Sorry if my post is hard to read. English is not my first language and my opinions are not very interesting.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 05:34 (four years ago) link
your English is better than a lot of native English speakers and I, for one, always enjoy your posts, Moka.
the "reacting to Billie listening to my cover" video got me, too. very cute all around.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 05:54 (four years ago) link
<3
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 06:42 (four years ago) link
finally gave this album a couple listens and i like it! she's definitely a direct descendant of lana del rey in terms of music and persona (as expressed thru the music--i'm unfamiliar with the social media/celeb news side channels) but manages to make it her own.
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Monday, 22 July 2019 17:36 (four years ago) link
I hear absolutely no connection to Lana Del Rey here
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Monday, 22 July 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
Me neither, I don't really get where that's coming from...
― the last Berry La Croix in the work fridge (morrisp), Monday, 22 July 2019 20:34 (four years ago) link
idgi either.
― pomenitul, Monday, 22 July 2019 20:35 (four years ago) link
Be it only in terms of perceived (in)authenticity, they're treading very different grounds imho.
― pomenitul, Monday, 22 July 2019 20:36 (four years ago) link
they're more like each other than, say, ariana grande or any of a half-dozen other woman-led vocalist acts
that is, discounting the new charlie's angels song tie-in (?)
― untuned mass damper (mh), Monday, 22 July 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link
Haven't heard it myself yet, but I overheard my daughter and her friends dissing the new collab with Justin Bieber? They didn't blame her, just him, whose voice was apparently "wrong" for the song.
Me, I think Billie Eilish fits comfortably in the mode of singers that sound like they just woke up, which is not a bad sound.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 22 July 2019 21:00 (four years ago) link
not a baaaaaad sound
DUH
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 July 2019 21:15 (four years ago) link
Daughter and her friends OTM
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Monday, 22 July 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
They sound nothing alike obvs but I get Lady Sovereign flashbacks when I see Eilish.
This feels very Lana-ish as far as showing power and agency through performative choices:
I like it when you take controlEven if you know that you don'tOwn me, I'll let you play the roleI'll be your animal
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 22 July 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
You guys and your "lyrics," I swear! ;D
(It also sounds like Ke$ha, does she remind you of her as an artist?)
― the last Berry La Croix in the work fridge (morrisp), Monday, 22 July 2019 21:32 (four years ago) link
to clarify, it's mostly in her vocal delivery and ~vibe~ that i hear LDR but it might be that i'm just ignorant of some common ancestor of the two. also, i'm a LDR fanatic so the comparison is meant as a compliment! i'll do some more listening and come up with some concrete examples in the next few days
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Monday, 22 July 2019 21:37 (four years ago) link
Her vibe is more Fiona Apple than LDR to me
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Monday, 22 July 2019 22:04 (four years ago) link
For me, Lorde is such a hugely obvious musical antecedent, I have a hard time calling anyone else to mind.
Just listen to "Watch" (from Eilish's 2017 EP) -- if you had told me this was a Lorde track, I would have absolutely believed it (it's a great track, btw):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dobJDxPEzM
― the last Berry La Croix in the work fridge (morrisp), Monday, 22 July 2019 22:14 (four years ago) link
I've found that like BE's earlier stuff a whole lot more than the new album.
― the last Berry La Croix in the work fridge (morrisp), Monday, 22 July 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
If you can find some topping-from-below lyrics from Ke$ha, go for it...
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 22 July 2019 22:56 (four years ago) link
Realized that the Ellish/Lana connection I was making was partly between Bad Guy and the "I'm your man" persona in "Mariner's Apartment Complex."
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 24 July 2019 22:55 (four years ago) link
LDR? Are you guys serious?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 July 2019 23:12 (four years ago) link
the only LDR I hear is in the croony bridge to "Bad Guy" which is clearly a joke, since the track goes sicko mode trap breakdown after it
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 24 July 2019 23:24 (four years ago) link
the connection might be dependent on how familiar you are with ldr deep cuts? i don't want to make any assumptions though.
i hear some "ride" in "when the party's over", some "lolita" in "you should see me in a crown". the chorus of "my strange addiction" reminds me of one i can't put my finger on. borrowing classic rock melodies is another of ldr's tricks and i definitely heard the "people are strange" melody somewhere on the album. to a lesser extent, i hear some trip hop w/ modern beats vibez on the album which (as far as i know) ldr helped pioneer. also she cites ldr as an influence so there's that too
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Thursday, 25 July 2019 00:18 (four years ago) link
In fairness, I despise virtually everything I’ve heard by Lana Del Rey so I have invested zero time in investigating her deep cuts
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Thursday, 25 July 2019 00:29 (four years ago) link
TBF, me neither.
― the last Berry La Croix in the work fridge (morrisp), Thursday, 25 July 2019 00:45 (four years ago) link
I don't hear it myself, but fwiw BE herself says LDR is one of her favourite artists and a major influence.
