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Post by bigb0882 on Sept 4, 2009 8:07:26 GMT -5
Ryan said Halo was the biggest song of his career and he referred to AG as the most beauitiful. Now Happy takes the cake. He is great at hyping his work but it probably leads to disappointment in the end when the song isn't the best thing ever produced.
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Post by Felicia on Sept 4, 2009 8:16:46 GMT -5
Well, judge the song by itself when it comes out, not according to what Ryan said.
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Post by Flashing Lights on Sept 4, 2009 8:41:16 GMT -5
Ryan said Halo was the biggest song of his career and he referred to AG as the most beauitiful. Now Happy takes the cake. He is great at hyping his work but it probably leads to disappointment in the end when the song isn't the best thing ever produced. I thought "Bleeding Love" was the biggest song of his career. ???
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Post by BrokenArrow on Sept 4, 2009 8:43:37 GMT -5
The best Ryan Tedder song is "Say"
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Post by Flare on Sept 4, 2009 10:20:20 GMT -5
The Big Leona Lewis Comeback Single: Is It Above Average? The whole idea of 'Happy' is 'bugger this I'm off'. The song begins with Leona singing that "someone once told me that you have to choose what you win or lose - you can't win everything". The advice, Leona explains, was not to take chances. Then Leona goes "but I can't stand by the side and watch this life pass me by, so unhappy but safe as could be". And then it all goes off (this will be the bit during the X Factor performance when the lights go on) and Leona blasts out "so what if it hurts me? So what if I break down? So what if this world just throws me off the edge, my feet run out of ground?" It is a proper goosebumps moment. She continues: "I've gotta find my place, I wanna hear my sound, don't care about all the pain in front of me, cos I'm just trying to be..." And then there's a split second pause as if she's trying to think of the right word, because 'happy' is too obvious, but at the same time it's all she wants, and it's all anyone really wants, so that's what she says. That's all very well love but that shirt's not going to iron itself. It starts off a bit (not very much like) 'Nothing Compares 2U'. It goes quiet LOUD quiet LOUD quiet LOUD quiet LOUD. This song is going to be responsible for the end of rather a few relationships. Hopefully there will be some sort of stand-by-your-man, let's-try-and-work-it-out song before Christmas to even things out, eh viewers??? It's amazing. Not just 'Popjustice' amazing but proper 'amazing' amazing. You can tell it comes from the same place as 'Bleeding Love' but it is not the same song and it doesn't sound like all Ryan Tedder's other big songs (ie the chorus isn't just "HAPPY HAPPY HAP-HAPPY HAPPY WHOA HAPPY-HAPPY"). There is a very very very minor hint of 'Battlefield' just before the second chorus but you'd have to be the ultimate tosspot to even think about arguing that it detracts from the song in any way at all. Imagine if 'Bleeding Love''s dad sat it down one day and said 'the thing is, 'Bleeding Love', before I met your mummy I was very much in love with another lady and we actually had a little baby together so - hey! - great news, 'Bleeding Love', you've got an older slightly more mature sister called 'Happy'", and then 'Bleeding Love' looks at 'Happy' and goes, "well, we look nothing alike but I suppose we're sort of similar", and dad says, "you've both got my eyes". And then they all go to the zoo together. That is what this song is like. iTunes thinks the promo CD is one of these, but it is not. Good vocal perfmance. 'It's a yes from us.' It is very empowered in a 'what happened when girl power grew up, forgot itself then remembered itself' sort of way and it's got a great "lights on full, massive choir appears on either side of stage" X Factor moment near the end. The press release is typically understated: "After winning the hearts and minds of the public in 2006 by winning the X Factor, Leona has gone on to conquer the world". In short: the Leona Lewis single is above average. A brilliant way to open the second album campaign and a proper world class piece of pop tuneage which doesn't have quite all the indecipherable mysterious magic of 'Bleeding Love' but still boasts more than 97% of other pop tunes. World exclusive first full proper play on Radio One this Sunday. www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4010&Itemid=206
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Post by ©!nful on Sept 4, 2009 10:21:57 GMT -5
AMAZING review. I'm so stoked for this.
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Post by jj99$ - - LeLe on Sept 4, 2009 10:23:19 GMT -5
great review.... cant wait for this....
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Post by Jack on Sept 4, 2009 10:25:01 GMT -5
Sounds great.
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Post by Felicia on Sept 4, 2009 10:27:25 GMT -5
Ugh I won't be around to hear it :( No internet connection, but I'm still excited!
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Post by Hefty Hanna on Sept 4, 2009 10:27:30 GMT -5
Ugh, I can't wait.
