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Fan Base: Archived: Stand Your Ground (#16)
Member Since: 11/17/2011
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Danilo Bortoli: Songs like “Hands To Myself” are becoming increasingly hard to find these days because they tend to come from pop artists with no clear view or aesthetics — these people are what pop music wants them to be. Which is no complaint: Selena Gomez is one of those, an artist wandering the pop landscape with no clear objective. Until, of course, something like Revival came along. I bet, for instance, that Gomez sees “Hands to Myself” as a work of transition. It’s both adventurous — you don’t get to listen to spoken word and Balearic beats on the radio every day, do you — while yet sharing a very definite idea of what Perfect Pop used to be as a concept. It’s constructed surgically, partially because Max Martin is in here, partly because Selena might know that the source of addiction is, at heart, control: “Hands to Myself” is that unique, all-encompassing kind of song that just gives and keeps giving, all because you want to get past its contained, suffocating atmosphere in the beginning of the track. And when the song finally escalates into full-blown euphoria, nothing is actually changed. Over the last few days, I’ve been listening to this song and it amazes me how it fits into a vicious circle — just like in the video, a perfect metaphor for addiction. It keeps giving. Beyond answers, I think, but still quite something.
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the best thing she has ever done...song and video 
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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7 Years is a cute song, I don't get the hate. It gives me Let Her Go teas but worse 
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Your Love Is My Drug, The Harold Song, C'mon, Last Goodbye. Her best $ongs.
EDIT: Oh, Animal too.
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Member Since: 4/29/2012
Posts: 15,977
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Originally posted by conatus
Joy Division? Wow, to the recycle bin they go!
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Don't worry they are much better and more enjoyable.
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Member Since: 4/9/2012
Posts: 16,749
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Elton saying he wants to see Bieber naked. He can be his grandfather. 
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Member Since: 6/22/2011
Posts: 6,997
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Hands to Myself is kinda average. The Chart Wants What It Wants remains her best song
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 57,339
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Originally posted by Lucas32
Don't worry they are much better and more enjoyable.
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It'd be hard to be any worse.
One day, I will listen to the album. I promise. Bookmark me.
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Member Since: 4/9/2012
Posts: 16,749
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I actually never listened to a Kesha album before. Only her hit songs. Should I give it a try? Is it worth it?
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ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by conatus
Your Love Is My Drug, The Harold Song, C'mon, Last Goodbye. Her best $ongs.
EDIT: Oh, Animal too.
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Where is Past Lives?
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Member Since: 12/27/2011
Posts: 20,704
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Originally posted by Komet blu
The meltdowns if she doesn't.
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If she doesn't win, you won't see me on ATRL for a long time, tbh.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 57,339
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Originally posted by Nippy'sReceipts
I actually never listened to a Kesha album before. Only her hit songs. Should I give it a try? Is it worth it?
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Animal is a perfect pop album.
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Member Since: 4/9/2012
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by dwuw
Where is Past Lives?
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Like, top 15. Maybe top 10.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Seems milleniums ago, love,
We were nothing more than stardust,
Just the galaxy beneath us,
We found weight.
Then we made it through the Ice Age,
But I lost you in the crusades,
I build the pyramids for you, babe,
Just to see your face.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Past Lives has some of her best lyric$ but at the same time, the production and delivery is kind of boring at times.
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Member Since: 4/29/2012
Posts: 15,977
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Originally posted by conatus
It'd be hard to be any worse.
One day, I will listen to the album. I promise. Bookmark me.
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I have already given up the hope of you listening I just like to remind you of your failures
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Member Since: 2/28/2012
Posts: 11,072
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Originally posted by Aiden
If she doesn't win, you won't see me on ATRL for a long time, tbh.
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Monsters would be GONE from site, you know it, I know it ugh Modneys would win again.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by Lucas32
I have already given up the hope on you listening I just like to remind you of your failures |
To be honest, I do have the time to listen to it, I just keep forgetting I already have it downloaded. I went to download it the other day before realising I already had the files. 
Let me put it on my iTunes so I have to see it every day.
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ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Warrior is so good.
Die Young, C'Mon, Thinking Of You, Dirty Love, Only Wanna Dance With You, Supernatural, All That Matters, Love Into The Light, Last Goodbye, Past Lives.
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Member Since: 5/28/2011
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Wonderland is the only bad song on Warrior.
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