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VH1 are streaming Lorde's album early for some reason. http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/958138/vh1-exclusive-album-premiere-pure-heroine-by-lorde.jhtml edit: Still Sane and White Teeth Teens aren't up to much but everything else is pretty good. Ratios and Tendency fucked around with this message at 23:05 on Sep 23, 2013 |
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Justin Timblerlake Part II has surfaced Mr Ice Cream Glove fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Sep 24, 2013 |
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Justin Timblerlake Part II has surfaced
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I didn't even know there was going to be a Part 2 until my friend just asked me if I knew about it just a few minutes ago. Can't wait to dive in and give it a listen. Never thought I'd say this about a JT album but I love Part 1 so this should be interesting. EDIT: Hmm. I don't know. It's not bad at all at least. Some of my favorite bits of the first album were Suit & Tie, the last two minutes of Don't Hold The Wall, and the last two minutes of Let The Groove Get In, along with Spaceship Coupe and That Girl. This album kinda has a different flavor than what those usually went for. I'll definitely give it some time to sink in though. MykonosFan fucked around with this message at 08:22 on Sep 24, 2013 |
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Justin Timblerlake Part II has surfaced  20 20 Experience really surprised me and remains one of my favorite albums of this year. This just sounds like a bunch of less than impressive b-sides to that album so far. Take Back The Night and Drink You Away are the only tracks I've really enjoyed. e: The second half of Amnesia and all of Only When I Walk Away are really good and more like what I wanted to hear from this album. All of Not A Bad Thing but especially the second half sounds like a new NSYNC song, so take that how you will. Rageaholic fucked around with this message at 09:30 on Sep 24, 2013 |
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Sep 24, 2013 09:03
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Part II > Part I
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nyquil hangover posted:Part II > Part I I would have to agree. Drink You Away is so good.
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Murder is my favorite so far. Such a fun song to jam too.
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I cannot stand listening to the radio edit of Work Bitch. The song's fine, but the copy pasted vocal cover up of "Work Work" kills me for some reason.
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poo poo me there's a new Cut Copy album coming November 4th and it's called 'Free Your Mind'. I think 'Zonoscope' wasn't their best but whatever I'm pretty hyped here's two songs from 'Free Your Mind' they're pretty good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-JgJhLyw-w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99eH2iJHVEQ
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Leonid posted:I cannot stand listening to the radio edit of Work Bitch. The song's fine, but the copy pasted vocal cover up of "Work Work" kills me for some reason. That's how they did the radio edit? They couldn't rub two brain cells together and come up with "work it"?
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Ratios and Tendency posted:VH1 are streaming Lorde's album early for some reason. I think white teeth teens is great, but song of the album for me goes to 400Lux. Can't stop listening to the damned thing.
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allmusic.com posted:Born to Die is meant to be appreciated as slippery, elusive pop; Pure Heroine seems to hint at the truth...but the truth is, Lorde is a pop invention as much as LDR and is not nearly as honest about her intentions. What the gently caress are these secret intentions supposed to be? 
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We will be hearing hopefully a lot of new Katy Perry today when she performs at iTunes festival In the mean time a new single is out Walking On Air
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:We will be hearing hopefully a lot of new Katy Perry today when she performs at iTunes festival Walking On Air starts out so awesome, and the production is a perfect 90's pastiche. But the chorus is a big fat nothing. With a little luck it'll grow on me, but I'm a little bit disappointed.
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So far she is doing her big songs but doing different takes on them. I was hoping it was going to be a Lady Gaga concernt in which all she does is perform new songs. Walking On Air California Girls Teenage Dream Kissed a Girl Dark Horse Part of Me By The Grace of God Wide Awake Firework Roar Mr Ice Cream Glove fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Sep 30, 2013 |
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:We will be hearing hopefully a lot of new Katy Perry today when she performs at iTunes festival What's the quality of her live vocals like these days? Ever since I first saw this video, I don't think I've ever quite been able to give her a completely fair shake (I guess it was a little out of her range). Wheat Loaf fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Oct 1, 2013 |
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Metal Loaf posted:What's the quality of her live vocals like these days? Ever since I first saw this video, I don't think I've ever quite been able to give her a completely fair shake (I guess it was a little out of her range). Not very good sadly, and if she has some choreo it goes to hell. She has always been the 'worst' of the big pop girls live, IMO.
