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Wouldn't it be funny if HAIM beat off the rest of Masseduction.
Don’t even put this idea into the universe.
COMPLETE - The Indie/Alt Pop/Not-quite-'Mainstream'-but-still-accessible Girls 2017 Rate!!1
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Don’t even put this idea into the universe.
I was about to @constantino saying he forgot my 10 then I double checked and I GAVE IT A 9???
I'm
so sorry
I'm
so sorry
Wouldn't it be funny if HAIM beat off the rest of Masseduction.
No, but it would be funny if they beat the rest of Number 1 Angel
No, but it would be funny if they beat the rest of Number 1 Angel
I swear to god y'all.
I knew this was gonna happen but all the low scorers can still slow dance all the way off a cliff.36. St Vincent - Slow Disco
Not to worry! After a little bit of digging, I managed to find it!
http://www.metatube.com/en/videos/366401/St-Vincent-Slow-Disco-JF/
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Pills is out?????
People dragging Annie for “social commentary” when it was her personal experience with mental illness.
People dragging Annie for “social commentary” when it was her personal experience with mental illness.
Okay but Let Me Love You is amazing and I’d love to hear Lana on something more similar to that dead eyed horny vixen approach.
Okay but she didn't even use this approach on Lust for Life.
Dddd I was referring to Ariana.
DDDDDddddddd I read it as 'similar to that than her dead eyed horny vixen approach.'
When you read your own faves.
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I was about to @constantino saying he forgot my 10 then I double checked and I GAVE IT A 9???
I'm
so sorry
Same.
(I listened to Masseduction for the first time for this rate and it has grown a lot on me since then... I would definitely give Slow Disco a 10 now.)
I was about to @constantino saying he forgot my 10 then I double checked and I GAVE IT A 9???
I'm
so sorry
WELL IT'S TOO LATE NOW
I've been loosely following along but need to verbalise how angry I am that Drugs has already left. Every time I wander into the thread my mind darts back to the traumatic elimination and I can't get over it nn. It's crept up as a clear favourite from Number 1 Angel and one of Charli's best overall. I don't get what y'all don't get about it. It's so hypnotically sinister, always demands another play.
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Agree with all of this, my second favourite song in the whole entire rate.
Yeah add me to this emerging queue of irate Drugs stans. It got done the dirtiest out of any other elimated song.
Me @ this song for the last 10~ eliminations
35. MUNA - End Of Desire
Average: 7.86
High: 10 x 6 (@2014 @dylanaber @Animalia @Jonathan27 @Lila @Fantasy)
Low: 5 x 3 (@mokitsu @Jwentz @Stradiwhovius)
My score: 7
10 voters in: 41
20 voters in: 32
30 voters in: 40
40 voters in: 33
50 voters in: 33
60 voters in: 34
Apologies to those of you who are fans of this song (of the shit that I've seen, it doesn't have that many), because this will be my worst write up yet. This song only got six 10s out of 63 voters (flop!) and that alone should tell you that this is out of its depth and has no business being top 40. Heroin didn't die for this. Change didn't die for this. Johnny didn't die for this.
Now, that's not to say that this song is awful; in fact, it's rather nice...but top 40? I don't see it for her. She's not that kind of girl. She doesn't have the range. This is a fairly uninteresting, albeit polished synth pop song on an album full of exceptional synth pop songs. The worst thing about this song is that it is SAFE. It's SAFE and y'all rewarded its SAFE-ness by chunking it a 7/8 by default whilst tanking songs that actually attempted something interesting. I was only guilty of the former because my giving something a 7 in this rate is the equivalent of a 4.
After some research (emphasis on 'some'), I found fuck-all trivia or interviews for this song online, but what I did find was a piece on the lyric video on OUT magazine, so enjoy:
Queer Los Angeles band MUNA has been releasing weekly lyric videos from their album, About U, all of which tug heavily at our heartstrings. These clips have been ambiguous vignettes, created by filmmakers Isaac Schneider and Wyatt Winborne, and this week’s installment for "End of Desire" offers a relatable story about bringing home your queer lover for the first time.
