that's the thing: she hasn't really evolved and that's what i was used to with her. you're right, i was there since day 1, so it is a little disheartening to see how she is held back... and boy, greg kurstin's "strategy" for the try cover and this:
really has me fuming a bit! i love IDBY, but it seems like pink tried to make it sound less of a lounge song and i would have welcomed that A LOT!!
see, it's not just my wild imagination that thinks she's been put on hold creatively. honestly, as much as i love m!ss and tt (and those are my two top favorite pink albums), i wouldn't want her to repeat those. i want her to evolve and it seems like she can't with greg and max. she needs new blood or her old team back that really just made music with her without an agenda to make it super duper cute for the masses. i get a couple bops here and there, but they don't have to be run-of-the-mill either... even her fun party songs are allowed to evolve. i wouldn't call funhouse a party song because the lyrics are kind of sad, but damn: it really works perfectly as one and that bridge is incredible!
if she's content with being lazy and not giving a damn about her art, then that's cool. she's still a fantastic human being. it's just sad that her songs sound like they're not really hers. i don't know who it was but someone said a while ago: if someone else sang those songs pink herself wouldn't even listen to them twice. and i think the person was right. i really wouldn't listen to most of them either if it wasn't for pink.
about the you+me interview: i'd have to check, but maybe someone else finds the links i was talking about quicker. i think those were print interviews (maybe a video too).
you have to go to müller! everytime i go there to buy something quickly, they play good old days, then i have to stay for the entire song! love it!
I absolutely agree! There’s so much potential left and it would be incredible to see how far she can actually go! But when exactly that’s gonna happen is something we cannot control and tbh, it doesn’t necessarily seem like a bad thing to me. As I said before, art should be something natural and maybe right now is part of the whole process…..maybe she needs this Ying - this comfort and safety and consistency - in order to later give us the Yang that we ask for! Everything should happen at its right time and - don’t get me wrong here, I don’t blame you for losing your patience after many years of supporting her - but there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight yet…. and so I think that waiting + making the best of the songs we’re given is the only thing we can do really. :/
...unless it's really her label holding her back. In that case I'm gonna jump on the next plane and revenge her á la Trouble / Please Don't Leave Me / Try...
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And Müller??? Good Old Days?!?!? In that case they just won me as a customer for life!!!
That has always been one of my questions - why does she sing with so much gusto LIVE, but never in studio albums? She rarely has a prolonged note or high notes in albums.
With rose ave you could really hear her voice soar.
She better kick Max Martin.
Anyway, I hope she performs with Grace Slick... That would be epic.
It's not just him, same with Just Give Me A Reason etc.... maybe that's one of the reasons why most people keep on underrating her
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I want Butch Walker in her new album... One Foot Wrong is classic.
Aaaaaaarghhhh yes!!!! You'll have to love me when I'm gone, love me when I'm goooone
But what REALLY gets me every time is those haunting vocals in "Am I sweeeeaaaating"......goosebumps
I absolutely agree! There’s so much potential left and it would be incredible to see how far she can actually go! But when exactly that’s gonna happen is something we cannot control and tbh, it doesn’t necessarily seem like a bad thing to me. As I said before, art should be something natural and maybe right now is part of the whole process…..maybe she needs this Ying - this comfort and safety and consistency - in order to later give us the Yang that we ask for! Everything should happen at its right time and - don’t get me wrong here, I don’t blame you for losing your patience after many years of supporting her - but there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight yet…. and so I think that waiting + making the best of the songs we’re given is the only thing we can do really. :/
...unless it's really her label holding her back. In that case I'm gonna jump on the next plane and revenge her á la Trouble / Please Don't Leave Me / Try...
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And Müller??? Good Old Days?!?!? In that case they just won me as a customer for life!!!
thing is, i'll always support her, no matter what cause she's a kickass human being. i just hope it'll be worthwhile again when it comes to her music.
and judging from those interiviews, i really do think she has been settling for less and compromised too much. max and greg need to go because they've really held her back and it honestly does feel like she's taking a d-tour (like linda said). seeing how white rabbit is a very different thing than all that she's done before, i hope it's a sign for her breaking out of that mold she's been stuck in. can't wait to hear her original song for the movie!
ok, i just watched the through the looking glass trailer and the behind-the-scenes thingy again, and these are two different instrumentals.
the one in the movie trailer is more like the original song and the one from the bts seems to have more instruments in it. now, i'm not sure if it's the score for the movie and they sampled white rabbit for it, but i hope pink's instrumental for the cover will sound more like the one in the trailer.
ok, i just watched the through the looking glass trailer and the behind-the-scenes thingy again, and these are two different instrumentals.
the one in the movie trailer is more like the original song and the one from the bts seems to have more instruments in it. now, i'm not sure if it's the score for the movie and they sampled white rabbit for it, but i hope pink's instrumental for the cover will sound more like the one in the trailer.
The vocal effects in the trailer work much better too
B!tch. So now we know who's responsible for that lackluster final chorus on I Don't Believe You.
Max is for hit songs. You can't go Mariah all over because people won't like it (see Christina Aguilera).
Lately I feel like she doesn't sound that good up high. She says she takes it to church, but all her big notes and playful vocals fall flat. It's missing something that's in Misery, Waiting For Love, I'm Not Dead or Who Knew. I guess it's the soul.
Max is for hit songs. You can't go Mariah all over because people won't like it (see Christina Aguilera).
Lately I feel like she doesn't sound that good up high. She says she takes it to church, but all her big notes and playful vocals fall flat. It's missing something that's in Misery, Waiting For Love, I'm Not Dead or Who Knew. I guess it's the soul.
it's the raspiness that gave her that soul. the raspiness is pretty much gone now. so yeah i understand where you're coming from when you say she sounds flat. but everytime i say she needs her rasp back people lynch me and say **** like: do u wamt her to die from smoking??!!1!eleven?!!1
i don't think she would've pulled an xtina when "going to church". even when pink goes all out on vocals she still has control over her voice. that's why it's saddening to see that people like max are holdong her back. how amazing would IDBY have sounded on the record with her singing her soul out during the last chorus? <3
sometimes i feel like she thinks she's not good enough vocally and people like max seem to encourage her in this... let her go crazy! she's too good to pull an xtina.
I want an album with replay value. I don't care about the rest. TTAL had all that in the beginning but nothing ever lasts.
Ikr, her TTAL era got so boring with her #1 Just Give Me A Reason, the song smash but I still confused why I'm not that happy. I prefer Funhouse , just so special and unique.
I can imagine P!nk sing "Jealous" Beyonce's song... she'll do it better. She needs some RnB, soul, I'm so fed up with her pop rock . Change direction please. Kind of boring with pop rock, I want her transformation into something fresh with extra combination from her previous works.
I don't want to be precious
I don't want to feel stress
Life is for the living,
But not a living hell
So take it, Take this, Oh, you can have all of me
Take it, Take this, Here, you can have everything
I don't want to be flawless
When I go I want the cuts to show
So take it, Take this, Oh, you can have all of me
Break it, Take it, Oh, **** it, have everything
I don't want to be precious
I don't want to feel stress
Life is for the living,
But not a living hell
So take it, Take this, Oh, you can have all of me
Take it, Take this, Here, you can have everything
I don't want to be flawless
When I go I want the cuts to show
So take it, Take this, Oh, you can have all of me
Break it, Take it, Oh, **** it, have everything