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Sprat Sandwich posted:Not very good sadly, and if she has some choreo it goes to hell. She has always been the 'worst' of the big pop girls live, IMO. How would you rank them? As far as the big ones go, I think Lady Gaga and Adele are probably the most consistently good. Rihanna often seems to be somewhere in the middle but maybe I've not heard enough of her live performances to reach a fair conclusion. I've heard that Britney Spears is quite good when she's actually singing, and obviously Christina Aguilera used to be ranked at the very top, though she's not really as highly regarded of late (ignoring lazy fat jokes, can she even be called a "big" pop girl any more?). Not sure about Taylor Swift. She seems pretty divisive in this regard; I've seen some incredibly poor live vocal performances from her but at the same time I've seen others that were very good. She seems much better when she's performing songs she's written herself (not an indictment on the quality of songs she's recorded that she didn't write, keep in mind).
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Metal Loaf posted:How would you rank them? As far as the big ones go, I think Lady Gaga and Adele are probably the most consistently good. Rihanna often seems to be somewhere in the middle but maybe I've not heard enough of her live performances to reach a fair conclusion. I've heard that Britney Spears is quite good when she's actually singing, and obviously Christina Aguilera used to be ranked at the very top, though she's not really as highly regarded of late (ignoring lazy fat jokes, can she even be called a "big" pop girl any more?). Hmm, I'd pretty much rate them the same. Adele is probably something of a 'voice of a decade' or whatever, we'll see how that goes. Gaga (sadly the only one I've personally seen live) is really good, oddly I know a lot of people who don't think she is (something to do with how on the radio you can't really tell?). Rihanna can be pretty good IF she feels like it, lately she doesn't seem to care, though. I think Britney is very much the same although with that Las Vegas thing she kinda needs to put out solid vocals. Christina (not fat at all) has apparently hurt her voice a bit, but like Mariah is still very good but both of them are more of the 'old guard' types (Britney has managed to escape that, I guess) - like "Hey remember when Christina went Yeeahayayahahahoohayahahayahahooooaahhhh and everyone was like …gently caress". I think Taylor is pretty good, she isn't a powerhouse obviously but everything I've seen/heard has been nice. It helps that, like you said, her songs are right for her, unlike Katy who has a surprisingly large amount of songs she really has trouble with because they didn't account for her abilities, which makes her seem worse than she probably is. Obviously everyone can have lovely days and I can't claim to have seen every performance, best or worst or whatever (and I am also not totally unbiased regarding Taylor, which I think is also a considerable factor). Oh and Beyonce is somewhere in there too, but I kinda forgot. RIP Whitney, best of the best.
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Sprat Sandwich posted:Oh and Beyonce is somewhere in there too, but I kinda forgot. There's two big omissions I can't believe I forgot. As you mentioned, Beyoncé is one of them, and the other is Kelly Clarkson, both of whom regularly sing well in a live setting. I might mention Carrie Underwood as well. As an aside, I think the worst vocalist I've ever actually seen live was probably Meat Loaf in 2010. It's kind of hard to explain what it sounded like; sort of like he was trying to mumble and bellow at the same time. Huge let down, because I was a big fan of Meat Loaf at the time (and I still am a fan of most of his music, as my username might attest) and his band were absolutely phenomenal (especially Patti Russo, his current duets partner). Wheat Loaf fucked around with this message at 13:17 on Oct 1, 2013 |
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Metal Loaf posted:There's two big omissions I can't believe I forgot. As you mentioned, Beyoncé is one of them, and the other is Kelly Clarkson, both of whom regularly sing well in a live setting. I might mention Carrie Underwood as well. I actually dread (and kinda avoid) live performances for this exact (admittedly silly) reason - what if it sucks? There isn't much worse that can happen, is there? Especially if it's someone you really like. 'Thankfully' we don't get a lot of action around here (Robbie Williams did pop up in August, that was pretty cool) but something on the TV or on Youtube will do it and then you just sit there, cringing. OK maybe they have a sore throat or are drunk as hell or their technique just isn't that good, but is it selfish to watch/go to a concert to see/hear my favourite songs/singer and expect them to pull it off?
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Sprat Sandwich posted:OK maybe they have a sore throat or are drunk as hell or their technique just isn't that good, but is it selfish to watch/go to a concert to see/hear my favourite songs/singer and expect them to pull it off? That's a good question and I'm not really sure what the answer would be. I suppose if someone holds themself out as a professional singer you should be able to reasonably expect a certain degree of ability, but at the same time I wouldn't expect a singer to sound exactly like they do on record; I think there's certain allowances you can make for live performance.
