seriously yeah, if anyone wants to tell me how they're ok with her horrible voice, her horrible tinny music, her horrible trite lyrics and her horrible ignorant opinions, feel free.
The synthy bit and the chorus of bulletproof are great pop rushes! They are like Negotiate With Love only slightly less good. Also the video is great, with The Future, and primary colours. Also her hair is memorable which is good in a popstar - as someone not paying much attention I cannot remember what Lady Gaga or whoever look like, but La Roux is instantly recognisable.
Her voice is just kinda neutral? It is an autotuned whatever voice, like Kimberley GA or whoever. Are the lyrics really that trite? Again they just seem pleasantly okay!
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 18 September 2009 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
The lyrics are like something Vince Clarke scribbled on the back of an envelope and then threw away in disgust back in 1982.
― a gift from your mind in the form of the perfect beat (snoball), Friday, 18 September 2009 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
it's weird that you cite lady effing gaga and her innumerable attention-seeking outfits as something less visually memorable than la roux - not into gaga at all either (though christ, am nearing crumbling point on this one) but next to her, elly jackson is an indie boy in t-shirt and jeans.
"the future" = the 80s?
idk how to respond to an argument that her piercing, nails-on-blackboard shrill is "neutral" :/
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 September 2009 19:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean gaga wore a massive bow in her hair which was MADE OUT OF HER HAIR - one stupid quiff has nothing on that
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 September 2009 19:44 (fourteen years ago) link
http://images.starpulse.com/pictures/2007/08/05/previews/Lady%20GaGa-ADB-013713.jpg
this is one of the more conservative Lady Gaga pics on the internet
― so says i tranny ben franklin (HI DERE), Friday, 18 September 2009 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
She has brown hair in that pic and looks like Chan Marshall! That is nothing like how she looks at other times! My most reliable visual signifier for Lady Gaga is "no trousers" but she does wear them sometimes; I'd be much less confident picking her out of an identity parade than La Roux who just always looks exactly the comforting same.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 18 September 2009 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Is it just me or is La Roux the most boring music ever?
― no mate bruce springsteen is the american jimmy barnes (King Boy Pato), Friday, 11 December 2009 13:51 (fourteen years ago) link
The shit voice doesn't help but by golly, is it fucking boring.
I apologise if this is too obvious and/or behind the curve, btw.
― no mate bruce springsteen is the american jimmy barnes (King Boy Pato), Friday, 11 December 2009 13:53 (fourteen years ago) link
kbp have u https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWmE6LwowsQ&feature=player_embedded
― conezy (cozwn), Friday, 11 December 2009 14:02 (fourteen years ago) link
i still can't believe Ben Langmaid co-produced (with Rollo) this old track I liked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNYcawl29KQ
― mdskltr (blueski), Friday, 11 December 2009 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link
The original "In For The Kill" is surely much, much better.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 11 December 2009 14:18 (fourteen years ago) link
(And no wonder The Lex don't like them, as they sound like something from around 1982, i.e. before time began according to The Lex). :)
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 11 December 2009 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link
this is being used in a video game ad here in the US and damn it's pretty massive
― waka shame (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 07:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Where did they go? At this rate they'll need another smash like "Bulletproof" or "In For The Kill", or the difficult second album will be very difficult indeed.
Waiting three years following your breakthrough album is quite a risk to take. Shame, such a promising act.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
New album is going to be 'Nile Rodgers inspired' apparently. Not sure if he's had anything to do with it himself.
― owenf, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
This still rocks the dancefloor in my experience.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
Hmmm.. Nile Rodgers = great, but also known for a rather "organic" style, and La Roux is not one act that should become "organic".
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
she's still a vile human, but "bulletproof" is a classic
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I don't know how far she's going to go with the Nile thing. I'm ok with her over synthpop revival whatnot but I fear full on Chic freak would show her voice up somewhat.
