Nicholas2.0
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Apr 26, 2010 14:45:33 GMT -5
www.vimeo.com/11219730 (9-minute video) Holy sh**. :o :o I was literally clutching my hair with both hands after a certain point (you'll know when) all the way to the end, which cuts off abruptly with no resolution (which is probably the point). If Rage Against the Machine were still making new music, they'd probably have made a video this provocative a long time ago. Oh yeah, by the way, there's a song in there, too.
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Amnesiac
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Post by Amnesiac on Apr 26, 2010 15:19:50 GMT -5
I absolutely love the sample of "Ghost Rider" by Suicide in this song.
Is this going for adds? It'd be so cool if this went for adds, but I have no clue if stations would pick this up the way they did "Paper Planes".
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Post by onefrayedrepublic on Apr 26, 2010 15:29:30 GMT -5
I don't see music videos like that very often. Damn.
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Post by Ace on Apr 26, 2010 20:05:58 GMT -5
Wild is the only word I have for this one. Just when we thought we knew her sound and she had a mainstream breakthrough, she makes a drastic left turn. Can't wait for the album.
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Post by crash46 on Apr 26, 2010 23:49:32 GMT -5
Well. If there's ever a way to remind everyone you're still alive, I guess that's the way you do it.
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Nicholas2.0
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Apr 27, 2010 3:09:43 GMT -5
I absolutely love the sample of "Ghost Rider" by Suicide in this song. Oh, damn! I never retained the knowledge that they were the original artist that the Rollins Band covered on The Crow soundtrack. So I listened to the Suicide original for the first time tonight, and while it was obvious what M.I.A. took, I went ahead and listened to "Born Free" for the third time. And she didn't so much sample "Ghost Rider" as she looped it and built a new song on top of it, like she did with The Clash's "Straight to Hell." The first listen didn't do much for me, the second one was while watching the video, which caused a huge shift in my reaction to the song, and by the third listen, I actually liked it and may end up charting it. I'm a casual fan, in that I only like "Paper Planes," but I've had a burned copy of Arular for 3 years now. I tried to listen to it 2-3 times, but it really didn't do anything for me and it just seemed like she was being hyped for her musical ambition and life story than the actual resulting songs on the record. I pulled it back out last month, after reading that she was gearing up for her third album, but I don't think I made it the whole way through. I'm definitely more open-minded to it, now that her hype has finally subsided between album cycles. I'm trying to appreciate her more before the new disc comes out. Unfortunately, I just streamed the first half of Kala for the first time tonight and I had to shut if off and listen to something more enjoyable that didn't demand so much of my attention and patience. Is this going for adds? It'd be so cool if this went for adds, but I have no clue if stations would pick this up the way they did "Paper Planes". Yeah, I don't know. I'd love to see "Born Free" go for adds, but even if it did, I'd be pleasantly surprised if it racked up a triple-digit spin total in any given week. (Which might be enough to crack the Alternative Top 50 at the rate that chart is going, but that's another story...) Though MTV could never air "Born Free" without essentially neutering it (and understandably so), what I'd love is for the video to face off against Lady Gaga's "Telephone" at the VMAs this year and take the Video of the Year prize. "Telephone" pretty much had it in the bag (and still might, knowing MTV) before this came along.
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Post by Amnesiac on Apr 27, 2010 14:09:05 GMT -5
Alternative radio, especially those stations that I continually refer to on this board as "indie-leaning" would probably give this song a few spins if it went for adds. Wild is the only word I have for this one. Just when we thought we knew her sound and she had a mainstream breakthrough, she makes a drastic left turn. Can't wait for the album. M.I.A. has basically made her entire career out of drastic left turns. This song's sound isn't much of a shock to me.
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Post by Caviar on Apr 27, 2010 15:34:34 GMT -5
Good video!! :O :O
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Apr 27, 2010 17:20:34 GMT -5
Poor ginger's never catch a break
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Nicholas2.0
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on May 29, 2010 16:20:14 GMT -5
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Post by crash46 on May 29, 2010 18:29:07 GMT -5
Yeah, somebody needed to set her right. I love that Ms. Hirschberg not only did that, but doesn't feel the least bit sorry about it. And Maya's retort is the worst response to credibility-in-sudden-hot-water I've seen since Sammy Sosa got busted for using a corked bat and claimed "he uses a corked bat to hit HR's to the fans in batting practice and he forgot to switch back for the game".
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Post by GRRR on May 31, 2010 13:37:05 GMT -5
Whatever, the video is amazing. I'd rather hang out with M.I.A then Lynn Hirschberg anyday. Did this go for adds on Alternative?
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Post by Sir Benji on May 31, 2010 13:41:25 GMT -5
Lynn Hirschburg did nothing but patronize M.I.A. that article is so biased it's ridiculous anyway but i wanna ask the same as the poster above me did they send this for adds? and i hated this at first but it's grower i'm really loving this now
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Post by lockebox on May 31, 2010 13:46:21 GMT -5
This hasn't been sent for adds or recieved any airplay.
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