All inspired by this review: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/aug/07/calvin-harris-cd-review
― mike t-diva, Friday, 14 August 2009 09:39 (fourteen years ago) link
BECAUSE OF THE FUCKING RICH PEOPLES KIDS there are people who will like the album who wont get the album because they saw a shit review
― J4mi3 H4rl3y (Snowballing), Friday, 14 August 2009 09:39 (fourteen years ago) link
THIS ENTIRE INDUSTRY IS FULL OF RICH PEOPLES KIDS, EVERYWHERE, FUCKING RICH PEOPLES KIDS RICH PEOPLES KIDS
It's a slightly better lyric than I GET ALL THE GIRLS I GET ALL THE GIRLS, I suppose.
― Matt DC, Friday, 14 August 2009 09:48 (fourteen years ago) link
AP (for it is he!) responding at http://twitter.com/alexispetridis
― mike t-diva, Friday, 14 August 2009 09:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Or maybe CH is sticking it to Gavin Martin in equal measure: http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/the-ticket/2009/08/album-of-the-week-calvin-harri.html
― mike t-diva, Friday, 14 August 2009 09:58 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't think Gavin Martin has been called a "kid" since 1978
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Friday, 14 August 2009 10:00 (fourteen years ago) link
RICH PEOPLES KIDS GETTING GOOD REVIEWS BECAUSE MUMMY FUCKED THE JOURNO IN THE 80S
Might want to ruminate on this given that a strong majority of music journos are in their 20s or 30s
― Tim Krul ringmaster (DJ Mencap), Friday, 14 August 2009 10:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Right, I misunderstood, who is he referring to?
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Friday, 14 August 2009 10:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow, that Petriedes article is one of the best things I think I've ever read of his. I mean that totally without irony.
So basically, Harris' angst about that article boils down to "wah wah wah, Alexis Petriedes is smarter and better educated than I am" - WOW, that must *really* hurt.
― hüzün (Masonic Boom), Friday, 14 August 2009 10:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Credit where credit's due, I think everyone gave that album two stars, not just Petridis.
― Matt DC, Friday, 14 August 2009 10:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Now clarified: "that wasn't about @alexispetridis' review by the way, his came as no surprise."
― mike t-diva, Friday, 14 August 2009 10:27 (fourteen years ago) link
there are people who will like the album who wont get the album because they saw a shit review
lol
― unban dictionary (blueski), Friday, 14 August 2009 11:05 (fourteen years ago) link
FUCKING JOURNALISTS GIVING PEOPLE SHIT REVIEWS
― unban dictionary (blueski), Friday, 14 August 2009 11:06 (fourteen years ago) link
AND SLEEPING WITH WOMEN IN THE PAST
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Friday, 14 August 2009 11:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Which jobbing indie band's parents would you travel back in time to have sex with?
― Matt DC, Friday, 14 August 2009 11:11 (fourteen years ago) link
"Gay Dad" indeed
― unban dictionary (blueski), Friday, 14 August 2009 11:12 (fourteen years ago) link
"Come tweet wiv me"
Been digging his tweets immensely. Thanks Mike!
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 14 August 2009 11:41 (fourteen years ago) link
I've got love for you unless your mum fucked a journo in the 80s, the 80s
― vain_bowers, Friday, 14 August 2009 11:52 (fourteen years ago) link
apparently he debuts on the hot 100 this week with one of his own tracks ;_; rihanna what have you done
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 16 February 2012 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
tired of hearing that damn chintzy circus organ all the time
― The Reverend, Thursday, 16 February 2012 03:18 (twelve years ago) link
title of thread still applies
never gonna forgive rihanna for this tbh
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Thursday, 16 February 2012 09:07 (twelve years ago) link
Rev OTM
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Thursday, 16 February 2012 09:09 (twelve years ago) link
I guess we should get used to it
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Thursday, 16 February 2012 09:10 (twelve years ago) link
yesss but this is like the definition of "grooving" for certain people
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 16 February 2012 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/silkstink.jpg
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 16 February 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
I wonder what you guys would be saying had you been around for La Bouche, The Real McCoy and Captain Hollywood Project
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
(although "Feel So Close" is pretty much terrible)
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:06 AM Bookmark
iirc my thoughts on all this stuff at the time was "when are they playing Coolio again?"
