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abraham linksys posted:ugh Emotion is probably the pop album of the year isn't it I'm almost ashamed at how many times I've relistened to Emotion in full... But then again I'm not because it's a good loving album. Even the lower-tier songs aren't so bad that I have to skip them.
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Sep 8, 2015 12:08
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I follow this thread because I'm not really a pop fan, but I sometimes tune into Top 40 stations in my car and want to make sense of what I'm listening to. I'm always impressed by a catchy, well-produced pop song. It's interesting that everyone here seems to love Carly Rae Jepsen's new album, because nobody in my radio market is playing any of her songs at all, except "Call Me Maybe" once in a while still. The two most popular songs of the last month have been the Demi Lovato song that sounds just like Katy Perry (did that turn out to be the "song of the summer" for 2015?) and the Selena Gomez song that sounds just like Lana Del Rey. And "Bad Blood," of course.
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Sep 8, 2015 13:10
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I aggressively dislike "Bad Blood", especially the radio edit that features Taylor Swift doing a sing talk section instead of Kendrick Lamar's rap.  It really doesn't help how much it's been overplayed.Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora handled it much better with "Black Widow", in my opinion (the video was more interesting, as well).
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Sep 8, 2015 15:19
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PhilippAchtel posted:I aggressively dislike "Bad Blood", especially the radio edit that features Taylor Swift doing a sing talk section instead of Kendrick Lamar's rap. I'm not a huge 1989 fan but I did like a few songs - Bad Blood is not one of them. It sounds like a nursery rhyme and I don't understand why they went with that as a single.
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Sep 8, 2015 15:23
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PUGGERNAUT posted:I'm not a huge 1989 fan but I did like a few songs - Bad Blood is not one of them. It sounds like a nursery rhyme and I don't understand why they went with that as a single. For the Media narrative(tm)
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Sep 8, 2015 15:36
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:I follow this thread because I'm not really a pop fan, but I sometimes tune into Top 40 stations in my car and want to make sense of what I'm listening to. I'm always impressed by a catchy, well-produced pop song. It's interesting that everyone here seems to love Carly Rae Jepsen's new album, because nobody in my radio market is playing any of her songs at all, except "Call Me Maybe" once in a while still. Song of the summer is Watch me (whip/nae nae)
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Sep 8, 2015 17:16
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Tay Tay is on that MJ release 90% of the album as singles and just ride the cash poo poo
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Sep 8, 2015 19:06
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abraham linksys posted:ugh Emotion is probably the pop album of the year isn't it I hope this turns out to be true, because the album still hasn't been released here, and I've stubbornly decided to listen to the whole single when it comes out and not, erm, "preview" it in some way. Seriously, who in this day and age decided it was a good idea to release a pop album MONTHS apart in different regions?
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Sep 8, 2015 19:17
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Bad Blood seems like a thing where someone had the idea once and immediately ran with it.
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Sep 8, 2015 19:42
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MooCowlian posted:Bad Blood seems like a thing where someone had the idea once and immediately ran with it. A rare Max Martin miss, even if it was a commercial success. I mean look at this list: quote:1999 - "...Baby One More Time" (Britney Spears) What happened between 2000 and 2008? Did the Bush presidency somehow mess with the Max Martin mojo?
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Sep 8, 2015 20:10
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PhilippAchtel posted:A rare Max Martin miss, even if it was a commercial success. Wasn't "Since U Been Gone" released in 2004?
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PhilippAchtel posted:A rare Max Martin miss, even if it was a commercial success. We need a new boy band/girl group to work with him. has Little Mix done a Max Martin song yet?
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Sep 8, 2015 21:03
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interpunct posted:Wasn't "Since U Been Gone" released in 2004? That's a list of Martin's #1 songs in the US I think, and Since U Been Gone, believe it or not, only made #2. There are a couple of more Top 10 tracks from that time, like Behind These Hazel Eyes or Who Knew. But generally speaking, it really was a pretty quiet time for him.
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Sep 8, 2015 21:10
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That was the era of Timbaland and Scott Storch, I think.
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Sep 8, 2015 22:36
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I can't believe Sam Smith's doing a Bond theme song. Watch it be the most boring Bond song of all time. To be fair though, Sam Smith is capable of doing interesting stuff, but I don't think it'll happen this time. (Prove me wrong, Mr. Smith. Prove me wrong).
