The History Of Pop Part 46 aka You and me baby aint nothin but mammals

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

In a hard-fought and popular Now 45 poll, Kelis beat Daphne and Celeste by two votes. In Now 46, Britney is back, Kylie is back, Aaliyah is back, and so is Billie (now with surname), but the big debut - in future direction if not in ticks - is Coldplay.


[Poll #733725]


ATTICK ATTACK

Comments

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[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I like Aaliyah. But I honestly can't remember how this song goes.

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[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Dude! It is AMAZING. I will play it to you tonight.

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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

"I'm into you, you're into me, but I can't let it go, so easily, not til I see, how this could be - could be eternity, or just a week; but if at first you don't succeed, dust yourself off and try again, you can dust it off and try again, try again" (acid squelch bass)

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[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The key bit being ACID SQUELCH BASS.

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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

The bit where everything except the acid bass drops out fucks with your head through headphones.

I think her vocal performance is absolutely beautiful too, she really nails the in-limbo situation, the emotional intensity of Playing It Cool, playing the game &c

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[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Acid squelch = u+k. Hearing this the first time was one of my grebt uber-wtf-is-THIS pop moments.

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[cis.livejournal.com]

it was the first Aaliyah song i recognised as being Aaliyah! Timbaland production - he starts it off, it's been a long time, we shouldn'ta left you, without a dope beat to step to, step step, step to, step to... and then she sings the verses sandwiched between standard timba click-twitch beats and low acid squelch, and on the chorus there's this lost-sounding synth flute ghosting around, hum-like chorus of her own voice harmonising around her, the whole thing's very contained and calm and cold and amazing.

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[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

OH THAT ONE!

hahahaha. ok, i'll go back and tick it then...

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[cis.livejournal.com]

SUCCESS.

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[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

i haf also sent kat in yr direction, sing it to her too!!

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[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Same for me, although I should probably say "only." There's one other, I think, but I can't remember it.

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[cis.livejournal.com]

more than a woman?

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[zenith.livejournal.com]

Hoho, for some reason this reminds me that when I first got into this song I was still clinging to that "I only like RUFF RUGGED RAW hip hop!" nonsense pose, therefore I only listened to the remix which had D! M! X! ROFF! on it. Ruffles.