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Love On Top is the antithesis to I Care.

Countdown is the antithesis to Best Thing I Never Had.

Run The World is the antithesis to 1+1.

What makes 4 great is that it lives and breathes all the inconsistencies in love and relationships. It fluctuates between that overt, almost psychopathic need for validation and dependence (1+1, I Care, I Miss You, Rather Die Young), the perpetual BASKING in validation and the flaws it comes with (Countdown blinds her to her own co-dependence, End of Time shadows that co-dependence with whimsical esotericness, Love On Top is about the infatuation with being adored), and the conflicting feeling of self-empowerment either through a bad relationship (Best Thing I Never Had) or through self-made means (I Was Here, Run The World, Schoolin' Life).

I think 4 is a great collection of songs that speak to every major asset of both a fullfilling and a damaging relationship and how both can serve us in positive ways (co-dependent validation vs insincere empowerment).
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Gerl no
 

Matt_

World's #1 One Direction Fan: Everyone else in the room can see it, everyone else but you~~~
I think I kept more of lotus than I kept of 4
 

Matt_

World's #1 One Direction Fan: Everyone else in the room can see it, everyone else but you~~~
You kept nothing from 4?

From 4 I kept countdown, end of time and Run the World
Lotus I kept the intro, make the world move, your body, let there be love and circles

I don't do ballads and don't like either of their voices for slower songs
 

Yado

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Listening to Woman Like Me & her voice was so much more pleasing to the ear back then. I can't imagine how it would turn out if she sang this today.
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Justin Timberlake- Tunnel Vision

NSFW. He must be shook by Blurred Lines' success.
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The song is one of the few I still use from that wretched album, so this awkward, low-budget tripe is an utter letdown. Based on the lyrics, I imagined that a potential video for the song would either be a caper-style chase with JT as the perverted sex offender or a creepy, voyeuristic Rear Window-style short film.

Anything would've been better than this me-too porno flick. What kind of backwards universe where #MARIAHCAREY is serving better videos than the likes of JT and Rihanna this year?
 

Kyon

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People say Britney can't dance like she used to but DAMN he doesn't dance at ALL

He literally forgot how to fucking do what he does best and he has 0 mental disorders or knee injuries. A tragic mess I am embarrassed.

He wasn't even the STAR of his own MV this fuckery
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royalan

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Ok.

I was willing to give Robin Thicke a pass...

But I DONE HAD IT!

I am sick of people accosting me with fucking titties all up in they videos like that shit is still provocative.

When am I going to get a slow-motion closeup of a thick, bulbous penis on my fucking Vevo!?

WHERE are the well-lit ball sacks!?

The black and white taints!?

UGH!!!
 
Ok.

I was willing to give Robin Thicke a pass...

But I DONE HAD IT!

I am sick of people accosting me with fucking titties all up in they videos like that shit is still provocative.

When am I going to get a slow-motion closeup of a thick, bulbous penis on my fucking Vevo!?

WHERE are the well-lit ball sacks!?

The black and white taints!?

UGH!!!
There's that Shia LaBeouf video...

#pencildickstruggles #problemsidonthave #whyamiwatchingthisinsteadoffamilyfeud
 

PowderedToast

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Love On Top is the antithesis to I Care.

Countdown is the antithesis to Best Thing I Never Had.

Run The World is the antithesis to 1+1.

What makes 4 great is that it lives and breathes all the inconsistencies in love and relationships. It fluctuates between that overt, almost psychopathic need for validation and dependence (1+1, I Care, I Miss You, Rather Die Young), the perpetual BASKING in validation and the flaws it comes with (Countdown blinds her to her own co-dependence, End of Time shadows that co-dependence with whimsical esotericness, Love On Top is about the infatuation with being adored), and the conflicting feeling of self-empowerment either through a bad relationship (Best Thing I Never Had) or through self-made means (I Was Here, Run The World, Schoolin' Life).

I think 4 is a great collection of songs that speak to every major asset of both a fullfilling and a damaging relationship and how both can serve us in positive ways (co-dependent validation vs insincere empowerment).

PREACH

beautiful post
 
Ok.

I was willing to give Robin Thicke a pass...

But I DONE HAD IT!

I am sick of people accosting me with fucking titties all up in they videos like that shit is still provocative.

When am I going to get a slow-motion closeup of a thick, bulbous penis on my fucking Vevo!?

WHERE are the well-lit ball sacks!?

The black and white taints!?

UGH!!!

On THIS, dear Roy, we can agree! I am here for ARTCOCK!

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But this is all rather loose, don't you think? I mean, you're claiming that about half the album is the antithesis to the other half and that this makes the album a cohesive whole. I just don't think it all comes together.

A yin and a yang doesn't make a full circle? Dualities are a very strong (and common) theme, and you need one side for the other to hold more power. If the entire album was about one side of love or relationships then it would be completely one-dimensional. You need ambiguity, conflict, complexity. That makes for a stronger message in general, and to me at least, that yin and yang is presented really well.

PowderedToast said:
PREACH

beautiful post

Thanks ^_^
 
Really? A black wedding dress with black roses? Yes, you fuck that establishment right up the kisser. Avril might be married now, but she's no square...

I don't think they could have had a more pathetic wedding if they tried...

The stench of jealousy in this post, my god
 
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