25.6.03
21.6.03
justin clones
well i've only spotted one so far but i thought i'd talk about him to follow on from missy's post. his name is thicke and he is the son of alan thicke, the dad from growing pains!
he has a song built on a sample of that crazy beethoven disco song called when i get you alone. his look is the visual equivalent of the beethoven song and he doesn't realise how silly he looks with his flowing leo lion's mane and that sleazy jade pendant and posing in a crouch! if he does realise i am not sure why he is doing it. he looks like he is dressed to impress at his first tantric sex class. he is from california.
there is a remix with jadakiss which may be better [post dl verdict: no it isn't]. but unless he stops singing about sex toys and cuts his hair i won't be able to stop mercilessly making fun of him with my sister, just like we used to do with his father alan! i guess he's kind of the mid point between justin and someone like enrique iglesias.
well i've only spotted one so far but i thought i'd talk about him to follow on from missy's post. his name is thicke and he is the son of alan thicke, the dad from growing pains!
he has a song built on a sample of that crazy beethoven disco song called when i get you alone. his look is the visual equivalent of the beethoven song and he doesn't realise how silly he looks with his flowing leo lion's mane and that sleazy jade pendant and posing in a crouch! if he does realise i am not sure why he is doing it. he looks like he is dressed to impress at his first tantric sex class. he is from california.
there is a remix with jadakiss which may be better [post dl verdict: no it isn't]. but unless he stops singing about sex toys and cuts his hair i won't be able to stop mercilessly making fun of him with my sister, just like we used to do with his father alan! i guess he's kind of the mid point between justin and someone like enrique iglesias.
15.6.03
r kelly - ignition (rmx)
i am totally in awe of r's craft as a singer and songwriter and producer at the moment - it's particularly terrifying on the original "ignition" where he makes "let me stick my key in your ignition babe" sound like the most perfect, achingly beautiful line you could ever hear! it's weird though, how he is sounding more and more like lady saw or some other lady jamaican toaster. (but not lumidee.)
i hate the charts! i really wanted that craig david song to be in the top twenty so i could say sting is a better mc than fallacy.
i am totally in awe of r's craft as a singer and songwriter and producer at the moment - it's particularly terrifying on the original "ignition" where he makes "let me stick my key in your ignition babe" sound like the most perfect, achingly beautiful line you could ever hear! it's weird though, how he is sounding more and more like lady saw or some other lady jamaican toaster. (but not lumidee.)
i hate the charts! i really wanted that craig david song to be in the top twenty so i could say sting is a better mc than fallacy.
busta/mariah/rah digga/spliff starrrrrr - i know what you want
ROWR ROWR NOT MUCH LIKE A DUNGEON DRAGON! busta is on the official "never leave you" rmx - in fact he has also 'blessed' the "never scared" rmx, the "get by" rmx, and the "so gone" rmx. what the fuck busta, do you have a terminal disease!?
(people have probably been saying that since 94 but whatever!)
ROWR ROWR NOT MUCH LIKE A DUNGEON DRAGON! busta is on the official "never leave you" rmx - in fact he has also 'blessed' the "never scared" rmx, the "get by" rmx, and the "so gone" rmx. what the fuck busta, do you have a terminal disease!?
(people have probably been saying that since 94 but whatever!)
dannii minogue - don't want to lose this feeling
i was getting into this to begin with, it has realistic handclap sounds and rich disco production as perfected by kylie two albums back, but the chorus is weak and i zoned out halfway through. dannii sounds more dead than is acceptable even in disco. i've been listening to the lumidee acapella a lot and i think it would sound nice over moroder.
i was getting into this to begin with, it has realistic handclap sounds and rich disco production as perfected by kylie two albums back, but the chorus is weak and i zoned out halfway through. dannii sounds more dead than is acceptable even in disco. i've been listening to the lumidee acapella a lot and i think it would sound nice over moroder.
dj sammy - sunshine
dj sammy seems to generate incredible goodwill - i suppose because his songs are so full of love for big music and big emotion and even lil missy likes them despite nominally being trance or something. this is such a good song i could almost forget about lumidee. especially starting with beautifully recorded acoustic guitar and the build up to big synth heaven.
dj sammy seems to generate incredible goodwill - i suppose because his songs are so full of love for big music and big emotion and even lil missy likes them despite nominally being trance or something. this is such a good song i could almost forget about lumidee. especially starting with beautifully recorded acoustic guitar and the build up to big synth heaven.
