2hours 15 Posted November 26, 2012 LOVE them. It's Blitz is my favourite album. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NamiraWilhelm 5,043 Posted November 26, 2012 Yay yay yay! Great thread, although maybe it should be the Karen O thread so we could include her other shizzle. The album Fever to Tell, to me, is absolutely ridiculous. BECAUSE EVERY SONG IS AMAZEBALLS. Anyone else wish they'd do more covers? Their twist on songs 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2hours 15 Posted November 26, 2012 I wish Lana would cover Maps by them.. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sitar 22,208 Posted November 26, 2012 Yay yay yay! Great thread, although maybe it should be the Karen O thread so we could include her other shizzle. The album Fever to Tell, to me, is absolutely ridiculous. BECAUSE EVERY SONG IS AMAZEBALLS. Anyone else wish they'd do more covers? Their twist on songs I fully intend to discuss her in here, too When I heard "Diamond Sea", I just had to know what the original song was because it was so beautiful. And it's TOTALLY different. Also Karen's solo "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" blows me away. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NamiraWilhelm 5,043 Posted November 27, 2012 I fully intend to discuss her in here, too When I heard "Diamond Sea", I just had to know what the original song was because it was so beautiful. And it's TOTALLY different. Also Karen's solo "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" blows me away. I love Diamond Sea, she had me at the gentle 'hoo hoo hoo's at the beginning tbh. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madrigal 2,616 Posted November 27, 2012 Did we ever hear anything about Karen's solo record after 2005/6? Squeak E. Clean mentioned that he was producing it, but he also said that Show Your Bones was gonna be based off the life of a cat named "Coco Beware." Also, I don't know how many of you (besides Sitar, ofc) know about Unitard, but the one song we have from them is adorable. It was an acoustic duo made of Karen & Nick before the YYYs were officially formed, and they have an eight track album/EP that is notoriously hard to find. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sitar 22,208 Posted November 28, 2012 Did we ever hear anything about Karen's solo record after 2005/6? Squeak E. Clean mentioned that he was producing it, but he also said that Show Your Bones was gonna be based off the life of a cat named "Coco Beware." It became her "psycho opera", Stop the Virgens. (The source of the song "Duet".) They both talk about it in the video here (Sam Spiegel is "Squeak E. Clean"). Seven years ago, Karen O started working on an album that never saw the light of day. She came to realize the material “was much broader than… a rock record.” Heavily inspired by cinema and theater during her writing process, Karen says she always envisioned the record as more than just music but never had the right outlet for it. Finally, the manifestation of this introspective exercise comes in the form of a psycho-opera of sorts, entitled Stop the Virgens, which debuted last October in DUMBO at St. Ann’s Warehouse in conjunction with our Creators Project: New York event. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NamiraWilhelm 5,043 Posted November 28, 2012 Also, I don't know how many of you (besides Sitar, ofc) know about Unitard, but the one song we have from them is adorable. It was an acoustic duo made of Karen & Nick before the YYYs were officially formed, and they have an eight track album/EP that is notoriously hard to find. Is this the Year to be Hated EP? Eugh, total bitch to find, despite us having the track list! At least that one song gives people an idea... 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madrigal 2,616 Posted December 5, 2012 Is this the Year to be Hated EP? Eugh, total bitch to find, despite us having the track list! At least that one song gives people an idea... Yeah...I hope I can find it eventually. </3 Anyway, isn't this just the perfect YYYs signature? I wish I could find one with Brian, but this one is still gorgeous. And I recently watched the "Pin" video again--it's incredible! I love the animation. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sitar 22,208 Posted December 7, 2012 Anyway, isn't this just the perfect YYYs signature? I wish I could find one with Brian, but this one is still gorgeous. GR9! Just so you know, I intend to change my set to the YYYs after my MOTW interview runs its course on the homepage, so there's the risk of us matching if you're going for that Is yah fave still "Cheated Hearts", Madrigal? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NamiraWilhelm 5,043 Posted December 8, 2012 What the Dickens are they up to now? I can't say i follow them that closely. Fanflop and all that. