La Roux - In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Mix)

Never listened to the original mix. But it seems Skream, as usual, did a great job.

Anyway if the autotune criticism were applied to every (new) singer here in ILM...

I just went to see La Roux live and they were very good. Elly is one of the best live singers I've seen... and very nice too.

Such catty vitriol! I mean, "at a loss to why this woman is making music, who is her label owner boyfriend" -- really, on ILM? Comments tended to be a bit more kind and considered here in the early 2000s, but what can you do.

Saw them tonight in SF and Elly gave a fantastic performance. Her vocals were outstanding live, and she had great stage presence, banter with the crowd, confidence. I was struck by how Quicksand and In for the Kill were actually two of the weakest tracks live, vocally. There were three songs in the middle of the set, "Fascination" one of them, that stood out as particularly powerful and better showcases for her range. A few of her embellishments had the whole crowd cheering (admittedly, that's not so hard to do in a crowd of 18-and-up kids).

The elements they do use from the '80s are terrific and considered -- there's a Vincent Price-esque interlude in one song that brought a big grin. The live show's something to reconsider for those who've given her a pass. Once she gets warmed up, she burns; though she doesn't have nearly the oomph, the last song, "Bulletproof," reminded me a bit of Alison Moyet. The autotuning is a concern, but if they've managed to capture her voice properly on record, it could end up high on my end of the year list.

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I need this shirt like now

I remember hearing "Quicksand" back when it was said to be a demo for Britney Spears' Circus album... really good song.

New single "Bulletproof" should be more appealing/less annoying to people who complain about Elly's shrill voice. Personally I liked "Quicksand" and "In For The Kill" better:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_8038000/8038450.stm
She desperately needs a new makeup stylist though!

"I love the fact that it's not 80s - that was really what I wanted from this video. I don't want every video and every single thing from here on out to be this 80s recurring theme."

WTF it's TOTALLY a TRON/mid-80s Studio Line ad ripoff!

Lil' Silva remix is best.

Also the Wookie remix of "Bulletproof" is good.

Bulletproof is good, I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWmE6LwowsQ

got the whole album today. i'm really digging it. i'm kind of surprised it's a "major big deal" as it does sound a little bit cheaper than say little boots or gaga's production, but as one who appreciates pop music, i think these songs are damn good. she has a very odd voice, and i wouldn't compare it to someone who can really belt it (kate bush, for instance), but it has a flinty, octave-above-the-music quality that i kind of find appealing. which is more than i can say for the generic vocals of boots or gaga or ladyhawke.

i quite like the cheap 80s sound tbh--it's less-is-more feel makes it feel clean and un-ornamental--and since i like her voice, i'm going to go out on a limb and say that this rivals electrik red as my favorite pop-sounding album this year.

favorite songs: "cover my eyes" (great slow jam with only a little reverb on her voice... really nice), "tigerlily" (she comes across as very aggressive/almost stalkery...) "fascination," "as if by magic" and, of course, "quicksand," which is a phenomenal pop song.

had a listen to itunes clips but the sound seems just too thin throughout. i want propaganda-esque drama.

this is an uninteresting bit of wub-wub-wub even by skream standards

lex fairly otm on this thread

also who is ilx user 'Dare'?

Such catty vitriol! I mean, "at a loss to why this woman is making music, who is her label owner boyfriend" -- really, on ILM? Comments tended to be a bit more kind and considered here in the early 2000s, but what can you do.

Saw them tonight in SF and Elly gave a fantastic performance. Her vocals were outstanding live, and she had great stage presence, banter with the crowd, confidence. I was struck by how Quicksand and In for the Kill were actually two of the weakest tracks live, vocally. There were three songs in the middle of the set, "Fascination" one of them, that stood out as particularly powerful and better showcases for her range. A few of her embellishments had the whole crowd cheering (admittedly, that's not so hard to do in a crowd of 18-and-up kids).

The elements they do use from the '80s are terrific and considered -- there's a Vincent Price-esque interlude in one song that brought a big grin. The live show's something to reconsider for those who've given her a pass. Once she gets warmed up, she burns; though she doesn't have nearly the oomph, the last song, "Bulletproof," reminded me a bit of Alison Moyet. The autotuning is a concern, but if they've managed to capture her voice properly on record, it could end up high on my end of the year list.