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Sep 9, 2015 01:26
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After hearing "Earned It", which has a certain Bond movie theme feel to it, I would have put my chips on The Weeknd to do the next Bond theme. Well, Sam Smith is a great vocalist, and the Skyfall theme with Adele was pretty great, though I did not know until just now that Bond theme singers write their own song for the film. At least it cant be as bad as this gem.
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Sep 9, 2015 05:15
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PhilippAchtel posted:Well, Sam Smith is a great vocalist, and the Skyfall theme with Adele was pretty great, though I did not know until just now that Bond theme singers write their own song for the film. Not always so; most recent example that occurs to me is "GoldenEye" - Tina Turner sang it, but it was written by Bono and the Edge, of all people. Also, "Thunderball" is great and so is Tom Jones. 
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Sep 9, 2015 11:40
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I guess they must have made some bank on Skyfall getting the radio play that it did, because Sam Smith on a Bond theme could not be a worse fit. It also fits the broader "trend": Skyfall- Good theme Quantum of Solace- Bad theme Casino Royale- Good theme Die Another Day- Bad theme World is Not Enough- Good theme Tomorrow Never Dies- Subpar theme (mostly just lovely by comparison to k.d. lang's theme) GoldenEye- Good theme
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Sep 9, 2015 13:49
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Skyfall for me was the only "new" theme that could touch the holy trinity of Bond themes (Spy Who Loved Me/Live and Let Die/Goldfinger).
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Sep 9, 2015 14:02
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PhilippAchtel posted:After hearing "Earned It", which has a certain Bond movie theme feel to it, I would have put my chips on The Weeknd to do the next Bond theme. Oh man, The Weeknd would have been great. I'm a Sam Smith fangirl through and through but I would not have been disappointed by that choice.
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Sep 9, 2015 14:13
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abraham linksys posted:ugh Emotion is probably the pop album of the year isn't it abraham linksys posted:this opinion is freaking me out. It's just so … basic, why? 
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Sep 9, 2015 19:46
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89KkQvOrp-A Is Foxes pop? Because I love Foxes. I kinda prefer the other single of his new, upcoming album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAerYplzZUE
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Sep 9, 2015 20:31
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Mermaid Autopsy posted:It's just so … basic, why? I mean, yeah, in contrast to something like the new Empress Of album (which is fantastic and I just posted about it in the indie thread yesterday), it's a really simple thing. But her voice is very good and the music is very well-produced, so I'm happy with it. It's certainly not any more "basic" than bland albums like 1989. I mean Artpop is still the gold standard for modern pop music production (that title track sounds like nothing else I've ever heard) but I'll take what I can get.
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Sep 9, 2015 23:07
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PhilippAchtel posted:I aggressively dislike "Bad Blood", especially the radio edit that features Taylor Swift doing a sing talk section instead of Kendrick Lamar's rap. Unfortunately that's not an edit, that's the actual album version. It's probably my least favorite on the album. They were playing the video version for a while and then switched back for some reason.
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Sep 10, 2015 14:53
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tuckfard posted:Unfortunately that's not an edit, that's the actual album version. It's probably my least favorite on the album. They were playing the video version for a while and then switched back for some reason. There actually is a radio edit of the song that keeps the instrumental remix but replaces Kendrick Lamar's verses with the original lyrics.
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abraham linksys posted:I mean, yeah, in contrast to something like the new Empress Of album (which is fantastic and I just posted about it in the indie thread yesterday), it's a really simple thing. But her voice is very good and the music is very well-produced, so I'm happy with it. It's certainly not any more "basic" than bland albums like 1989. This kind of electronic music production just, to me, sounds really flat. Deradoorian and Angel Olsen are a couple of recent artists who have a nice organic sound to them with a bit more depth, IMO, although too far away from anything pop to belong in this thread. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VxothhoBIE This belongs in the thread and kind of owns, though quote:I mean Artpop is still the gold standard for modern pop music production (that title track sounds like nothing else I've ever heard) but I'll take what I can get. I don't think we are ever going to be friends. The first 3 minutes of it are interesting, though, before she has a chance to remind us how absurd her lyrics are. Edit: vvv "Call Me Maybe," I can actually understand the appeal; it is a perfectly-hewed artifact. But in repetition I guess it becomes rote. Mermaid Autopsy fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Sep 10, 2015 |
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Emotion is probably one of my favorite pop albums of the last decade. I've been listening to it so much, I feel like one of those people everyone gets annoyed at for playing Royals or Call Me Maybe months after they've worn out their welcome. i also don't think this is the type of thread to be judging people's tastes, mermaid autopsy dude.
