Cyndi Lauper was already brought up way upthread. (xpost HA)
I do hear the Furtado in there, it's just that with the music I instantly jumped to Stefani. Nelly is more accurate, tho.
The video for "L.E.S. Artistes" is pretty creepy.
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 14:09 (sixteen years ago) link
There is a huge billboard at the Chiswick roundabout going onto the A4 that I pass on my bus into work, and it's incredibly striking - they did the whole vomiting glitter thing from the album cover with real glitter, and everyone stares at it when we drive past.
― Savannah Smiles, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 14:37 (sixteen years ago) link
I was just in "Zavvi" and they were playing something v MIA-ish, I wonder if that was Santogold. It was quite good though, whatever it was.
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 14:57 (sixteen years ago) link
i like this album. everybody's already cited all the influences that hit me the first time through, so i'll just say i like it.
― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 15:00 (sixteen years ago) link
blueski i said that already keep up!
sorry. Danielle Brisbois then.
― blueski, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 15:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Karen O.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 15:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Are people saying Karen O because of the NYC thing? Or is it the disquieting video thing? Vocally, they sound nothing alike.
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 19:26 (sixteen years ago) link
I still stand by my Clare Grogan comparison way upthread.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
HI DERE it's like when somebody reminds you of someone without really looking like them.
― blueski, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 20:07 (sixteen years ago) link
plus the general vibe of 'L.E.S. Artistes' did remind me of some YYYs
― blueski, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 20:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Okay, I really hope someone decides Portishead and Santogold should tour together.
― HI DERE, Friday, 16 May 2008 17:03 (sixteen years ago) link
i think the best songs on res' album are better than the best songs on this.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 16 May 2008 18:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I haven't heard the Res album in full but the songs I have heard were awesome.
― HI DERE, Friday, 16 May 2008 18:16 (sixteen years ago) link
best songs to get - golden boys, they say vision, and the hidden track, say what you wanna (or say say say - i dont know what the real title is, but its awesome).
the songs were a bit stronger/less 'fizzy' than those on the new one.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 16 May 2008 18:17 (sixteen years ago) link
I've heard the first two and... "Let Love"? Whatever the name of the one that sampled "Other Voices" by The Cure was.
― HI DERE, Friday, 16 May 2008 18:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I like the Santogold album, but "Golden Boys" and "They Say Vision" really do blow it out of the water. I'd probably like this album even more if it was sung by Res.
― The Reverend, Saturday, 17 May 2008 01:38 (sixteen years ago) link
i like this album a lot and i think shes a great songwriter/melodocist but its just a bit lightweight overall, from the lyrics to the production. am seeing her live in a few weeks though -i wonder what shes like live.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Saturday, 17 May 2008 13:40 (sixteen years ago) link
i like this album a lot and i think shes a great songwriter/melodocist but its just a bit lightweight overall
Pretty much my feelings exactly.
― chap, Saturday, 17 May 2008 15:30 (sixteen years ago) link
This is good because she is lightweight.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 17 May 2008 16:10 (sixteen years ago) link
but its also a bit too safe. i would love to hear her demos of they say vision and golden boys since she says she never liked docs production for res (i didnt much like it either but on those two songs its great).
― titchyschneiderMk2, Saturday, 17 May 2008 16:21 (sixteen years ago) link
what are the best res tracks?
― NI, Sunday, 18 May 2008 13:07 (sixteen years ago) link
First listen: "Hm. Not bad at all. I can see why people like this. Sounds a bit like X, Y, and Z, tho."
Step 2: File away in brain for later listening, perhaps on a sunny day.
Step 3: Forget it exists, don't miss it for a second.
― kenan, Sunday, 18 May 2008 16:34 (sixteen years ago) link
I think she'll need to inject a heavy dose of weird if album no 2's to make much of an impression. The most memorable tracks here tend to be the more off-kilter ones (Creator, My Superman).
― chap, Sunday, 18 May 2008 16:43 (sixteen years ago) link
So, who's a comparable "heavy weight"?
― Bobbi Peru, Sunday, 18 May 2008 17:28 (sixteen years ago) link
I prefer her when she's just being pop rock. The 'weirder' tracks are the least successful here IMO, Creator is okay but the others are all skippable. She'll need to get some better producers in if she's going to go down that road on album two (the Switch remix of You'll Find A Way towers above everything else here).
