https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk
Every generation gets the "Baby Got Back" it deserves
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 21:33 (ten years ago) link
But I thought Anaconda was going to take that place.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 21:35 (ten years ago) link
was just gonna post:
Between this and the new Nicki Minaj song, it's like Sir Mix-A-Lot is running top 40 radio
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 21:35 (ten years ago) link
apparently an early mentor of hers was al anderson of NRBQ, which puts this song in a context you might not otherwise consider
― da croupier, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 21:36 (ten years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/JoeySpampinato.jpg
all about that bass
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 21:38 (ten years ago) link
she also claims to be very influenced by soca music so get psyched for the full-length!
― da croupier, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 21:42 (ten years ago) link
lol this screams one hit wonder novelty song to me but then again so did katy perry at this stage D:
― dyl, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 00:12 (ten years ago) link
But Katy Perry at least had material written/produced by Dr. Luke/Max Martin, whereas this girl's stuff is being cowritten and produced by a guy whose biggest hits were Stacie Orrico's Stuck and Jason Mraz's Wordplay.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 01:55 (ten years ago) link
aside from the politics this song sucks. total glee rap.
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 02:04 (ten years ago) link
Ha I posted this on the rolling worst songs thread
― ruffalo soldier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 02:42 (ten years ago) link
lol the politics. "don't worry girls men will still want to fuck you when you're fat"
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 02:44 (ten years ago) link
and now we've gone full circle to the initial "baby got back" ref
― da croupier, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 03:04 (ten years ago) link
catchy chorus but the verse lyrics are soooo corny
― da croupier, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 03:07 (ten years ago) link
i think this got posted on rolling worst songs twice, that's how bad it is
― dyl, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 03:13 (ten years ago) link
omg the pandering, somebody pls stop the pandering
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 03:27 (ten years ago) link
this is like a cross between Natasha Bedingfield and a Dove advert, woeful
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 07:46 (ten years ago) link
it isn't that awful, it's just unremarkable
― katherine, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
its biggest political statement might be using acoustic bass
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 16:24 (ten years ago) link
nrbq, guys. nrbq.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link
i wonder if she or her collaborator was like "we gotta spice this up with some modern slang"
― da croupier, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
i kinda hope she's this really corny nantucket prodigy who has to be goaded into "amy winehouse"-ing her retro-formalist stuff with "skinny bitches" and whatnot
― da croupier, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
said collaborator co-wrote "geek in the pink" and "wordplay" with jason mraz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Kadish
He also co-wrote "Narcissistic Boiz" on the upcoming J Records release from artist BC Jean.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link
ah, guess the slang was hers
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6191069/meghan-trainor-on-all-about-that-bass-its-about-loving-your-body
You know how the bass guitar in a song is like its "thickness," the "bottom"? I kind of related a body to that. My producer (Kadish]) had the title and said that none of his prior co-writers could figure out what to relate that to. So, I said, "What about a booty? Let's talk about that!"
― da croupier, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 16:48 (ten years ago) link
i dunno. Beyonce said "I'm proud of all this bass, can I put it in ya face" on her album 6 months ago. surely lots of other similar usages before that.
― some dude, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 16:57 (ten years ago) link
superbass
― prolego, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
oh i just meant "her idea to incorporate it into the song," not that she invented the bass/booty parallel, c'mon
― da croupier, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
oh ok ::shrugs::
― some dude, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 17:03 (ten years ago) link
i mean even by that more specific measure though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfu-2PNjIOY
― some dude, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link
dude i don't bring up nrbq to suggest she's a visionary
― da croupier, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 17:05 (ten years ago) link
she's part of a long line of yocky novelty slang slingers, therefore not someone i'd be quick to assume invented anything. i was just curious which person brought in the novelty hooks
― da croupier, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 17:07 (ten years ago) link
this has already inspired thinkpieces from the expected corners
― maura, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 21:20 (ten years ago) link
Her other songs are somehow even worse.
