omg TIL Janet released a promo-only single for Pepsi in 1999 that I don't believe has been available anywhere else since?? I wouldn't say it's one of her all time best tracks but I def don't hate it and it came with a Masters At Work remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrASTW9DCm8
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 10 July 2020 13:53 (three years ago) link
The post-All For You records aren't doing a whole lot for me these first time through them, but for what its worth, "So Much Betta" (from Discipline) is the only thing I've heard so far that I think is flat-out awful.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Friday, 10 July 2020 22:39 (three years ago) link
*THIS first time through them
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Friday, 10 July 2020 22:40 (three years ago) link
oh that's how i feel about "this body" on 20 y.o.. terrible
i like "so much betta"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 10 July 2020 22:43 (three years ago) link
I used to hate “Rock With U” but I played it the other day and was like “wait this slams, what is happening”
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 10 July 2020 23:48 (three years ago) link
yep
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 July 2020 23:52 (three years ago) link
the bridge in "the great forever" is unreal
― ufo, Saturday, 11 July 2020 00:54 (three years ago) link
I wish "Free Xone" had more xones. Xones to infinity.
― geoffreyess, Saturday, 11 July 2020 01:45 (three years ago) link
how do i get everyone to vote for "night"
top ten for me, I promise
One ruleNo rules
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 11 July 2020 04:23 (three years ago) link
Okay, after a couple of listens of “Janet Jackson” and “Dream Street” my takeaway is that the s/t is pretty unexceptional and generic but “Dream Street” is like... pretty great?? Which surprised me, bcz my impression was that they were both equally mediocre and filler-y.
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 11 July 2020 13:58 (three years ago) link
i still think dream street is a little patchy but again, the jesse johnson and marlon jackson tracks, whew
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 July 2020 13:59 (three years ago) link
also i have tried very hard but there's no way i'm ever going to like "two to the power of love"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 July 2020 14:00 (three years ago) link
it does not make the mistake the debut makes of wandering off into wispy ballad land
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 July 2020 14:01 (three years ago) link
Oh yeah it’s definitely patchy and imperfect and nowhere near the tier of Control thru Velvet Rope BUT it is a bigger improvement over the s/t than I thought, like in terms of sonic palette I can see a progression from Dream Street to Control, it’s not like a total schism like Underworld’s first 2 albums or something.
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 11 July 2020 18:05 (three years ago) link
also I love love LOVE “Pretty Boy”’s booming “ONE👏TWO👏ONE TWO THREE FOUR” followed by, like, a pleasant but fairly sedate synthesizer solo that is nowhere near as grand as one would expect from such a count-off
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 11 July 2020 18:11 (three years ago) link
listening to damita jo for the first time and "strawberry bounce"!!!
― ufo, Saturday, 11 July 2020 23:42 (three years ago) link
It is a secret weapon
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 12 July 2020 04:11 (three years ago) link
Strawberry Bounce will likely be in the 20-25 range for me
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Sunday, 12 July 2020 13:49 (three years ago) link
Strawberry Bounce is probably going to just miss out on my list but there will be a handful of Damita Jo songs in there.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 12 July 2020 14:29 (three years ago) link
Would it be fair to say that the general consensus is that 20YO is the nadir of her post-Control career?
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 12 July 2020 19:15 (three years ago) link
yes and i agree with the consensus
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 12 July 2020 19:29 (three years ago) link
Yeah, that's quite comfortably her weakest album.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 12 July 2020 20:22 (three years ago) link
damita jo is her most consistent album. there are no duds! and, like, at least ten perfect songs
― uberweiss, Sunday, 12 July 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
"all nite (don't stop)", "warmth" and "slolove" will all be in my top 10 probs
― uberweiss, Sunday, 12 July 2020 20:44 (three years ago) link
i would argue Velvet Rope as her MOST consistent album.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 12 July 2020 22:06 (three years ago) link
but some of this may be a "your favorite season of SNL" argumentexcept Janet is, you know, talented
I want to love All For You SO BAD but after like 4 listens, it is just not sticking. It’s too mellow, too straightforward, Velvet Rope was SO innovative futuristic boundary-pushing and in comparison All For You sounds a lot more traditional. It’s not BAD, I just don’t find it very compelling. I’m secretly hoping someone can provide a good argument to convince me otherwise.
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 12 July 2020 22:33 (three years ago) link
20 yo is definitely not a great album, but "take care" is insane. one of my very faves
ah ahtake care of meah ahfulfil my needs
― uberweiss, Sunday, 12 July 2020 23:09 (three years ago) link
Fuck Unbreakable is so good. The duel between the laser zaps and piano at the end of Night!
― Tim F, Monday, 13 July 2020 10:14 (three years ago) link
unbreakable is really just as great as her run from control to velvet rope. i think the only things i don't like about it are that the j cole version of "no sleeep" was on the album and that 60s psych sample on the last track.
― ufo, Monday, 13 July 2020 10:20 (three years ago) link
otm
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 July 2020 10:26 (three years ago) link
janet during "spending time with you": "god i just love listening to that"me: "me too janet!!!!"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 13 July 2020 12:43 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuDrC_b-CNo
spending more time with 20 yo hasn't endeared me to the album as a whole very much, but i certainly love this song
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 13 July 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
i feel like after a dodgy first few songs it's pretty consistently good though. "take care" is the best song ever and i'm def voting for "do it 2 me" as well
with you it's whatever your pleasure is to give me pleasure that's why i call on youuuu <3
and "daybreak" is sick too!
― uberweiss, Monday, 13 July 2020 18:48 (three years ago) link
"take care" and "do it 2 me" are the other incredibly amazing songs on there
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 13 July 2020 19:00 (three years ago) link
giving up today, this isn’t going to get any easier
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 13 July 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
am i missing out on any incredible outtakes that i haven’t heard
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 13 July 2020 20:52 (three years ago) link
only 40 top tracks... the injustice....
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 13 July 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
Not quite “incredible” but Janet covering Joni’s “The Beat of Black Wings” and announcing in the intro that it is her favourite song is definitely a mood.
― Tim F, Monday, 13 July 2020 21:24 (three years ago) link
given the heartbreaking cuts i've already made, i guess it's unlikely anything new would break into my top 40 anyway
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 13 July 2020 21:38 (three years ago) link
I need to do some last minute revision and give Unbreakable another listen, but I'm getting close. I have a 40 song list that could work.
Not sure I'm going to be able to join in with the side polls apart from albums. Maybe the interludes at a push?
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 01:08 (three years ago) link
i could only do albums and music videos
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 01:26 (three years ago) link
i mean i wanted to participate in the interlude poll but it’s basically “speaker phone” and then everything else
LET'S GO
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 01:58 (three years ago) link
MINNEAPOLIS
I've really become obsessed with Runaway over the last week. Definitely needs to be higher on my ballot than it currently is.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 14:36 (three years ago) link
^^^^ so otm, def in my top 10
How many people are including "Scream" in their track/video ballots? I mean it's obv one of the best things BUT it 100% feels more like a Michael song that Janet participated in than a true Michael/Janet collaboration, it feels 100x more his thing than hers
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 16:09 (three years ago) link
kinda agree with that
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
That's how I feel about "Diamonds" re Herb Alpert
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 16:49 (three years ago) link