I mentioned a couple of suggestions for future listens in the Bowie thread last week so will repeat them here, where they might get a wider audience.
Garbage - Version 2.0
Erasure - Chorus
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Planned for future listens:
ABBA - The Visitors
Mariah Carey - Butterfly
Kylie - Impossible Princess or Fever
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
...and various other suggestions. Feel free to add more suggestions here.
Gimme More, and the whole album really, is like being spurred on by various stimulants to go with the hottest guy you've ever seen in real life and in porn even though you know he has 1 or 5 STDs.
the last two are pretty much even for me. I enjoy about 50% of those albums , the rest is not particularly listenable for me. BJ gets a mark down I guess for having a different vocalist on the majority of the tracks.
the top six are varying degrees of very good. The top three are in a league of their own.
BJ's lows are arguably worse ("Don't Cry", "Brightest Morning Star", and "Chillin With You" anyone?) But "Work Bitch", "Alien", "Til It's Gone", "Passenger", "Hold on Tight", even blatant second rate Avicii rip-off "Now That I Found You" ,are enjoyable.BJ (tee hee) is abysmal and it's miles far worse than BOMT just because the latter's singles run was pretty epic even though Sometimes isn't that great and FTBOMBH is her least memorable single but Baby, Crazy and Born are undeniable plus throw in Soda Pop just for the sheer ridiculousness of it.
Whenever it was released, it was, you know, very ahead of its time and whatnot.
Why are we discussing Myah Marie's songs here?BJ's lows are arguably worse ("Don't Cry", "Brightest Morning Star", and "Chillin With You" anyone?) But "Work Bitch", "Alien", "Til It's Gone", "Passenger", "Hold on Tight", even blatant second rate Avicii rip-off "Now That I Found You" ,are enjoyable.
"I can proudly say it was ahead of its time, to be honest. It wasn't so commercialized. You had to really be a music lover, be a true fan of music and the love of being open to really appreciate that record. It's just a special piece in my body of work that will forever live on. The older the record gets the more people will come to appreciate it actually and check it out."Whenever it was released, it was, you know, very ahead of its time and whatnot.
I highly recommend the It's Britney Bitch podcast (year 2013) for a detailed account of Marie's contributions to BJ!Why are we discussing Myah Marie's songs here?
Yes! An ENTIRE CAREER of Moroder ft. Britney - Tom's DinerIt also promised an artist Britney could have evolved into had they not adjusted her meds, and engineered a pure pop comeback. I would have been here for a "distressed dance diva", cyphering her way through experimental pop cuts with minimal vocal effort.
Inshariah *praying emoji*Are we doing Mariah next?
I was just thinking about Tom's Diner. This is exactly who I wish she'd become, musically speaking.Yes! An ENTIRE CAREER of Moroder ft. Britney - Tom's Diner
The irony being that Bionic SHOULD have been her Blackout. Ultimately, Britney probably ended up having better albums over the course of their first decade. Stripped was as much of an anomaly as tonight's album of choice."I can proudly say it was ahead of its time, to be honest. It wasn't so commercialized. You had to really be a music lover, be a true fan of music and the love of being open to really appreciate that record. It's just a special piece in my body of work that will forever live on. The older the record gets the more people will come to appreciate it actually and check it out."
Are we doing Mariah next?
Half n half G&TWhat is the appropriate tipple for this?
ValiumWhat is the appropriate tipple for this?
That's GHB and meth, obviously.Half n half G&T
What is the appropriate tipple for this?