https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/smokey-robinson-single-new-album-gasms-1234669420/
― castanuts (DJP), Saturday, 28 January 2023 14:04 (two years ago)
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― The Big Candy-O (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 January 2023 14:08 (two years ago)
come again
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Saturday, 28 January 2023 14:09 (two years ago)
Feeling his oats.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 28 January 2023 16:52 (two years ago)
GAZCMS
― piedro àlamodevar (wins), Saturday, 28 January 2023 16:58 (two years ago)
Gene Rayburn sez:When Smokey BLANKSI forget everything
― The Big Candy-O (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 January 2023 17:13 (two years ago)
from the press release:
Gasms is peak Smokey. It’s the culmination of his series of classic solo albums, Pure Gasm, A Quiet Gasm, Smokey’s Family Gasm, Deep in My Gasm, Love Gasm, Gasmin’, Where There’s Gasm…, Warm Gasms, Gasmin’ with You, Yes It’s You Gasm, Touch the Gasm, Gasmer, Gasm Signals, One Hard Gasm, Gasm, Smokey, and Double Gasm Everything, and features exciting new versions of hits like “The Agony and the Ecstasy”, “Just to Seed Her”, “(I Love It When We’re) Cruisin’ (Together), “Let Me Be The Cock”, and "There Will Come a Day (I'm Gonna Happen to You)". Pops, we love you!And there’s more! We’re sure it will make you gush with delight to know that America’s greatest living Beat Poet is already frantically working on a follow-up set, The Second Coming, where he will give a whole new edge to such 60s Miracles classics as “Come On Do the Jerk”, "Mickey’s Monkey”, “Ooo Baby Baby”, “Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying”, and “The Tracks of My Tears".We’re so proud of you, Smokey. Cream always rises to the top!
And there’s more! We’re sure it will make you gush with delight to know that America’s greatest living Beat Poet is already frantically working on a follow-up set, The Second Coming, where he will give a whole new edge to such 60s Miracles classics as “Come On Do the Jerk”, "Mickey’s Monkey”, “Ooo Baby Baby”, “Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying”, and “The Tracks of My Tears".
We’re so proud of you, Smokey. Cream always rises to the top!
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Saturday, 28 January 2023 17:23 (two years ago)
Gasmin’
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Saturday, 28 January 2023 17:25 (two years ago)
(I Love It When We’re) Gasmin’ (Together)
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Saturday, 28 January 2023 17:27 (two years ago)
Touch the Gasm, Gasmer
deep spinal tap vibes here
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Saturday, 28 January 2023 17:28 (two years ago)
None More Gasm
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 January 2023 18:45 (two years ago)
Give 'em the old Rasm GasmRasm Gasm 'em
― The Big Candy-O (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 January 2023 18:52 (two years ago)
tour de force from breastcrawl
― budo jeru, Saturday, 28 January 2023 18:57 (two years ago)
agreed, special shouts for DGE even!
, Gasm Signals, One Hard Gasm, Gasm, Smokey, and Double Gasm Everything, and features exciting
petition to get the group renamed -in canon, with all references to old name memory hole'd- to smokey and the gasms. how do i get this going?
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Saturday, 28 January 2023 19:41 (two years ago)
More Gasm― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, January 28, 2023 10:45 AM
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, January 28, 2023 10:45 AM
"more... what?"
https://i.imgur.com/nRzMUjs.jpeg
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Saturday, 28 January 2023 19:51 (two years ago)
anyway, the song is nowhere near as fun as all of this been. i will be listening to the album. because, uhh, gasm.
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Saturday, 28 January 2023 19:53 (two years ago)
Smokey Robinson Drops New Album, Gasms
― frogbs, Saturday, 28 January 2023 19:54 (two years ago)
#gasms
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Saturday, 28 January 2023 19:57 (two years ago)
iOh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up!Puff DaddyPop Smokey
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Saturday, 28 January 2023 20:06 (two years ago)
i'm sorry i just have this awful image of this guy -who may or may not be smokey robinson- going on around obsessed with getting other people to say the word "gasm" and the stupid ways that he does it. this can't be life
gasms. 28 april 2023.
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Saturday, 28 January 2023 20:06 (two years ago)
`dude real talk i will whisper gasm slowly and lovingly into this man's ear for hours on end if that's what he wants for just one verse of "tears of a clown."`
gasms by smokey. 28 april 2023.
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Saturday, 28 January 2023 20:11 (two years ago)
Now they're some sad things known to manBut ain't too much sadder thanThe gasms of a clown when there's no one around, uhOh yeah, baby
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 28 January 2023 20:14 (two years ago)
full title is actually Gasms ...He Still Has 'Ems!
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Saturday, 28 January 2023 20:18 (two years ago)
Gasmin’ on Bobo
― Honkin’ on Cobo (jamescobo), Saturday, 28 January 2023 20:31 (two years ago)
Gasms ...He Still Has 'Ems!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_8tOmtw4g8
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Saturday, 28 January 2023 20:35 (two years ago)
I've Got My Own Gasm To Do
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Saturday, 28 January 2023 20:36 (two years ago)
"when the honks became gasms: my descent into madness and the language that took me there."
