seems like a weird word to use for this record
― winston, Monday, 10 March 2008 03:37 (sixteen years ago) link
is english your first language?
― deej, Monday, 10 March 2008 03:38 (sixteen years ago) link
haha
― tremendoid, Monday, 10 March 2008 03:49 (sixteen years ago) link
before you blame me, blame yourself!
she's the farthest thing from boring, i know that.
― tremendoid, Monday, 10 March 2008 03:50 (sixteen years ago) link
did you try "He Keeps Me Alive"?
yeah, this stuff sounds kinda pretty but i think i just find her voice to dull/irritating
― deej, Monday, 10 March 2008 03:55 (sixteen years ago) link
man the line between "pretty" and "putting me to sleep" is pretty thin for me
― J0rdan S., Monday, 10 March 2008 04:01 (sixteen years ago) link
i agree
― deej, Monday, 10 March 2008 04:04 (sixteen years ago) link
she wasn't really front and center on her first big single, in a weird way, and it was great so I don't think of it that way I guess. Her limitations are pretty obvious as a singer but the nu-talo is exquisite imo.
― tremendoid, Monday, 10 March 2008 04:17 (sixteen years ago) link
"nu-talo"!!! hahaha
i heard she doesn't perform live OR dj during her "live sets"
― jaime, Monday, 10 March 2008 04:41 (sixteen years ago) link
here we go
― tremendoid, Monday, 10 March 2008 04:50 (sixteen years ago) link
ok that's actually good to know thx.
― tremendoid, Monday, 10 March 2008 04:55 (sixteen years ago) link
I still play the US version of Disco Romance a lot, and I think I'd likely count it as one of my favorite lps of the past few years. I feel pretty biased though, as my love for the sugary synth-pop end of italo is pretty much off the chart.
SS does have a new 12" out now on Permanent Vacation, containing 2 of the new tracks from Disco Romance, and a couple of remixes (including one by the Junior Boys).
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 10 March 2008 23:38 (sixteen years ago) link
friend went to the show in nyc. verdict : boring.
― oscar, Monday, 10 March 2008 23:43 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm with deej a bit on this one but that junior boys remix is fantastic.
― haitch, Monday, 10 March 2008 23:46 (sixteen years ago) link
winston otm
― blueski, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 11:15 (sixteen years ago) link
just downloaded the Sally Shapiro Remix Romance V.1 album and it's quite good, most remix albums blow but this is really good.
remixers are holy fuck, lindstrom, junior boys, tensnake, juan maclean and woodhands [who are from Canada and you should also check out their album]
theres my two cents.
― zappa, Friday, 11 April 2008 14:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, shockingly good for a remix album.
― Gukbe, Saturday, 12 April 2008 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
i really really want that..
― winston, Saturday, 12 April 2008 01:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Has anyone downloaded vol. 2 yet? Not as many familiar names on that one.
(also, does anyone know if it's getting a physical release at all or if it's just through Paper Bag's mp3 shop?)
― Telephone thing, Saturday, 12 April 2008 01:40 (fifteen years ago) link
havent been able to get all of vol.2 yet, but i've heard the russian futurists and cfcf mixes because they're on a website already, can't remember the one. they're good mixes thou, the futurists mix is more like a cover version and the cfcf mix sounds like an old madonna tune, good stuff.
not sure about a physical release but on the paper bag site is says digital only so it might be just that
― zappa, Saturday, 12 April 2008 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
just heard "i'll be by your side today" and i guess i don't get it :/ sounds like by-the-numbers 80s electro dance with very thin, 60s french-style singing
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 12 April 2008 16:30 (fifteen years ago) link
it grew on me. there's a few better on the album than that tho - i like that remix of 'find my soul'.
― blueski, Saturday, 12 April 2008 16:56 (fifteen years ago) link
blueski - the remix album grew on you or the disco romance album?
tracer hand - i have the north american version of the DR album with He Keeps Me Alive on it which is a highlight, you should check out that tune, it's a good one.
― zappa, Sunday, 13 April 2008 00:13 (fifteen years ago) link
sounds like by-the-numbers 80s electro dance with very thin, 60s french-style singing
are people reading reviews leading them to believe that it is anything other than this? i mean, i personally really enjoy this album (it's one of the best indie-pop albums in a long long while) but people seem to be expecting it to be some big innovative blockbuster or something
― winston, Sunday, 13 April 2008 21:17 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^^
exactly what i was thinkin.
― zappa, Monday, 14 April 2008 22:56 (fifteen years ago) link
The Canseco's remix of "Hold Me So Tight" borrows heavily from the extended version of Electronic - "Getting Away With It".
