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tali'zorah84
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Wow, my first half 2013 top 5.
1. World of Fantasy - capsule
2. Fake It - Perfume
3. Sugar - Kerli
4. I just wanna XXX you - capsule
5. I Got a Boy - SNSD
1. World of Fantasy - capsule
2. Fake It - Perfume
3. Sugar - Kerli
4. I just wanna XXX you - capsule
5. I Got a Boy - SNSD
I have, or rather I have been convinced of it by other peoples' arguments. I haven't forgotten about that performance - I even listen to it out of season! - but I think that demonstrates her projection more than it does the pure size of her voice or her volume. If you listen to her sing without a mic when she belts, she doesn't have a big sound.
I think it is most noticeable that she does not have a big voice when she is singing with brass. If you listen to her performances of If It's Over on Saturday Night Live, or Someday, Make It Happen, Emotions, or If It's Over on MTV Unplugged you should notice that she doesn't sing over the instruments. She doesn't produce more volume than the instruments. She projects through the din, and you can acoustically hear the instruments surrounding her voice instead of being behind her voice. You can hear an opera singer with a small voice producing even more squillo to do the same thing here.
By contrast, if you listen to Whitney singing against the horns at about 1:50-something in this video, her sound is clearly predominant. That's a bigger voice.
Oh, and this is a good video for why Christina has a smaller voice, with examples of bigger voices that are contrasted with Christina. I think the same contrast can be done with Mariah, though Mariah simply has better technique than Christina.
Soulscribe
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I can't really come up with 5 songs that warrant being on a top 5 "best songs" list for 2013 so Imma just wait for the real music to come out in the second half. lol
The only thing that warrants being in the top 5 is probably Grown Woman, which isn't even a real release. So I dunno.
The only thing that warrants being in the top 5 is probably Grown Woman, which isn't even a real release. So I dunno.
... But Standing on the Sun (live) is better.
Soulscribe
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Yeah, the final version of SOTS is gonna be awesome. That leak though? Newwpp
Ugh, I hate this video.
I get the argument being made, and it does have some merit. But this Lamb uses the most pointed clips possible.
Nemesis_
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Music video for Pink's new song is out. Features Lily Allen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsmUOdmm02A
Watching it makes me realise just how small Lily's part is and makes me wonder why she even bothered >_>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsmUOdmm02A
Watching it makes me realise just how small Lily's part is and makes me wonder why she even bothered >_>
Soulscribe
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I'm sure she was grateful enough for the opportunity..
Be seated. Lily
Yeah when I first heard the song I was like "...that was it?" when it came to Lily's part.
I liked the video. I think this has been my favorite P!nk video from this era (the other 3 have been boring tbh).
ETA: The I'm Out video is out. I like it, CiCi is trying.
Not you too.
You don't like it live?
<3
Honestly my favorite part of the video is that crazy G5 from Naranjo.
I just think Grown Woman is a better song.
Well considering how everyone has been with releases this year......
Every single cool kid in the biz at the moment has a messy release schedule.
Soulscribe
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Lol I actually really really like Lily Allen. She just takes such a passive approach to her own career that it's kind of frustrating. She could be in a very different lane musically by now if she was inclined to try harder.
And Grown Woman >>>>> Standing On The Sun at this point. Grown Woman came on in the club this weekend and it was a fucking WRECKAGE. The gays swarmed the dancefloor so fast, it was amazeballs.
If you've never strutted to the second verse of Grown Woman then you haven't LiveD.
Arguing if Grown Woman is a better song than Standing on the Sun is like arguing which shade of shit is the prettiest. You can espouse on the merits of one turd's rich, chocolate hue and consistent texture. You can champion another turd's chameleonic shades of green with organically placed streaks of metallic yellow throughout.
But at the end of the day, you're just distracting yourself from the fact that both are just shit.
But at the end of the day, you're just distracting yourself from the fact that both are just shit.