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sitar 22,208 Posted December 10, 2012 What the Dickens are they up to now? I can't say i follow them that closely. Fanflop and all that. Supposedly recording the next album. They've done some stuff with James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. "Spring 2013" is the tentative period for their next album. Also working on Karen's Stop the Virgens! psycho-opera performance thing. I need them to release the music from that like I need air to breathe 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deeth 107 Posted December 17, 2012 0 Quote To be away from all, to be one of everything Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NamiraWilhelm 5,043 Posted December 17, 2012 Ah. I should follow them. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iloveguineapigs 168 Posted December 17, 2012 I just re-listened to It's Blitz last night...I think they should have chosen either Soft Shock or Hysteric and either Little Shadow or Skeletons. There are too many ballads and mid tempos. There should have been another Shame and Fortune and another Dull Life! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
♡GagaOopsy♡ 284 Posted December 17, 2012 Heads Will Roll! Amazing. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sitar 22,208 Posted December 18, 2012 YOU GUYS I JUMPED UP AND DOWN WHEN I FOUND OUT, IT'S COMING I just re-listened to It's Blitz last night...I think they should have chosen either Soft Shock or Hysteric and either Little Shadow or Skeletons. There are too many ballads and mid tempos. There should have been another Shame and Fortune and another Dull Life! Not big on Skeletons and I straight dislike Soft Shock, so this could have worked for me. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madrigal 2,616 Posted December 18, 2012 I just re-listened to It's Blitz last night...I think they should have chosen either Soft Shock or Hysteric and either Little Shadow or Skeletons. There are too many ballads and mid tempos. There should have been another Shame and Fortune and another Dull Life! Another "Dull Life" would be great, so would another "Zero" or "Heads Will Roll." If they were any other band, they would see that NME and SPIN listed "Zero" as best freakin' song of the year, but they're the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, so we'll probably never get another work like that again. Thing is, as a 'junior' record, the LP is perfect. It has it's 'party' moments (not the best word, but it works), but the increased thoughtfulness as shown through the ballads and midtempo pieces is perfect. "Hysteric" and "Soft Shock" both have their places [though "Faces" should've replaced the latter!!!!!], and of all the songs, I'd have to say "Shame & Fortune" fits the least. Finally, "Skeletons" is great. I know some prefer the acoustic, but the bagpipe-esque effects are.....beautiful. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sitar 22,208 Posted December 18, 2012 Another "Dull Life" would be great, so would another "Zero" or "Heads Will Roll." If they were any other band, they would see that NME and SPIN listed "Zero" as best freakin' song of the year, but they're the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, so we'll probably never get another work like that again. Well, the album was already finished when they got that honor, so... If you mean for the fourth record, I kind of hope not. I want either a brand new style (probable), or if there's any return to form then something like Is Is. It's Blitz had its place but if they do that style again, oh the cries of "sellout" I'll have to endure. Perhaps a Zero-esque anthem with less electronics, because the spirit of that song is great and singular among the YYYs' discography. I can't even believe another album is finally so close, I hope it's more of a March-April spring than May. SINGLE NOW. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madrigal 2,616 Posted December 21, 2012 If you mean for the fourth record, I kind of hope not. I want either a brand new style (probable), or if there's any return to form then something like Is Is. It's Blitz had its place but if they do that style again, oh the cries of "sellout" I'll have to endure. Perhaps a Zero-esque anthem with less electronics, because the spirit of that song is great and singular among the YYYs' discography. I can't even believe another album is finally so close, I hope it's more of a March-April spring than May. SINGLE NOW. I think we might get lucky on this wish! At their latest gig, they apparently did a new song called "Despair." I don't remember exactly how SPIN described it, but they compared it to "Dog Days are Over," which automatically makes me drool with longing. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
