wait what the fuck she was TWELVE when the original was recorded?
the voice sounds young, but very mature for a 12 year old. that is blowing my mind!
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 22:44 (eight years ago) link
(on the original, smartasses - I know she's a grown woman in the video I posted)
the best song ever written, and by rupert holmes at that
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 22:46 (eight years ago) link
dude could write hooks. I loved his musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 22:47 (eight years ago) link
my other favorite of theirs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5UV-D7eFDM
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 22:50 (eight years ago) link
so good
― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 22:52 (eight years ago) link
JETS
― calstars, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 23:39 (eight years ago) link
Little known fact: Originally Britney's debut LP was supposed to feature a cover of "You've Got It All Over Him", but it was dropped. My generation's "Cocksucker Blues".― J Blount, Wednesday, April 24, 2002 8:00 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
good thing - it was fucking terrible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9jTzZAFc8A
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:04 (eight years ago) link
yeah i searched for that a couple a months ago. not as bad as aaron carter's "crush on you" but still p bad
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:12 (eight years ago) link
ok waht
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:14 (eight years ago) link
It is taking everything in me right now not to hate-listen to that Britney cover.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:18 (eight years ago) link
it has chintzy instrumentation compared to the original, but mostly it's just her pipes weren't up to it so she drowned it in really ridiculous-sounding melisma.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:19 (eight years ago) link
at least if it'd been mid-career she'd have made it into a dance tune or somefin
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:20 (eight years ago) link
actually the instrumentation isn't horrible, it just sounds like the bands that play on Kids Disney cds
it has chintzy instrumentation compared to the original
the original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AettOduIHjk
Cheesy '80s instrumentation was built into the song. Rupert Holmes:
I thought it would be a challenge to see if I can write a love song that sounds appropriate sung by a 14-year-old girl. This was before we had all the Britneys, Mandy Moores, and all these teen stars. I purposely tried to write a very clear, simple, unaffected lyric that would have a little lilt to it, that would be a positive song for a young girl getting over her first heartbreak. Letting her know that this boy she just lost, or who didn't treat her appreciatively, was not going to be the only boy she'd ever have as a boyfriend.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 09:20 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfDQKqVGCsE
― how's life, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 12:03 (eight years ago) link
uhhhhh going back upthread, the Holmes version posted isn't the original, it's a demo track with a scratch vocal that wasn't released to the public until 2007.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 16 February 2017 14:41 (seven years ago) link
the 'chintzy instrumentation' was because it was a demo
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 16 February 2017 14:42 (seven years ago) link
Have you guys heard the CHRISTMAS WITH THE JETS album?
― calstars, Saturday, 20 January 2018 01:36 (six years ago) link
Hearing “Crush on you” in the wild is great
― calstars, Sunday, 10 May 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
“No more charades, my hearts been displayed “Damn
― calstars, Sunday, 10 May 2020 21:17 (three years ago) link
Surprised that Christmas with the Jets was still in print, at least digitally (I'm listening to it on Apple Music). Alas, it's terrible--all originals, despite some deceptively titled songs ("This Christmas," "I'll Be Home For Christmas"), and all schmaltzy, bloodless ballads. The most impressive thing about the album might be how quickly they managed to turn around a cover of "Somewhere Out There" (the An American Tail song): the Linda Ronstadt/James Ingram version debuted on the Billboard charts the week of November 15, 1986 (a week ahead of the film's theatrical release), while the Jets album was released on November 30 of the same year!
― Langdon Alger Stole the Highlights (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 22:51 (three years ago) link
ts not great but all alone on christmas eve is pretty nice imohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLsPr-nRxms
― Spottie, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 23:17 (three years ago) link
I wonder how the Jets family is doing now, just as a family.
― Josefa, Friday, 22 April 2022 04:13 (two years ago) link
Half the siblings sued the other half and now there are two separate Jets bands, each with 4 original members
― castanuts (DJP), Friday, 22 April 2022 05:22 (two years ago) link
dang, like a Gene Loves Jezebel thing.
― peace, man, Friday, 22 April 2022 09:23 (two years ago) link
You must have heard it from my best friendCan’t keep a secret to save her life
― calstars, Friday, 25 August 2023 02:18 (eight months ago) link