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the weeknd ate my hamster
― r|t|c, Thursday, September 22, 2016 3:55 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
whotf is Biff Clyro lol
― flopson, Friday, 23 September 2016 17:58 (seven years ago) link
Starboy feels like a classic already.― Popture, Friday, September 23, 2016 11:06 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
suggest halpert
― ||||||||, Friday, 23 September 2016 18:02 (seven years ago) link
lol
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 23 September 2016 19:08 (seven years ago) link
is there a double entendre i am missing or does abel think the name of the movie is "the wraith of khan"
― esempiu (crüt), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 18:10 (seven years ago) link
he seems to be in a pretty jaunty mood in the video! also lol @ daft punk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Na4j8AVgA
― esempiu (crüt), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 18:12 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cxf-O9VVQAElM4y.jpg
― qop (crüt), Friday, 18 November 2016 01:19 (seven years ago) link
"I Feel It Coming" is so good
― qop (crüt), Friday, 18 November 2016 05:49 (seven years ago) link
yeah that one sounds awesome
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 November 2016 14:47 (seven years ago) link
18 tracks seems like a lot
― johnny crunch, Friday, 18 November 2016 15:04 (seven years ago) link
I am still amazed this guy's career survived Kiss Land
― Evan R, Friday, 18 November 2016 19:35 (seven years ago) link
He has a great voice!
― qop (crüt), Saturday, 19 November 2016 04:41 (seven years ago) link
he always had a really strong fanbase but i do remember thinking that maybe he had blown his shot at pop stardom with kiss land
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 19 November 2016 04:44 (seven years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 14:08 (seven years ago) link
Some sweet wordplay from AbelAbel is introducing us to his sweet new asian girl by bragging about her ability to either drop it low, or go down low (on him). He says “low, mane” to sound like the popular asian dish known as Lo Mein.
Upvote+17 Share Milan24 minutes agoThat is racist :)
― johnny crunch, Friday, 25 November 2016 17:13 (seven years ago) link
there's a track on STARBOY that sounds like luomo
― josh, Saturday, 26 November 2016 00:07 (seven years ago) link
He has the definition of an average voice.
― albvivertine, Saturday, 26 November 2016 00:29 (seven years ago) link
^seriously? the definition of an average voice is like... the dudes that sing in parquet courts.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 26 November 2016 00:59 (seven years ago) link
after "party monster" i was ready to abandon this but "false alarm" kinda flows between bad taste and good taste in a way i find compelling. i mean i guess that's this guy's thing really but it works really well for me when the chorus sounds stolen from a lost bad rabbits song
"reminder" is like... the third song on this album with the exact same phrasing?
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 12:30 (seven years ago) link
ok it's righted again with "rockin'" which i assume is the track josh thinks sounds like luomo
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 12:34 (seven years ago) link
thing is now that *everything* in pop sounds exactly like this the weeknd has lost his one selling point*
* for me, I suspect for much of his fanbase the selling point is that here's a guy who proudly admits he's an asshole through which they can vicariously be an asshole. or teen choice award voters, I guess? (I doubt they're mutually exclusive, too)
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:28 (seven years ago) link
worst non-lo mein lyric on this album is "david carradine / i'm gonna die when i cum"
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:29 (seven years ago) link
― That's when I fired off my 2 Tweets to Dr. Phil (crüt), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:32 (seven years ago) link
who's not an asshole these days I wonder.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:39 (seven years ago) link
you either live long enough to be the villain or you're bruno mars
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:42 (seven years ago) link
* for me, I suspect for much of his fanbase the selling point is that here's a guy who proudly admits he's an asshole through which they can vicariously be an asshole.
I think this was a big part of his initial appeal. Now I think the appeal is mostly that his last LP had some legit jams on it, though, right?
― Evan R, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
maybe true for "Can't Feel My Face" where you could swap with any Max Martin track but it's the only explanation I can think of for "The Hills"
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 17:38 (seven years ago) link
(speaking of, "False Alarm" was a standout until I realized its gimmick was the exact gimmick in that single)
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 17:40 (seven years ago) link
it works really well for me when the chorus sounds stolen from a lost bad rabbits song
ok I'm listening to the Bad Rabbits album now and WHAT IS THIS
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 17:55 (seven years ago) link
lol that's a derail, maybe i'll start a thread about it even though i imagine most people will think it is Bad
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 18:09 (seven years ago) link
halfway through the opening track I was surprised you hadn't already!
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 18:10 (seven years ago) link
Ridiculous Tears For Fears sample on 'Secrets'.
'Rockin' could've easily been on that second Disclosure album.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 18:47 (seven years ago) link
star boyreminderrockinsecretstrue colorslove to laylonely nightordinary lifenothing without youdie for youi feel it coming
this would be a good album
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 29 November 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
the inherent absurdity of the weeknd is p much summed up by him thinking "i'm a muhfuckin' starboy" is a macho thing to say (also, yknow, all his other problems everyone has noted for the past 6 years)
song ain't bad tho, havent tried the album
― i've watched a lot of cats do weird and interesting things (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 18:51 (seven years ago) link
Dud
― Ross, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 22:18 (seven years ago) link
I don't like what he does in general (save for some productions/collabs with other artists which are ok) and this album seems pretty bad/boring (and much too long !) after the first few times.but I have to admit I REALLY like "I Feel It Coming". My favourite thing he's ever been involved with by very far !
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 5 December 2016 14:45 (seven years ago) link
Secrets is his best track since the first mixtape IMO, or at least the first of his 'Weeknd Goes Pop' tracks that i've really liked.
― piscesx, Monday, 5 December 2016 15:32 (seven years ago) link
xp man, I really don't give a hoot about the Weeknd and really didn't like 'Starboy' but 'I Feel It Coming' is so lovely. Yeah, it's Michael Jackson sings 'Get Lucky' but that's not a problem really.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, 2 March 2017 10:19 (seven years ago) link
I love how committed Daft Punk have been to getting songs that sound like Imagination onto top 40 radio
― example (crüt), Thursday, 2 March 2017 13:45 (seven years ago) link
a two month crosspost
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Thursday, 2 March 2017 17:24 (seven years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/07/upshot/music-fandom-maps.html
anything stand out to anyone about this map
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 01:07 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni41PhM0df4
― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 March 2020 20:26 (four years ago) link
sick
that Sir Duke melody
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 09:28 (four years ago) link
thats the most trad R&B thing hes done ha
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 09:29 (four years ago) link
yeah i really like that
i don't know if ilm is ready to acknowledge how good "blinding lights" is
― dyl, Friday, 13 March 2020 06:17 (four years ago) link
Sounds good, but gonna be a cranky old man about the blood & bandage look/marketing brand thing. Seems dumb to me
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 March 2020 18:27 (four years ago) link
there's some really good stuff on the new album and the production is impeccable
― ufo, Saturday, 21 March 2020 04:19 (four years ago) link
all the 80s pastiche with perfect sound design ends up sounding very much like the last two 1975 albums lol
― ufo, Saturday, 21 March 2020 04:36 (four years ago) link
only oneohtrix point never to make me listen to the weeknd. just heard the three songs they've made together and although it's visible 0pn's hand, I just can't stand Abel's voice and his performing approach, I'm sorry.
― Nourry, Saturday, 21 March 2020 10:56 (four years ago) link
my favourites on here so far are "too late", "hardest to love" and "in your eyes"
― ufo, Saturday, 21 March 2020 13:32 (four years ago) link