This is the thread where everyone ELSE talks about how disappointing the new TATU single is

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Except I won't, because I fucking love it. Off da blog:

"All About Us" shows us a t.A.T.u. no longer bonded together physically like moths to flame and iron filings to a magnet, but more psychologically bound - the urgent "If they hurt you, they hurt me too" suggests Lena and Katina as a kind of unitary entity. No longer staring at people trapped behind a fence (of their own prejudice), blowing up carousels in jealousy or running for their lives, it's more like the lesbianism is a way of fulfilling a deep psychological requirement of companionship and allegiance rather than a physical. A tight, inseparable unit where the tie is unbreakable and it probably only vaguely goes into the realm of the sexual if the listener insists on that interpretation.

Sonically, it's a fantastic statement of intent that adds some Swedish lilt to its bleak Russian frost. Personality-wise, t.A.T.u. are absolutely at the top of their games, inhabiting this amazing narrative, even if the words, at their purely denotative level are completely banal, with sheer force and determination. The back story of fake lesbianism actually gives this distinctly non-sexual song a useful context. If anything, it establishes Lena and Yulia more like a friendship that crosses into the sexual incidentally rather than deliberately or even consistently. Inseparable, at least on record, if not in reality, if you can understand. The teenage girls will, and they know more than twenty-something amateur critics.

The middle section is absolutely arctic with chill, but that chorus has wings once you get over its relative lack of parent-disobeying, rebelling sturm und dreng. The us-against-them of "Not Gonna Get Us" is the nearest thing thematically, the musical drama seems to be most closely related to "Show Me Love", and if your first listen indicates it's a lame duck, give it another. You'll find the way each repetition of "it's all about us" has slightly different intonations, which reminds you of the amazing break after the first chorus in the still-astonishing epic of "All The Things She Said".

It's great pop. It plays with their history, while not being controlled by it. As with the Sugababes' new one, this is a pop group at the height of their powers on a personality/thematic level, and as such quality of the material almost doesn't matter. But the material's extremely good, so we all win.

Breathtaking.

Radio rip here: http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/walter2005/all%20about%20us.mp3

It lacks the surprise shock of the new, but it's stirring and I'm in love with them again.

― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 12 August 2005 09:03 (nineteen years ago)

Never mind the music. What's the sleeve look like?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 12 August 2005 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

http://images.interscope.com/99296/all%20about%20us%20single%20cover.jpg

― william, it was really nothing (superpopelectro), Friday, 12 August 2005 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

This sounds exactly like "Show Me Love" from their last album.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 12 August 2005 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

Wait, Edward already said that. I concur, then.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 12 August 2005 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

It's fantastic! Is this the Trevor Horn track?

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 12 August 2005 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

I don't believe Trevor Horn had anything to do with this one.

― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 12 August 2005 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

hey! edward o! this inspired me to check back on the russian pop charts coutesy of europa plus

theres a band called brothers Grimm in at number 2 WTF?
unfortunately they sound like a russian mike and the mechanics, with only a tiny bit fo slap bass to try and redeem themselves.
duran duran are also in the charts? seems like less and less russian stuff is selling in the RF.

and diskoteka avaria cement their place as prime purveyors of sappy cod-rap pop at number 13.

timo maas feat brian molko
only in russia! or probably not!

― ambrose (ambrose), Friday, 12 August 2005 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

The song is absolutly great!

― Konami, Monday, 15 August 2005 04:39 (nineteen years ago)

oh gosh can't wait to get home

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Monday, 15 August 2005 07:47 (nineteen years ago)

No one could EVER beat t.A.T.u., they're just THE BEST!

― Frances, Monday, 15 August 2005 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.spitfire-media.com/movies/tATu-AAU-Uncen-rev10.mpg

compliments of popjustice:

"This is the uncensored version and it will be censored for a reason - you have been warned."

― william, it was really nothing (superpopelectro), Thursday, 18 August 2005 01:57 (nineteen years ago)

timo maas feat brian molko

Oh yeah. Russians love them some Placebo.There's a compilation CD I have - last year's Top 20 from Radio Maximum, I believe. It's 18 Russian rock/pop tracks, 1 Latvian band slumming it in Russian, and Placebo's "English Rain" (or whatever - a song off Sleeping With Ghosts).

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 18 August 2005 02:09 (nineteen years ago)

Just listened to the rip - this stuff's great! And it's not criminally identical to "Show Me Love."

The quieter post-chorus section kicks mountains of ass.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 18 August 2005 02:13 (nineteen years ago)

this is fantastic, brooding and bombastic where 'Show Me Love' was wild and frenzied. "if they...hurt...you...they...hurt...ME...TOO!" - awesome build.

if only there was a better quality version floating around!

