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Supermanisdead
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drag ha for filth, boys
Daddies 👄👄👄
AyaisMUsikWhore
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So I just found a couple of low key bops fresh from SoundCloud I wanted to share. Hope you guys dig them.
Marlene - Indian Summer (Up to no Good Remix)
SZA - Aftermath
Ojerime - Bad Ones
Mt. si - True
Foster The People - Best Friend (A-Trak & Gladiator Remix) High Key tbh
ENVY - Got me Movin
ROvel - One Love
MNEK - Magic (Coldplay Cover) Takin it to church
spazzkid - Truly (ft. sarah Bonito)
Rewind from Crumpet
JUCE! - Burning Up
Marlene - Indian Summer (Up to no Good Remix)
SZA - Aftermath
Ojerime - Bad Ones
Mt. si - True
Foster The People - Best Friend (A-Trak & Gladiator Remix) High Key tbh
ENVY - Got me Movin
ROvel - One Love
MNEK - Magic (Coldplay Cover) Takin it to church
spazzkid - Truly (ft. sarah Bonito)
Rewind from Crumpet
JUCE! - Burning Up
I just gave Sia's album several listens and I'm surprised a lot of people are giving it flack, but I suppose it depends on what you're expecting from her. I'm not sure if people are wanting pure bops from her, but I resonate mostly with her ability to create this incredible emotional builds and releases and there's quite a few of those on here. A lot of the albums till sounds very Sia-ish, with an updated sound. Even with her old albums, I never cared for her more upbeat tracks so it's no surprise I don't care for those much on here.
God Tier:
Eye of the Needle
Elastic Heart
Cellophane
Dressed in Black
Chandelier
The emotional builds for all of these are amazing. What I like about how Sia delivers these kind of songs is that even if sometimes I lyrically can't relate to them, she makes me feel like I can by building such an enveloping atmosphere and intimate vocal with them.
Elastic Heart: I don't know what that little semi-human electronic aye-woh-see-bop noise is that loops, but I love it. I'm pretty sure I heard this when it first came out but it never clicked until now. I love how she lets loose when she sings "And I wanted it and I want it baaaaad." On Cellophane , I love when she sings "Elec-tricity floods myyyy braaaa-aaaaain!" and that rising falsetto at the bridge takes this song to amazing heights. The falsetto actually reminds me a bit of London Grammar's Hey Now.
Lyrically, I love the way she writes her songs. Even when she tackles commonly used themes or cliches, the way she writes and approaches it is still refreshing. Like in the saved-me-from-certain-doom Dressed in Black:
Eye of the Needle is the only track that really holds up because of the build but it's lyrically nonsensical to me. Unless someone can enlighten me.
Use:
Big Girls Cry
Fair Game
Big Girls Cry: The way it starts, it reminds me of Jojo's Leave, Get Out but only the intro.
I mostly enjoy the song, it just doesn't build to anything satisfying. Makes me feel like there's this relentless suffocating weight that never releases. I can see myself using this when I'm in the mood. Fair Game is just really cute.
Trash:
Straight for the Knife
Hostage
Burn the Pages
Fire Meet Gasoline
Free the Animal
I want to like Fire Meets Gasoline but every time it comes on, the melody and chorus are as if Titanium and Jar of Hearts had an affair and had the baby delivered by Greg Kurstin. The instrumental to Straight for the Knife has this great mood but that ambiance is lost when you hit the chorus. Hostage: I normally don't mind Sia's slurring and mumbling through lyrics, but it doesn't work here for me and I just don't like the chorus. Burn the Pages: I really only like the pre-chorus and that's not enough for me to enjoy the rest of the song. Free the Animal has a lot of things I like: the production, the energy, the arrangement of the verses. I just don't like that weird distortion effect on her voice or the "Free the Animal" screams backing the chorus.
God Tier:
Eye of the Needle
Elastic Heart
Cellophane
Dressed in Black
Chandelier
The emotional builds for all of these are amazing. What I like about how Sia delivers these kind of songs is that even if sometimes I lyrically can't relate to them, she makes me feel like I can by building such an enveloping atmosphere and intimate vocal with them.