s club 7 - goodbye
oh no! it turns out i should have had my full attention on s club, not trying to remember b2k or pretending to think about lumidee :(
oh well goodbye was bad, i am not english so i have no sentimental attachment to s club, i just wanted it to be over with. they are much better when they are not dwelling on sad times.
oh no! it turns out i should have had my full attention on s club, not trying to remember b2k or pretending to think about lumidee :(
oh well goodbye was bad, i am not english so i have no sentimental attachment to s club, i just wanted it to be over with. they are much better when they are not dwelling on sad times.
b2k - girlfriend
i like the way b2k always have an element of surprise in their otherwise frighteningly seamless songs. this one has an off kilter section and playfully offkey singing (just like... !). i started writing this after the song finished and now i cant remember exactly what happens in it, all i can hear is s club. obv id rather have been distracted by lumidee again.
i like the way b2k always have an element of surprise in their otherwise frighteningly seamless songs. this one has an off kilter section and playfully offkey singing (just like... !). i started writing this after the song finished and now i cant remember exactly what happens in it, all i can hear is s club. obv id rather have been distracted by lumidee again.
j-lo - i'm glad
every time i hear this song my head mutates the chorus into another song, i'm not sure what it is but it might be an amerie song. i also thought the collab w ll cool j was an amerie song at first (amerie also has done a song called all i have and one with ll) we all know lumidee is this year's amerie. so why is this song so bad!
every time i hear this song my head mutates the chorus into another song, i'm not sure what it is but it might be an amerie song. i also thought the collab w ll cool j was an amerie song at first (amerie also has done a song called all i have and one with ll) we all know lumidee is this year's amerie. so why is this song so bad!
j timberlake - rock your body
man he's really gone downhill with the overly-groomed look - i swear it actually makes his songs sound worse! when the "cry me a river" video came out i was truly obsessed and i would flick through music channels a million times because he looked so good. it was pathetic! anyway yeah, now i'm starting to wonder how much i like him and even if he is a good dancer. perhaps only a lumidee colabo will rescue my love. also he should not go on million-date tours with aguilera and make "crazy in love" answer records instead! this is the new model for a successful career, dickface!
man he's really gone downhill with the overly-groomed look - i swear it actually makes his songs sound worse! when the "cry me a river" video came out i was truly obsessed and i would flick through music channels a million times because he looked so good. it was pathetic! anyway yeah, now i'm starting to wonder how much i like him and even if he is a good dancer. perhaps only a lumidee colabo will rescue my love. also he should not go on million-date tours with aguilera and make "crazy in love" answer records instead! this is the new model for a successful career, dickface!
the thrills - big sir
this song is going for a riding a bike through the golden sunlight feeling and it quotes monkees lyrics wistfully. i don't like it but i don't not like it. while listening i was also looking at the picture of lumidee who i like a lot and who def pulls my strings much more in that late afternoon way. i really like her jacket!
this song is going for a riding a bike through the golden sunlight feeling and it quotes monkees lyrics wistfully. i don't like it but i don't not like it. while listening i was also looking at the picture of lumidee who i like a lot and who def pulls my strings much more in that late afternoon way. i really like her jacket!
emma bunton - free me
also lumidee has rushed out her own version of "crazy in love" but she starts going "uh oh" again - like how many songs can you get away with that shit before people start to feel cheated or they start shouting at your concert if there's one song where she doesn't go "uh oh!". uh oh! i'd like to think ms dynamite got away from going "booo" all the time but lets face it, we all feel sliight disappoinment in every one of her songs other than "booo".
also lumidee has rushed out her own version of "crazy in love" but she starts going "uh oh" again - like how many songs can you get away with that shit before people start to feel cheated or they start shouting at your concert if there's one song where she doesn't go "uh oh!". uh oh! i'd like to think ms dynamite got away from going "booo" all the time but lets face it, we all feel sliight disappoinment in every one of her songs other than "booo".
big brovas - our favourite things
i only saw a picture of big bros last week and i was surprised by how good looking they are because they sound a bit plain and like they're missing the point slightly. lumidee is still a million times hotter though. it annoys me that both their songs have that same waltz rhythm which is a trick that should be used to make a song stand out. their use of it is also too pantomimey.
i only saw a picture of big bros last week and i was surprised by how good looking they are because they sound a bit plain and like they're missing the point slightly. lumidee is still a million times hotter though. it annoys me that both their songs have that same waltz rhythm which is a trick that should be used to make a song stand out. their use of it is also too pantomimey.