― Matt DC, Sunday, 18 May 2008 17:56 (sixteen years ago) link
(the Switch remix of You'll Find A Way towers above everything else here)
Before seeing the video to "L.E.S. Artistes", I would have agreed with this.
― HI DERE, Sunday, 18 May 2008 18:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Conversely the rock tracks are actually really well produced, so clean sounding!
― Matt DC, Sunday, 18 May 2008 18:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Phew - nobody's called her hip-hop or r&b on here yet, have they?
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/3331048
― StanM, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 19:31 (sixteen years ago) link
wau, the comments
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 19:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Gwen Stefani on quaaludes!
whooaaaa watch out there i might have to go rub one out
-- chinchillas they can fit on gorillas, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:10 (1 week ago) Link
amazing post
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 21:01 (sixteen years ago) link
man dude's only been on here for like 4 months and he's already talking about mastrubating
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 21 May 2008 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Say Aha kinda reminds me of Diamonds & Guns
Quite like this, I think it'll be a grower.
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 24 May 2008 01:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh and the track I heard in the shop and thought might be Santogold was Creator!
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 24 May 2008 01:22 (fifteen years ago) link
she can complain that its racist to talk about the black music influences on the album but helloooo, she IS rapping. she even called it rapping in an interview i read (just in case she thinks its something else).
― titchyschneiderMk2, Saturday, 24 May 2008 23:35 (fifteen years ago) link
saw her live tonight. a bit underwhelming. shes obv really trying to do this whole hollertronix-ish thing so instead of a band she had a deejay who still thinks its novel to do things like blend sucker mcs with this charming man. she just sung over instrumentals of the album, which was cool for a bit - shes a good performer/vocalist on stage, and she had two cool robo-dancers with her, but i feel like a chump paying 10-12 quid for a glorified club PA.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Tuesday, 3 June 2008 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
like a chump heeeeeeey
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 June 2008 23:21 (fifteen years ago) link
i read that in the tune of like a pimp.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Tuesday, 3 June 2008 23:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I'd much rather see her with a band.
― rev, Tuesday, 3 June 2008 23:30 (fifteen years ago) link
is this chick the same santi white who was on the gza joint
― and what, Sunday, 15 June 2008 04:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Idolator sez yes -- and I would link the story but the site seems to be down at present.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 15 June 2008 04:59 (fifteen years ago) link
the first five tracks of this album are amazing and then it just dies suddenly. i love how cleanly produced it is, you can hear everything.
the song she wrote w/ashlee simpson is even better though.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 15 June 2008 10:40 (fifteen years ago) link
She sounds close to MIA in the same way that Duffy sounds similar to Amy Winehouse but there are subtle differences....of which I am not eloquent enough to explore. I personally prefer MIA as she's more 'global' but Santogold makes a great club joint.
― VeronaInTheClub, Sunday, 15 June 2008 11:00 (fifteen years ago) link
She has more songs that sound like No Doubt than songs that sound like MIA.
― o. nate, Monday, 16 June 2008 18:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I'm in the "her best songs yet were on the Res album" camp.
― nabisco, Monday, 16 June 2008 19:08 (fifteen years ago) link
somehow i thought id posted here already but yeah i agree
― deej, Monday, 16 June 2008 19:13 (fifteen years ago) link
I really, really, really, really, REALLY like "You'll Find A Way", perhaps to an unhealthy degree (particularly the original version; the remix is killer but the arrangement of the original is a million times more exciting in the long run).
― HI DERE, Monday, 16 June 2008 21:38 (fifteen years ago) link
lyrics are a bit vague like a lot of modern pop/rock lyrics seem to be.
― mr x, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 09:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Surprised how often I come back to this record - there are three absolute clunkers (Superman, Starstruck, Unstoppable), the rest is tremendous.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 09:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't get "Lights Out" out of my head.
― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 11:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Sometimes "Superman" is awesome, though (particularly when I'm in the mood to hear "Red Light" by Siouxsie and the Banshees but too lazy to pull out Kaleidescope).
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 13:02 (fifteen years ago) link