― Roz, Thursday, 25 July 2019 00:49 (four years ago) link
It's not so much about their sound as their relationship to men.
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 25 July 2019 01:04 (four years ago) link
Oddly enough the artist she reminds me the most is Emilie Simon but I'm not sure if she was popular at all in the US so it might be an obscure reference.
According to quora: If you like self-made artists, listen to Clairo, Cuco, Gus Dapperton, the Marias, mxmtoon, Jessie Reyes, Cosmo Pyke, Khalid, Kali Uchis. If you're looking for more like Billie's style: Troye Sivan, Hailey Kiyoko, Lana Del Rey, Madison Beer, Marina and the Diamonds, Lorde
https://www.quora.com/Where-should-I-check-to-find-more-artists-like-Billie-Eilish
haha self-made. I also think Lorde is the closest, popular reference.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 25 July 2019 03:03 (four years ago) link
mmm Emilie Simon's discography isn't even complete on spotify, it's missing it's debut from 2003 which is the closest reference to Billie Eilish I can think of, so yeah I guess she's not that popular.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 25 July 2019 03:09 (four years ago) link
She also sounds similar to Soko in my mind.
She reminds me to a lot of french pop singers from the 00's.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 25 July 2019 03:11 (four years ago) link
Exhibit A:
Emilie Simon - to the dancers in the rain
ASMR, whisper vocals + baroque melodies on synths + beats
also see: flowers, i wanna be your dog (stooges cover), desert
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 25 July 2019 03:16 (four years ago) link
Thanks Release Radarhttps://soundcloud.com/cameron-hurley-667779930/bad-guy-by-billie-eilish-in-the-style-of-blink-182
― MarkoP, Friday, 26 July 2019 04:33 (four years ago) link
I was listening to Bad Guy the other day and it kept reminding me of something that I couldn't put my finger on. But then it hit me: AronChupa and Little Sis Nora.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zokn4WDPcHE
Not in terms of any direct melodic or rhythmic swipe, you understand. Sparse basic dance pop. Pseudo-goth video vibe. European folkish melodic hook.
I dunno. No one else will hear it the way I hear it probably, but I just wanted to put this out there.
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 26 July 2019 11:49 (four years ago) link
"when the party's over" slayed me today
― k3vin k., Sunday, 28 July 2019 05:05 (four years ago) link
her biggest heartbreaker for me too
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 28 July 2019 06:20 (four years ago) link
i definitely heard the "people are strange" melody somewhere on the album
It was the first thing I thought of when I first heard "Bury a Friend". A quick Google suggests that the Internet has noticed this.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Sunday, 28 July 2019 11:58 (four years ago) link
It's a broad strokes kind of thing obv but the progression and the melodic line at the cadence are similar.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Sunday, 28 July 2019 12:10 (four years ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/billie-eilish-cover-story-triumph-weird-863603/
― sleeve, Friday, 2 August 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
Gen X rock stars like Dave Grohl, Eddie Vedder, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Thom Yorke have been taking their kids to see Eilish perform and stopping by to say hello to the pop star. “Yorke was a little tough,” says her manager, Brian Marquis. “He was just as you’d expect: curmudgeonly, perturbed.” Marquis says Yorke told Eilish, “You’re the only one doing anything fucking interesting nowadays.”
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 3 August 2019 01:54 (four years ago) link
lol fuck thom yorke
― Vape Store (crüt), Saturday, 3 August 2019 01:56 (four years ago) link
well obviously he was including himself in that
― j., Saturday, 3 August 2019 02:07 (four years ago) link
Rough analogue of Bowie praising Lorde
― 60... 90... 120 Minute IPA (morrisp), Saturday, 3 August 2019 02:12 (four years ago) link
Recently, her family’s home address leaked online, and three fans showed up in a single day, including a creepy older guy who’d driven all the way from San Diego.
― 60... 90... 120 Minute IPA (morrisp), Saturday, 3 August 2019 02:21 (four years ago) link
Heavy interview. That Red Rocks show sounds wild.
― 60... 90... 120 Minute IPA (morrisp), Saturday, 3 August 2019 02:44 (four years ago) link
the quote from finneas about the particular instrumentation that does and does not work with billie's voice was very astute, I thought, the sort of observation that makes you (well, me) go back and re-listen and sure enough
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Saturday, 3 August 2019 05:55 (four years ago) link
the no. 1 artist in the country!
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Thursday, 22 August 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
what an amazing ascent. i hope she's handling it
― husserl gang (rip van wanko), Thursday, 22 August 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
I can see Bad Guy used in a lot of tv/movie preview montages and stuff
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, April 10, 2019 2:30 PM
it's pretty ubiquitous on every MTV show commercial and reality TV montage
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 22 August 2019 19:17 (four years ago) link
the new Cannonball
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 22 August 2019 19:23 (four years ago) link