Elastic Heart: I don't know what that little semi-human electronic aye-woh-see-bop noise is that loops, but I love it. I'm pretty sure I heard this when it first came out but it never clicked until now. I love how she lets loose when she sings "And I wanted it and I want it baaaaad." On Cellophane , I love when she sings "Elec-tricity floods myyyy braaaa-aaaaain!" and that rising falsetto at the bridge takes this song to amazing heights. The falsetto actually reminds me a bit of London Grammar's Hey Now.
Lyrically, I love the way she writes her songs. Even when she tackles commonly used themes or cliches, the way she writes and approaches it is still refreshing. Like in the saved-me-from-certain-doom Dressed in Black:
I had given up
I didn’t know who to trust
So I designed a shell
Kept me from heaven and hell
And I had hit a low
Was all I let myself know
Yeah I had locked my heart
I was imprisoned by dark
I didn’t know who to trust
So I designed a shell
Kept me from heaven and hell
And I had hit a low
Was all I let myself know
Yeah I had locked my heart
I was imprisoned by dark
Eye of the Needle is the only track that really holds up because of the build but it's lyrically nonsensical to me. Unless someone can enlighten me.
Use:
Big Girls Cry
Fair Game
Big Girls Cry: The way it starts, it reminds me of Jojo's Leave, Get Out but only the intro.
I mostly enjoy the song, it just doesn't build to anything satisfying. Makes me feel like there's this relentless suffocating weight that never releases. I can see myself using this when I'm in the mood. Fair Game is just really cute. Trash:
Straight for the Knife
Hostage
Burn the Pages
Fire Meet Gasoline
Free the Animal
I want to like Fire Meets Gasoline but every time it comes on, the melody and chorus are as if Titanium and Jar of Hearts had an affair and had the baby delivered by Greg Kurstin. The instrumental to Straight for the Knife has this great mood but that ambiance is lost when you hit the chorus. Hostage: I normally don't mind Sia's slurring and mumbling through lyrics, but it doesn't work here for me and I just don't like the chorus. Burn the Pages: I really only like the pre-chorus and that's not enough for me to enjoy the rest of the song. Free the Animal has a lot of things I like: the production, the energy, the arrangement of the verses. I just don't like that weird distortion effect on her voice or the "Free the Animal" screams backing the chorus.
drag ha for filth, boys
If this is a hip-hop track and not some love ballad that only women who define themselves by their instagram account would fall for then I am HERE. FOR. IT. Chris and Drake know how to make quality bops.
NinjaBoiX
Member
I really dislike her slurring vocals on it. Sounds like she's drunk.
But ever since the Six Feet Under finale, this tune has given me mad goosebumps:
Sia - Breathe Me
Soulscribe
Member
As a birthday gift to me I wanna buy a random pop album for the hell of it. I'm thinking either Kylie or Sky Ferrari (sp)
I know I repeat these ad nauseum when I recommend Sia tracks, but if you loved Breathe Me, you'll love the God Tier songs above in addition to:
Soon We'll Be Found ***** (seriously amazing)
I Go to Sleep
You Blew it All Away
BlueBadger
Banned
7echnicolor
Member
Do Kylie.
Aphrodite or Fever.
Happy bday for the third time. 💁
Actually if you want either one, ill send it it you.
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIS!
Get Fever. It's the only logical option. It's iconic and truly Kylie magnus opus
Beyonce Beytwice
Member
No her magnum opus is Kylie.
Matt_
World's #1 One Direction Fan: Everyone else in the room can see it, everyone else but you~~~
Marlene has more music? I fucking loved Bon Voyage. Absolutely by far my favourite song of this year
If you wanna run a hide
Be the new Bonnie and Clyde
You should team up with me
Let me be your company
I wanna hear them say
BONVOYAGE
Such a slay
Let me work through the ten thousand soundcloud tabs I've just opened tho
I'm so looking forward to listening to the PopGAF podcast. When is it due, royalan?