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Friday, 5 September 2014 15:20 (ten years ago) link
This song is impossible to dance to with any joy.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 6 September 2014 09:46 (ten years ago) link
Yeah...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp7qWfDANrU
― MarkoP, Saturday, 6 September 2014 14:02 (ten years ago) link
ha, apparently I have a friend of a friend named Meghan Trainor and was v confused for a sec when I saw her like my friend's fb post
― The Reverend, Sunday, 7 September 2014 03:16 (ten years ago) link
I've mercifully avoided All About That Bass until just now, and then I subjected myself to Dear Future Husband. In short, Meghan Trainor is now the person I hate the most in the world.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 7 September 2014 05:23 (ten years ago) link
the backing track of dear future husband reminds me of jive bunny
― da croupier, Sunday, 7 September 2014 05:42 (ten years ago) link
now that nicki minaj has given this generation the "baby got back" it deserves meghan trainor can be this generation's lou bega
― da croupier, Sunday, 7 September 2014 05:46 (ten years ago) link
Megan Trainor dont have a Mambo #5 in her...at best she has a "how bizarre"
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 7 September 2014 06:29 (ten years ago) link
not even
"how bizarre" >>>>
― dyl, Sunday, 7 September 2014 06:32 (ten years ago) link
Who the fuck rates mambo no 5 over how bizarre I mean who the FUCK
― da croupier, Sunday, 7 September 2014 06:41 (ten years ago) link
gonna take a while to rebuild that trust neanderthal
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Sunday, 7 September 2014 06:47 (ten years ago) link
This is "Cotton Eye Joe" quality AT BEST.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 7 September 2014 06:52 (ten years ago) link
i should have made clear i was making a connection between meghan's soca fixation and ol mr mambo, and avoided everybody smearing their shit on the walls talking about irrelevant novelties
― da croupier, Sunday, 7 September 2014 07:00 (ten years ago) link
cotton eye joe is classic you pos
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Sunday, 7 September 2014 07:06 (ten years ago) link
http://emojipedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/160x160x91-pile-of-poo.png.pagespeed.ic.N6iNfrs6Op.jpg
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 7 September 2014 07:10 (ten years ago) link
is she a great big fat person?
― salthigh, Sunday, 7 September 2014 07:13 (ten years ago) link
― da croupier, Saturday, September 6, 2014 11:41 PM Bookmark
srsly
― The Reverend, Sunday, 7 September 2014 07:15 (ten years ago) link
Lol sry i hate both songs. Also in my defense..nah gonna end with that.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 7 September 2014 12:28 (ten years ago) link
nah
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 7 September 2014 12:37 (ten years ago) link
PC music is the t.g.i.fridays of pop music
an unsatisfying and overpriced parody of the actual food each meal is designed to resemble
meaghan trainor is the real thing
― james brooks, Saturday, 28 May 2016 17:27 (eight years ago) link
Her beats suck and she can't sing, but I can't wait for 2023's Stereogum retrosp5.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 May 2016 17:36 (eight years ago) link
Her beats suck and she can't sing, but I can't wait for 2023's Stereogum retrosp5. --The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)
The beats to those two songs are great!
― queen elseq of ærendelle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 May 2016 17:41 (eight years ago) link
whiney as meghan trainor apologist is a SURPRISE PLOT REVEAL
― ulysses, Saturday, 28 May 2016 17:56 (eight years ago) link
whiney as meghan trainor apologist is a SURPRISE PLOT REVEAL --ulysses
I didn't like the 50s throwback thing, but half the new record is just quicker out Ricky Reed party beats which are some of the funkiest, weirdest pop beats around and nothing to be mad at. People who complain that a pop star isn't as authentic as other pop stars is a little ... rockist?
― queen elseq of ærendelle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 May 2016 18:23 (eight years ago) link
*quirked out
The rest of the record I do not really care for
― queen elseq of ærendelle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 May 2016 18:24 (eight years ago) link
i'm trolling a bit but it does seem like you're swimming against popular opinion.I still think 'all about that bass' is a solid novelty song; rest of that album is terrible and I haven't even tried anything off the new one yet but NO which is NO
― ulysses, Saturday, 28 May 2016 18:36 (eight years ago) link
Maybe I'm a rockist because if En Vogue came back in 2001 with NO I'd probably be into it?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 28 May 2016 18:43 (eight years ago) link
But they can sing and can hire beats.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 May 2016 18:45 (eight years ago) link
"me too" is fucking horrible you guys
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 28 May 2016 20:12 (eight years ago) link
"no" sounds like late-'90s teen pop (it reminds me of "overprotected") and yes of course I would like it if anyone else were singing it but that's the point
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 28 May 2016 20:16 (eight years ago) link
"no" sounds like she exhumed a serviceable c-tier r&b-pop track from 2002 that might have been intended to be a blu cantrell deep cut, but god her voice is the most pinched, perfunctory, joyless thing
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Saturday, 28 May 2016 22:24 (eight years ago) link
though i find her pretty ignorable as terrible and bafflingly successful pop stars go, so there's that
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Saturday, 28 May 2016 22:26 (eight years ago) link
both new singles actually are good though. largely because serviceable c-tier r&b-pop tracks from 2002 were and are generally pretty good
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 28 May 2016 22:30 (eight years ago) link
her singing tho
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Saturday, 28 May 2016 22:32 (eight years ago) link
and tracer hand otm because if almost anyone else in pop today had come out with either single, with comparable vocals even, no one would think nearly as poorly of them. (it's not all that hard to imagine who they might have been written for, too)
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 28 May 2016 22:33 (eight years ago) link
xp -- it's entirely fine! not great by any stretch, but entirely fine, especially if you imagine her vocal isn't too far removed from the demo
(I forget who here said which album reminded them of Mya's _Moodring_ but that is also something I hear -- "Me Too" feels like a lesser version of "Sophisticated Lady," i.e. a lesser version of a 10/10
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 28 May 2016 22:34 (eight years ago) link
like, if we're talking about bad vocals, hearing "is it too late now to say sah-REEEEEEEEEEEEEE" everywhere over the last couple months has made everyone else sound like maria callas by comparison
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 28 May 2016 22:36 (eight years ago) link
making you miss DA GUDOLDAAAAAAYZ, eh?