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:14 (nineteen years ago)

oh my GOD the video.

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 18 August 2005 12:21 (nineteen years ago)

spoilers ahead, of sorts:

it's funny how the video is more violent than anything any interscope rapper ever put out. i could be wrong, but has there been a brains-on-the-wall shot in a music video?!

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 18 August 2005 13:07 (nineteen years ago)

I watched half of "sin city", this morning, then watched the tATu video

everything is so violent, these days!!!!

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 18 August 2005 13:18 (nineteen years ago)

The album features Sting and Richard Carpenter!

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 18 August 2005 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

Now that's what I call violence hyuck hyuck hyuck

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 18 August 2005 14:38 (nineteen years ago)

Whoever handled the special effects for the shooting scene didn't do a great job. It looked like somebody broke a jar of pasta sauce against the wall. Otherwise, great video. Right up until the shooting, I was convinced that the censoring would be due to nudity. Doh!!

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 18 August 2005 14:52 (nineteen years ago)

The redhead grew some serious boobage... or got an awesome bra

― The Original Jimmy Mod: Kind Warrior (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:37 (nineteen years ago)

Haha the verse melody is just an ascending major scale!

― OleM (OleM), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

So?

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 18 August 2005 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, no diss intended, indeed there's something almost audacious about it!

― OleM (OleM), Thursday, 18 August 2005 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

Great track!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 18 August 2005 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

delightful.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 18 August 2005 16:29 (nineteen years ago)

i actually don't think i've seen the floaty tabloid text trick before.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 18 August 2005 16:29 (nineteen years ago)

The video is AWESOME!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 18 August 2005 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

So, snap judgements/predictions GO:

1) flop in the US?
2) chart on P&J?

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 18 August 2005 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

Right up until the shooting, I was convinced that the censoring would be due to nudity. Doh!!

Convinced? Or hoping?

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Thursday, 18 August 2005 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

Does anyone have a good version of the audio yet???

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 22 August 2005 19:13 (nineteen years ago)

Spencer: http://s8.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2OEXUOQ84HAKO03WR7VILNNHAG

― pinder (pinder), Monday, 22 August 2005 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

"Convinced? Or hoping?"

uh, I was hoping...

This is great though.

Is there any Trev Horn on the LP?

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

SO FUCKING GOOD

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

Has the album leaked yet? I was poking around on $l$k last night, but no dice.

also, Dan OTM.

Convinced? Or hoping?

I wasn't expecting the video to turn violent! I was rather shocked when she was thrown through that glass table.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:26 (nineteen years ago)

x-post
Yeah, Horn even wrote one song this time, in addition to producing others.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 25 August 2005 02:30 (nineteen years ago)

I've decided that the timpani is what *makes* this song. It's so over the top, I love it. If "Not Gonna Get Us" was Gene Vincent, then "All About Us" is Phil Spector.

This might be my favourite single of the year.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 25 August 2005 14:50 (nineteen years ago)

I now want Dave Fridmann to produce TATU and make it sound like The Delgado's "Hate".

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 25 August 2005 14:52 (nineteen years ago)

Holy shit. THE VIDEO.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 25 August 2005 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks Pinder!!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 25 August 2005 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

I now want Dave Fridmann to produce TATU and make it sound like The Delgado's "Hate".

Hahaha so they can do "We're Coming In From The Cold."

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 25 August 2005 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

I'm assuming there's a Russian language version???

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 26 August 2005 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

I wrote about this on ILMixor (basically a more nuanced version of "SO FUCKING GOOD") because I can't be more than monosyllabic about the song on this thread.

But I love it.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Friday, 26 August 2005 16:55 (nineteen years ago)

The album is leaking as we speak. "Dangerous and Moving" and "Cosmos (Outer Space)" are both Quality.

― edward o (edwardo), Sunday, 28 August 2005 09:40 (nineteen years ago)

Wow, so freaken good.
I love it
¿Where can i get the video of show me love?

― Faith, Saturday, 3 September 2005 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

Just dl'ed this.

Insanely brilliant. ABBA meets Rammstein with Judy Garland on angita.

― Ian in Brooklyn, Thursday, 6 October 2005 00:07 (nineteen years ago)

Blurbed it for Pitchfork today.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 6 October 2005 02:54 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

...And holy crap, the Dave Stewart track ("Friend Or Foe") annihilates "All About Us."

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Sunday, 23 October 2005 20:22 (nineteen years ago)

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