Btw, I'm also looking forward to revisiting Avril's debut
. And even though it's going to be late, I'll try and give Velvet Rope a listen soon. I can already tell I'll like it since one of my all-time favorite songs is on it (Got Til It's Gone)
Aya, I'm definitely going to listen to those tracks later!
And Soulscribe, happy birthday :**
Btw, I'm also looking forward to revisiting Avril's debut
which I already know by heart
Aya, I'm definitely going to listen to those tracks later!
And Soulscribe, happy birthday :**
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
Happy birthday, Soul!
Matt_
World's #1 One Direction Fan: Everyone else in the room can see it, everyone else but you~~~
Oh my goodness Stay Awake
Love you Anyway
Indian Summer
A crime that I have slept on the rest of her discography for so long
Love you Anyway
Indian Summer
A crime that I have slept on the rest of her discography for so long
paperheart
Banned
Yes, Matt sis, get into Marlene ∞. I love her. She's one of the gems I discovered on Soundcloud a while back and have been hooked on ever since. I also like the girl she sings with on Love You Anyway.
Ji Nilsson - Heartbreakfree
The video is horrible, but I love the song.
Ji Nilsson - Heartbreakfree
The video is horrible, but I love the song.
Matt_
World's #1 One Direction Fan: Everyone else in the room can see it, everyone else but you~~~
Oh my god this video is giving me the same teas as that super shit artist from Australia that seems to crop up every few months
I like the song though, is the clapping sampled from somewhere though?
Never Forever
Member
Happy birthday, Soulscribe! I love your essays and the passion you have, it's always wonderful to read your posts.
I would recommend a Kylie album. Light Years, Fever and Aphrodite are all brilliant choices, and I'm also partial to her indie era (KM94 and Impossible Princess) although it's not indicative of her career as a whole.
Omg, Aya that SZA track is everything. Girl says she's made of bacon in the beginning, I know I'm going to be there for it. The song is very stoner-y, the way the lyrics are written make me think of that sort of stream of consciousness type thing when you're kinda baked; the production just takes it to that happy space.
The Mt. Si one creates the same sort of atmosphere too, is wonderful
I'm glad people are liking Devil's Touch, I add some things to the playlist as I'm browsing but I forget to post them here sometimes.
I would recommend a Kylie album. Light Years, Fever and Aphrodite are all brilliant choices, and I'm also partial to her indie era (KM94 and Impossible Princess) although it's not indicative of her career as a whole.
Omg, Aya that SZA track is everything. Girl says she's made of bacon in the beginning, I know I'm going to be there for it. The song is very stoner-y, the way the lyrics are written make me think of that sort of stream of consciousness type thing when you're kinda baked; the production just takes it to that happy space.
The Mt. Si one creates the same sort of atmosphere too, is wonderful
I'm glad people are liking Devil's Touch, I add some things to the playlist as I'm browsing but I forget to post them here sometimes.
Leona Lewis
Banned
lawD
There's this song in my head by a female singer (maybe Pop or R&B) and the only lyric I remember is her drawn out, sultry, sexy delivery of the phrase "fairy tales"
I'm going to see BEYONCÈ in four hours, I can't have this mystery distracting me the whole time nOOOOO
There's this song in my head by a female singer (maybe Pop or R&B) and the only lyric I remember is her drawn out, sultry, sexy delivery of the phrase "fairy tales"
I'm going to see BEYONCÈ in four hours, I can't have this mystery distracting me the whole time nOOOOO
BlueBadger
Banned
I'm probably only saying this as a Swiftie, but it wasn't "Today Was a Fairytale", right...? :3
You Know Nothing
Member
Leona Lewis
Banned
Nope
It's actually more like a sensual R&B rhythm and the "fairy tale" or "fairy tales" phrase is drawn out all seductive like. The voice sounds kind of robotic and auto-tuned a bit, but for stylistic effect if I remember...
BlueBadger
Banned
Nope
It's actually more like a sensual R&B rhythm and the "fairy tale" or "fairy tales" phrase is drawn out all seductive like. The voice sounds kind of robotic and auto-tuned a bit, but for stylistic effect if I remember...