I fux w/ "Sweet Dreams" and "Another Night" (tho I always thought this sounded like a Coke jingle) and maaaaaaaaaaayyyybe "Be My Lover" tho
― The Reverend, Thursday, 16 February 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
i can't figure out if la bouche and the real mccoy are supposed to really be a defense of this (or anything)
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 16 February 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
it's more, people are having this hysterical overreaction to this dude as if he's some brand new circle of awful hell rather than someone who is pretty clearly operating in a paradigm that's been sending hits to the charts for 20 years
it's basically "look, we survived Robert Miles, we will survive this too, just relax"
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
"look, we survived Robert Miles, we will survive this too, just relax"
I immediately vote for this as the replacement slogan for "Keep Calm and Carry On"
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 February 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
fuck you Dan, "Children" is a classic *takes ball and goes home*
― The Reverend, Thursday, 16 February 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, in the interest of full disclosure I never understood why everyone despised "Children" either but Miles such a good stand-in for "commercially successful dance dude that dance people seem to hate with terrifying and unhealthy fervor"
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
Dan obviously doesn't remember the mass group suicides of the 90s.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
i loved "children" and "one & one"
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
still do
calvin harris could never
i am a big fan of "another night" to be honest
― teledyldonix, Friday, 17 February 2012 06:13 (twelve years ago) link
"Another Night" is brilliant. That bit near the end with the crazy little synth arpeggio behind Olaf's rap is one of the best all time house party moments.
Pretty much all of my issues with Harris are tied up with his voice and persona, which were heavily prevalent on "I Like The Girls" and "Born In The 80s"; those records really were some brand new circle of awful hell. He was a dickhead in interviews and the like at that time as well.
Fear and loathing seem somewhat overdone if he's just producing chintzy circus organ dance-pop now, but if he opens his mouth on the new record then all bets are off.
― Tim F, Friday, 17 February 2012 07:02 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ this being a carbon copy of "We Found Love" with Ne-Yo subbing in for Rihannahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpMbjW43vGY
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 5 March 2012 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
I just looked at his wikipedia page... that "Sweet Nothing" song is getting some radio play in the US and aside from the horrible Rihanna song it's his highest charting single. But in the UK his last six songs have gone 2-2-2-2-1-6 and both albums #1. Is he totally unavoidable on UK radio/in clubs etc?
― skip, Thursday, 21 March 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
i don't know if actual djs in actual clubs actually play him but yeah he's all over the radio, drinking from the bottle being the current irritant
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 21 March 2013 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
I can't imagine any DJ with any kind of rep ever playing Calvin Harris, but he's probably ubiquitous in high street nightclubs (ie most of the clubs in the UK).
― Matt DC, Thursday, 21 March 2013 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
"thinking about you" is such a good song
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 8 March 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
yeah it's much better than his other recent stuff, i was actually surprised it was him. naturally it is not getting nearly as much american radio play as his other songs did.
― dyl, Saturday, 8 March 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
fukk yes
― rhyme heals all goons (m bison), Saturday, 8 March 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
gr8 song, esp for the 278th single off that record, possibly the best 278th single ever?
― a commentary on self-absorbed youth culture in the social media age (zachlyon), Saturday, 8 March 2014 20:19 (ten years ago) link
i'm sort of into "summer"
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Monday, 5 May 2014 01:15 (nine years ago) link
video for it is garbage
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Monday, 5 May 2014 02:31 (nine years ago) link
horrifyingly, i kind of enjoy the rita ora single which is his handiwork i think *ducks*
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Monday, 5 May 2014 02:32 (nine years ago) link
"Summer" is ok but seems like a rewrite of "Feel So Close" (which I kind of liked *ducks*)
― Vinnie, Monday, 5 May 2014 13:14 (nine years ago) link