listened for the first time this morning, cool albumthis track and the title track early favs
― nxd, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 11:25 (eight years ago) link
Inspirations, from the hand typed PR from Matthew …
Fellini - The Clown (1970)(make up/facial expressions/era/mood)Michael Jackson as Charlie Chaplin(Smile/childhood/messages of a better world)Gene Kelly (Not as smooth, less confidence)Bob Fosse (youtube various clips of Bob Fosse dancing. Around 6mins, the duet)The Wiz (the way the feet shuffle when they walk up the yellow brick road for the first time)The Cloudwww.richardclarkson.comRobbersla poesie est dans la ruesense of resignation.I want to convey the resignation in being a clown. i am have been and will always be a clown. i think it can tire people.for the sake of subtext and self reference it should be in black and white. also more chic
― Roaming gang of aggressive circlepits (ithappens), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 14:43 (eight years ago) link
i guess i should see the clown
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 19:01 (eight years ago) link
Just been listening to my "highlights" of the second album and I think this flows nicely:
The 1975UGH!A Change of HeartShe's AmericanPlease Be NakedLostmyheadThe Ballad of Me and My BrainSomebody ElseI Like it When You Sleep...The SoundThis Must Be My Dream
Hardly radical. Would maybe move "I Like It..." to the end.
― michaellambert, Thursday, 5 May 2016 22:25 (eight years ago) link
no paris no credibility
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 May 2016 22:30 (eight years ago) link
Ah, good point well made.
The 1975UGH!A Change of HeartShe's AmericanThe SoundPlease Be NakedLostmyheadThe Ballad of Me and My BrainSomebody ElseThis Must Be My DreamParisI Like it When You Sleep...
― michaellambert, Thursday, 5 May 2016 22:34 (eight years ago) link
no 1975 at all maximum credibility
― But... could you imagine a formation in your lemonade? Ho! (Turrican), Thursday, 5 May 2016 22:41 (eight years ago) link
No more changes
― michaellambert, Thursday, 5 May 2016 23:02 (eight years ago) link
ideal version of this album has "The Ballad of Me and My Brain" play three times in a row.
But apart from that the correct short version of this album is:
I Like it When You Sleep...The SoundIf I Believe You (HOW COULD YOU LEAVE THIS OFF)UGH!She's AmericanPlease Be NakedLostmyheadThe Ballad of Me and My BrainThis Must Be My DreamParisSomebody ElseA Change of Heart (with extra two minutes of the final guitar loop)
― Tim F, Thursday, 5 May 2016 23:49 (eight years ago) link
Brad's right. No Paris, no credibility.
― Roaming gang of aggressive circlepits (ithappens), Friday, 6 May 2016 06:05 (eight years ago) link
the lack of "nana", you're all psychopaths
― uberweiss, Friday, 6 May 2016 17:16 (eight years ago) link
If I believe you is a top 3 song...
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 13 May 2016 15:22 (eight years ago) link
yes
― J0rdan S., Friday, 13 May 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
i like that in everyone's short version of the album no one got rid of the three long mostly instrumental tracks
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 13 May 2016 16:03 (eight years ago) link
"everyone" meaning, i guess, michaellambert and tim
I would not either
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Friday, 13 May 2016 16:05 (eight years ago) link
also "loving someone" is weird, it's easily my least favorite track on the album and yet i know several people who think it's the best thing ever
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 13 May 2016 16:07 (eight years ago) link
yeah "loving someone" is the only one i routinely skipz
― J0rdan S., Friday, 13 May 2016 16:12 (eight years ago) link
skip...............
it would be a great bonus track maybe, but it's the only song that breaks the album's flow.I really like the song on its own though, the verses are where it's at, dull chorus though.
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 13 May 2016 16:19 (eight years ago) link
the production on the second verse of "if i believe you" routinely blows me away. the sudden choir bursts, the decaying percussion
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 13 May 2016 17:14 (eight years ago) link
the production on that entire song is unbelievable. the way his voice mutates slowly mutates into a robot's on the outro is one of my fav parts on the entire album.