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Metal Loaf posted:That's a good question and I'm not really sure what the answer would be. I suppose if someone holds themself out as a professional singer you should be able to reasonably expect a certain degree of ability, but at the same time I wouldn't expect a singer to sound exactly like they do on record; I think there's certain allowances you can make for live performance. Oh by all means I'm not expecting opera, just… I don't know… mostly on-key and not totally out of breath during long notes.
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Bangerz is streaming online. It's much better than I thought it would be! 4x4 is one of the weirdest pop songs I've heard in a while and includes the line "driving so fast, 'bout to piss on myself". Unironically loving it. The bonus tracks are also quite nice.
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nyquil hangover posted:Bangerz is streaming online. It's much better than I thought it would be! Keeping the twang in her voice on some of these tracks is one of the most inspired production decisions in a while.
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Britney teaching the lessers how to make a pop video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt8VYOfr8To
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beergod posted:I am underwhelmed by the Lorde record. Any reason? Not what you were expecting or just bad? I may be biased as she's from my town but I still think there are some great tracks on there. 400lux and Buzzcut Season I can barely get enough of. Edit: terrible iPhone typoes
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somnambulist posted:Britney teaching the lessers how to make a pop video. Yeah that's awesome. She looks incredible, and that video actually makes the song better.
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I enjoyed the Britney video. Bangerz is a loving mess. I like it.  E - Although it's weird how she was like "Every song is going to be a banger that's why it's Bangerz" and it really isn't. Sprat Sandwich fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Oct 2, 2013 |
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somnambulist posted:Britney teaching the lessers how to make a pop video. That is a surprisingly good pop video, but that song is still horrible. I'm starting to think that song which she made for The Smurfs movie would actually be a far better choice for lead single 
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Stalins Moustache posted:That is a surprisingly good pop video, but that song is still horrible. I'm starting to think that song which she made for The Smurfs movie would actually be a far better choice for lead single Totally agreed. I hate the song. I hope the album is good, William Orbit has some tracks on it, I really like his touch on pop music.
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I'm not sure if they're the correct genre, but I think they're pop enough: I really like the The Naked and Famous' new album, In Rolling Waves. It's not as strong and packed with awesome hits as the previous album, but the songs Hearts like Ours and I Kill Giants are incredibly good. The music video for Hearts like Ours (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqUJdcCjUIA ) is pretty cool, too. Anyone else a fan of these guys? I think I'm gonna see them in november. Oh, and here's a killer perfomance of Hearts like Ours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1kjR4D6ghs. If you hadn't noticed, Tegan and Sara recently released a new video for their song Goodbye, Goodbye (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjgDuImuD_4). I'm not sure if it was a good choice for a single, but it could be because I just love the song Drove me Wild from their newest album. Overall I'm impressed by their transition from somewhat pop-ish indie music to almost pure pop on Heartthrob. It's such an awesome album.
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Oh poo poo, did Royals just #1? Fuckin' called it!
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gandlethorpe posted:Oh poo poo, did Royals just #1? Fuckin' called it! Yea youngest to do so since Tiffany back in the yesteryears
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Spiteski posted:Yea youngest to do so since Tiffany back in the yesteryears The all-time youngest is Stevie Wonder, isn't it? Nobody's touching that any time soon, so it's still an impressive achievement. I like the song a lot but I haven't heard anything else from Lorde yet.
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Public service announcement: Miley Cyrus is hosting SNL tomorrow. I think she'll do well. She has really good comic timing. I hope she doesn't do We Can't Stop, I don't like that song. Maybe she'll perform SMS and Wrecking Ball? A girl can dream...
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nyquil hangover posted:Public service announcement: Miley Cyrus is hosting SNL tomorrow. In the continued bi-polar nature of Miley, she'll do Wrecking Ball first, then close out the show with her cover of Jolene...while Jay Pharoah and Bobby Moynihan do interpretive dance in the background. That seems the most likely. For content, here's "Wrecking Ball" mashed up with Mumford's "Little Lion Man" to show that, really, Wrecking Ball is a pretty enjoyable song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gDlA_8k7n4
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This track got the Mike Jack treatment and I like it. Jhameel - Feisty (Blue Satellite Remix)
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