The only other song I can remember with the phrase "fairy tales" in it is a Sara Bareilles song.. o__o I doubt it's her tho.
Leona Lewis
Banned
And the song has kind of a sinister, sexy vibe.
Speaking of sexy, your voice! You can sing, boy <3
Nope
It's actually more like a sensual R&B rhythm and the "fairy tale" or "fairy tales" phrase is drawn out all seductive like. The voice sounds kind of robotic and auto-tuned a bit, but for stylistic effect if I remember...
Searching for songs that match your description, I stumbled upon this, which is obviously not the track you were hoping for, but it's kind of a minor bop with some really strange, vocal overlays of emulated cat purrs, echoing meows, and yelps. LOL
[edit]
I think I might actually like this. The vocal has a very The Wallflowers vibe with more prominent guitar and bass elements.
BlueBadger
Banned
I...! o___o Oh my! Thank you very much!! <3 I'm definitely blushing right meow... :O!
Leona Lewis
Banned
Oh god, it was that new JLo song "Emotions"
:-}
Sounded much better in my head than in reality.
:-}
Sounded much better in my head than in reality.
Where can we hear you sing?
edit: Leona what did u think of my sloppy soundcloud mix?
:death:
Let's all relive those seductive notes.
But, like you said earlier, if only someone else sang that song... And if only the lyrics were different...
BlueBadger
Banned
Where can we hear you sing?
edit: Leona what did u think of my sloppy soundcloud mix?
Well besides my EP which is coming out next month or so, I have a YouTube channel actually o___o.
Uhm.. http://www.youtube.com/scaccia92
I hope your ears don't bleed LOL!!
Gravelord made me stay up all night to listen to Lana Del Rey and Katy B one time and if my ears didn't bleed from THAT then you have no worries.
Beyonce Beytwice
Member
Good Lordt, you are amazing.
I don't believe in fairy tales..
I don't believe in fairy tales..
I don't believe in fairy tales,
but I believe in you and me!
BlueBadger
Banned
LOOLLL!! That must mean you're not much of a fan of either, ja? Haha!Gravelord made me stay up all night to listen to Lana Del Rey and Katy B one time and if my ears didn't bleed from THAT then you have no worries.
Who me...? o____o!!waiT you're cute
I'm totally speechless ;___; Thank you for your kind words!! :')
Majmun
Member
Beyonce Beytwice
Member
I don't think it's a coincidence both our nicknames have the same initials... BB... It was written in the stars!
Congrats bb/BB, I am now your loyal and devoted stan.
BlueBadger
Banned
Omg that gif LOLLLL!! My mouth is huge X_XOMG you do the Mariah hand motions along with the good voice!!! A+mazing!!!!!! You sing really well!!!
Slay!!!!
Wahh though, thank you so much!! That's so sweet of you <333 All the kindness is making my face red :')
I also happen to be a huge Mariah fan so thank you so much for that compliment :').
Wow.. My goodness thank you so much :')!!
Gasp!! You're right!! It must totally be fate or something!! <3 <3!
Wow thank you so much! :3 I'm honored! I won't let you down! hehe!
See, BlueBadger? I told you PopGAF is the place to be
Slay as per!
Hahaha you're too sweet! <3 Thanks bb, you da best!
Weapxn
Mikkelsexual
I totally agree with the first two. Especially Hostage. I mean, what. the. fuck, Sia. But those other three, really?! They're far from Trash. Especially Fire Meets Gasoline and Free The Animal. Oof. I love FTA, although I suppose I can see how the distortion bothers you...
Never Forever
Member
Apparently this may be the Black Widow single cover?
My favourite film of all time combined with the best song off the New Classic? ❤️❤️❤️
I'm here for yet another iconic music video
My favourite film of all time combined with the best song off the New Classic? ❤️❤️❤️
I'm here for yet another iconic music video
BlueBadger
Banned
Omg I love Rita Ora :O
Apparently this may be the Black Widow single cover?
My favourite film of all time combined with the best song off the New Classic? ❤️❤️❤️
I'm here for yet another iconic music video
Gaga's impact
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