In the video, we see a young women, who's visiting her family and bringing her girlfriend along—a simple narrative, but one that's often intimidating for new queer relationships. As the story plays out, MUNA's chorus repeats the lyrics, “Are you taking me home?” This insecure, walls-down question reminds viewers that "home" for queers is often not where we can be ourselves—where our desires reach an end, as the song suggests.
The girls eventually excuse themselves to find solace in one another, before ultimately deciding to run away together. Do our relationships allow us to run away from our own pasts, our own insecurities and inability to be ourselves? Or are they doomed to fail if we can’t overcome our inner saboteurs? The band's song fades away, “My love, are you taking me home?” raising a question that almost all queer people must answer at some point—can we bring our lives home, if we've never feel comfortable in our homes?
Disappointingly, most of you how submitted comments for this were complementary:
Trouble In Paradise (6) opted for a harsher version of my metaphor when comparing it to Crying...: This just feels like a lesser “Crying on the Bathroom Floor.” Similar beat and production, but less powerful lyrics and lacking a standout moment. Tea!
Bleedingheart80 (7) ain’t bothered: Not really much to say about this one. Same!
Michael17 (7.5) actually hits the nail of the head for once: Sounds like a soundtrack to the inside of an H&M or maybe a Zara. Has a nice lightness about it, but still a bit safe. Pleasant.
Happiestgirl (8) stans everyone’s favourite high street organic cosmetics retailer by calling this beauty of a track ‘so lush’. End Of Desire WISHES.
GimmeWork (8): Those fast synths and breathy vocals are a heavenly combo! But...you heard the rest of the album right?
sfmartin (8): An excellent chorus, but very similar sound to the rest of the album. [Azealia voice] That chorus is not excellent.[/]
Haps (8.5) has it all figured out...just one problem: I’m thinking about driving countryside on endless roads and I like it. Just need a car.
A complete throwback, it is very headstrong and honest, making it also the strongest offering of About U. Following a similar approach to “Crying On The Bathroom Floor” but a bit faster and more uplifting.
Kalonite (9) has a conspiracy: God is a lesbian confirmed
Bangers&Bops (8.5) also acknowledges the superiority of Crying...: A complete throwback, it is very headstrong and honest, making it also the strongest offering of About U. Following a similar approach to “Crying On The Bathroom Floor” but a bit faster and more uplifting.
Fantasy (10) must of been hallucinating with all this praise, but I'll let him be great: One of the most high-spirited and uplifting tracks on MUNA’s album. There is something trance-like about the chorus and Katie’s mellow vocals are gorgeous. There is something so hopeful about it, like even if deep down you know things aren’t going to work out the way you wish they could, there’s still that tiny glimmer of hope burning inside your mind.
35. MUNA - End Of Desire
Average: 7.86
High: 10 x 6 (@2014 @dylanaber @Animalia @Jonathan27 @Lila @Fantasy)
Low: 5 x 3 (@mokitsu @Jwentz @Stradiwhovius)
My score: 7
10 voters in: 41
20 voters in: 32
30 voters in: 40
40 voters in: 33
50 voters in: 33
60 voters in: 34
Apologies to those of you who are fans of this song (of the shit that I've seen, it doesn't have that many), because this will be my worst write up yet. This song only got six 10s out of 63 voters (flop!) and that alone should tell you that this is out of its depth and has no business being top 40. Heroin didn't die for this. Change didn't die for this. Johnny didn't die for this.
Now, that's not to say that this song is awful; in fact, it's rather nice...but top 40? I don't see it for her. She's not that kind of girl. She doesn't have the range. This is a fairly uninteresting, albeit polished synth pop song on an album full of exceptional synth pop songs. The worst thing about this song is that it is SAFE. It's SAFE and y'all rewarded its SAFE-ness by chunking it a 7/8 by default whilst tanking songs that actually attempted something interesting. I was only guilty of the former because my giving something a 7 in this rate is the equivalent of a 4.