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 17:57 (fifteen years ago) link
ok! has anyone else heard it yet?! pitchfork and stereogum gave it some love today
― zappa, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
well, the new Remix Romance Vol. 2 is out soon, I've heard it and it's different than Vol. 1 but is still really killer...iTunes is getting a different version on June 3rd, it has 2 more remixes added to it, here is the iTunes track listing:
Remix Romance Vol. 2 track listing:
1. Time to Let Go [CFCF Remix] 2. I Know [SLL Remix] 3. Find My Ghost [Dntel Remix] 4. Skating in the Moonshine [Solvent Remix] 5. I'll Be By Your Side [Russian Futurists Remix] 6. Time to Let Go [Spitzer Remix] 7. Anorak Christmas [Alexander Robotnick Remix] 8. Hold Me So Tight [Dyylan Remix] 9. Find My Soul [Johan Agebjörn's Norwegian Electrojazz Mix] 10. Jackie Jackie [Dyylan's Subzero Nocturne] 11. I'll Be By Your Side [Grahm Zilla Remix] *iTunes BONUS TRACK 12. I Know [KooLTURE and Diego Puerta Remix] *iTunes BONUS TRACK
i also saw a post on here about Vol. 3, does anyone know if this is true or not, i can find any info about it anywhere but the line up looks pretty crazy, info please if anyone knows!
― zappa, Monday, 26 May 2008 02:20 (fifteen years ago) link
~ Z S
― Z S, Monday, 26 May 2008 04:49 (fifteen years ago) link
what's happened to her?
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Friday, 13 February 2009 00:49 (fifteen years ago) link
she was remixed to death
― rentboy, Friday, 13 February 2009 01:19 (fifteen years ago) link
She has a new album coming out. Probably this year.
― daavid, Friday, 13 February 2009 01:28 (fifteen years ago) link
more of the pretty good same
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Friday, 22 May 2009 12:27 (fourteen years ago) link
new single is great.
some of her producer's dj mixes are brilliant also.
― Local Garda, Friday, 22 May 2009 12:34 (fourteen years ago) link
hope the album has something that sounds like this
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Friday, 22 May 2009 12:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow I've never heard that^ before, but it sound so CLASSIC. I absolutely love it. I don't think Sally will ever top "He Keeps Me Alive" though. We'll see.
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Friday, 22 May 2009 12:51 (fourteen years ago) link
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pssshhhhhh
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Friday, 22 May 2009 13:26 (fourteen years ago) link
popjustice twittering about how the album is amazing. anybody heard it yet?
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 14:58 (fourteen years ago) link
She's worked with Tensnake on at least some of the tracks which makes me think it could be amazing. I'm hoping she ditches the italo and goes for the full-on widescreen, brightly-coloured Permanent Vacation sound. Although I haven't actually heard the single yet.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link
The thunderbolts-as-orchestra-hits in "Miracle" are so awesome. I don't expect the new album to be that much different from "Disco Romance", although from the tracks I've heard, the production job seem to be a bit more rich & detailed.
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 12 July 2009 18:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Bogdan irkuk remix of "Mirage" is quite amazing: http://audioporncentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/03-miracle-bogdan-irkuk-remix.mp3">=http://audioporncentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/03-miracle-bogdan-irkuk-remix.mp3
― uncannydan, Monday, 13 July 2009 04:29 (fourteen years ago) link
i trashed that link, didn't i?
― uncannydan, Monday, 13 July 2009 04:30 (fourteen years ago) link
new single: love in july
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 13 July 2009 05:15 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah the Irkuk mix is fantastic
― racially dubious goals panel (MPx4A), Monday, 13 July 2009 08:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Clips of the new album tracks are up on Amazon, which probably means the album has leaked...
http://www.amazon.com/My-Guilty-Pleasure-Sally-Shapiro/dp/B002HWON7K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1250032806&sr=8-2
Nothing really grabs my attention. Is it just me or is this already sounding kinda old (like, again)? I'm curious to hear the full version of "Moonlight Dance" though. That one doesn't sound bad at all.
― Y tú, y tú, dime lo que bailas! (daavid), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 23:35 (fourteen years ago) link
It has leaked. And unfortunately, nothing except for "Let it Show" is grabbing me at all. Granted, I only really liked a few songs off of the first one, but at least on that one the other songs were not bad, definitely bearable. This one is for the most part skippable, at least for me.
― PIN number at the ATM Machine (Z S), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 23:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes, I doubt I'll ever listen to this a second time. zzzzzzz
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 00:17 (fourteen years ago) link
The limited to 20 cassette advance release sold out very very quick yesterday. Wouldn't have minded a copy of that :D
― plazzTT, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 13:05 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, this really sounds like Pleasure Masters-era Annie!
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 18 June 2021 20:06 (two years ago) link
Madonna “Holiday” cover out today. They do succeed in putting their own spin on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nOJkbDurI8
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 16 August 2021 15:43 (two years ago) link
A little disappointed that the new single is just last year’s single with Ryan Paris.....although with Sally singing Ryan’s part now. Song now sounds flatter and less dynamic (original is amazing). At least the full album is only a few months away.
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 10 October 2021 15:01 (two years ago) link
https://sallyshapiro.bandcamp.com/album/sad-cities
Sounding better now it's getting colder in the southern hemisphere, ha.
― etc, Monday, 4 April 2022 00:52 (one year ago) link
Love this album, feels like they never left. Maybe a few more slower/darker songs this time, but really satisfying throughout. Still irked by the new version of Forget About Me, although the song itself is fantastic. Love on Ice is also essential even though it’s missing from the album.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 4 April 2022 02:01 (one year ago) link