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The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form (May 22, 2020) Album • Page 53

Discussion in 'Music Forum' started by Matt Chylak, Nov 26, 2018.

  1. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Prestigious

    Love Me seems pretty easy to digest
     
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  2. Jusscali

    Synth-Bop Enthusiast Prestigious

    It certainly wasn’t for me when they dropped it as the first single after the eps and the debut. I love the song now but it def wasn’t what I wanted or expected when it dropped. The sound is catchy af but pretty direct and safe imo
     
  3. sophos34

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    how in the world is tootime safe
     
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  4. sophos34

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    call me crazy but the 1975 making a pop tropical house song is not safe. the song is accessible, its a pop track, but the word safe is being used incorrectly
     
  5. Jusscali

    Synth-Bop Enthusiast Prestigious

    Maybe he meant simple? Straight forward? Easy for them given their talents?
     
  6. sophos34

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    what is that last one even supposed to mean? it takes immense talent to make a song like tootime in the first place
     
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  7. Jusscali

    Synth-Bop Enthusiast Prestigious

    Certainly outside their wheelhouse as a band but definitely not the most dynamic or expansive song in their catalogue...I think he was arguing the latter.
     
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  8. Joe4th

    Memories are nice, but that's all they are. Prestigious

    tootime rules and definitely was a risk for them considering it was kind of out of left field for them. I love it and it goes off live
     
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  9. sophos34

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    besides the safest song the 1975 have made to date is she's american. its one of their best but its literally the only song on ILIWYS that's self titled pt. 2
     
  10. bodkins

    Trusted

    *rolls eyes at thread. might come back later*
     
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  11. oncenowagain

    “the whole world’s ending” “honey it already did” Prestigious

    Being restrained =/= simple
     
  12. sophos34

    Prestigious Supporter

    and to break it down even further simplicity =/= a bad thing
     
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  13. Jusscali

    Synth-Bop Enthusiast Prestigious

    I’m certainly no musician so any musical endeavor takes great talent to me but in terms of what it sounds like (lyrically and sonically) I, a lamen, would say it sounds almost rudimentary for them? I think it’s so fun and light that some might assume it parallels with the actual execution of the song (or what a casual fan might perceive it to be?). Definitely not Mr. Holland’s Opus.
     
  14. Jusscali

    Synth-Bop Enthusiast Prestigious

    Girls is pretty fun and light as well
     
  15. sophos34

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    the word safe in the context of music tends to mean a repeat of something theyve already done before. playing it safe. its a criticism lobbed at bands who change very little about their sound throughout their career (bayside and new found glory come to mind).
     
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  17. sophos34

    Prestigious Supporter

    fun and light does not equal safe
     
  18. sophos34

    Prestigious Supporter

    am i being trolled
     
  19. Jusscali

    Synth-Bop Enthusiast Prestigious

    I don’t personally have an opinion about how he felt. I was just trying to throw him a bone and makes sense of what he may have meant instead of ramming a rod down his throat and talking to him like he’s intellectually disabled.
     
  20. sophos34

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    thats an awfully dishonest reading of a post where i asked what makes tootime safe, you're the one who decided to jump in before he could even respond
     
  21. sophos34

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    and a prime example of why i tried to quit this thread. peace out again :peace:
     
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  22. Jusscali

    Synth-Bop Enthusiast Prestigious

    Nothing they do is safe because they are always doing something different. I just assumed he meant to say those other things in regards to the x’s and o’s of making a song.
     
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  23. sawhney[rusted]2

    I'll write you into all of my songs Supporter

    TOOTIME is definitely not one of their more rudimentary songs....it’s probably their most complex song sonically
     
  24. mellohart

    Regular Prestigious

    Okay wow, let me clarify.

    'Safe' in this context I'm defining as something that wouldn't sound out of place being played on heavy rotation on commercial radio, like top tier mainstream commercial radio without it being considered 'alternative' or 'indie' or whatever label you want to throw on it (which I completely see as being hypocritical in this context don't come for me).

    Unfortunately, I completely forgot that this isn't me talking to people I'm working with creatively in which we use 'safe' as our way of saying it sounds too mainstream/chart/'normal' and we should push our boundaries a bit.

    I definitely meant to use 'accessible' or 'rudimentary' in this context, and I'm sorry if I pushed a button there but my god.
     
  25. mellohart

    Regular Prestigious

    I'll throw my hands up, I definitely used the wrong word in my question.

    Pretty much this.