My three eliminated favs all in a row! I'm still a lil salty.
Well, sorry.
But it's about to get even more salty...
38. Love Must Carry On
Score: 6,565.
Highest Score: 10 x 3 (
@tylerc904 ,
@TrainJumper , Totto )
Lowest Score: 3 x 3 (
@Conan ,
@iheartpoptarts ,
@Utopia )
That was such an instant favorite of mine when I listened to the album. So 90 RnB, I love it. They sound gorgeous on it, as well. In fact, I remember thinking it was a much better ballad than 'Breathe You In', although it did make less sense as a "final single" in a way. Is that just me? I love it, either way.
Tylerc904 sort of disagrees with me as he says that he loves
"the alternating chorus vocals. Wished this was the "ballad" single at the time, if there had to be one. Though it isn't super-ballad-like". Well, that's exactly why I thought 'Breathe You In' made more sense as the final single. The delivery at the end strikes with more oopmh when they all go for it, whereas 'Love Must Carry On' is much more subtle (but also better, so I get your point!).
Two of you guys noted a particular part of the song. First of,
Totto as he comments
"I swear to god I almost cried listing to this. “ You got a certain way to make me glow”, especially when Mandy sings it." Yesss, thot-to, you better stan for Mandy's vocals! I do agree her delivery is lush here. Totto awarded it a 10, but
DJHazey wasn't as kind, although he was charmed by the same part of the song. "I can see this slowie being a fan favorite, but it's not too exciting for me. They've done this kind of song better throughout their discography, well maybe not with acoustics but still. It has some highlights, like "you have a certain way to make me glow, can't let you gooo-ohhh" and the way the chorus finishes with that fresh beat climbing into the song. There just isn't enough grabbing me otherwise, but it's still gorgeous enough to earn a high score." Not exactly a fan-favorite if it leaves at #39, but I see your point.
iheartpoptarts thinks
"this sounds like it belongs on their “We just came off a talent show and don’t have any good songs yet” album. Not their fourth. Huh?"...Well, funny you should mention that as
TrainJumper reveals piece of history I - myself - didn't even know :
"This was, by the way, a Temptation reject. Yes, a nearly 10 year old made the cut. The demo was sung a girl named Romina who was also one of the finalists back when popstars was on". Well, fuck me, I didn't know that! It sure as hell is better than the ballads on 'Temptation' so how odd! He pursues :
"I remember when my 19 year old self cried while listening to this cause bf didn’t reply back and thought he'd break up with me hahaha." Awwwww, poor you!
plasticFANTASTIC deems it
"sort of beautiful", he continues and says
"the girls made a lot of fuss about how on this album they wanna go back to a more earthy approach and leave the heavy autotune behind for the most part and they did succeed in achieving that goal". Well, you could have given it a better score then, hun! Either way,
eyeline , on the other hand, describe it as
"generic but still nice".
Again, for our final comment :
Sprockrooster - who happens to like the song! I'm shocked (really) :
"Amazing adlibs. Great work ladies."