The 1975 - Being Funny in a Foreign Language (Oct 14, 2022) Album • Page 105

I can't get the language right
just tell me what's unladylike

I mean, come on. I couldn't love him more

 

That and “you gotta talk about the people baby” and “well I take care of MY kids she said…” are the best deliveries on the record

 

I can't listen to Part Of The Band without thinking of the video reaction by The Darkness' singer that was posted in the thread a while back. He nailed everything that made it so good. It's become one of my favorites out of their entire catalogue since.

 

I'll have to check that out

his channel is great

 

What’s crazier is it doesn’t even feel like it’s even that long. Breeziest 45 I think I’ve ever listened to.

 

putting this on everytime I’m in my car (or picking up where I left off last time I was in my car) has already allowed me to listen like 10 times lol

 

I'll be fucking shocked if this isn't my album of the year

 

That voice he puts on is such a great move

 

One thing that I think has come nicely with maturity is realizing you can have a “big” closer without going huge sonically when you have a baseball-bat-to-the-heart line like “The only time I feel like I might get better is when we are together” to center it around.

 

Same. I feel like I listened to it at least 5 times today doing errands

 

I did all of this

 

it’s only been like an hour, afraid of what you’ll order in another hour

 

its that slyly funny but ridiculously sincere shit that makes me love him

 

I’ve had the Demons 1&2 blu rays in my Amazon Checkout box for a while… also made a sappy thank you post on my IG poll account. Things are getting weird.

 

I won’t say his batting average as a lyricist is 1.000 but he tries for both big emotions/statements and sly/subtle humor and is willing to grapple with the best and worst parts of himself honestly. We need more of that, even if you think it’s hit-or-miss

 

AOTY for me so far. Though, kinda wish it came out late spring/early summer. It gives off that vibe for me

 

Is there a Japanese bonus track or did I make that up on my head?

 

yeah and the lines that do hit are usually borderline genius, real "man i wish i could write that well" kind of stuff. and i also dont think his misses are as bad as people often say they are. it's the lyrics that are just bland and boring i have the biggest problem with from him, and there's not much of that on this record imo.

 

That’s been one of my favorite parts since I first heard it. I love anticipating it in the car and then affecting the voice as I sing along and then laughing at his self awareness. It’s especially funny/interesting in the context of the album as a whole now. The whole thing really feels like a turn of the page in Matty’s life and his approach to it.

 

I say it out loud every time

 

Stolen from Reddit obviously.

 

For me it's literally just not enjoying Mattys vocal delivery for most of it and I can tell its very much a weird personal thing and that the song itself is actually very good. I love it musically and the ending is fantastic, just can't really get into the verses/chorus vocally anywhere near as much as I usually do.

 

Haha, like these don't work for me at all.

I feel like Matty's obviously a vocalist/lyricist that people love/hate so much because he does such interesting things that cause strong opinions. That's just probably the main song in their discography where I'm on the other side of the fence for once lol.

 

The biggest thing for me with this album is that, for the first time ever from them, they've created an album that leaves me wanting more from them.

 

I don’t like how the little blurb from Pitchfork says “Matty Healy taps Jack Antonoff to produce…”, I mean I get he’s the frontman but it seems to me as though The 1975 is very much a band, as Matty himself has alluded to. Small quibble. Correct me if I’m wrong.