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Saturday, 28 January 2023 20:48 (two years ago)
gasms coombes
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 28 January 2023 23:54 (two years ago)
Gasmatazz
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Saturday, 28 January 2023 23:56 (two years ago)
gasm the gasmarian
― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 January 2023 23:59 (two years ago)
Gasms People Plasm
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Sunday, 29 January 2023 04:02 (two years ago)
it must rule to be 80 years old and be like "gonna name the next one GASMS"
― frogbs, Sunday, 29 January 2023 04:20 (two years ago)
Gasms is peak Smokey.
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 29 January 2023 05:26 (two years ago)
Favorite comeback of the 2020s:
The Best of Tom Jones or Gasms?
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Sunday, 29 January 2023 05:59 (two years ago)
Green, Green Gasm of Home
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Sunday, 29 January 2023 06:02 (two years ago)
Gaz Coombes guesting?
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 29 January 2023 06:12 (two years ago)
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, January 28, 2023 6:54 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
is the drummer for gasm dasm
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 29 January 2023 06:17 (two years ago)
let the drummer get gasmed
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Sunday, 29 January 2023 06:21 (two years ago)
ilx pre-gasms
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 29 January 2023 06:27 (two years ago)
https://static.ah.nl/dam/product/AHI_43545239383532373335?revLabel=1&rendition=800x800_JPG_Q90&fileType=binary
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Sunday, 29 January 2023 06:36 (two years ago)
We absolutely should pre-cover all this gasms
― castanuts (DJP), Sunday, 29 January 2023 17:58 (two years ago)
Yankee Hotel Gasms
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Sunday, 29 January 2023 18:12 (two years ago)
pre-gaming pre-gasms is an entire other dimension of announcing one's romantic intent and if there's anyone that can tell me about it, i do believe that person is smokey.
28 april.
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Sunday, 29 January 2023 18:43 (two years ago)
1. Gasms2. How You Make Me Feel3. I Wanna Know Your Body4. I Keep Callin’ You5. Roll Around6. Beside You7. If We Don’t Have Each Other8. You Fill Me Up9. I Fit In There
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Sunday, 29 January 2023 18:49 (two years ago)
guys this is really in the article linked
And though it took him a while to reach Gasms,
"use different words please"
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Sunday, 29 January 2023 18:58 (two years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UjW-Rd2B3o
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 29 January 2023 19:04 (two years ago)
9. I Fit In There
come on
― castanuts (DJP), Sunday, 29 January 2023 19:35 (two years ago)
there’s “You Fill Me Up” just before it to balance it out tho, nice work
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Sunday, 29 January 2023 20:02 (two years ago)
It's like a career bookend to this banger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7B5o_q-8Lc
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Sunday, 29 January 2023 20:29 (two years ago)
GASMS
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 29 January 2023 20:30 (two years ago)
You know, now that the yuks are out of our systems, let's recognize this is a solid and often pretty good R&B album.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 17:01 (two years ago)
I don’t see why that has to be acknowledged separately from the yuks; in fact, said yuks contribute to the quality of the album
― Marvel Puzzle Quest is my favorite gasm (DJP), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 18:30 (two years ago)
I don't see why either except I've read, like, three comments here about the album content apart from the title track.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 18:33 (two years ago)
i do think it hits a good middle ground between sounding classic in a way but not self-consciously retro w/the production and songs
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 18:34 (two years ago)
otm
The piano and the harmonica on "Roll Around" sound terrific.
Has anyone found instrumental and songwriting credits anywhere?
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 18:37 (two years ago)
It has moments like "Beside You" which sound like latter-dad Sade.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 18:41 (two years ago)
latter-dad
now that the yuks are out of our systems
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 23:33 (two years ago)
“I wanna know your body” has a strong Leonard cohen 10 new songs vibe in a good way
― Heez, Friday, 12 May 2023 02:06 (two years ago)
https://x.com/TianaHRR/status/1768738535383716192?s=20
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Monday, 18 March 2024 18:15 (one year ago)
Whoops, embedded link here
SMOKEY ROBINSON we should all wish to live to this age and still show dedication to our craft pic.twitter.com/kMYRfEuzkr— Bouncy_ 🥀 (@TianaHRR) March 15, 2024
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Monday, 18 March 2024 18:33 (one year ago)
A track from this album came up on a playlist a while ago, I thought it was the dumbest fuckin' name for an album I'd heard in a very long time. Hard to argue with his chops, though.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 18 March 2024 18:39 (one year ago)
What’s wrong with being gasmy
― calstars, Monday, 18 March 2024 19:10 (one year ago)
gasm-IST
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Monday, 18 March 2024 19:18 (one year ago)
so it looks like I should see the live act
― from a prominent family of bassoon players (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 18 March 2024 19:31 (one year ago)
Enthusigasms
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 18 March 2024 19:32 (one year ago)
I thought it was the dumbest fuckin' name for an album I'd heard in a very long time.
oh yeah, surely we'd all be talking about a new Smokey Robinson in 2024 that was not called GASMS.
