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Post by @DiegoMarcondes_ on Nov 24, 2008 8:46:25 GMT -5
Yeah, has leaked.... you can find as "I don't Know" too... I think it's not the final version... =/ Listen to it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiej6axjGFEThe Fear LyricsI want to be rich and I want lots of money I don’t care about clever I don’t care about funny I want loads of clothes and f**kloads of diamonds I heard people die while they are trying to find them I'll take my clothes off and it will be shameless 'Cause everyone knows that’s how you get famous I'll look at the sun and I'll look in the mirror I'm on the right track yeah I'm on to a winner I don't know what’s right and what’s real anymore I don't know how I’m meant to feel anymore When we think it will all become clear 'Cause I’m being taken over by fear Life’s about film stars and less about mothers It's all about fast cars and passing each other But it doesn't matter cause I’m packing plastic and that’s what makes my life so f**king fantastic And I am a weapon of massive consumption and its not my fault it's how I'm program to function I'll look at the sun and I'll look in the mirror I'm on the right track yeah I'm on to a winner I don't know what’s right and what’s real anymore I don't know how I’m meant to feel anymore When we think it will all become clear 'Cause I’m being taken over by fear Forget about guns and forget ammunition Cause I'm killing them all on my own little mission Now I'm not a saint but I’m not a sinner Now everything is cool as long as I'm getting thinner I don't know what’s right and what’s real anymore I don't know how I’m meant to feel anymore When we think it will all become clear 'Cause I’m being taken over by fear Very good Lyrics!
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Post by ashley on Nov 24, 2008 9:54:34 GMT -5
It didn't leak, she put it on her myspace quite a while ago.
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Post by Bl@hBl@hBl@h on Nov 25, 2008 10:54:13 GMT -5
All her songs are cleverly written. Say what you want about her, but she's talented. You can't deny that. Plus, she looks good in those pics. Much better than she looked earlier this year.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2008 16:45:24 GMT -5
"The Fear" is really good and the video looks great! This album is shaping up to be just as good as Alright, Still.
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Post by Gray. on Nov 26, 2008 21:59:15 GMT -5
Her hair looks great and I'm excited for the video. I like "Fear" a lot.
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Post by Nevermind on Nov 27, 2008 11:51:05 GMT -5
20 things you need to know about the new Lily Allen album 1. We've been listening to this rather a lot over the last week or two and the findings of our in depth research are that it is really extremely good: funny, sad, clever and accessible with big tunes and fresh, sometimes unique production. 2. If you liked the synthy direction of the tracks Lily has been posting on her MySpace over the last year or so you're in luck - about four or five of the tracks here fall into that category. That's one of the album's three distinct sounds. 3. Sound number two is the dreaded (but in Lily's hands not unpleasant) genre of 'acousticy'. 4. Finally, a handful of tracks echo the fairgroundish sonic playfulness of 'Alfie' from the last album. 5. 'Him' is a song about God (NO WAIT COME BACK) which ponders what He gets up to in His spare time, and suspects that despite all these things we don't know about Him it's fair to assume He's a bit bored of the whole killing each other business. So while the verses wonder about whether He drives without insurance, whether he's been done for tax evasion, whether he can remember people's names or whether he's taken smack or cocaine - climaxing with the fantastic couplet "I don't imagine He's ever been suicidal, His favourite band is Creedence Clearwater Revivial" - the chorus is less jovial: "ever since He can remember people have died in his good name, long before that September, long before hijacking planes. He's lost the will he can't decide, he doesn't know who's right or wrong, but there's one thing that he's sure of - this has been going on too long". No doubt this song will be interpreted as being wildly controversial and while there's no doubt that Lily knows what she's doing it's all beautifully phrased. Its classic Allen, really - having a laugh then catching you off guard. 6. A song called '22' finds Lily looking at the life of a celebrity and wondering where it all went wrong - "I see that look in her face, she's got that look in her eye, she's thinking how did I get here and wondering why". There'll be assumptions about who this song is about but we don't know one way or the other so we'll leave that to other people. 