After some research (emphasis on 'some'), I found fuck-all trivia or interviews for this song online, but what I did find was a piece on the lyric video on OUT magazine, so enjoy:
Queer Los Angeles band MUNA has been releasing weekly lyric videos from their album, About U, all of which tug heavily at our heartstrings. These clips have been ambiguous vignettes, created by filmmakers Isaac Schneider and Wyatt Winborne, and this week’s installment for "End of Desire" offers a relatable story about bringing home your queer lover for the first time.
In the video, we see a young women, who's visiting her family and bringing her girlfriend along—a simple narrative, but one that's often intimidating for new queer relationships. As the story plays out, MUNA's chorus repeats the lyrics, “Are you taking me home?” This insecure, walls-down question reminds viewers that "home" for queers is often not where we can be ourselves—where our desires reach an end, as the song suggests.
The girls eventually excuse themselves to find solace in one another, before ultimately deciding to run away together. Do our relationships allow us to run away from our own pasts, our own insecurities and inability to be ourselves? Or are they doomed to fail if we can’t overcome our inner saboteurs? The band's song fades away, “My love, are you taking me home?” raising a question that almost all queer people must answer at some point—can we bring our lives home, if we've never feel comfortable in our homes?
Disappointingly, most of you how submitted comments for this were complementary:
Trouble In Paradise (6) opted for a harsher version of my metaphor when comparing it to Crying...: This just feels like a lesser “Crying on the Bathroom Floor.” Similar beat and production, but less powerful lyrics and lacking a standout moment. Tea!
Bleedingheart80 (7) ain’t bothered: Not really much to say about this one. Same!
Michael17 (7.5) actually hits the nail of the head for once: Sounds like a soundtrack to the inside of an H&M or maybe a Zara. Has a nice lightness about it, but still a bit safe. Pleasant.
Happiestgirl (8) stans everyone’s favourite high street organic cosmetics retailer by calling this beauty of a track ‘so lush’. End Of Desire WISHES.
GimmeWork (8): Those fast synths and breathy vocals are a heavenly combo! But...you heard the rest of the album right?
sfmartin (8): An excellent chorus, but very similar sound to the rest of the album. [Azealia voice] That chorus is not excellent.[/]
Haps (8.5) has it all figured out...just one problem: I’m thinking about driving countryside on endless roads and I like it. Just need a car.
A complete throwback, it is very headstrong and honest, making it also the strongest offering of About U. Following a similar approach to “Crying On The Bathroom Floor” but a bit faster and more uplifting.
Kalonite (9) has a conspiracy: God is a lesbian confirmed
Bangers&Bops (8.5) also acknowledges the superiority of Crying...: A complete throwback, it is very headstrong and honest, making it also the strongest offering of About U. Following a similar approach to “Crying On The Bathroom Floor” but a bit faster and more uplifting.
Fantasy (10) must of been hallucinating with all this praise, but I'll let him be great: One of the most high-spirited and uplifting tracks on MUNA’s album. There is something trance-like about the chorus and Katie’s mellow vocals are gorgeous. There is something so hopeful about it, like even if deep down you know things aren’t going to work out the way you wish they could, there’s still that tiny glimmer of hope burning inside your mind.
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Yeah End of Desire could have gone like 10-20 eliminations ago. It’s completely fine but beige. I think not giving it commentary said more than my words could.
Initially I saw this as one of the less remarkable About U songs, I now think it's probably the best-written thing in their discography. Those verses have so many killer lines, and it has such a beautifully precise and evocative narrative whose components all come together in a way that I often find myself just luxuriating in... A shame it's not more well-liked, although I get that it maybe its sound lacks a certain momentum compared to a lot of favourites.
End of Desire is essential. It’s the eye of the storm, the hands up moment of surrender when you stop swimming against the tide. The verses are gorgeous, particularly the latter half of the second one:
Taking all I have left
In exchange for a death
That is painless
That will make me new
It just...ends me, every time. Especially across an album where both individuals hurt one another endlessly, to have a quiet moment where nothing needs to matter.
Taking all I have left
In exchange for a death
That is painless
That will make me new
It just...ends me, every time. Especially across an album where both individuals hurt one another endlessly, to have a quiet moment where nothing needs to matter.