Which jobbing indie band's parents would you travel back in time to have sex with?
― Matt DC, Friday, 14 August 2009 11:11 (fifteen years ago) link
"Gay Dad" indeed
― unban dictionary (blueski), Friday, 14 August 2009 11:12 (fifteen years ago) link
"Come tweet wiv me"
Been digging his tweets immensely. Thanks Mike!
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 14 August 2009 11:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I've got love for you unless your mum fucked a journo in the 80s, the 80s
― vain_bowers, Friday, 14 August 2009 11:52 (fifteen years ago) link
apparently he debuts on the hot 100 this week with one of his own tracks ;_; rihanna what have you done
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 16 February 2012 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
tired of hearing that damn chintzy circus organ all the time
― The Reverend, Thursday, 16 February 2012 03:18 (twelve years ago) link
title of thread still applies
never gonna forgive rihanna for this tbh
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Thursday, 16 February 2012 09:07 (twelve years ago) link
Rev OTM
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Thursday, 16 February 2012 09:09 (twelve years ago) link
I guess we should get used to it
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Thursday, 16 February 2012 09:10 (twelve years ago) link
yesss but this is like the definition of "grooving" for certain people
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 16 February 2012 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/silkstink.jpg
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 16 February 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
I wonder what you guys would be saying had you been around for La Bouche, The Real McCoy and Captain Hollywood Project
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
(although "Feel So Close" is pretty much terrible)
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:06 AM Bookmark
iirc my thoughts on all this stuff at the time was "when are they playing Coolio again?"
I fux w/ "Sweet Dreams" and "Another Night" (tho I always thought this sounded like a Coke jingle) and maaaaaaaaaaayyyybe "Be My Lover" tho
― The Reverend, Thursday, 16 February 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
i can't figure out if la bouche and the real mccoy are supposed to really be a defense of this (or anything)
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 16 February 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
it's more, people are having this hysterical overreaction to this dude as if he's some brand new circle of awful hell rather than someone who is pretty clearly operating in a paradigm that's been sending hits to the charts for 20 years
it's basically "look, we survived Robert Miles, we will survive this too, just relax"
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
"look, we survived Robert Miles, we will survive this too, just relax"
I immediately vote for this as the replacement slogan for "Keep Calm and Carry On"
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 February 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
fuck you Dan, "Children" is a classic *takes ball and goes home*
― The Reverend, Thursday, 16 February 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
lol
I mean, in the interest of full disclosure I never understood why everyone despised "Children" either but Miles such a good stand-in for "commercially successful dance dude that dance people seem to hate with terrifying and unhealthy fervor"
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
Dan obviously doesn't remember the mass group suicides of the 90s.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
i loved "children" and "one & one"
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
still do
calvin harris could never
i am a big fan of "another night" to be honest
― teledyldonix, Friday, 17 February 2012 06:13 (twelve years ago) link
"Another Night" is brilliant. That bit near the end with the crazy little synth arpeggio behind Olaf's rap is one of the best all time house party moments.
Pretty much all of my issues with Harris are tied up with his voice and persona, which were heavily prevalent on "I Like The Girls" and "Born In The 80s"; those records really were some brand new circle of awful hell. He was a dickhead in interviews and the like at that time as well.
Fear and loathing seem somewhat overdone if he's just producing chintzy circus organ dance-pop now, but if he opens his mouth on the new record then all bets are off.
― Tim F, Friday, 17 February 2012 07:02 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ this being a carbon copy of "We Found Love" with Ne-Yo subbing in for Rihannahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpMbjW43vGY
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 5 March 2012 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
I just looked at his wikipedia page... that "Sweet Nothing" song is getting some radio play in the US and aside from the horrible Rihanna song it's his highest charting single. But in the UK his last six songs have gone 2-2-2-2-1-6 and both albums #1. Is he totally unavoidable on UK radio/in clubs etc?
― skip, Thursday, 21 March 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
i don't know if actual djs in actual clubs actually play him but yeah he's all over the radio, drinking from the bottle being the current irritant
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 21 March 2013 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
I can't imagine any DJ with any kind of rep ever playing Calvin Harris, but he's probably ubiquitous in high street nightclubs (ie most of the clubs in the UK).
― Matt DC, Thursday, 21 March 2013 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
"thinking about you" is such a good song
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 8 March 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
yeah it's much better than his other recent stuff, i was actually surprised it was him. naturally it is not getting nearly as much american radio play as his other songs did.
― dyl, Saturday, 8 March 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
fukk yes
― rhyme heals all goons (m bison), Saturday, 8 March 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
gr8 song, esp for the 278th single off that record, possibly the best 278th single ever?
― a commentary on self-absorbed youth culture in the social media age (zachlyon), Saturday, 8 March 2014 20:19 (ten years ago) link
i'm sort of into "summer"
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Monday, 5 May 2014 01:15 (ten years ago) link
video for it is garbage
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Monday, 5 May 2014 02:31 (ten years ago) link
horrifyingly, i kind of enjoy the rita ora single which is his handiwork i think *ducks*
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Monday, 5 May 2014 02:32 (ten years ago) link
"Summer" is ok but seems like a rewrite of "Feel So Close" (which I kind of liked *ducks*)
― Vinnie, Monday, 5 May 2014 13:14 (ten years ago) link
the synth line of the chorus to summer is beyond parody, like something from page 2 of "john thompson's elementary guide to the piano"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 5 May 2014 14:36 (ten years ago) link
not into "summer" at all
― dyl, Monday, 5 May 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
i enjoy like 50% of his singles COME AT ME
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 5 May 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
'summer' is aite. i still think 'i'm not alone' is the best, such a dumb song i love
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Monday, 5 May 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
it's my favorite by him too, tho i heard it again recently and i would say it has lost some of its appeal
― dyl, Monday, 5 May 2014 20:45 (ten years ago) link
haim, big sean, gwen stefani & tinashe on the new one http://www.stereogum.com/1709814/haim-tinashe-gwen-stefani-featured-on-calvin-harris-motion/news/
― snrub goin up on a tuesday (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 05:40 (nine years ago) link
haim song on this album is the best thing he's done since 'acceptable in the '80s'
― maura, Saturday, 28 February 2015 19:09 (nine years ago) link
hmmm wrong, that would be his Armani photoshoot
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Saturday, 28 February 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
― dyl, Sunday, 1 March 2015 01:30 (nine years ago) link
only good thing dom ever did was the title of this thread
― lex pretend, Sunday, 1 March 2015 10:12 (nine years ago) link
it still applies obviously