The "We should not be friends" bit is where the song really gets amazing.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 14:45 (ten years ago) link
seems like basically anything can be a hit in the UK these days so who knows.
the bridge is really something - the tremor in robyn's voice, the way everything just seems to endlessly rise and rise
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 23:46 (ten years ago) link
Pretty dope. I'm a longtime fan of Girl and The Robot and this ain't on that level but it's worth a dozen listens easy.
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 1 May 2014 12:59 (ten years ago) link
i'm going with a big nnnnnnopes on this one :/
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 May 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link
It's....okay? It's like she listened to Femme Fatale two months ago and decided to reproduce it.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 May 2014 21:12 (ten years ago) link
Oh shit yeah, I've been thinking it reminds me of something since I heard it. Just realised it's I Wanna Go.
Still really like it though.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 2 May 2014 00:12 (ten years ago) link
i guess there are some femme fatale-y production tricks on display but i heard it as a sped-up synthesis of "with every heartbeat" and "indestructible"
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Friday, 2 May 2014 00:33 (ten years ago) link
new one's okay. hard to live up to this, though, which i've been listening to a lot over the past few days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TlwcQn5eBI
still one of the best pop songs of the last 10 years.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 2 May 2014 00:39 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I agree. Along with The Girl & The Robot, With Every Heartbeat, Be Mine, Who's That Girl, Dream On and Call Your Girlfriend she's going to have one amazing singles collection one day.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 2 May 2014 00:47 (ten years ago) link
lol @ pitchfork naming this best new track
― dyl, Friday, 2 May 2014 01:02 (ten years ago) link
nothing will beat Dancing on My Own, so we just have to deal, embrace the new even tho we know the truth.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 2 May 2014 01:14 (ten years ago) link
the EP should be interesting. A couple of the tracks are almost 10 mins long
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Friday, 2 May 2014 01:19 (ten years ago) link
I thought "Hang With Me" was a great single too.
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 2 May 2014 04:40 (ten years ago) link
Hang With Me is so underappreciated, I think - that's my favorite Body Talk song
― Walter Galt, Friday, 2 May 2014 09:30 (ten years ago) link
^^^
― Number None, Friday, 2 May 2014 09:38 (ten years ago) link
"hang w/me" not QUITE as good as the non-electro version of "bum like you" imo but that's some pretty fine hair splitting
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 2 May 2014 09:41 (ten years ago) link
nothing will beat Dancing on My Own, so we just have to deal, embrace the new even tho we know the truth.― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Thursday, May 1, 2014
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Thursday, May 1, 2014
yeah, this is truth. love her performance of that song from the letterman show, without reservation.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 2 May 2014 10:38 (ten years ago) link
Non-electro Bum Like You totally the most underappreciated and best S/T song!
― Walter Galt, Friday, 2 May 2014 10:49 (ten years ago) link
electro bum like you v duff
― conrad, Friday, 2 May 2014 11:04 (ten years ago) link
otm
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 2 May 2014 11:35 (ten years ago) link
hang with me is my fav body talk song too
― dyl, Friday, 2 May 2014 12:00 (ten years ago) link
Also hate what they did to Bum Like You on the reissue. It was probably my favourite song on there originally.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 2 May 2014 14:48 (ten years ago) link
for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xFHR4lIbzA
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 2 May 2014 15:16 (ten years ago) link
the second verse is just FFFFFFUUUUCK so good, so all-time, the way she says "that's all right" off-mic, everything
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 2 May 2014 15:17 (ten years ago) link
hadn't heard that new bum like you version. wow that's disappointing.
― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Friday, 2 May 2014 16:14 (ten years ago) link
they also similarly ruined robotboy altho i'm not sure anyone on earth other than me cares about that song
― dyl, Friday, 2 May 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link
love the original "Bum Like You" (and "Hang WIth Me") love
― sean gramophone, Friday, 2 May 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
You can't actually buy the old Bum Like You anywhere anymore, right? Like, it's not on iTunes or any 'in print' CD pressings or anything.
― Walter Galt, Friday, 2 May 2014 17:00 (ten years ago) link
nope. i found a copy of the swedish version of the album for that + the original robotboy
― dyl, Friday, 2 May 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
You can still get the Swedish version on Amazon pretty cheaply.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 2 May 2014 22:20 (ten years ago) link
this one:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Robyn/dp/B0009SQ5FC/ref=sr_1_54?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1399213950&sr=1-54
the CD sleeve is pretty cool on this one, every page has exactly the same photo except her face has been subtly photoshopped to look like a slightly different person on each page, freaked me out for awhile
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 4 May 2014 14:33 (ten years ago) link
Have Amazon always done that thing where they tell you exactly when you bought a product? I just clicked on that Amazon link and it said You purchased this item on 2 May 2006. It's kind of cool.
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 4 May 2014 19:09 (ten years ago) link
Also Do It Again in at number 75. It's a hit!
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 4 May 2014 19:16 (ten years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/2014/05/22/314366082/first-listen-royksopp-robyn-do-it-again
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 22 May 2014 14:31 (nine years ago) link
An instrumental track? Come on.
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Thursday, 22 May 2014 16:01 (nine years ago) link
it's one of the better tracks tbh
― dyl, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
Most disappointing thing about this is that Robyn has confirmed in promo interviews that she still hasn't started writing her own album yet.
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Thursday, 22 May 2014 23:04 (nine years ago) link
first listen fuck you what did I pre-order for
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Thursday, 22 May 2014 23:10 (nine years ago) link
Really, you think it's that bad? I like it. It is disappointing that Robyn doesn't appear on the last track but it sounds pretty solid to me.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 23 May 2014 00:03 (nine years ago) link
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony)
Oh yeah, this was heartbreaking to read.
Klas wrote more than Robyn on the Body Talk EPs IIRC, she's just not a prolific songwriter
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Friday, 23 May 2014 01:12 (nine years ago) link
Really wish Monument ended after six minutes instead of almost. I think it's quite a beautiful song but it just goes on too long.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 02:44 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB27jQkO0Cs
pretty sweet performance of one of the best songs of all time
― Treeship, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 03:10 (nine years ago) link
Arrived in Australia today. The booklet smells GREAT.
(7 out of 12 arms on the spider broken, though :( )
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Friday, 30 May 2014 08:27 (nine years ago) link
This is awesome.Monument on repeat.
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 30 May 2014 15:07 (nine years ago) link
Unfortunately it's a bore to me. She's just not the kind of singer from whom I expect to stand still through electrotrance.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 May 2014 15:16 (nine years ago) link
Have you hated Royksopp in the past?
(I like that this is its own thing, not like either artist's other work nor their past collabs)
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Friday, 30 May 2014 15:32 (nine years ago) link
1) I love how Robyn essentially feels like a guest on this, the same way various ringers would show up on Massive Attack albums.
2) This album gives off the same sad robot vibe as the last Daft Punk.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 30 May 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link
If you took all the best songs from the Body Talk Eps and put them on one record it would be one of the albums of the decade fer sure. They tried that but messed it up by inexplicably leaving Cry When You Get Older off .
This new one is not in the same universe in terms of catchy tunes. Maybe it will sink in on further listens.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 30 May 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
Different animal, really.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 30 May 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link