― J0rdan S., Friday, 13 May 2016 18:13 (eight years ago) link
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, May 13, 2016 11:19 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the album is stylistically all over the place & better for it. chorus is awesome
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 13 May 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link
i absolutely love "loving someone" but then i also enjoyed large swathes of the ed sheeran album so
WE'RE ALL HUMANWE'RE JUST LIKE YOU MANWE'RE SENTIENT OR SOMETHING OR OTHER I CAN'T REMEMBER WHATEVER
and i think it flows very well in the album, the "you should be loving someone" opening as the echoes of a ghost that haunts the characters of "somebody else" or something or other
be honest y'all are being unfair to it bc it's sandwiched btwn the 2 best songs of all time
― uberweiss, Saturday, 14 May 2016 18:20 (eight years ago) link
idk it's grown on me a lot but it's still a lesser "so far it's alright"
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, 14 May 2016 18:27 (eight years ago) link
also the thought of the album not starting with "the 1975" into "love me" is making me want to kill myself your tracklist edits are offensive
― uberweiss, Saturday, 14 May 2016 19:11 (eight years ago) link
don't get me wrong I really really like Loving Someone it's just an awkward moment in the flow
― droit au butt (Euler), Saturday, 14 May 2016 20:00 (eight years ago) link
I think this album's sprawlingness is a big part of its charm so my edit would keep it more or less as it is, with possible removal of If I Believe You to irritate the real headz
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Sunday, 15 May 2016 13:04 (eight years ago) link
'if i believe you' is p good actually. i wouldn't change it at all
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Sunday, 15 May 2016 19:22 (eight years ago) link
yeah jeez
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 15 May 2016 19:23 (eight years ago) link
i had to hear it not on a loud tube train where the subtleties were lost
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Sunday, 15 May 2016 19:24 (eight years ago) link
this is srsly the most a band has ever improved between 1st and 2nd album tho
lol
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Sunday, 15 May 2016 19:29 (eight years ago) link
I still like the first one more
― Spottie, Sunday, 15 May 2016 22:13 (eight years ago) link
The difference isn't as great as imago pretends anyway; if you work off the deluxe version of the debut it basically disappears.
― Tim F, Sunday, 15 May 2016 22:14 (eight years ago) link
Yeah
― Spottie, Sunday, 15 May 2016 22:21 (eight years ago) link
it's a big improvement but it's not like where they started is anywhere close to bad. the biggest improvement is probably just the increased focus on the production from having a bigger budget?
Loving Someone is definitely one of the weaker tracks but I wouldn't skip it, and it's better than So Far (It's Alright) for sure
― ufo, Sunday, 15 May 2016 23:48 (eight years ago) link
"So Far (It's Alright)" has better lyrics - some of Matt's best probably.
― Tim F, Sunday, 15 May 2016 23:50 (eight years ago) link
yeah that really makes all the difference
plus laura nyro sample
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 15 May 2016 23:54 (eight years ago) link
via j dilla probably
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 15 May 2016 23:58 (eight years ago) link
the 1975
― Spottie, Monday, 16 May 2016 00:02 (eight years ago) link
lol i was like "i know i found that out via this thread i just can't remember where or who mentioned it"
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 16 May 2016 00:03 (eight years ago) link
:)
― Spottie, Monday, 16 May 2016 00:08 (eight years ago) link
Loving Someone is my daughter's favourite track.Also, THAT'S THE ONE WHERE SOMETHING I WROTE ABOUT THEM GOT TURNED INTO A LYRIC!
― Roaming gang of aggressive circlepits (ithappens), Monday, 16 May 2016 09:31 (eight years ago) link
i want their next album to be entirely written in turrican quotes
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Monday, 16 May 2016 11:15 (eight years ago) link
Surely that was the video for The Sound?
― Roaming gang of aggressive circlepits (ithappens), Monday, 16 May 2016 12:41 (eight years ago) link
Ah, incorporating journalistic quotes into your material. Shrewd move.
― Turrican, Monday, 16 May 2016 12:55 (eight years ago) link
One thing is for sure, if '80s revivalism winds up becoming a joke I'll be holding these dickheads solely responsible. They're certainly doing more than their bit.
― Turrican, Monday, 16 May 2016 13:01 (eight years ago) link
They could retire, give all their money was going to Syrian refugees, spend the rest of the lives working in camps with said refugees, disavow all their music and insist all future royalties were devoted to anonymously boosting education and health spending and you'd still accuse them of cynicism.
― Roaming gang of aggressive circlepits (ithappens), Monday, 16 May 2016 14:05 (eight years ago) link
Damn lack of edit post function: "give all their money to Syrian refugees"