― ulysses, Sunday, 29 May 2016 01:10 (eight years ago) link
no is a very bad song
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 29 May 2016 02:27 (eight years ago) link
I think she is bad
― kind of lolth but mostly strahd (los blue jeans), Sunday, 29 May 2016 03:07 (eight years ago) link
xp - except it really isn't. it's not great, but it's hardly any notable offense against music. at worst, it's bland
love "me too"
― like $500 billion in stuffed fart sales and I have an idea (contenderizer), Sunday, 29 May 2016 03:17 (eight years ago) link
you are all making me question my immediate loathing of "me too"
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 29 May 2016 03:25 (eight years ago) link
I haven't heard me too but if it isn't about the day AOL got on usenet then I'm not interested
― kind of lolth but mostly strahd (los blue jeans), Sunday, 29 May 2016 03:44 (eight years ago) link
I like the boingy, rubbery synth; I like the kind of Beck-ish pre-chorus; I'm not mad at the chorus which is a little affectless but gets the job done. There's a dog in the video.
― queen elseq of ærendelle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 29 May 2016 04:03 (eight years ago) link
"no" does sound like a subpar album cut from that late 90s/early 00s era. or maybe an interlude.
― dyl, Sunday, 29 May 2016 06:29 (eight years ago) link
lotta dismissive attitudes towards m-train for a message board that was once ground zero for pipettes hyperfandom imo
― james brooks, Sunday, 29 May 2016 06:57 (eight years ago) link
pipettes were so terrible
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Sunday, 29 May 2016 07:54 (eight years ago) link
"pull shapes" was great sorry
― dyl, Sunday, 29 May 2016 16:02 (eight years ago) link
your disses are wasted on me
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Sunday, 29 May 2016 18:36 (eight years ago) link
Meghan Trainor is against Photoshop and objectifying women, but she doesn’t give AF who runs the United States of America. The “No” singer told Billboard in a new interview that she’s not only never voted before, but that she’s just not going to be into it … ever.“I should be way more aware,” Trainor told the magazine while talking about politics. “If it was [Hillary Clinton] or [Donald] Trump, I’d definitely vote for her — but I’ve never voted and I don’t have any desire to.”The LGBTQ advocate didn’t expand on her decision to shirk her civic duties, but she did express her disbelief when it comes to the recent shootings across the country. “I think it’s ridiculous that random crazy people can buy guns,” she told Billboard.The songstress also tooted her own horn during the interview.“I always say, ‘I s--t hits,’” Trainor boasted. “Because they come out so quick I can’t even keep up with myself.” (In her defense, the Grammy winner has written chart-toppers for Jennifer Lopez, Fifth Harmony and Rascal Flatts, as well as her own jams.)And while the 22-year-old from Nantucket, Massachusetts, has made a name by embracing her curves, she’s the first to admit that she didn’t set out to be a role model.“I don’t really have a choice,” she said about being a spokesperson for body positivity. “It’s not like I’m trying to go out there and be a famous person who’s all about being a role model for curves. I mean, if it’s helping other people, then that’s amazing and I will be that role model.”Growing up in Massachusetts, Trainor was introduced to musicians such as Bob Marley through her uncle Burton Toney, a Trinidadian soca star.“I’d show [photos to] people in high school, like, ‘That’s my uncle!’ And they’d be like, ‘What?’” she recalled while showing Billboard a photo of her black uncle. “I always say, ‘I’m Trini to the bone,’ which means you have Trini blood. I don’t. I just wish I did.”
“I should be way more aware,” Trainor told the magazine while talking about politics. “If it was [Hillary Clinton] or [Donald] Trump, I’d definitely vote for her — but I’ve never voted and I don’t have any desire to.”
The LGBTQ advocate didn’t expand on her decision to shirk her civic duties, but she did express her disbelief when it comes to the recent shootings across the country. “I think it’s ridiculous that random crazy people can buy guns,” she told Billboard.
