The harmonizing in the first bridge of the former gets me in the gut every single time.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Friday, 3 July 2020 16:47 (three years ago) link
the three ballads that end rhythm nation are all fucking incredible!!!!
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 3 July 2020 16:48 (three years ago) link
underrated(?) janet. single: "you want this"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 3 July 2020 17:03 (three years ago) link
i think my favorite run on the record is funky big band -> new agenda -> because of love, though
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 3 July 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
also, fuck it, i love "again." it's so harmonically satisfying, and the absence of drums makes it float
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 3 July 2020 18:25 (three years ago) link
"any time, any place" is like proto-voodoo
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 3 July 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link
this is ridiculous, i have no idea how to rank these songs
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 3 July 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link
one ruleno rules
one lovefree xone
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 3 July 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link
put this atop imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tivpKj1zt0
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 July 2020 20:04 (three years ago) link
"i get lonely" is everything i like about music in one song
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 4 July 2020 01:07 (three years ago) link
underrated(?) /janet./ single: "you want this"
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Saturday, 4 July 2020 04:51 (three years ago) link
(xps)
I don't mind "Again," but--and I'm sure this will be controversial--on the whole I'm not the biggest fan of her ballads. The colossal exception is "Come Back to Me," which I see placing high on my ballot.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Saturday, 4 July 2020 17:56 (three years ago) link
really amazing album track buried in all for you: "truth"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 5 July 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I love that one too, especially the way she goes into Ooh Child. There's going to be a lot of that album on my list.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 5 July 2020 14:33 (three years ago) link
Doesn't Really Matter and Someone To Call My Lover are probably both going to be in my top 10.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, July 1, 2020 7:18 AM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
hoo boy otm. just clocked the satie in the chorus of "someone to call my lover" for the first time
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 5 July 2020 14:33 (three years ago) link
What do we think of "Black Cat"? I don't consider it more than a pleasant change of pace.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 5 July 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
actually, the only imperial era single I find meh is "Miss You Much."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 5 July 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)
It's quite easily my least favourite regular song on Rhythm Nation.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 5 July 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
"black cat" was my favorite janet song when i was 8
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 5 July 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
still a fine piece of hair metal imo
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 5 July 2020 18:19 (three years ago) link
I think its okay. Definitely stamps "1989" on the record in one of the less attractive ways, though.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Sunday, 5 July 2020 18:32 (three years ago) link
Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead intended to record a version of "Black Cat" with Jackson, but was prohibited. Lemmy stated, "I wanted to do a version of 'Black Cat' with her, but Sony wouldn't let me. You could tell from the video that she was having a good time, that this loud rock music is what she really wanted to be doing. I love that fuckin' song.. Great fuckin' song that but the record company wouldn't let it be possible.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 5 July 2020 20:56 (three years ago) link
Can I vote for Djimon Hounsou in the video for "Love Will Never Do (Without You)?"
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Sunday, 5 July 2020 22:21 (three years ago) link
actually, the only imperial era single I find meh is "Miss You Much."― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 5 July 2020 17:32 (five hours ago) link
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 5 July 2020 17:32 (five hours ago) link
I suppose theoretically there's an argument to be made that "Miss You Much" is too similar to "Escapade" to stand tall on its own, but in practice "too similar to one of the best songs ever made" is the opposite of a put-down.
― Tim F, Sunday, 5 July 2020 23:22 (three years ago) link
This is an auteurist argument, but I find the lack of a Jackson co-write instructive; "Miss You Much" sounds generic while even the words in the middle eight of "Escapade" leap out. I realize "Love Will Never Do" also boasts no Jackson credit, but that's an exception.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 5 July 2020 23:35 (three years ago) link
Miss You Much >>>>>>>> Escapade (and I like Escapade)
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 6 July 2020 03:35 (three years ago) link
My numbers two and one respectively from that album.
The beat on "Miss You Much" is a monster.