― President Keyes, Monday, 18 March 2024 19:39 (one year ago)
I kept thinking Smokey's street team was tagging the sidewalks in my city before I ultimately realized that I was seeing spraypainted signs for GASM(AIN)S. Maybe that's what he had in mind the whole time.
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Monday, 18 March 2024 20:06 (one year ago)
― calstars, Monday, 18 March 2024 20:13 (one year ago)
this album is very underrated
― Comfortably numbnuts (Heez), Monday, 18 March 2024 20:38 (one year ago)
I'll bring dollar bills and panties to throw. But seriously, man is a legend, and he's only going to be 30 minutes away from me at a reasonable price.
― from a prominent family of bassoon players (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 18 March 2024 20:49 (one year ago)
(I'm talking about a concert, mind. Sounds like I'm meeting him at an airport hotel.)
"Hot, Mature Soul Singers Want To Meet YOU"
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 18 March 2024 20:55 (one year ago)
move over, Grindr; here comes Gasms
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Monday, 18 March 2024 21:07 (one year ago)
Clearly this record needs a sequel, MOAR GASMS.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 11:26 (one year ago)
JFC...
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/smokey-robinson-sued-for-50-million-sexual-assault-battery-1236388996/
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 6 May 2025 20:43 (four months ago)
Jeez, rest of the thread feels kind of icky now.
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 6 May 2025 21:40 (four months ago)
Jesus Christ
― my favorite herbs are fennel and Drake (DJP), Tuesday, 6 May 2025 21:47 (four months ago)
fucking hell
― Reggaeton Sax (NickB), Tuesday, 6 May 2025 22:12 (four months ago)
awful
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 7 May 2025 01:27 (four months ago)
terrible
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 7 May 2025 03:04 (four months ago)
Jeez, rest of the thread feels kind of icky now.― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, May 6, 2025 5:40 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, May 6, 2025 5:40 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
the obviously icky album title or because everyone that went along with it here?
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, 7 May 2025 06:58 (four months ago)
I mean clearly your sexuality can be judged icky by others without you being a sexual predator.
― Alba, Wednesday, 7 May 2025 08:57 (four months ago)
This is heartbreaking.
― a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Wednesday, 7 May 2025 09:20 (four months ago)
Both really, though it was more cringe at the time and curdled into something creepier with hindsight.
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 7 May 2025 10:04 (four months ago)
Yeah really don't think anyone can be blamed for not seeing a silly album title as some sort of smoking gun.
Most of Robinson's work is amongst the least toxic love songs of its era, he really transmitted this inage of a considerate, romantic guy.
Shouldn't be a surprise that like so many other personas it turned out to be a facare for a creep but.
― a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Wednesday, 7 May 2025 10:41 (four months ago)
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 7 May 2025 11:58 (four months ago)
This is so disappointing
― Heez, Wednesday, 7 May 2025 12:15 (four months ago)
And horrifying
― my favorite herbs are fennel and Drake (DJP), Wednesday, 7 May 2025 14:52 (four months ago)
he once wrote and recorded a song about toxic masculinity entitled "virgin man." heez excruciatingly otm.
in this thread specifically, i was making fun of how creepy he had become, but i'm a judgemental piece of shit so ignore me.
word to the wise: if they're an old school celeb, they've raped someone, and possibly have multiple victims. precedent is proof.
― Constance Mischievous (Austin), Wednesday, 7 May 2025 15:47 (four months ago)
I think we should be cautious of idealizing people based on their celebrity personas, but "everyone is a rapist" is an unhelpful tack to the other extreme.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 7 May 2025 15:54 (four months ago)
power corrupts, and everyone treating you like a genius and always wanting to think the best of you because they love your work is one of the most corrupting forms of power. not saying every successful artist is an abuser, of course, but we should acknowledge that it makes it statistically much more likely that they are.
― zoloft keeps liftin' me (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 7 May 2025 16:08 (four months ago)
I do agree with that but "every male celeb from a certain era was a rapist" runs into the same problems as "everbody was racist in the past" imo.
― a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Wednesday, 7 May 2025 16:10 (four months ago)
Why was the choice made to put the link in here instead of the rolling thread?
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 May 2025 16:22 (four months ago)
I know it’s hard to stomach but it belongs there too. I was going to add it myself but had an appt.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 May 2025 16:24 (four months ago)
This is also going to ruin my enjoyment of the ABC song.
― trm (tombotomod), Wednesday, 7 May 2025 16:40 (four months ago)
Wondering how long it will take SiriusXM to morph "Smokey's Soul Town" into "Ronald Isley's Soul Town".
― Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 7 May 2025 16:49 (four months ago)
When Smokey singsI hear "sex pest"
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 May 2025 16:53 (four months ago)
Ugh. Why are all these old men horrible?
― Blake the Messenger (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 May 2025 17:08 (four months ago)
because at some point they learned that they could be horrible
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 May 2025 17:55 (four months ago)
and they ran with it