7. The album's called 'It's Not Me, It's You', by the way. 8. The first single, 'The Fear', is out in January. It's one of the tracks Lily posted on her MySpace ages ago. It could be adopted as an anthem for a generation of London-based microcelebrities whose lives revolve around appearances in freesheet newspapers - a celebration of defiant self-belief followed by crushing doubt and worthlessness. So you get "it doesn't matter cos I'm packing plastic, and that's what makes my life so fucking fantastic, and I am a weapon of massive consumption, it's not my fault it's how I'm programmed to function", then you get "I don't know what's right and what's real any more, I don't know how I'm meant to feel any more, and when do you think it will all become clear? Cos I'm being taken over by the fear". The Girls Aloud fans among you will know what we mean when we say that it's all a bit 'Swinging London Town'. 9. We also like 'Not Fair', which might have been aiming for a Last Shadow Puppets 'vibe' but really hurls itself headfirst into our favourite new genre: Stupid Country. It's a song about not getting banged senseless quite to one's liking: "I'm feeling pretty damn hard done by, I spent ages giving head", "there's just one thing that's getting in the way, when we go up to bed you're just no good" etc etc. 10. The whole album's been done with Greg Kurstin (Dragonette, All Saints, Kylie, Little Boots etc) which means that it hangs together in the way that albums are supposed to hang together, but Kurstin has more tricks than most ponies in the pop paddock so showcases various different types of knob-twiddling to keep things interesting. 11. 'Back To The Start' is a song about growing up and realising you don't hate people, and that it's all better when everyone just gets along and so on. In this track Lily explores the silly decisions we make in life, like so: "when we were growing up you always looked like you were having such fun - you always were and you always will be the taller and prettier one. People seem to love you, they gravitate towards you, that's why I started to hate you so much." ...And then there's a half-rapped, half-sung, generally-trilled chorus asking for forgiveness and wondering whether it's too late to go back to the start and try again. Which is a beautiful sentiment. 12. 'Fuck You', previously known as 'GWB' and 'Guess Who Batman', is Lily's big political rant against George W Bush. It might have seemed quite daring when it was written but with a new President already picking out curtains for the White House you can't help but feel that the world has now moved on and that the song (still a few months from release) might have been better off with a bit of a lyrical spring clean. It wouldn't have taken much, just a few changes of tense here and there. Still, the tune, from its Carpenters-meets-Theme-From-Neighbours intro to the incredible "fuck you, fuck you very very much" chorus, is irresistably fun and sweary. Sample lyric: "do you get a little kick out of being small minded? You want to be like your father, it's approval you're after, well that's not how you find it. Do you really enjoy living a life that's so hateful? 'Cos there's a hole where your heart should be you're losing control a bit and it's really distasteful. You say you think we need to go to war. Well, we're already in one". *Ben Elton face* 13. What with this being a second album, 'Chinese' is the obligatory on-the-road/missing-everyone-back-home tune. One of the things we like about this track, and a few others on the album, is that it looks at one of the criticisms levelled at Lily and the slew of girls who charted in her slipstream ("it's all just songs about sitting around doing nothing") and doesn't give a shit. Instead, it throws the criticism back by celebrating the joy of sitting around doing nothing in a warm, romantic and likeable way. Here is how it goes: "I see you from the sky and I wonder how long it will take for me to get home. I wait for an hour or so at the carousel, I have a cigarette to pass the time because the traffic's hell. I don't want anything more than to see your face when you open the door - you make me beans on toast and a nice cup of tea, we'll get a Chinese and watch TV". Blub-o-rama etc. (This all depends on whether you like Lily or not - if you're not a fan you'll probably want her to be sitting on that baggage carousel crying for eight hours.) 14. The album finishes with a nice song about Lily's dad Keith. "I'm so pleased I never gave up on him - although you wouldn't believe some of the things he did. Everyone said you have to give him some, and I'm glad I gave it to him cos now everything's fine." V nice. 15. Never Gonna Happen has got AN ACCORDION IN IT. 16. 'Who'd Of Known' is the one Lily had on her MySpace with Take That's 'Shine' chorus. (It's lovely.) 17. We don't know what the sleeve will look like - chances are it won't look much like our shit screengrab of an iTunes music folder. 18. We're beginning to regret this '20 things' idea now. 19. Still, almost there. 20. In summary, at the end of one of our longest and most shoddily written Popjustice posts of recent times, this album is a big relief and incredibly enjoyable, and it's still getting better with every listen. The lyrical themes range from the sublime to the ridiculous, but nobody says this sort of stuff quite like Lily Allen. Most people never even say it at all. After what seems like a lifetime of pointless media coverage and a truly woeful television programme it's great to have Lily back on popstar duty and we reckon the material here is strong enough to remind a lot of people why they liked her in the first place.