― Tim F, Monday, 6 July 2020 04:45 (three years ago) link
The apricot scarf was worn by NickNothing in the words referred to Mick
― Tim F, Monday, 6 July 2020 05:30 (three years ago) link
Who do you think you are, Rambo?Or a cumulonimbus capillatus or a cirrus or an altostratus?Somebody to make somebody like me proudIn the encyclopedia of clouds?
― Tim F, Monday, 6 July 2020 05:32 (three years ago) link
tell em carly
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 6 July 2020 14:08 (three years ago) link
As much as I love All For You as an album, Son of a Gun is the main one I can't get on with it. The repetition of the "clouds in my coffee" part is so grating.
― kitchen person, Monday, 6 July 2020 14:17 (three years ago) link
I initially loved "Son of a Gun" but when I came back to the album 5 years later, it really felt like a prank
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 6 July 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
both posts otm
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 6 July 2020 16:48 (three years ago) link
I'm spending more time with the Janet album. Out of her imperial phase albums it's the one I know the least. One thing I noticed this morning is how some of the singles didn't quite hit me. I know Again was already discussed here, that's one of my least favourite ballads of hers. Also, I know this is probably controversial, but If doesn't do a lot for me. That chaotic intro sounded so jarring to me for some reason.
I'm wondering what people think of Whoops Now? It was really sounding so joyful to me walking home in the heat today. Her saying "tiddlywinks" is a career high point.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 7 July 2020 01:29 (three years ago) link
"If" is all time for me, esp. because of the video clip.
I can see not clicking with "Again" but it's one of those ballads from the era that just feels like a steamroller regardless of what you think of it, like "Saved The Best For Last".
― Tim F, Tuesday, 7 July 2020 01:31 (three years ago) link
Listening to Damita Jo again, and still blown away that Janet not only included both "Warmth" and "Moist" on the album but programmed them back to back (including with the "my turn" transition).
― Tim F, Tuesday, 7 July 2020 01:32 (three years ago) link
“Whoops Now” is a delight.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 01:58 (three years ago) link
^^^^
― Tim F, Tuesday, 7 July 2020 02:06 (three years ago) link
not sure how i'm going to submit a ballot without most of the velvet rope album tracks on it
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 14:36 (three years ago) link
more treated violin solos in music thanks
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
it's really ridiculous how much range she covered over janet & the velvet rope, those albums are just so immense and fantastic at everything they try to do
― ufo, Tuesday, 7 July 2020 14:46 (three years ago) link
i'm not a big fan of "what'll i do" but otherwise yes otm
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
i was thinking 'hmm maybe janet is edging out velvet rope as my favourite album of hers' but now i'm listening to velvet rope again and it's impossible to choose
"what'll i do" isn't anything special but i like it enough and sequencing it after "throb" is inspired
― ufo, Tuesday, 7 July 2020 14:49 (three years ago) link
I love the hubris of this track; only in an artist in her imperial phase would release it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsPb2EVCLdg
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 14:52 (three years ago) link
two of my favorite records this year do the "cohesive despite pretty wide genre-travel" thing and i wonder if it's because we all grew up on '90s janet
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 14:53 (three years ago) link
"this time" rules so much, like how did she get away with it - a 7 minute goth-r&b epic with a ridiculous operatic crescendo
― ufo, Tuesday, 7 July 2020 14:57 (three years ago) link
the last two minutes of "this time".... fuckin legendary
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 14:59 (three years ago) link
the sequencing of the velvet rope is just fucking insane
"go deep" -> "free xone" -> "together again" -> "empty"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 15:01 (three years ago) link
― Tim F
This is the next album I'm going to revisit. Looking forward to it although without anything from this, I already have 50 songs on my shortlist.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 7 July 2020 16:31 (three years ago) link
i find it downright impossible to be objective about "if." if i were forced to find the "root" of my queerness it would certainly be watching the "if" video at the impressionable age of six, it was like a bomb going off in my life. the noteless guitar squalls, the percussion track's dense leafy compression, the fuckin... strings. the instrumental breakdown is like the logical endpoint of what "nasty" started
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link