― Dare, Friday, April 10, 2009 10:04 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark

i mean is this a real person y/n

hm. i dunno. seems like a real person to me; maybe they're taking the whole thing a bit seriously. i too like the vincent price thing on "tigerlily," if only because i'm having an mj moment like the rest of the world. i know it's pop music, but i'll defend it as good pop music.

also, not a big fan of the remix that this thread is about. i think i like la roux as an album, but felt a second la roux thread would be superfluous...

this year is kind of turning me against the idea of women making electronic music

actually, new thread

no don't

yeah, that's a bad idea

it sure was

worth it for the Royal P track

Just to add to the general dislike of La Roux...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/jul/01/la-roux-women-beaten-up

I was kind of horrified when I saw the original Quietus interview, and don't really know where to start.

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I like that two of her three other entries are about pies

WS

It would actually kill you to discuss the actual content of the article, rather than make slurs about the writer of the piece, and her appearance?

Do you do this deliberately, as some kind of wind up? That's a genuine question.

Comparing anybody to Lois Griffin is totally not a slur

I hope Christina McDermott's career can recover from the massive slurs in this thread but yeah TBH a moronic statement from a person whose music I don't care about isn't really inspiring any more of a definitive post from me than it is from you at this moment

"Clearly, Jackson could do with an education in the basics of feminism."

had a lol at this. I'm not a feminist and I can see that La Roux's statement is horribly offensive rubbish. She could do with an education in the basics of not being a twat.

La Roux labels R&B 'empty'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_8131000/8131238.stm

gfjkdjkdkldlkdssopsosapaddjksnskcllaa stupid fucking ho just die

"I think a lot of it is, 'Baby I love you, I want to kiss you'. It's just like what are you on about? Shut up."

LOL, somebody needs to have a serious talk with this girl. The thing is, I still like her and its pretty obvious to me that her only problem is that she is incredibly stupid and arrogant (bad combination). Still, I really believe she's not a mean person, she just needs to grow up and, well, STFU in the meantime.

"I think a lot of it is, 'Baby I love you, I want to kiss you'. It's just like what are you on about? Shut up."

this from the woman who pens lines like "what are feelings without emotions?"

seriously can the silly ho just GO AWAY NOW

why you keep calling her a ho?

why you asking that instead of showing your repulsion at her stupid comments?

i wonder if she even knows what she's referring to

Lex, I understand your anger, but she is NOT a ho. Please. She is a FUCKING IDIOT. There is a big difference.

this from the woman who pens lines like "what are feelings without emotions?"

Ha it just now struck me that I had the lyrics in the booklet in front of me here and FFS - the average line in her song is not even really different from what her idea of a generic r'n'b lyric seems to be, let alone any better... like I get that it's the sort of music that isn't liable to be dragged down by what's being sung especially, but it's a world of clunkers in there

Thing is, everything she says is so obviously idiotic and ridiculous to everyone it doesn't even seem worth getting irate over. Pop hasn't thrown up a Crispian Mills in some time and I'm sort of glad we have someone around who gets funnier every time they open their mouth.

TBH I'd not noticed anything she'd said before this week but I did like the thing from the Popbitch mailout - this was at the start of the year I think - about how she was known as 'Danny' in the biz due to being so demanding and diva-ish

lolz at the "Early Demo Version" youtube vid.

Thing is, Crispy Ian wasn't being sold as a "paragon of Jewish rights" when he was making his "I <3 Swastikas LOL nazis" comments. La Roux is being marketed as a "feminist".

not least by herself.

i mean, if she does end up as a crispian mills figure of fun, all well and good, but interviews with her are still prefaced by how smart and alternative she is, and her music is genuinely (if bafflingly) popular. so this is all still unbelievably aggravating.

(also the whole "but pop stars should be provocative" argument is so lame - she's not being provocative, she's being an ignorant dickhead)

The correct approach to ignorant dickhead pop stars is mockery, unless they actually start supporting the BNP or whatever.

I have to agree with lex on this one. La Roux is an annoying cunt.

Jesus Christ this thread

I didn't mind this track until I moved to a flat above a shop on the corner of a road and had to hear it emanating from townie wraparound bezmachines as they roar past the bedroom every ten minutes.

she does look annoyingly/fake moody in most of her pub shots and the 'im opinionated' shtick is a bit stupid but she has good pop songs. bit ace of bass ocassionally though. got that sort of cheapo euro pop thing happening more than glacial 80s synth pop.

really shit drums, no depth to the sound, nothing under the surface. if they see this as a good thing and representative of 80s then i despair. and the synth bloops aren't even as good as Crystal Castles.

yeah but thats so much modern pop - no sonic depth. not that ive sat with little boots or florence songs more than hearing them on youtube/radio 1 but they all sound really thin and not exactly abrasive but like theyre very efficient. thats just standard digital production i think.

yeah but thats so much modern pop - no sonic depth.

Maybe, but La Roux takes it to such an uncomfortable level. That album is unlistenable.