like a preview for a new season of programmes or something...? maybe it's a telly ad for radio stations?
― RJG, Thursday, 19 July 2007 23:49 (sixteen years ago) link
a remix of that song seems beyond pointless
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 19 July 2007 23:49 (sixteen years ago) link
pretty sure it sounded different but I admit I am v quick to assume the remix
― RJG, Thursday, 19 July 2007 23:51 (sixteen years ago) link
the normal one has a kind of... compressed quality to it that i normally hate but which i think adds to the closeness of it, the intimacy, everything feels like it's squashed up against itself - yet it all sounds as though it's at a slight remove from you as well, like it's some distance off. anyway on tv i bet it sounds even MORE compressed.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 19 July 2007 23:58 (sixteen years ago) link
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/08/robyn_scores_a_triumph_for_pro.html
TOP TEN BITCHES :D
― fandango, Saturday, 4 August 2007 08:36 (sixteen years ago) link
lol miss kittin
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 4 August 2007 09:03 (sixteen years ago) link
TOP FIVE BITCHES
― blueski, Sunday, 5 August 2007 23:14 (sixteen years ago) link
plus top 5 = go ladies, generally
― blueski, Sunday, 5 August 2007 23:18 (sixteen years ago) link
"Proper pop". Is this "troo kvlt black metalz!!!!111!!1" for poptimists?
― jim, Sunday, 5 August 2007 23:25 (sixteen years ago) link
I love this song, but jesus "proper" sounds like a total insult of an adjective when it comes to pop.
― da croupier, Sunday, 5 August 2007 23:37 (sixteen years ago) link
WOOOOO HOOO
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 6 August 2007 09:13 (sixteen years ago) link
"with every heartbeat" is about as unproper a pop record as robyn has ever made! i mean, it's basically techno.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 6 August 2007 09:15 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't think I've actually heard With Every Heartbeat, possibly due to losing interest in Robyn about a year ago. Is it as good as Who's That Girl or Be Mine?
I love how the first two comments under that piece are from Peter Robinson and Alex Needham.
― Matt DC, Monday, 6 August 2007 09:21 (sixteen years ago) link
it's very different, matt. it's more sad and wistful. she (and kleerup?) capture something of that superpitcher style of sad equanimity. "who's that girl" and "be mine" are more in the fire of the moment, in the confusion of making tough decisions, and this one is after those decisions have been made, and how in the hell one can live with that.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 6 August 2007 09:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Tracer do you like that track she's done with Christian Falk? it's good.
― blueski, Monday, 6 August 2007 10:21 (sixteen years ago) link
the one that sounds like it was recorded live somewhere? "dream on"? i like that one a lot.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 6 August 2007 10:22 (sixteen years ago) link
but i would, wouldn't i! (actually she and falk have a couple of other songs that i don't like very much)
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 6 August 2007 10:23 (sixteen years ago) link
i mean the one that isn't 'Dream On' - Remember
― blueski, Monday, 6 August 2007 10:23 (sixteen years ago) link
altho it's not as good as i remember now ha ha
― blueski, Monday, 6 August 2007 10:24 (sixteen years ago) link
I can't believe "With Every Heartbeat" has gone top 5. I mean, it's great, but it's not the sort of song I'd expect the public to get behind.
― Tim F, Monday, 6 August 2007 12:31 (sixteen years ago) link
it's all because of the Ibeefier remixes i guess
― blueski, Monday, 6 August 2007 12:45 (sixteen years ago) link
it's more sad and wistful. she (and kleerup?) capture something of that superpitcher style of sad equanimity
Haha I finally heard this and TOTALLY. Superpitcher feat. Kate Bush!
― Matt DC, Monday, 6 August 2007 22:19 (sixteen years ago) link
<i>I love this song, but jesus "proper" sounds like a total insult of an adjective when it comes to pop.</i>
otm
For some reason "proper" has taken off as an adjective regarding pop...according to PopJustice, the new Sugababes single is also "proper pop". But I think, regarding any kind of art, "proper" seems to imply "by the book" and therefore not particularly innovative or original.
