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
the need to pretend, i mean
yeah but my point is the "recently divorced" alarm is just being activated arbitrarily here, like is there some milian-specific detail i'm missing in this?
and alex even if you wanna go there how does "i don't need another bitch to lie to me" not fit in with your vague bitter rationalization etc anyway?
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
max otm
but i think ppl kinda demand piggishness in their modern R&B
or at least artists think we do
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
my other point is how is it any more "piggish" than he's ever been since the very beginning once you take a couple of raunchy couplets out of the equation, this is just beyond superficial stuff
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link