Judging by those songs iTunes thought 'Happy' was above, 'Happy' is going to clock in at a little over 4 minutes.
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Post by blurple on Sept 4, 2009 10:54:51 GMT -5
Sounds good!
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Post by ƒreakshow on Sept 4, 2009 11:18:53 GMT -5
Sounds good!
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Post by aTunes on Sept 4, 2009 11:25:08 GMT -5
Damn, wish I wouldn't of read that review. Now I'm dying to hear it.
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Post by S_Bunny on Sept 4, 2009 11:47:35 GMT -5
Fantastic review, seriously cant wait now. Sounds like its a balld, queue the 'She needs an uptempo!' 'She's just a one-trick poney ballad singer" when this comes out on Sunday
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Post by mattpalmermusic on Sept 4, 2009 12:26:52 GMT -5
Despite being pretty disappointed in her first release, I'm REALLY excited to hear this Sunday. Her voice is amazing, and hopefully this go round the songs will be just as good!
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Post by aTunes on Sept 4, 2009 12:27:16 GMT -5
Well Mariah went like 8 singles into her career before she released a real uptempo.
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Post by Hefty Hanna on Sept 4, 2009 12:51:03 GMT -5
'Someday' was a real uptempo, and didn't radio play a remix version of it?
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Post by ₫anny Jerz ♔ on Sept 4, 2009 13:28:03 GMT -5
'Someday' was a real uptempo, and didn't radio play a remix version of it? Yes, they also used the remix version for the music video. Radio played it more than the original I believe. Anyway, I love that single cover and the review sounds good. PopJustice hypes a lot of crap though so I'll take it with a grain of salt. I like the concept of the song - I can relate to it myself.
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Post by aTunes on Sept 4, 2009 13:55:46 GMT -5
I didn't even know there was a remix of Someday. The regular version is definitely mid-tempo.
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Post by rob17 on Sept 4, 2009 16:31:35 GMT -5
Weeeeell... it's called 'Happy' and it's a ballad. It was produced by Ryan Tedder - yes, he of 'Bleeding Love' and 'Battlefield' renown - and written by Tedder, E. Kidd Bogart and Leona herself. It clocks in at four minutes and two seconds. The piano-led verses are subdued and almost mournful, but the moment the chorus hits is - and this is a word that doesn't apply to many ballads - explosive. "So what if it hurts me? So what if I break down?" Leona sings. "So what if this world just throws me off the edge, my feet run out of ground?" Her response? So the hell what! "I don't care about all the pain in front of me, I'm just trying to be happy," she sings on the final line of the chorus. The song's message is essentially Seize The Day, Take A Chance In Life, Don't Be Afraid Of Moving On and Leona delivers it beautifully. In fact, her vocal run from 2.39 to 2.44 could be the most incredible five seconds of singing we've heard all year. So, as you'll have guessed by now, we're very impressed with 'Happy'. It's a really strong lead single that sounds like a number one, and a typically muscular production from Tedder, but above all it's a powerful and moving song. Next time some inconsiderate sod keeps stepping on your feet on the bus and doesn't apologise when you shoot him a look, this is what you'll play to cheer yourself up. It premieres this Sunday at 7pm on Radio 1. project.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a175848/whats-the-new-leona-lewis-single-like.html
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Post by leafgal on Sept 4, 2009 16:40:13 GMT -5
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Post by 212 on Sept 4, 2009 16:51:10 GMT -5
Leona comin to show them other female pop vocalists how it's done.
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Sept 4, 2009 16:51:55 GMT -5
Well Mariah went like 8 singles into her career before she released a real uptempo. Mariah released Someday, Emotions, and Make It Happen within her first 8 singles. I wouldn't call Someday a mid-tempo. Vision of Love, for sure, would be a mid-tempo.
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Post by S_Bunny on Sept 4, 2009 16:54:35 GMT -5
Another great review by Digital Spy. Confirms that its a ballad. Just Saturday left to go now, I can't wait.
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Post by EPG on Sept 4, 2009 16:59:26 GMT -5
I love that we on the Pacific Coast are 8 hours behind and will probably get to hear "Happy" before noon!
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Post by excel on Sept 4, 2009 17:02:44 GMT -5
Why did they call it a "comeback" single
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Post by ƒreakshow on Sept 4, 2009 17:05:04 GMT -5
It seems every first single is being referred to as a "comeback single" nowadays.
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Post by BrokenArrow on Sept 4, 2009 18:09:40 GMT -5
Another guy on PJ has heard it
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Post by rob17 on Sept 4, 2009 18:21:13 GMT -5
Sounds good to me.
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Post by leafgal on Sept 4, 2009 19:14:18 GMT -5
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