Last night I requested a DJ to play something upbeat and sentimental for me,
and she ended up playing David Kilgour mixed into the Field Mice, which was a
valiant effort. But can the two not be combined into one song? Give me
examples.
Be My Baby?
― Nick, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
I think I really mean 'Upbeat, uptempo and sentimental'
― Nick, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
dancing queen. one more time. stock ilm answers i know, but...
― gareth, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
actually, i'm not sure of the above after all
― gareth, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
No, they'll sort of do. I think disco is the main thing here, the only problem
being that I find all disco unutterably melancholic, even when the lyrics are
supposedly upbeat. This includes
One More Time― Nick, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
(in addition to disco) upbeat and sentimental describes approx. 99%
of Northern Soul
― m jemmeson, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
the reason i retracted my choices was that i find them melancholic
rather than sentimental. i'd like to re-instate One More Time as
sentimental too, but think Dancing Queen is melancholic, but not
sentimental as it is too cold and distanced (ace though obv)
― gareth, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
upbeat and sentimental describes approx. 99% of Northern Soul
You're right. That's why indie kids love it so.
What about more recent tracks?
― Nick, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Yecchy indie answer: The Dismemberment Plan's "Back and Forth"
(possibly more self-aware than sentimental).
― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
"I Like Love" - Norma Jean
"I'll Always Love My Mama"-the Intruders
― Arthur, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
One of my favorite singles this year is "I'll Be Waiting (Gray & Pern
Club Mix)" by Full Intention Presents Shana, on Rulin/Ministry of
Sound (also on
Disco Kandi 4), and it's exactly the kind of
heart-tugging celebratory disco track you're talking about. The first
couple minutes are pro forma club-house beat-and-bassline buildup,
with some breathy, ear-tugging, haunting diva-croons of "iii-
eee, iii-
eee, iii-
eee, iii-
eee" followed
by a shouted "WAAAIIIT-ING!" that's mixed medium-foreground--loud and
not-loud simultaneously, drawing you in and set you up for the main
event. Nondescript first verse at 2:30 or so, nothing terrible but
its sole purpose here is to set up the chorus, a knockout: "I'll be
waiting/Till your heart decides to stay," stoic but ravaged,
perfectly sung, magnificent, and its emotionalism shadowboxes with
that "iii-eee" stuff to quite stunning effect. (Reference: Barbara
Tucker singing the words of "Beautiful People" while her
sampled "Deep deep inside, deep deep down inside" bobs along
underneath.) The bridge, though, is what fucking kills: "Two arms to
hold you/Two lips to kiss you/Won't do me any good/All I do is miss
you"--I mean, Smokey Robinson could've written that. Then we get a
buildup-breakdown-pause and then shout-it-OUT-girl that's damn near
fucking religious, and back to the chorus before a quick fade (the
only flaw, and one I suspect would be fixed if I bought the 12-inch
instead of having it on this CD compilation).
But yeah, upbeat, uptempo, sentimental, emotional as fuck. There you
go.
― M. Matos, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)