WE INVENTED THE RMX AND THE CHARTS AND LUMIDEE
50 cent - in da club
there is no 50 update at the moment, except he is on the good rmx of "never leave you" saying lumidee is a superfreak porno star! lumidee looks kind of weird, like ashanti's pale half sister or something, but i keep looking at her. check it:
i have to be honest, i don't really care about any of these records because i'm thinking about lumidee.
50 cent - in da club
there is no 50 update at the moment, except he is on the good rmx of "never leave you" saying lumidee is a superfreak porno star! lumidee looks kind of weird, like ashanti's pale half sister or something, but i keep looking at her. check it:
i have to be honest, i don't really care about any of these records because i'm thinking about lumidee.
12.6.03
mya/missy - my love is like... whoa
missy sounds like a boy in this song - i like it when she does this, for instance when she looked like little richard and/or prince in the hot boyz video. it has a tropical carmen miranda feeling, and even tho i think the last line in the chorus is kind of stupid ('and you're kissing it/ so whatchu think of it'... it's like when a coworker of mine that i hate makes a blindingly obvious comment and then nudges me and repeats it when i don't reply right away. missy has that vibe about her sometimes - a lot lately actually! - but it's pretty well restrained here, except for this line) this song is infectious and makes me wish it was summer here. the production is like a stretched out banana lounge version of aaliyah's 'extra smooth' and must have come out of the same batch as that kiley dean song.
missy sounds like a boy in this song - i like it when she does this, for instance when she looked like little richard and/or prince in the hot boyz video. it has a tropical carmen miranda feeling, and even tho i think the last line in the chorus is kind of stupid ('and you're kissing it/ so whatchu think of it'... it's like when a coworker of mine that i hate makes a blindingly obvious comment and then nudges me and repeats it when i don't reply right away. missy has that vibe about her sometimes - a lot lately actually! - but it's pretty well restrained here, except for this line) this song is infectious and makes me wish it was summer here. the production is like a stretched out banana lounge version of aaliyah's 'extra smooth' and must have come out of the same batch as that kiley dean song.
10.6.03
beyonce/jay-z - crazy in love
i'm not sure i like it when people have one of those inconsequential epiphanies where they go "oh, ____ has just blown everything out the water and changed the face of ____ - in fact, it makes every other ____ song look fucking lame, you fucking lamer! especially ____!" but i suppose it might help massive musical changes happen. like if one of these renouncing dudes (who are perhaps normally the people with little emotional investment in the genre in question) said it in a pub then jo whiley or that dude from mtv2 might hear them and suddenly they're on the radio/tv going "yeah fuck mis-teeq, beyonce just locked down the 03 sound and it's exactly like main source circa 91!". mis-teeq get wind of this and suddenly they're making "live at the london grill 04" or a new version of "they reminisce over you" dedicated to the fourth member who left before they got famous! (incidentally she is about to put out a rubbish single!)
which is to say, i saw the "crazy in love" (two amazingly good loops; strong chorus; jay-z) video straight after that new mis-teeq one (complex synth'n'ting construction; average chorus; no jay-z) and i felt bad for thinking they sounded so lame in comparison.
i'm not sure i like it when people have one of those inconsequential epiphanies where they go "oh, ____ has just blown everything out the water and changed the face of ____ - in fact, it makes every other ____ song look fucking lame, you fucking lamer! especially ____!" but i suppose it might help massive musical changes happen. like if one of these renouncing dudes (who are perhaps normally the people with little emotional investment in the genre in question) said it in a pub then jo whiley or that dude from mtv2 might hear them and suddenly they're on the radio/tv going "yeah fuck mis-teeq, beyonce just locked down the 03 sound and it's exactly like main source circa 91!". mis-teeq get wind of this and suddenly they're making "live at the london grill 04" or a new version of "they reminisce over you" dedicated to the fourth member who left before they got famous! (incidentally she is about to put out a rubbish single!)
which is to say, i saw the "crazy in love" (two amazingly good loops; strong chorus; jay-z) video straight after that new mis-teeq one (complex synth'n'ting construction; average chorus; no jay-z) and i felt bad for thinking they sounded so lame in comparison.
