La Roux - In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Mix)

okay maybe not "better", but more open, less pressed

okay never mind, forget I said anything

I don't think I'd grasped exactly how irritating La Roux is musically before now.

I can't really imagine a worse voice.

Basically I was reacting to a massive amount of echo put on her voice in a remix; remove that and it's pretty obvious she has no idea what she's doing when she's trying to sing. Taylor, OTOH, has tinges of the Britney quack in her voice but by and large seems to be producing the sound she's going for.

Whatsit from La Roux sings like a Dalek.

I can't help but really love her songs. There's something "off" about each song - be it the pronounciation or the beats - but at the same time I quite like it. It's never instant love, I can't get it, nor do I really listen. All the song have something in common, I instantly recognize it. And in a funny way it's the fact that I just like it that is the common element. Whatever.

(I feel a bit silly posting here bcz I don't really care that much abt music but I enjoy La Roux; Lex I am happy to try and answer any "how could anyone like this" qtns you may have.)

As daughter of a famous celeb, how the fuck does 'er from La Roux NOT count as "manufactured princess pop"? With her levels of self awareness, I'm just surprised it wasn't a "Lily Allen only got to where she was because of a famous parent" exact quote.

I don't really care that much abt music but I enjoy La Roux

these two things may be connected!

seriously yeah, if anyone wants to tell me how they're ok with her horrible voice, her horrible tinny music, her horrible trite lyrics and her horrible ignorant opinions, feel free.

Elly's horrible, shrill Kelly Marie-esque voice was the first thing I objected to with La Roux but I realise now that the lazily-written hook-deprived songs are just as much of a problem.

la roux is a they? huh.

hahah Lex, for a moment I thought you were on about Neil Young when you said bad voice.

And not care about music and liking La Roux could be related, but I do care about music AND I like La Roux, so how does that work out? I find your whole hatred somewhat cute.

I do have to admit that I have a very fucked up attitude when it comes to pop cult: I actually follow up on famous people I actually abhore. I know more about Katie Price than, say, my next door neighbour. So I guess I have a high tolerance for *crap* or mediocre music (or any other pop cult product). La Roux hasn't really inspired me to analyze her music or be swayed by it, I just find it enjoyable.

my knowing more about katie price - who i NEVER actively try to follow - than my next door neighbour says more about neighbourly relations ~these days~ really. i know she's japanese (have taken post for her), works from home (always bump into each other at like 2pm), lives with her bf, that's it.

seriously yeah, if anyone wants to tell me how they're ok with her horrible voice, her horrible tinny music, her horrible trite lyrics and her horrible ignorant opinions, feel free.

The synthy bit and the chorus of bulletproof are great pop rushes! They are like Negotiate With Love only slightly less good. Also the video is great, with The Future, and primary colours. Also her hair is memorable which is good in a popstar - as someone not paying much attention I cannot remember what Lady Gaga or whoever look like, but La Roux is instantly recognisable.

Her voice is just kinda neutral? It is an autotuned whatever voice, like Kimberley GA or whoever. Are the lyrics really that trite? Again they just seem pleasantly okay!

The lyrics are like something Vince Clarke scribbled on the back of an envelope and then threw away in disgust back in 1982.

it's weird that you cite lady effing gaga and her innumerable attention-seeking outfits as something less visually memorable than la roux - not into gaga at all either (though christ, am nearing crumbling point on this one) but next to her, elly jackson is an indie boy in t-shirt and jeans.

"the future" = the 80s?

idk how to respond to an argument that her piercing, nails-on-blackboard shrill is "neutral" :/

i mean gaga wore a massive bow in her hair which was MADE OUT OF HER HAIR - one stupid quiff has nothing on that

http://images.starpulse.com/pictures/2007/08/05/previews/Lady%20GaGa-ADB-013713.jpg

this is one of the more conservative Lady Gaga pics on the internet

She has brown hair in that pic and looks like Chan Marshall! That is nothing like how she looks at other times! My most reliable visual signifier for Lady Gaga is "no trousers" but she does wear them sometimes; I'd be much less confident picking her out of an identity parade than La Roux who just always looks exactly the comforting same.

Is it just me or is La Roux the most boring music ever?

The shit voice doesn't help but by golly, is it fucking boring.

I apologise if this is too obvious and/or behind the curve, btw.

kbp have u
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWmE6LwowsQ&feature=player_embedded

i still can't believe Ben Langmaid co-produced (with Rollo) this old track I liked

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNYcawl29KQ

The original "In For The Kill" is surely much, much better.

(And no wonder The Lex don't like them, as they sound like something from around 1982, i.e. before time began according to The Lex). :)

this is being used in a video game ad here in the US and damn it's pretty massive

Where did they go? At this rate they'll need another smash like "Bulletproof" or "In For The Kill", or the difficult second album will be very difficult indeed.

Waiting three years following your breakthrough album is quite a risk to take. Shame, such a promising act.

New album is going to be 'Nile Rodgers inspired' apparently. Not sure if he's had anything to do with it himself.

This still rocks the dancefloor in my experience.

Hmmm.. Nile Rodgers = great, but also known for a rather "organic" style, and La Roux is not one act that should become "organic".

she's still a vile human, but "bulletproof" is a classic

yeah I don't know how far she's going to go with the Nile thing. I'm ok with her over synthpop revival whatnot but I fear full on Chic freak would show her voice up somewhat.

not to say it couldn't be great

Chic is OK, but I don't want the synthpop revival to stop ever. It was a mistake when synthpop became untrendy in the late 80s and it will be again if it becomes untrendy once more.

Couldn't some inferior act, such as Beyonce, do the Chic thing instead?

kanye's verse from his rather dumb remix of this track contains my favorite rap lyric:

"i'm goin in, and i'ma go hard
i said what's the point if there ain't no scars
a little teeth marks? blood on the collar?
that's real love nnnnnnnngghghgnnnaannnaannnnngghhhhh [pronounced so that it rhymes with 'collar']"

Couldn't some inferior act, such as Beyonce, do the Chic thing instead?

welcome back, Geir!

I know some people hate La Roux with passion, but these tracks are sounding rather promising to my ears. And yeah, apparently Nile Rodgers is actually involved in some of the tracks, if not the whole thing. Now if only she got rid of that horrendous outfit...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLP38UkwpBw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGGdw6Na3Sc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-8r0b2yK9g

New single. Finally!

It's OK:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOTEx7p-IkM

http://youtu.be/kOTEx7p-IkM

ugh, never remember how to embed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOTEx7p-IkM

thx

Proper comeback single. Apparently "Lay me down gently" was just a buzz track. It's got Nile Rodgers' fingerprints all over it. Except I think he wasn't involved. I'm not sure about the vocals, but otherwise I love it.

i like "let me down gently" better for some reason but maybe it'll grow on me

Though I love "Sexoteque", and there's a couple of other decent tracks, the new album's definitely a step down from the first one

a friend recently recommended me their debut album and i was sceptical as i couldn't remember what they sounded like at all except remembering disliking the singles at the time but i was kinda shocked to find it some of the most viscerally unpleasant pop music i've ever heard. i have no idea how this album had multiple hits with its incredibly flimsy-feeling synthpop, mediocre hooks, and the way her voice sounds

the two big singles were legit great and the rest was serviceable enough