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, 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 (six years ago) Permalink
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 (six years ago) Permalink
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 (six years ago) Permalink
"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 (six years ago) Permalink
fuck you Dan, "Children" is a classic *takes ball and goes home*
― The Reverend, Thursday, 16 February 2012 19:14 (six years ago) Permalink
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 (six years ago) Permalink
Dan obviously doesn't remember the mass group suicides of the 90s.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:29 (six years ago) Permalink
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 (six years ago) Permalink
still do
calvin harris could never
i am a big fan of "another night" to be honest
― teledyldonix, Friday, 17 February 2012 06:13 (six years ago) Permalink
"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 (six years ago) Permalink
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 (six years ago) Permalink
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 (five years ago) Permalink
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 (five years ago) Permalink
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 (five years ago) Permalink
"thinking about you" is such a good song
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 8 March 2014 20:06 (four years ago) Permalink
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 (four years ago) Permalink
fukk yes
― rhyme heals all goons (m bison), Saturday, 8 March 2014 20:15 (four years ago) Permalink
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 (four years ago) Permalink
i'm sort of into "summer"
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Monday, 5 May 2014 01:15 (four years ago) Permalink
video for it is garbage
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Monday, 5 May 2014 02:31 (four years ago) Permalink
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 (four years ago) Permalink
"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 (four years ago) Permalink
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 (four years ago) Permalink
not into "summer" at all
― dyl, Monday, 5 May 2014 16:01 (four years ago) Permalink
i enjoy like 50% of his singles COME AT ME
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 5 May 2014 16:35 (four years ago) Permalink
'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 (four years ago) Permalink
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 (four years ago) Permalink
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 (three years ago) Permalink
haim song on this album is the best thing he's done since 'acceptable in the '80s'
― maura, Saturday, 28 February 2015 19:09 (three years ago) Permalink
hmmm wrong, that would be his Armani photoshoot
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Saturday, 28 February 2015 22:11 (three years ago) Permalink
― dyl, Sunday, 1 March 2015 01:30 (three years ago) Permalink
only good thing dom ever did was the title of this thread
― lex pretend, Sunday, 1 March 2015 10:12 (three years ago) Permalink
it still applies obviously