore "got paid" -- wish "aaliyah" had had a different title so people would've stanned for "got paid" instead

i should say tho that a lot of the other katy b material i love wasn't "instantly gratifying" either so maybe i am judging too early

the two most credible UK pop singers at the moment are both mining 80s sounds right now

fuck it. i'll bite.

who is the other one then ?

jake bugg

jessie ware presumably?

Charlotte CHurch

i thought jessie w as well ..

if not her, then i really am stumped and need to be directed accordingly ..

(btw .. the jake answer made me proper choke on my beer and laugh out loud .. )

Also assumed JW, though a world in which their approaches are to be contrasted is quite a narrow one imo.

Hmmm. Liked this on first listen and already liking it more on second listen.

Also assumed JW, though a world in which their approaches are to be contrasted is quite a narrow one imo

It's an emotional contrast, you can really hear it on Aaliyah - Katy always sounds either exuberant or defiant and when Jessie comes in she sounds like the most mournful person in the world in comparison. Katy B doing 'Imagine It Was Us' would be a very different beast, determined rather than longing.

I mean Jessie can do strong and booming pretty well (Night Light, Taking In Water, the Rack & Ruin collab) but it's curious she's elected not to do so on house tracks. Maybe it's a register thing, but I like to think it's an emotional choice.

this is amazing <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZc6ZDCohR0

The video for "What Love Is Made Of". . . Has she been watching old reggaeton videos?