'falling deep in love again' is *chef's kiss*
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Saturday, 14 November 2020 02:58 (three years ago) link
after a few listens, i'm not hearing anything exciting here and it's bumming me out
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 November 2020 05:13 (three years ago) link
how is "dancefloor darling" at least not exciting
― ufo, Saturday, 14 November 2020 05:28 (three years ago) link
tbh i have just replayed the first six tracks a number of times so i don't think i've gotten there yet. i will try DFD and check back.
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 November 2020 05:31 (three years ago) link
Between this album, Dua Lipa, Jessie Ware, and Kylie Minogue's, it's been a banner year for post-disco awesomeness.
gonna assume you intended to write Roísín Murphy there.
I get grouping these four albums together as some mini-zeitgeist, but Kylie's is bringing up the rear by a considerable distance.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 14 November 2020 05:54 (three years ago) link
*at a considerable distance makes more sense. It's late.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 14 November 2020 05:56 (three years ago) link
Have been caning the HMD album the last two weeks - so good! xps
― groovypanda, Saturday, 14 November 2020 16:49 (three years ago) link
Playing all four records (plus Annie's) back-to-back this weekend and having the best time. xpost
Disagree that Kylie's is the worst - it's about on par with Future Nostalgia for me.
― Roz, Sunday, 15 November 2020 04:05 (three years ago) link
Ware > Murphy >>>> Dua Lipa >>>>>>>>>>>>> Kylie
The Annie is a different thing imo, and I would've loved it in 2014 more than I do now.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 15 November 2020 04:48 (three years ago) link
Disco LP debuted at #1 in the UK: she has now had #1 albums there in five calendar decades.
(she didn't get a #1 in Australia until the 2000s.)
― @oneposter (⛰️) (sic), Sunday, 15 November 2020 09:52 (three years ago) link
Ware > Dua > Roisin > Kylie for me
Trust me, I’m more disappointed in myself for the order of the middle two than anyone in here could be
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Sunday, 15 November 2020 14:35 (three years ago) link
I hadn't noticed this was happening - a 24 hour Kylie channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t982j1D5V_o
currently playing one of my fave videos: "Did It Again" <3 <3
― Roz, Sunday, 15 November 2020 16:15 (three years ago) link
Dua’s is best, to me
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Monday, 16 November 2020 03:22 (three years ago) link
alright, i tried dancefloor and it feels like it's trying way too hard for me.i don't think i fuck with this at all.
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 November 2020 05:49 (three years ago) link
idk if it's weird to talk about the songwriting on a dance-pop record but the real strength on this record for me is the way the melodies move. i get ppl's issues with the production, it's certainly broad, but i think the songs have really interesting and catchy interlocking parts
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 16 November 2020 22:28 (three years ago) link
reviewing this has certainly renewed my faith in people being awful
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 19:50 (three years ago) link
were you in danger of losing it?
― Amy #Kony Barrett (map), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 19:52 (three years ago) link
no
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 20:11 (three years ago) link
fwiw katherine if I were a reviewer I'd have written something almost identical to yours. You nailed it.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 02:34 (three years ago) link
I agree. I can't swallow this lumpy album.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 02:35 (three years ago) link
please tell this to the people telling me to die
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 06:05 (three years ago) link
the pre-click blurb they posted takes away from a great album write-up, regardless of having heard the album or liking/disliking it.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 06:18 (three years ago) link
The Kylie vs Little Mix stuff on Twitter has been really grim on both sides and everyone involved should be embarrassed. Katherine I'm sorry this is happening to you, again, and I know it's easier said than done but you must remember that these people are entirely without merit and their performative hate is fandom theatre
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 06:37 (three years ago) link
sorry this is happening to you katherine :-(
― Tim F, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 06:59 (three years ago) link
people are fundamentally sadistic, it happens
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 07:27 (three years ago) link
"Kylie hasn’t been disco for twenty years" is certainly a hot take.