Well she deliberately quit the biz and had a baby. The fact that she treats the whole thing as a hobby and yet still punches artistes with a regular release schedule out of the game speaks volumes about her ability.
Soulscribe
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Can we get married already?
I'm rediscovering Lily Allen-Rose-Cooper's debut, Alright, Still.
LordT what a flawless debut. Evokes summer in the World's Most Iconic city, strolling through Regent's Park or with your friends in Greenwich Park. And what the hell kind of feminist anthem Knock 'Em Out is.
If you haven't listened to it you are missing the hell out.
LordT what a flawless debut. Evokes summer in the World's Most Iconic city, strolling through Regent's Park or with your friends in Greenwich Park. And what the hell kind of feminist anthem Knock 'Em Out is.
If you haven't listened to it you are missing the hell out.
Crumpet Trumpet
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I got my life whenever the Knock 'Em Out instrumental played during those deodorant commercials. No shade.
Nemesis_
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Was it a female or a male singing?
Could you give us a little more than that maybe? lol
A GIF from a programme filmed in London, RIP.
I have been struggling to remember more lines, but it was a male singing.
And it was pretty fast.
Nemesis_
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not you missing my point though, RIP.
I got your point I just think you self-undermined it.
I C
I assume you're in the US. Did it sound like a dance song? Was there a hip hop beat?
Maybe it was Mirrors maybe? Though that's not really a "fast" song.
Soulscribe
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Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines?
Daft Punk - Get Lucky?
None of those have that line but they both sing lines that sound really similar. Is it more R&B, rock, pure pop, or country/folk?
I think it was probably the Saturdays' iconic new single, Gentleman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5luP09KWqA
Give it a listen and let us know!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5luP09KWqA
Give it a listen and let us know!
I C
I assume you're in the US. Did it sound like a dance song? Was there a hip hop beat?
Maybe it was Mirrors maybe? Though that's not really a "fast" song.
Yea, US. It wasn't really a dance song, and no hip hop beat. I am pretty awful at describing music. It had a guitar though.
Neither of those, I'd say it was more towards rock than the others.
Male voice sadly.
Thanks for all the replies, btw.
Majmun
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Reminds me of Bionic vs Lotus discussions
Oop!
Reminds me of Bionic vs Lotus discussions
Did ANYBODY ever HAVE such discussions though?
Probably just botty and Roy on their hidden chamber but they dont count as any or bodies.
More pictures of Lana on the set of her new video (they've finished shooting it). It's supposedly called "Tropico" and will have Body Electric, Gods & Monsters, and Bel Air. Lana will be a stripper *0*
Lotus has two songs that I use. Bionic has at least 3 kii
Lotus has two songs that I use. Bionic has at least 3 kii
Reminds me of Bionic vs Lotus discussions
Trick you know you liked BOTH of those albums.
Godel pls. You act as though I'm the only one who turned coat on that damn song.
Sia having anything to do with a track would usually be ENOUGH to make me stan it. But that second verse is an unfinished embarrassment and the entire track falls apart at that point. Even most Bey stans are admitting that SotS is a disappointment for this very reason, not just me. So stay pressed. It's what you're good at. *.*
The difference is that Bey stans are DISAPPOINTED with the song, they are not saying that comparing it with GW is like comparing two different kinds of shit.
The fact of the matter is that you dropped your cover too quickly and that's trashed your backstory. It was obvious for a long time that you were only pretending to like SotS for as long as you needed to so that you when you eventually and inevitably turned on it to announce that it is the single worst song in human history and makes you reconsider your opinion of Adolf Hitler you could say 'no! i'm not just a delusionally pressed hater! i liked standing on the sun for ten minutes before the disappointing second verse/bit where beyonce does a singing thing i can complain about/she makes reference to female empowerment and i can spew pressed nonsense about some imagined hypocrisy!' (delete as appropriate) as though pretending to like one song for two months is enough for your opinions about Bey to gain weight or relevance.
As ever, stay Londa. I'll say hi to your fave's career for you when I take out the trash later.
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