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interpunct posted:There actually is a radio edit of the song that keeps the instrumental remix but replaces Kendrick Lamar's verses with the original lyrics. Reminds me of the radio edit of Feel Good Inc that just doubled-up the first verse. Clear Channel goes to great lengths to keep their pop stations free of the scary rap music Mermaid Autopsy posted:I don't think we are ever going to be friends. The first 3 minutes of it are interesting, though, before she has a chance to remind us how absurd her lyrics are. man this is the pop music thread, how are lyrics even coming up. I can't think of a single pop star of the last five years who has overall good lyrics abraham linksys fucked around with this message at 00:27 on Sep 11, 2015 |
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Sep 11, 2015 00:25
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abraham linksys posted:Reminds me of the radio edit of Feel Good Inc that just doubled-up the first verse. I love a good rap feature! I get so annoyed when stations cut them. The only recent one I dislike is Kid Ink's feature on Worth It, and it might be because both of his verses are identical and nonsensical, bringing down an otherwise B+ song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBHQbu5rbdQ abraham linksys posted:man this is the pop music thread, how are lyrics even coming up. I can't think of a single pop star of the last five years who has overall good lyrics Sia, maybe? Or Kanye, if he counts as a pop star?
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Sep 11, 2015 00:36
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It depends what you really want from lyrics I guess. I mean I would consider Weeknd to have good lyrics, maybe Taylor Swift?
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Azran posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89KkQvOrp-A I've only just now had a chance to catch Feet don't fail me now. It's great and I love Foxes (I don't know how many times I've listened to Glorious all the way through). Body Talk is the better single but they're both strong. This is shaping up to be a really good sophomore album.
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RenegadeStyle1 posted:It depends what you really want from lyrics I guess. Pretty much. Like Lana Del Rey's lyrics are terribble at being relevant to 2015 culture, but are perfect for serving her own aesthetic and pet themes.
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Sep 11, 2015 21:48
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I tried listening to Emotion a while back but couldn't get past the first the first couple tracks. But I kept seeing its praise in this thread, so I gave it another shot. And I love it. You guys, it's like if CHVRCHES' songs didn't all sound the same.
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Sep 12, 2015 08:34
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Josh Lyman posted:I tried listening to Emotion a while back but couldn't get past the first the first couple tracks. But the first couple of tracks are the best? Run Away With Me is amazing.
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DismemberedLemon posted:But the first couple of tracks are the best? Run Away With Me is amazing. Emotion and I Really Like You are two of the weaker tracks, in my opinion, so I can see how the opening can be a bit underwhelming.
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Sep 12, 2015 13:59
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Run Away With Me, Gimme Love, LA Hallucinations and Warm Blood are the standouts to me. Run Away is probably my favorite track on the album, but then again I have an irrational boner for 3 against 2 polyrhythms so I may be overrating it.
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Sep 12, 2015 16:01
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PUGGERNAUT posted:Emotion and I Really Like You are two of the weaker tracks, in my opinion, so I can see how the opening can be a bit underwhelming. I actually really enjoyed Emotion but meh. The album as a whole is great which is not normal for me to say about anyone.
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aBagorn posted:Run Away With Me, Gimme Love, LA Hallucinations and Warm Blood are the standouts to me. See, LA Hallucinations and Warm Blood are two of my least favorites. Run Away With Me, Your Type, I Really Like You, and Never Get To Hold You are my favorites, but it says a lot about the album that there are so many different songs that could potentially be the best.
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I'm surprised that no one has spoken for or against Boy Problems. When Emotion first came out, I couldn't get it out of my head because it's catchy as hell. Other than that, Warm Blood, Gimme Love and Let's Get Lost are probably my favorites though there really aren't any songs on it I don't like. Which is actually pretty refreshing, I'm used to having to do some skipping around on a lot of releases these days.
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