2.6.03
spizzazzz meets kelly rowland
i saw in beat that kelly would be making an appearance at my local mindbogglingly humongous shopping complex so i cancelled everything i was supposed to be doing on that day and spent the next two weeks waiting for it to arrive.
this was good preparation for all the waiting you must do at a celebrity appearance. for a start it took a really long time to walk thru the carpark. i was also expecting to get lost but once i was inside i just headed towards the crowd of kids wagging school who were nonchalantly milling around on the level above centre stage.
down on the floor there were only very dedicated fans & weird ppl because you had to buy a kelly cd if you wanted to meet her. mostly it was the kind of very grownup acting teenage girl i'd wished i was when i was 14 but i ended up standing in queue behind a hardcore destiny's child fan (check the tattoo!) and in front of a "crazy" guy called smurfy who collects autographs.
smurfy had just come back from tennessee where he'd been harvesting wrestlemania autographs and meeting creed and guns'n'roses. at first it was interesting talking to him but after a while smurfy started yelling unfunny things out in response to the annoying guy from nova100 who was keeping the crowd occupied. eventually he went onstage and sang bits from the chorus of stole into a microphone held in his trembly wrists and won the vanilla slice you can see him eating in this picture, which one of the anonymous nova100 gofers had already taken a bite out of! this is about the time i got 'distracted' taking a lot of these bad grainy spy photos you can see
so yeah when kelly did finally turn up she was wearing a small tight black tracksuit with stilettos. she was very slight and graceful and looked like a swan. she said stuff about kangaroos and koalas and the outback and beaches (="what australia's really about") and "i love you" and then got straight to work with the signing! oh also destiny's child are not split up and beyonce and michelle love us too and hope to visit real soon. when she sat down behind the desk it was as though she was hardly even there, she had her head down and was signing autographs
at a furious rate, pausing only to have her photo taken with children or the disabled, and sometimes to wave at the girls who kept riding up and down the escalators yelling "WE LOVE YOU KELLYYYY". she seemed shocked when i presented my copy of writing's on the wall for signing, maybe because she has really bad hair on that. i don't know what i expected but she seemed distant. nice but not super nice. i wanted to ask her about working with joe budden and nelly but she seemed like she just wanted to get the day over with and i don't think i'd have got a straight answer from her anyway. so this story just makes it in on the tail end of hate week! whatever completely vague, insincere and cartoonish things she said about their country (she's also on record as saying she loves australia because it's just like america which probably isn't far off) her australian fans still love her tho, the best thing about the whole event was the private smiles on ppl's faces as they came away from their meeting (best examples not captured here).
i saw in beat that kelly would be making an appearance at my local mindbogglingly humongous shopping complex so i cancelled everything i was supposed to be doing on that day and spent the next two weeks waiting for it to arrive.
this was good preparation for all the waiting you must do at a celebrity appearance. for a start it took a really long time to walk thru the carpark. i was also expecting to get lost but once i was inside i just headed towards the crowd of kids wagging school who were nonchalantly milling around on the level above centre stage.
down on the floor there were only very dedicated fans & weird ppl because you had to buy a kelly cd if you wanted to meet her. mostly it was the kind of very grownup acting teenage girl i'd wished i was when i was 14 but i ended up standing in queue behind a hardcore destiny's child fan (check the tattoo!) and in front of a "crazy" guy called smurfy who collects autographs.
smurfy had just come back from tennessee where he'd been harvesting wrestlemania autographs and meeting creed and guns'n'roses. at first it was interesting talking to him but after a while smurfy started yelling unfunny things out in response to the annoying guy from nova100 who was keeping the crowd occupied. eventually he went onstage and sang bits from the chorus of stole into a microphone held in his trembly wrists and won the vanilla slice you can see him eating in this picture, which one of the anonymous nova100 gofers had already taken a bite out of! this is about the time i got 'distracted' taking a lot of these bad grainy spy photos you can see
so yeah when kelly did finally turn up she was wearing a small tight black tracksuit with stilettos. she was very slight and graceful and looked like a swan. she said stuff about kangaroos and koalas and the outback and beaches (="what australia's really about") and "i love you" and then got straight to work with the signing! oh also destiny's child are not split up and beyonce and michelle love us too and hope to visit real soon. when she sat down behind the desk it was as though she was hardly even there, she had her head down and was signing autographs
at a furious rate, pausing only to have her photo taken with children or the disabled, and sometimes to wave at the girls who kept riding up and down the escalators yelling "WE LOVE YOU KELLYYYY". she seemed shocked when i presented my copy of writing's on the wall for signing, maybe because she has really bad hair on that. i don't know what i expected but she seemed distant. nice but not super nice. i wanted to ask her about working with joe budden and nelly but she seemed like she just wanted to get the day over with and i don't think i'd have got a straight answer from her anyway. so this story just makes it in on the tail end of hate week! whatever completely vague, insincere and cartoonish things she said about their country (she's also on record as saying she loves australia because it's just like america which probably isn't far off) her australian fans still love her tho, the best thing about the whole event was the private smiles on ppl's faces as they came away from their meeting (best examples not captured here).
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