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Post by vinyl on Nov 27, 2008 19:15:57 GMT -5
Yeah, definitely more serious... but it seems pretty darn witty. Can't wait.
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Post by **βécky**™ on Dec 1, 2008 19:57:54 GMT -5
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Post by vinyl on Dec 1, 2008 20:58:02 GMT -5
Disappointed... hopefully it grows on me.
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Post by CammyCan on Dec 1, 2008 21:00:20 GMT -5
The remastered "The Fear" doesn't sound much different from "I Don't Know", but it's still great. Still wish "I Could Say" was the first single though, it might be my favorite Lily song ever. I hope it's album at least. Edit: Didn't see that PJ article above. YAY it's on the album !
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Post by sam998899 on Dec 2, 2008 5:28:57 GMT -5
Wooo!
Seeing her on tour in march!
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Post by K. on Dec 2, 2008 10:20:04 GMT -5
I like the new single quite a bit. :)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2008 12:22:56 GMT -5
Sounds great in HQ. I am slightly worried that it may not be upbeat enough, but hopefully the strong melody and lyrics will compensate for that in the attention-grabbing stakes.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2008 14:21:44 GMT -5
Oh my God she was HILARIOUS on Radio 1 yesterday.
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Post by ashley on Dec 3, 2008 13:59:37 GMT -5
The Fear is C list on Radio 1. Hopefully it can move to B list before the Christmas freeze!
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Post by **βécky**™ on Dec 4, 2008 9:52:38 GMT -5
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Post by ashley on Dec 4, 2008 10:19:25 GMT -5
Nice vid, but she doesn't look very into it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2008 13:07:41 GMT -5
What an utterly wonderful video. Very Goldfrapp-esque. Nice vid, but she doesn't look very into it. She never really does though, does she? lol
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Post by kcchica on Dec 5, 2008 10:12:38 GMT -5
I like this new song...she looks really good. I liked the other album title better though...it was so cheeky. Very interested in hearing the rest of this album.
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Post by ashley on Dec 5, 2008 22:28:07 GMT -5
What an utterly wonderful video. Very Goldfrapp-esque. Nice vid, but she doesn't look very into it. She never really does though, does she? lol I s'pose not ;) I just expected a bit more attitude with lines like "that's what makes my life so fucking fantastic." It is a good video though, it's gonna get thrashed out on TV in the UK, especially with the lack of big releases at this time of year.
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Post by vinyl on Dec 5, 2008 22:41:53 GMT -5
The video is really cute.
And deleted, I'm only disappointed because I expected so much. I never said the song wasn't great! It's Lily Allen; of course it is. But I expected even more. ;)
Anyway it IS growing on me.
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Post by vinyl on Dec 7, 2008 15:39:37 GMT -5
Ok nevermind me it is just fucking fantastic.
As is Everyone's At It.
I think Lily is my soul sista.
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Post by busyboy on Dec 9, 2008 10:08:03 GMT -5
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Post by ashley on Dec 9, 2008 11:05:23 GMT -5
Is that real? Looks a bit fan made..
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Post by SHOOTER on Dec 9, 2008 11:56:49 GMT -5
I love it.
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Post by rydeordie on Dec 9, 2008 14:01:00 GMT -5
The cover would be nicer if they took the font and put it along the side of the cd front (like underneath the jewel casing)
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Post by vinyl on Dec 9, 2008 14:12:01 GMT -5
Yeah... the lettering is oddly positioned.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2008 18:17:34 GMT -5
I'd like it if she wasn't in a big 'L'. She looks great and the writing is fine, it's just the fact that she's inexplicably in a big 'L' that makes it look so cheap.
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Post by Kishi KCM on Dec 11, 2008 20:29:06 GMT -5
This album seems strange, different, and out of norm, which is great!!
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Post by K. on Dec 11, 2008 20:52:50 GMT -5
I think it's the background color that makes it look cheap.
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