i hear "Do You" pretty regularly, it just hasn't hit that point where i know i'm gonna hear it when i get in the car
― some dude, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
"how many drinks" is so underrated as a potential single imo
also "adorn" is just FINALLY getting spin in edmonton wtffff
― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:35 (eleven years ago) link
yeah "How Many" is kind of dead in the middle if i was ranking the album, not amazing but pretty solid, sounded good on the radio when i heard it today.
― some dude, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
"how many drinks" is also the only one which sounds kinda...skeevy in isolation
like on the album it's offset by the persona miguel builds up elsewhere but i kind of don't want him represented on radio by a song about getting girls drunk enough to go home with him
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
don't think our beloved "Arch n Point" has a chance on R&B radio.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, January 2, 2013 3:02 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i think it does fwiw
― some dude, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
― lex pretend, Wednesday, January 2, 2013 1:39 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
because "two or three" is going to get most girls drunk? it's not like miggy is hoping "six or seven"
― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
that's not really the point is it
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
i dunno i feel it's an important distinction, the drinks are also besides the point, it's more a Let's Be Adults And Just Embrace Our Carnal Urges Because We're Consenting Adults song rather than specifically about getting a girl drunk enough to take home...
― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
this is why i said "in isolation" - in album context it's a lot easier to take the "let's quit playing these stupid gender role games and cut thru the bullshit" interpretation but by itself that's not really made explicit enough (only barely, really)
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
i'll accept that
― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
anyway the point is i don't want it as the single, i want a) "do you..." to first smash even harder than "adorn" because it's a million times better, b) "use me" or "don't look back" as the next single c) actually i think "where's the fun in forever?" could work!
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
so many good songs on the album wouldn't necessarily work on urban radio, but i'd be happy with his label running with the "alt R&B" thing and working one of those more guitar-driven songs on triple A radio
― some dude, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
lex i think any song whose repeated, shining, carefree, ebullient moment is "do you like drugs" is going to have a tough time on radio stations whose audience is largely teenagers..! i.e. R1, and i don't see 2 or 6 going for it, though in an ideal world 6 would be an ideal home for it
i like that song a lot, the music's got a kind of huey lewis vibe sometimes (in a good way) (come to think of it, that's another guy who compared the object of his attraction to controlled substances!)
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
choice fm should become the station that plays stuff like that, and all the explicit versions of everything - there's no legal watershed in uk radio iirc
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
migarc pimentloi
― fiscal cliff paul (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
haha huey lewis
― some dude, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
As pleasant as they are, "How Many Drinks" and "Where's the Fun in Forever" are, if not quite the weakest songs on the album, at least the most "ordinary." Like if you'd played them for me 12 months ago and said they tracks from the next Miguel album I'd have been like "oh, of course" rather than "this is amazing" or even just "huh, this is an interesting direction." Being the only two tracks that were completely unfamiliar when I heard the album in full, they kinda of skewed my initial reaction to it for the worse. Remember when I stupidly poopooed Kaleidoscope Dream off one listen?
― hemioblock (The Reverend), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
Not that I disliked the album initially, but I was kind of disappointed in the short term.
― hemioblock (The Reverend), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:02 (eleven years ago) link
the fact that a lot of the songs don't reveal their charms immediately has been one of the album's biggest strengths for me, that it didn't sound its absolute best back in October
― some dude, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
"Candles in the Sun" still the only meh song but an improvement on its earlier incarnation.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
'how many drinks' def sounds like a natural fit for the radio, I don't expect him to continue keeping on blowing the lid off of the radio
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
somehow packaging all of these songs together enhanced them all greatly in a way i can't exactly explain - it's partly the sequencing but only partly. it's a bit like the electrik red situation - at least 4-5 of the songs on their album were floating around pre-release and everyone was just like "oh these are kinda decent", not "THIS WILL BE THE BEST THING EVER", but then suddenly hearing the album qua album made everything slot into place
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
tbh I came into this album fully expecting it to be the best thing ever
― hemioblock (The Reverend), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
it almost is
― dead cera (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
I was already placing the collective Art Dealer Chic ep's as my #1 album if this album had been just okay.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
i do not get this record
― attempt to look intentionally nerdy, awkward or (thomp), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
do you like drugs?
― Ya Bish Bosch (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
"how many drinks?" has a slight feminist bent to it that is dope but I doubt many ppl would pick up on it on the radio
― dead cera (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
drugs are okay i guess
to me this record feels more 'nice guys of okcupid' than it does 'feminist' but i don't know
― attempt to look intentionally nerdy, awkward or (thomp), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
mainly i think i just hate the mix though
― attempt to look intentionally nerdy, awkward or (thomp), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 23:13 (eleven years ago) link
lol what
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 23:17 (eleven years ago) link
we do not get your posts
― tundra, Thursday, 3 January 2013 00:35 (eleven years ago) link
thanks!
― gullible lochinski (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 6 January 2013 06:59 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't listened to this yet but
http://soundcloud.com/rawnenbambi/adornthesextape
― hemioblock (The Reverend), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 23:16 (eleven years ago) link
forgot to post that a few days ago I was in a supermarket as it was closing, adorn came on and one of the guys behind the deli kept on going WHAAAP! WHAAAP! it was p awesome
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
Adorn on Jay Leno last nighthttp://www.spin.com/articles/miguel-adorn-jay-leno-tonight-show-videoHis guitarist <3
― trad goon (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 03:35 (eleven years ago) link
dope
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 January 2013 06:03 (eleven years ago) link
haha awesome WHAAAP! story
― ThePartyHater (some dude), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 06:04 (eleven years ago) link
― hemioblock (The Reverend), Tuesday, January 8, 2013 6:16 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
did anybody dl this before the limit blew out
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 13:31 (eleven years ago) link
nm I didnt dig it that much
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 13:50 (eleven years ago) link
Got my tickets to see him this morning. Excited.
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
wait, it's some guy who is not miguel singing, fuck this
― ThePartyHater (some dude), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
on the soundcloud thing, i mean
after missing him the past two times he's come to london i'm finally going to see him on saturday with the bf
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
How was the London show? I didn't realise he was playing Glasgow as well tonight, fingers crossed it isn't sold out
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 13 January 2013 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
it was pretty great, sound could've been better though - vocals not loud enough! the "quickie"/"arch & point" encore was amazing.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
He did Adorn like three different times, and it was nice to hear a crowd sing it all together, but not as nice as hearing his actual voice. It was very guitar-driven, even more than I was expecting based on an album full of guitars, but his band were pretty tight and fun. I did have to laugh though when, after singing about sex and drugs and taking his top off, he put his clothes back on and gave a speech about the horrors of genocide as an introduction to Candles In The Sun. Ultimate buzzkill.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 15 January 2013 01:57 (eleven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/dj-dyn-o-might/adorn-go-go-remix
Go-Go remix of "Adorn"
― some dude, Tuesday, 15 January 2013 01:59 (eleven years ago) link
that is an excellent thing
― Five days left to vote in the ILM End of Year Poll! (seandalai), Tuesday, 15 January 2013 02:30 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i heard it on the radio the other night and it made me so happy
― some dude, Tuesday, 15 January 2013 02:38 (eleven years ago) link