Yeah, the complaints of filler I've read are dumbfounding. Every track on this album is tight as fuck.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:10 (twelve years ago)
yeah this album has hooks for days
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:11 (twelve years ago)
I love Tango in the Night but it's patchier than this.
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:11 (twelve years ago)
They're both patchy.
btw I don't think this particularly sounds like Tango. I posted "Caroline" because I thought it must be what people had in mind when comparing the two albums.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:15 (twelve years ago)
I'm pretty sure the Shania comparisons come solely from The Wire.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:18 (twelve years ago)
I don't agree with this album being patchy at all.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:19 (twelve years ago)
Really the only thing stopping this from being a lock for my AOTY is that Chance writes brilliant lyrics and they don't.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:20 (twelve years ago)
I'm eh on "Falling" and one of the ballads at the end. It's still one of the year's best.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:21 (twelve years ago)
"Let Me Go" rules pretty hard
― smang culture (DJP), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:22 (twelve years ago)
I didn't really get "Falling" til I heard it on the album but now I always want to listen to it. And then I listen to the rest of the album.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:23 (twelve years ago)
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, October 2, 2013 4:15 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah it's more like "Love In Store" and "Hold Me" with 1987 production.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:32 (twelve years ago)
"Love in Store" or "Family Man" given the Balearic treatment
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:33 (twelve years ago)
idk i think "everywhere" kinda prevails as an analog
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:40 (twelve years ago)
For some reason, Forever keeps reminding me of Time After Time. Same chord progression?
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:42 (twelve years ago)
Ha Alfred's dn makes me think of "the objections to Haim from REAL INDIE people"
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:44 (twelve years ago)
dn?
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:48 (twelve years ago)
Display name
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:49 (twelve years ago)
haha
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:51 (twelve years ago)
some of the drum sounds on this remind me of Invisible Touch era Genesis
― wk, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 17:38 (twelve years ago)
That's otm
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 17:39 (twelve years ago)
kind of a dumb generalization though I guess since most '80 records tried to have phil collins sounding drums haha
― wk, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 17:41 (twelve years ago)
so basically "80s drums"
"Tony Banks drums"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW68T84RLHw
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 17:48 (twelve years ago)
lol
― wk, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 17:51 (twelve years ago)
I didn't even know I was nostalgic for something like this but it's taking me back to being a 9 year old listening to the Jets.
― wk, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:02 (twelve years ago)
I watched that Genesis video, and most of the time Phil isn't even playing the drums. He's not even singing into a real microphone! What a scam. I bet they never imagine that video would be around 25 years later and that people would be checking. Shame on you, Genesis. Shame. On. You.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:03 (twelve years ago)
It's a gormless video
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:04 (twelve years ago)
what do you call that kind of '80s beat anyway (on the Haim record, not Genesis)? is it a Jam & Lewis thing?
― wk, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:05 (twelve years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcQYgrm6Vv0
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:06 (twelve years ago)
"eighties drums" means many things: programmed Linn drums, gated drums, etc
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:11 (twelve years ago)
while we're talking about drums, 'the wire' opening drums = rock and roll pt. 2 drums
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:12 (twelve years ago)
yeah totally
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:15 (twelve years ago)
It's not "Heartache Tonight"?
― hopping and bopping to the krokodil rot (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:15 (twelve years ago)
yeah, I was talking more about that jam & lewis kind of beat like on Falling, Forever, Change Your Mind, and Days Are Gone.
― wk, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:15 (twelve years ago)
or I guess it's also similar to latin freestyle? Let the Music Play
― wk, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:19 (twelve years ago)
lol sorry, next time I'll read the thread first
― wk, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:25 (twelve years ago)
― 乒乓, Wednesday, October 2, 2013 11:12 AM Bookmark
It's that big 12/8 beat (see also: "The Beautiful People", "Atlas", "Black Skinhead")
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:37 (twelve years ago)
Something else that Forever reminds me of - there's a synth bit just before the chorus that I swear is straight out of Bizarre Love Triangle. The guitar break is kinda Barney too.
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 19:31 (twelve years ago)
I keep hoping these guys will get booked on snl this year, which is never a hope I've really had for a band before?
― Clay, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 19:33 (twelve years ago)
you could do a pretty good mashup of Forever and Spring Love by Stevie B
― wk, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 19:33 (twelve years ago)
Stop.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 19:34 (twelve years ago)
You're going to send Alfred into convulsions.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 20:00 (twelve years ago)
*convulses in office as "I Wanna Be the One" blasts*
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 20:28 (twelve years ago)
haha oh yeah, you're in miami, right?
― wk, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 20:43 (twelve years ago)
iirc, "The Star Spangled Banner" is the national anthem outside of Dade County, where it's "Spring Love".
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 20:48 (twelve years ago)
the freestyle comparisons sold me on this album a lot more than the Mac ones. my cd just arrived in the mail: no typo!
― Euler, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 20:51 (twelve years ago)
top 40 radio in san jose was that kind of stuff when I was a kid. so I always just think of that sound as "80s music" and I heard this and thought "hey it's 1986"!
― wk, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 20:54 (twelve years ago)
I thought this thread said HAM
― you are kind, I am (waterface), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 21:59 (twelve years ago)
it does
― Luigi Nono, le petit robot (seandalai), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 22:01 (twelve years ago)
The freestyle comparisons are wrong but that's okay.
*convulses while making spaghetti sauce and dancing to Company B's "Fascinated"*
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 22:01 (twelve years ago)