Robyn

there's a remix of with every heartbeat on some BBC thing at the moment no?

not that that's automatically a good thing, mind

xpost dude i have no idea

xxpost on what bbc thing?

like a preview for a new season of programmes or something...? maybe it's a telly ad for radio stations?

a remix of that song seems beyond pointless

pretty sure it sounded different but I admit I am v quick to assume the remix

the normal one has a kind of... compressed quality to it that i normally hate but which i think adds to the closeness of it, the intimacy, everything feels like it's squashed up against itself - yet it all sounds as though it's at a slight remove from you as well, like it's some distance off. anyway on tv i bet it sounds even MORE compressed.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/08/robyn_scores_a_triumph_for_pro.html

TOP TEN BITCHES :D

lol miss kittin

TOP FIVE BITCHES

plus top 5 = go ladies, generally

"Proper pop". Is this "troo kvlt black metalz!!!!111!!1" for poptimists?

I love this song, but jesus "proper" sounds like a total insult of an adjective when it comes to pop.

WOOOOO HOOO

"with every heartbeat" is about as unproper a pop record as robyn has ever made! i mean, it's basically techno.

I don't think I've actually heard With Every Heartbeat, possibly due to losing interest in Robyn about a year ago. Is it as good as Who's That Girl or Be Mine?

I love how the first two comments under that piece are from Peter Robinson and Alex Needham.

it's very different, matt. it's more sad and wistful. she (and kleerup?) capture something of that superpitcher style of sad equanimity. "who's that girl" and "be mine" are more in the fire of the moment, in the confusion of making tough decisions, and this one is after those decisions have been made, and how in the hell one can live with that.

Tracer do you like that track she's done with Christian Falk? it's good.

the one that sounds like it was recorded live somewhere? "dream on"? i like that one a lot.

but i would, wouldn't i! (actually she and falk have a couple of other songs that i don't like very much)

i mean the one that isn't 'Dream On' - Remember

altho it's not as good as i remember now ha ha

I can't believe "With Every Heartbeat" has gone top 5. I mean, it's great, but it's not the sort of song I'd expect the public to get behind.

it's all because of the Ibeefier remixes i guess

it's more sad and wistful. she (and kleerup?) capture something of that superpitcher style of sad equanimity

Haha I finally heard this and TOTALLY. Superpitcher feat. Kate Bush!

<i>I love this song, but jesus "proper" sounds like a total insult of an adjective when it comes to pop.</i>

otm

For some reason "proper" has taken off as an adjective regarding pop...according to PopJustice, the new Sugababes single is also "proper pop". But I think, regarding any kind of art, "proper" seems to imply "by the book" and therefore not particularly innovative or original.

Yes, it implies propriety.

lol #1

I suppose it'll do until "Hey There Delilah" is released.

this is amazing. if you'd said a year ago she'd be #1 etc.

Internet pop star in 'properly successful' shocker. Be Mine could be absolutely huge now.

I just walked into the nearby deli and Be Mine was playing on Heart FM! Ergo, Robyn will be massive.

-- Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 27 January 2006 13:31 (1 year ago)

Called it.

Someone please set up as "Why Robyn got big but MIA didn't" thread please. That's got 1000 post meltdown written all over it.

going to see her in glasgow whenever it is

am a little annoyed that she was always just playing in london before but quite a lot and in a similar way to being annoyed that she rereleased her album and may well rerelease be mine or whatever now it just seems a bit...something oh well

IT IS LIKE WHEN THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN APRIL SKIES GOT IN THE TOP 10

cynical

Did it actually get released over here the first time round? Seems a bit churlish to be complaining when 99.9% of the population had no idea who she was at the time and she's finally going to see some success out of it.

I know you are but what am I

cynical

was disappointed w/ the reshuffled album, whether or not the original had a proper release here, and annoyed that she hasn't recorded much since that. she's making a lot of effort about stuff from a while ago when she could, potentially, be doing something else, for better or worse. understand why she's done it and maybe I'm not really annoyed w/ how she's doing it, now, but that she didn't do it better first time round. obviously, it's possible she only got a shot at DOING it, this time, because of last time, but it does seem slightly...cynical! happy for her to have success and some of the other stuff from that album does have the potential and deserves to hit and success means she won't just be playing in london, too

yay robyn still luv ya : D

that's kinda indie.

I know you are

but what am I

i cannot believe the, er, quality of the songs that have pushed robyn out of the number one spot!

i think the new version of 'bum like you' is a lot better than the old one

I STRONGLY DISAGREE but then I only listened twice on computer speakers, months ago, and then deleted

She should move into Mondeo Pop.

blueski you would

i think i prefer the old versh but that's prob just standard "heard it first"-ness.

is the scala an OK place to see bands? i'm on the verge of buying tickets

yes. last gig i saw there was The Knife - awesome no complaints sound-wise or whatever