The songstress also tooted her own horn during the interview.
“I always say, ‘I s--t hits,’” Trainor boasted. “Because they come out so quick I can’t even keep up with myself.” (In her defense, the Grammy winner has written chart-toppers for Jennifer Lopez, Fifth Harmony and Rascal Flatts, as well as her own jams.)
And while the 22-year-old from Nantucket, Massachusetts, has made a name by embracing her curves, she’s the first to admit that she didn’t set out to be a role model.
“I don’t really have a choice,” she said about being a spokesperson for body positivity. “It’s not like I’m trying to go out there and be a famous person who’s all about being a role model for curves. I mean, if it’s helping other people, then that’s amazing and I will be that role model.”
Growing up in Massachusetts, Trainor was introduced to musicians such as Bob Marley through her uncle Burton Toney, a Trinidadian soca star.
“I’d show [photos to] people in high school, like, ‘That’s my uncle!’ And they’d be like, ‘What?’” she recalled while showing Billboard a photo of her black uncle. “I always say, ‘I’m Trini to the bone,’ which means you have Trini blood. I don’t. I just wish I did.”
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/meghan-trainor-has-never-voted-has-no-desire-to-w213085
― art baengels (monotony), Friday, 15 July 2016 02:49 (eight years ago) link
wow, only two pages of google results for "I shit hits", surely some other famous hit-shitter has thought to say this before now, Lionel Richie maybe?
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Friday, 15 July 2016 03:58 (eight years ago) link
lol
― dyl, Friday, 15 July 2016 07:54 (eight years ago) link
Is it hard to vote in the US?
― albvivertine, Friday, 15 July 2016 08:00 (eight years ago) link
Things Meghan Trainor always says poll:
° I shit hits° I'm Trini to the bone
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Friday, 15 July 2016 08:38 (eight years ago) link
lol this is her aunthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKU8k2TMwOw
― best beloved trumppence (crüt), Friday, 15 July 2016 11:16 (eight years ago) link
That is really gross, Meghan.
― j.o. seasoning (how's life), Friday, 15 July 2016 11:22 (eight years ago) link
it's a family affair
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Friday, 15 July 2016 14:51 (eight years ago) link
So no "All About That Hill.../No Trumpin'..." jingle then...
Sad!
― Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 15 July 2016 18:36 (eight years ago) link
I hope she amasses enough hits that she can release a greatest hits and call it I Shit Hits.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 July 2016 19:12 (eight years ago) link
I do like her imagining what she'd do in the hypothetical race of Hillary Clinton v. Donald Trump.
― intheblanks, Saturday, 16 July 2016 00:35 (eight years ago) link
in fairness maybe that interview was from before Hillary clinched the race
― intheblanks, Saturday, 16 July 2016 00:38 (eight years ago) link
"Only the Shits"
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Saturday, 16 July 2016 02:59 (eight years ago) link
I shit hits for this?
― Best Beloved Trumppence (contenderizer), Saturday, 16 July 2016 06:15 (eight years ago) link
Shits & Pisses
― Johnny Cage - 4'33" Fatality (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 16 July 2016 13:08 (eight years ago) link
I feel like we've glazed over the youtoob crüt graciously embeded just upthread;
this track isn't merely a " Trinidadian soca " banger performed by her aunt, this joint is also written and produced my meghan trainor herself. however, it only has ~9000 views on youtube, hardly a hit at all!
so what gives? is it a square/rectangle type thing, where all her hits are shits, but not every shit is a hit? or is the world at large just too dumb to realize that "animal" by meghan trainor's aunt is just as much a hit as "all about that bass" or any other?
for my own part, I must concede that this is probably the first Trinidadian soca song I have ever heard in my life, and therefore must cede the judgement to someone more worldly.
counting on you ILM!
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Sunday, 17 July 2016 07:51 (eight years ago) link
is it a square/rectangle type thing, where all her hits are shits, but not every shit is a hit?
Oh, the Hits You Will Shit
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 17 July 2016 13:56 (eight years ago) link
She should call it Meghan Trainor's Greatest Shits and the cover should be a parody of that Millie Jackson album sleeve where she's sat on the pot, holding her shoe and pulling her shit face.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Monday, 18 July 2016 23:31 (eight years ago) link
I just want to say I love how bizarre and butts
― rap steve (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 6:58 AM bookmarkflaglink
Every Time I Look Around, It's In My Face: The Summer of the Butt
― Euler, Wednesday, September 10, 2014 8:52 AM bookmarkflaglink
Officially #1 in the US.
― Greer, Wednesday, September 10, 2014 1:51 PM bookmarkflaglink
the butt or the song
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 03:57 (four years ago) link