― musically, Monday, 6 August 2007 22:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes, it implies propriety.
― Tim F, Monday, 6 August 2007 22:32 (sixteen years ago) link
lol #1
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 12 August 2007 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I suppose it'll do until "Hey There Delilah" is released.
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 12 August 2007 19:42 (sixteen years ago) link
this is amazing. if you'd said a year ago she'd be #1 etc.
― blueski, Sunday, 12 August 2007 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Internet pop star in 'properly successful' shocker. Be Mine could be absolutely huge now.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 12 August 2007 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
I just walked into the nearby deli and Be Mine was playing on Heart FM! Ergo, Robyn will be massive.
-- Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 27 January 2006 13:31 (1 year ago)
Called it.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 12 August 2007 21:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Someone please set up as "Why Robyn got big but MIA didn't" thread please. That's got 1000 post meltdown written all over it.
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 12 August 2007 21:09 (sixteen years ago) link
going to see her in glasgow whenever it is
am a little annoyed that she was always just playing in london before but quite a lot and in a similar way to being annoyed that she rereleased her album and may well rerelease be mine or whatever now it just seems a bit...something oh well
― RJG, Sunday, 12 August 2007 22:40 (sixteen years ago) link
IT IS LIKE WHEN THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN APRIL SKIES GOT IN THE TOP 10
― Alan, Sunday, 12 August 2007 23:04 (sixteen years ago) link
cynical
― RJG, Monday, 13 August 2007 08:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Did it actually get released over here the first time round? Seems a bit churlish to be complaining when 99.9% of the population had no idea who she was at the time and she's finally going to see some success out of it.
― Matt DC, Monday, 13 August 2007 09:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I know you are but what am I
― RJG, Monday, 13 August 2007 10:14 (sixteen years ago) link
― blueski, Monday, 13 August 2007 10:29 (sixteen years ago) link
was disappointed w/ the reshuffled album, whether or not the original had a proper release here, and annoyed that she hasn't recorded much since that. she's making a lot of effort about stuff from a while ago when she could, potentially, be doing something else, for better or worse. understand why she's done it and maybe I'm not really annoyed w/ how she's doing it, now, but that she didn't do it better first time round. obviously, it's possible she only got a shot at DOING it, this time, because of last time, but it does seem slightly...cynical! happy for her to have success and some of the other stuff from that album does have the potential and deserves to hit and success means she won't just be playing in london, too
yay robyn still luv ya : D
― RJG, Monday, 13 August 2007 10:47 (sixteen years ago) link
that's kinda indie.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 13 August 2007 10:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I know you are
― RJG, Monday, 13 August 2007 11:05 (sixteen years ago) link
but what am I
― RJG, Monday, 13 August 2007 23:48 (sixteen years ago) link
i cannot believe the, er, quality of the songs that have pushed robyn out of the number one spot!
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 30 August 2007 03:44 (sixteen years ago) link
i think the new version of 'bum like you' is a lot better than the old one
― blueski, Thursday, 30 August 2007 09:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I STRONGLY DISAGREE but then I only listened twice on computer speakers, months ago, and then deleted
― energy flash gordon, Thursday, 30 August 2007 10:18 (sixteen years ago) link
She should move into Mondeo Pop.
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 30 August 2007 10:20 (sixteen years ago) link
blueski you would
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 30 August 2007 10:50 (sixteen years ago) link
i think i prefer the old versh but that's prob just standard "heard it first"-ness.
― CharlieNo4, Thursday, 30 August 2007 12:32 (sixteen years ago) link
is the scala an OK place to see bands? i'm on the verge of buying tickets
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 30 August 2007 13:54 (sixteen years ago) link
yes. last gig i saw there was The Knife - awesome no complaints sound-wise or whatever
― blueski, Thursday, 30 August 2007 13:55 (sixteen years ago) link
The Scala's fine apart from the annoying position of (and massive queues for) the bar.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 30 August 2007 13:56 (sixteen years ago) link
will remember to bring flask
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 30 August 2007 14:06 (sixteen years ago) link