i just thought there was something kind of amazing and perfect about the triangulation of Miguel, MySpace and Trojan
― some dude, Monday, 16 July 2012 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
haha word
― chain the color of am0n (The Reverend), Monday, 16 July 2012 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
MySpace is such a harsh connotation, though. I'll forever associate that site with a whole movement of mostly disbanded emo acts I was slightly too old to fully understand
― Evan R, Monday, 16 July 2012 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.spin.com/articles/stream-miguels-three-song-kaleidoscope-dream-water-preview
― The Reverend, Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
lol at thread of miguel btw
― The Reverend, Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
Use Me sounds great.
― n00bs on my damn chain (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
"use me" is amazing
"don't look back" i'm not so sure about
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
"use me" is as good as anything he's put out this year imo
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
both songs are really dense... "use me" really gives off this vibe that he's, like, in the middle of a thunderstorm or something. but in a way that really works.
chorus is killer
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
serious jaw drop at "use me"
― smells like ok (soda) (dayo), Friday, 27 July 2012 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
like 2:50 onwards is DDDDDDDDDDD:
― smells like ok (soda) (dayo), Friday, 27 July 2012 01:06 (eleven years ago) link
where is the CDQ mixtape downloadable from the website???
― smells like ok (soda) (dayo), Friday, 27 July 2012 01:26 (eleven years ago) link
dunno about anyone else but I love when Miguel belts
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 July 2012 01:28 (eleven years ago) link
I need to stop listening to this off the website, I'm gonna burn out
― smells like ok (soda) (dayo), Friday, 27 July 2012 01:40 (eleven years ago) link
man, dude packs so much music into just two new song; this is so much to digest. Love how substantial both of these tracks are
― Evan R, Friday, 27 July 2012 01:48 (eleven years ago) link
minor miracle I was somehow able to get the Spin site to stream these for me. Never has any luck accessing anything on that site before, so glad it came through for me when it counted
― Evan R, Friday, 27 July 2012 01:50 (eleven years ago) link
"adorn" is slowly rising on the r&b chart too
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
"use me" is stunning
"don't look back" sounds a bit too much like a ryan tedder collaboration or something but i don't dislike it
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 01:57 (eleven years ago) link
so i guess the album has 11 songs, if my math is right? good number imo
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 01:59 (eleven years ago) link
I've learned never to underestimate the dude's capacity for writing songs that grow on me. Even fucking "Broads" eventually wormed its way past my "i should hate this" shield
― Evan R, Friday, 27 July 2012 02:00 (eleven years ago) link
you're a brave man, Evan
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 July 2012 02:00 (eleven years ago) link
his singing on "don't look back" is good tho
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
how prince is the title "kaleidoscope dream" btw? love it
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 02:05 (eleven years ago) link
Stay tuned: On Wednesday morning, August 1, SPIN will also be exclusively premiering a stream of Miguel's performance from an upcoming secret live show.
really excited about this, there's not tons of video of him playing live out there. especially the new stuff, if at all.
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 02:06 (eleven years ago) link
Wonder if Miguel is paying incredibly in-depth homage to Smashing Pumpkins by naming his multi-part digital album Kaleidoscope Dream.
― Evan R, Friday, 27 July 2012 03:45 (eleven years ago) link
lol i was listening to "use me" w/ the door partly closed while my boyfriend was in the kitchen and when i got up and went in there he said he thought it sounded like a smashing pumpkins song
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 05:07 (eleven years ago) link
― Evan R, Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:45 PM (Yesterday)
that was my first thought too haha
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Friday, 27 July 2012 05:24 (eleven years ago) link
"don't look back" >>>>>>>>>>>>
― lex pretend, Friday, 27 July 2012 10:09 (eleven years ago) link
miguel's doubletracked vocals when the bass drops out on "use me" >>>>>>>>>>>
― lex pretend, Friday, 27 July 2012 10:10 (eleven years ago) link
these new tracks are fucking stadium shit
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
we're gonna find out miguel's been bumping muse for the last six months or something
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
ok "Don't Look Back" just blew my mind
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 July 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah didn't grab as much at first, but it's good.
― n00bs on my damn chain (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 27 July 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
This guy has a gift for smuggling melancholy into unexpected places. "Use Me" is probably the saddest kinky sex song I've heard this year.
("Birthday Cake" doesn't count, because it is sad for other reasons.)
― Evan R, Friday, 27 July 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
when he double-tracks the guitars on "use me" >>>
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
"Use Me" is probably the saddest kinky sex song I've heard this year.
he does sing the line "my pride is waving a white flag"
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
i hate myself for even bringing this up but anyone who dug the weekend's last two mixtapes should feel fucking embarrassed hearing "use me"
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
as well as in a more general sense
― lex pretend, Friday, 27 July 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
well yes that too, lol
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
right on cue Lex!
― Evan R, Friday, 27 July 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
"Use Me" has a pathos that the Weeknd's songs don't, though. Abel is the predatory; Miguel is (at least for this song) the victim
― Evan R, Friday, 27 July 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
word
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
Plus, Miguel knows how to use sound and space to complement his voice.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 July 2012 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
His productions consistently point outward, away from the self, as opposed to The Weeknd's insularity.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 July 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
yup
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
"use me" really conveys the parallel nervousness and excitement of new sexual encounters/experiences imo. like you have this towering, expansive song & in the middle of it a guy singing "use me when you're taking control / with the lights off / i can just let go" and "it's the very first time / and i'm nervous / can i trust you, huh?"
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
tho he also sings from the other perspective as well & i guess it's up to debate which (if either) is him
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 July 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
It's songs that "Use Me" which have me give his songs queer readings.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 July 2012 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
*like "Use Me"
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 July 2012 16:09 (eleven years ago) link