― owenf, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
not to say it couldn't be great
― owenf, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
Chic is OK, but I don't want the synthpop revival to stop ever. It was a mistake when synthpop became untrendy in the late 80s and it will be again if it becomes untrendy once more.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
Couldn't some inferior act, such as Beyonce, do the Chic thing instead?
kanye's verse from his rather dumb remix of this track contains my favorite rap lyric:
"i'm goin in, and i'ma go hardi said what's the point if there ain't no scarsa little teeth marks? blood on the collar?that's real love nnnnnnnngghghgnnnaannnaannnnngghhhhh [pronounced so that it rhymes with 'collar']"
― caulk the wagon and float it, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 14:37 (twelve years ago) link
welcome back, Geir!
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
I know some people hate La Roux with passion, but these tracks are sounding rather promising to my ears. And yeah, apparently Nile Rodgers is actually involved in some of the tracks, if not the whole thing. Now if only she got rid of that horrendous outfit...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLP38UkwpBwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGGdw6Na3Schttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-8r0b2yK9g
― daavid, Thursday, 1 August 2013 18:57 (ten years ago) link
New single. Finally!
It's OK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOTEx7p-IkM
― daavid, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 04:03 (nine years ago) link
http://youtu.be/kOTEx7p-IkM
― daavid, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 04:04 (nine years ago) link
ugh, never remember how to embed.
― daavid, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 04:07 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOTEx7p-IkM
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 06:09 (nine years ago) link
thx
― daavid, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link
Proper comeback single. Apparently "Lay me down gently" was just a buzz track. It's got Nile Rodgers' fingerprints all over it. Except I think he wasn't involved. I'm not sure about the vocals, but otherwise I love it.
― daavid, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 00:26 (nine years ago) link
i like "let me down gently" better for some reason but maybe it'll grow on me
― dyl, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 02:59 (nine years ago) link
Though I love "Sexoteque", and there's a couple of other decent tracks, the new album's definitely a step down from the first one
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
a friend recently recommended me their debut album and i was sceptical as i couldn't remember what they sounded like at all except remembering disliking the singles at the time but i was kinda shocked to find it some of the most viscerally unpleasant pop music i've ever heard. i have no idea how this album had multiple hits with its incredibly flimsy-feeling synthpop, mediocre hooks, and the way her voice sounds
― ufo, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 11:18 (five years ago) link
the two big singles were legit great and the rest was serviceable enough
― dyl, Thursday, 17 January 2019 04:59 (five years ago) link
I suspect that, even though her second album was a massive improvement with some actually great singles, it being ignored by the media was a way to atone for her sins commited on that terrible debut.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 17 January 2019 07:06 (five years ago) link
"in for the kill" is a 10/10 classic to me
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 January 2019 07:56 (five years ago) link
original obv not the remix
the true 2009 classic (the skream remix) that the nostalgia thread needs
― ||||||||, Thursday, 17 January 2019 08:14 (five years ago) link
Confession: I love love love Trouble in Paradise and I can’t believe there’s barely any discussion of it here
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 05:20 (four years ago) link
It’s super fun and it was an album I played a lot that summer. “Uptight Downtown” and “Sexoteque” were in heavy rotation at one of my bars and several people asked what it was, particularly with the former.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 17:37 (four years ago) link
New single:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS6egctCzqY
As much as I like Trouble In Paradise, I was expecting more of a departure, especially considering how long it's been. I'm not too impressed.
― daavid, Thursday, 31 October 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
― nathom, Thursday, 31 October 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link
Interview in the indie today is an interesting read
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/la-roux-interview-new-album-supervision-gay-lgbtq-elly-jackson-a9319376.html
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 6 February 2020 10:33 (four years ago) link
I think I'm eternally fated to like La Roux more than almost anyone else does. New album's a bit of a step down from Trouble in Paradise but it still bangs. is there no room in this world for a (slightly) poor man's Christine and the Queens?
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 14 February 2020 15:17 (four years ago) link
Her cover of "Mr. Natural" on the new Whyte Horses LP is pretty nice.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 14 February 2020 15:39 (four years ago) link