okay, so i've spent nearly three hours with these on endless repeat, and i'm feeling p much at home. neither's great, but both solid, FMBO a bit better than that. and now that i've innoculated myself w lol desensitization germs, gross lyrics aren't really a problem. still a bit disappointed. neither track touches love king's highs.
and yeah, wtf is up with that "meh meh meh yeah" break between songs? is he anticipating his critics?
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
My Records are intended for Sensual,sexual and intelligent people. Lovers and Lost Lovers a like.I Don't Want any New Fans! Cheers LOVECULT
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
I like both, but my first impression is mostly how heavy they are sonically compared to most of his work. Really thick and bass-dominant.
― Spo-Dee-O-Dee-Dopaliscious! (The Reverend), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 04:44 (twelve years ago) link
Really perplexed by the "meh, meh, meh, yeah" part.
― Spo-Dee-O-Dee-Dopaliscious! (The Reverend), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 04:51 (twelve years ago) link
Some of the production details on "Fuck My Brains Out" are amazing. That quick, cascading bass synth during the second verse!
― Spo-Dee-O-Dee-Dopaliscious! (The Reverend), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 04:55 (twelve years ago) link
wtf MEH MEH MEH MEH?
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 05:36 (twelve years ago) link
fuck my brains out is much improved from the demo.
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 05:41 (twelve years ago) link
wow that is a shit website
― shalmaneser (tpp), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 05:55 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 8 June 2011 05:55 (twelve years ago) link
i know you a cheaterbut boy before you leavefuck my brains out
god this guy.
― shalmaneser (tpp), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 06:07 (twelve years ago) link
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 06:10 (twelve years ago) link
i entertain this fantasy that artists who seem gifted in one area will possess overarching aesthetic ~visions~ that work in and connect with other contexts, that talented musicians will be able, for instance, to recognize and even produce good graphic design and prose. i suppose that this is a elitist fantasy, in that it snootily elevates what i take to be a "refined artistic sensibility" (harumph) over sheer will and/or the accidental gifts of providence.
then along comes this web site to settle my hash
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 06:13 (twelve years ago) link
u ever seen a dream video?
― shalmaneser (tpp), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 06:16 (twelve years ago) link
ha
― Spo-Dee-O-Dee-Dopaliscious! (The Reverend), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 06:25 (twelve years ago) link
well i'll be involuntarily singing "fuck my brains out" in inappropriate situations for the foreseeable future then
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 07:47 (twelve years ago) link
re: twitter - i saw optimum retweet him on monday, followed from there. for what it's worth.
― haido, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 13:14 (twelve years ago) link
i love 'body work'
― the-dream's car of the summer (tpp), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
Idg what contenderizer's issue w "fmbo" is - this is like textbook dreamisms
Fwiw I think body work is boring and if anyone else released it we'd be all "this sucks"
Fmbo is p dope though, although obv the-dream is an all time rmde when it comes to a personality
― lebroner (D-40), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
Body work just seems so stingey with the songwriting (although the-dream has been hit or miss w that for a minute) but typically he would make up for that w melodic generosity. "body work" has one barely-there melodic hook
― lebroner (D-40), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
I Don't Want any New Fans! Cheers LOVECULT
his last few single choices explained
― Shippie_Ipley_Dope (some dude), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
Ha. It kind of explains the entire arc of his career
― lebroner (D-40), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
i'm kidding it's a total cliche sour grapes thing to say once your career has clearly peaked
― Shippie_Ipley_Dope (some dude), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
fmbo is kind of an unfortunately shitty gimmick chorus but overall i'm cool with both of these - better than the majority of love king in my esteemed opinion
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 14:37 (twelve years ago) link
this whole "i don't know if i'm gonna be with u" transition is just killing me, welcome back dreamer
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
I've felt a little less engaged with each album, but I'm really felling this new suite instantly.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
Huh idk why it's not hitting me at all like that
― lebroner (D-40), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
Body-Work sounds better with each listen for me but it's definitely just the prelude groove to "FMBO" for me
― da croupier, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
For me, I mean
i know what you mean abt body work being sparse melodically (for the-dream) but i kind of love how it grinds away
― the-dream's car of the summer (tpp), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
FMBO is great. Totally reprehensible, but just so damn great.
'She know I'm a Virgo and I'm impossible to please."
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think fmbo is reprehensible on it's own, it just makes the dream come off poorly as a human being. Song itself doesn't strike me as partic objectionable nb I may not have given the lyrics a complete close reading
― lebroner (D-40), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
His king-dick fantasies are a hell of a lot more imaginative and memorable than most
― da croupier, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, his sex is so good that his ex- who is leaving him for cheating is demanding a last round of amazing sex, etc. etc. etc.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
For whatever reason, Make-Up Bag was light enough that it felt like a humourous toss-off and I didn't find it as skeezy as some dudes did, but this is just undeniably shitty behaviour. But it's a killer song, so, you know.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think anyone has brought up the coda yet, but it's gorgeous. "I'll always miss THAT KISS / A lover's delight" all multitracked harmonies. It's really gentle and pretty.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
oh noes, no strings sex! odious! reprehensible! literally have no idea what u prudes are moaning about
in particular the notion that this song makes him come off poorer "as a human being" than the trite plodding idiocy of 'make up bag' or god idk a hundred other little things over the years is just laughable
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
― bnw, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
Lol
I think it's fair to say this has a pretty high narcissism factor relative to his other stuff. But yah idg what is objectionable about it
― lebroner (D-40), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
maybe there should be a "but i denied her/mind-blowing sex/i denied her/out of respect" coda
― da croupier, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
rtc otm -- not even nearly as odious as "I luv your girl"
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
let's check the odi-ometer
― da croupier, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
I think theres def an increased level of egotism relative to "i luv your girl" but maybe it's that the music is a lot less coy
― lebroner (D-40), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
oh jeez. i have no issues with no string sex. seriously.
what's gross about FMBO is how after a highly public break up he's written a song about how no matter how much of a jerk is, his ex-girlfriend is in thrall to his awesome magical penis. i mean, it's a good song, but it's still all sorts of gross.
and yes, he's done angry/bitter/vaguely misogynist breakup songs before i.e. nikki, abyss, whatever, but in all those cases there was the vague rationalization of he's angry and was cheated on and there's a source of the gross bitterness.
but if you don't find something kind of distasteful about a guy bragging about how desperate his ex-wife was for his dick even after he cheated on her immediately after they had a kid, etc. etc. then i can't explain it.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
but it's not an objectionable song. so i don't know why i'm arguing this.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
it would be nice if when terius was listening to prince as i assume hes doing 24/7 he took notes on how to be a freak without being a pig
― ☂ (max), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
has he rhymed milian with "vill-i-an" yet
― da croupier, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
― ☂ (max), Wednesday, June 8, 2011 12:54 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark
Right, this. Thank you, max, for being more succinct and articulate than me.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
lol alex when u first heard 'living a lie' did u also shed a little tear imagining what nivea would think when she found out about terius and rihanna's shock affair
not every song in the world is directly autobiographical
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
that's clearly what he's suggesting by saying a song about your ex tearfully begging you for mindblowing sex is kinda distasteful coming from a recently divorced dude
― da croupier, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
like, I dig this song but I don't feel the pretend those who think its piggish are being absurd.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link