I don't get the fascination with the next one at all, but people seemed endlessly fascinated with it.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:18 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/IxFIEqd.jpg
45 LEWIS L'Amour [367 points, 11 votes]
year of impact I guess
― sleeve, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:19 (nine years ago) link
yeh never got too much with this musicBut the story seemed real cool
― nxd, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:19 (nine years ago) link
lol
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:20 (nine years ago) link
lewis story seemed hokey to me - why are people so fascinated by ~mystique as though that makes an artist's music better - and i thought the album was dull and pretty standard for what it was
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:20 (nine years ago) link
whats the story behind this one?
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:20 (nine years ago) link
he's garth brooks
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:21 (nine years ago) link
he looks more like Richard Madeley
― xelab, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:22 (nine years ago) link
The story was offputting. The record itself was pretty fine.
― All The Craigers Gonna Craig Craig Craig Craig Craig (Craigo Boingo), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:22 (nine years ago) link
http://noisey.vice.com/blog/light-in-the-attics-lewis-lamour
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:23 (nine years ago) link
Lewis <3 Glad to see it place.
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:23 (nine years ago) link
Don't know anything about the last couple
― UK Horseshit Cru (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:24 (nine years ago) link
God, this is even more dull than I remember.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:24 (nine years ago) link
lol xelab
― o.m.g. lol @ hurt butt (wins), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:24 (nine years ago) link
man, huey lewis looked great when he was young!
― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:25 (nine years ago) link
someone dig up that murgatroid post re this album
― o.m.g. lol @ hurt butt (wins), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:25 (nine years ago) link
the Lewis is great, 'romantic times' is just as good. didn't vote for it bc i stuck to music strictly from '14.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:26 (nine years ago) link
this is really lovely so far, don't think it needs a mysterious origin story to prop it up
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:26 (nine years ago) link
Totally bought into the story and love the album too. Romantic Times is great too but the other songs I've heard of his are pretty bad.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:27 (nine years ago) link
got it
Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid) wrote this on thread Lewis - "L'amour" on board I Love Music on Aug 10, 2014Oh, so now that the backlash seal has been broken, I can say that this stuff sounds like music white dudes caress their nipples to
Oh, so now that the backlash seal has been broken, I can say that this stuff sounds like music white dudes caress their nipples to
― o.m.g. lol @ hurt butt (wins), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:27 (nine years ago) link
HA!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:28 (nine years ago) link
Wasn't really into the Lewis until I caught this shot from the publicity campaign - after this I was on board
http://i.imgur.com/gx02Q7C.jpg
― 龜, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:28 (nine years ago) link
I think I put this at #2 on my ballot, mostly because on the day I voted I was sick at home and this was just the perfect music to listen to in that situation. So soothing.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:28 (nine years ago) link
I had it at #2 as well I think.
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:29 (nine years ago) link
is that really lewis tho
― j. winters (josh), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
Wasn't feeling Romantic Times, really.
L'amour very easily floats out the window in the wrong settings but there are a few songs on there I find gorgeous at all times.
― Evan, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
i enjoyed l'amour quite a bit, though i wouldn't rush to include it among the year's very best. and the backstory isn't all that important, imo. the music's no less lovely and haunting without it.
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:32 (nine years ago) link
The backstory put it in the spotlight but it didn't influence my opinion of the record, either.
― Evan, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
Hearing the backstory vastly improves this for me. Nothing like a bit of nebulous memento mori to make an album sparkle.
― tangenttangent, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:37 (nine years ago) link
Lewis seems like a very shy Bryan Ferry who doesn't know any drummers.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:37 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/mScykzh.jpg
44 ONE DIRECTION Four [372 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:39 (nine years ago) link
Too low, but glad it beat Lewis.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:39 (nine years ago) link
<3
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:39 (nine years ago) link
so is this their best album then? i still haven't listened to any of them in full
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:40 (nine years ago) link
lol JF
― sleeve, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:40 (nine years ago) link
so jack white lost some weight huh
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:41 (nine years ago) link
i like how harry styles dresses just like todd trainer of shellac in 1991
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:41 (nine years ago) link
xxxxxpsI am bit of a sucker for a backstory, I was listening to that Luciano Cilio re-issue and can't separate some of the fragile beauty of his music from the fact that he topped himself. Maybe it is purely cosmetic, but sometimes it does seem to add something.
― xelab, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:44 (nine years ago) link
is this for real
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:44 (nine years ago) link
yesssss. One Direction was in my top 20 but if i made my ballot now it'd probably be in my top 10. the closing trio of non-bonus tracks is incredible, especially "Clouds."
― some dude, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:45 (nine years ago) link
why wouldn't it be? xp
― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:45 (nine years ago) link
gotta love the synchronicity of Four placing at 44
yay Young Marco!
nu-balearic crew represent
― gr8080, Tuesday, January 27, 2015 2:59 PM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
woop woop
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:46 (nine years ago) link
This is better than any indie or metal dinsdale.Popism ftw
― strychnine, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:47 (nine years ago) link
placing 44th in ILX's year-end poll is a real feather in One Direction's hat
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:47 (nine years ago) link
per the modern country songwriting discussion in the tracks thread, I'm struck by how easy it would be to add a touch of twang to these 1D songs and score hits on country radio.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:48 (nine years ago) link
It's really hard to get over how much I hated them on X Factor but Fireproof is quite a nice tune. That's as positive as I can be right now.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, January 27, 2015 8:46 PM
Fingers crossed that Horsebeach and Mark Barrott also make the cut
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
I've listened to "Fireproof," "No Control," "Girl Almighty," and "Stockholm Syndrome" every day since NOvember.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:51 (nine years ago) link