Sorry this is happening to you but think boxedjoy nailed it above with "performative hate"
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 09:34 (three years ago) link
jfc Katherine in case you weren't aware, they're going in on your review on the Keep It podcast today. Fucking disappointed in them all rn.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link
count me in on the "this is not a good album" crewWare > Dua > Roisin seems about right to me but, based on "Feed the Fire" and "Impact," I think SG Lewis is gonna break into the upper disco circle by the end of the year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m-J8KG8tBA
Would also argue that Selena Gomez and Azana and Ariana Grande and Simmy slot neatly and perfectly into this sound too but i'm sure i'd be outshouted
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 16:19 (three years ago) link
but yeah, stans gonna stan
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 16:20 (three years ago) link
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, November 18, 2020 6:05 AM (ten hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
i didn't realize, sorry you have to deal with this :(
― Amy #Kony Barrett (map), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 16:25 (three years ago) link
Why isn't anyone mentioning Victoria Monét's Experience -- are her disco tracks too "trad" for this context?
― it's AG in your faaaace.... (morrisp), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 16:29 (three years ago) link
i loved the singles from this. i think brad has a good point about the quality of the melodies. i also think the lyrics on those two singles are perfect magic-eye palimpsests that are either the most profound thing ever or generic claptrap depending on how you look at them. classic pop lyrics. not sure how i will feel about the album - i'm kind of deflated about buying anything right now after losing all my music - but i'm going to tune out all the stan bullshit if i can when i get around to listening to it, next month i guess. *sigh*
― Amy #Kony Barrett (map), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
xp I loved Moment/Dive/Jaguar/Experience/Touch Me but that EP is like 17 minutes of great music, ten minutes of filler ("we take it fast like it's fortnite"?) and imo not really on the same level as Ware or Lipa
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
A few groaner lyrics aside, I think the whole EP is really tight -- and if you're looking for new disco in 2020...
― it's AG in your faaaace.... (morrisp), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 17:49 (three years ago) link
on Kylie's Spotify page there's a disco playlist of stuff she (or at least, her team) has curated that features Roisin, Lipa, Ware and Monet alongside some classics and it makes me want to invite her to an afterparty
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 20:57 (three years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, November 18, 2020 11:16 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
I don't know what that is but am not surprised; as I mentioned, people are fundamentally sadistic, and would stop at nothing to hurt others
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 21:05 (three years ago) link
I wish I knew what I did wrong besides existing
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 21:07 (three years ago) link
I already sent them an email apologizing but if it even gets read (the only contact was a general email address) the only outcome I expect is to be mocked even more
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 21:12 (three years ago) link
because that's what people do, because they are fundamentally sadistic
Why would you apologize to them? For what? For having an opinion, or for having the temerity to express it? Fuck those people and anyone who loves them.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 21:31 (three years ago) link
because clearly I have done something grievously wrong? people generally don't get called out on major podcasts otherwise
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 21:31 (three years ago) link
There's no such thing as a "major podcast". Again I say, fuck those people and anyone who loves them.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 21:34 (three years ago) link
it's hard to find details on listenership but this one seems to have a lot of it, so tens or hundreds of thousands of people now hate me, and I don't know who, and could encounter them at any time assuming they don't seek me out instead. plus, it also seems to be a political podcast, which suggests that I did something wrong that was also offensive
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 21:38 (three years ago) link
Well, I know how much I care about the opinions of strangers. YMMV, clearly.
I liked your review. (I couldn't make it through the album, and I wanted to, mostly due to vestigial love of Fever.)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 21:42 (three years ago) link
the worst response to a callout is to dig in one's heels and assume one is right
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 21:44 (three years ago) link
If you surrender your aesthetic principles at the first complaint from some fucking nobody, you have none.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 21:52 (three years ago) link
clearly thousands of people don't agree with that statement
also, I don't believe anyone deserves to be dismissed as "some fucking nobody," but even if I did, the hosts of a major podcast with huge listenership certainly wouldn't fit that description
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 21:59 (three years ago) link
it's all a game, now you're kind of notorious, try the hat on, have fun! mass media does not equate to a real relationship with a person
― horse girl (map), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link
that's my two cents but good luck
I don't fucking want to be notorious, that is the literal opposite of what I want
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 22:04 (three years ago) link