Anyway, so my sister was blasting TTAL in the car today and I was literally SHOCKED at how good it was!!!! It's been ages since my last proper listen and I completely forgot how great some of the songs were.... Try's phenomenal production, the title track's lyrics, the heavenly vocals on Great Escape.... so much stuff to love and enjoy if you only get over the fact that it's not IND or M!ss or Try This 2.0! It is just atrl which constantly makes me believe that this is the shittiest album on earth when in fact, it's far better than most of the trash that go released this year and last year.
Anyway, so my sister was blasting TTAL in the car today and I was literally SHOCKED at how good it was!!!! It's been ages since my last proper listen and I completely forgot how great some of the songs were.... Try's phenomenal production, the title track's lyrics, the heavenly vocals on Great Escape.... so much stuff to love and enjoy if you only get over the fact that it's not IND or M!ss or Try This 2.0! It is just atrl which constantly makes me believe that this is the shittiest album on earth when in fact, it's far better than most of the trash that go released this year and last year.
My love for The Great Escape won't ever be replaced with any other P!nk's songs... I have a special event with that song and it's amazing.
The album is enjoyable when you are in a happy letting go mood.
Yeah I really like what Grenno said about the difference of having a proper book to read to going through a bunch of nice magazines. Standing all by themselves, the songs sound so much better and stronger than when you put it all in a blender and just hope for the best. It does have several avantages of course, like easy accesibility and some really great immediate excitement. But like everything, this also comes with a certain cost and the incohesive sound appears to weaken the individual pieces of the chain and thus hurts the overall atmosphere. There's no need for the listener to "fully dive into it" when everything's already floating on the surface and it becomes less of an interaction and less of an emotional involvement than her previous stuff.
But as you said, the gems are nevertheless still there and I'm wondering about the other 60 or 70 songs she wrote. There's no way she did all of them without any similarity in themes or sound and that's why it would be so interesting to see what the album would've sounded like if it was up to her to choose the particular songs on it? but whatever, we'll never know anyway and all we can do is just to get over it and use it for the quick entertainment that it pulls off so well.
I read some reviews of the Muse concert in Budapest, I linked some vids to my friend who's a fan, he linked me back their tour intro, from that I got to the Summer Carnival intro, then started watching tour videos and I CAN'T STOP. The box with the balloons, the excitiment, the visuals, the Ave Mary A intro, I'm Not Dead, What's Up, Unwind, Try Too Hard, Mean...I truly feel it was her goodbye tour for us, European fans with the setlist.
The Cuz I Can intro, the GTPS routine, the spanish dance during TYG. The whole Funhouse show, especially Glitter. Her covers, her club tours. Killing Me Softly, Heartbreaker... The CTMH medley...
DAMN P!NK, GET BACK YOUR ASS ON THE ROAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I even forgot how it feels like to be a P!nk fan!!!
Anyway, so my sister was blasting TTAL in the car today and I was literally SHOCKED at how good it was!!!! It's been ages since my last proper listen and I completely forgot how great some of the songs were.... Try's phenomenal production, the title track's lyrics, the heavenly vocals on Great Escape.... so much stuff to love and enjoy if you only get over the fact that it's not IND or M!ss or Try This 2.0! It is just atrl which constantly makes me believe that this is the shittiest album on earth when in fact, it's far better than most of the trash that go released this year and last year.
I actually enjoy TTAL too. TTAL is always getting judged on this thread, so I just remain silent during those times. But no other album generated as big hits as TTAL did, so I mean she must have done something right. Even with giving up the promo so early.
I remember when I first listened to TTAL, I could immediately feel how happy P!nk was at last and it made me smile.
I also love the title track! I imagine myself dancing with my grandma. I wish we had the whole instrumental! It sounds so good!
I love the True Love instrumental too. Very feel good. Such a shame Lily was gotten only 10secs though. Should have been more Lily in the song.
Wasn't there also a track listed which was written by her and Brandi Carlile?
And ughhh there's way too much Greg Kurstin on there! All I want is a tiny little Matt Corby collab and I promise I'd be satisfied for YEARS!
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I read some reviews of the Muse concert in Budapest, I linked some vids to my friend.... blabla meltdown meltdown meltdown. ave maria, funhouse, extra size letters super caps lock rant
To be honest, that's also kinda how I feel. The album is very important of course but it does seem to be the LIVE experience that everyone's after and I'd be so mad if she doesn't announce anything soon cause I pretty much screwed my previous travel plans to see her live next year. So if she decides not to come, I will DEFINITELY come for this btch
One random thing though - Adele declined that Super Bowl offer which means that P!nk's chances look better than ever. If she does do manage to get it though - will all of the touring dates get postponed or what? Meaning that she doesn't start touring until late spring or what do you guys think?
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I actually enjoy TTAL too. TTAL is always getting judged on this thread, so I just remain silent during those times. But no other album generated as big hits as TTAL did, so I mean she must have done something right. Even with giving up the promo so early.
I remember when I first listened to TTAL, I could immediately feel how happy P!nk was at last and it made me smile.
I also love the title track! I imagine myself dancing with my grandma. I wish we had the whole instrumental! It sounds so good!
Nooo don't stay silent! TTAL needs your voice! #happysongsmatter
I don't think doing the Super Bowl would postpone her tour that much. She probably wouldn't start until February anyways, and the Super Bowl is usually late Jan/early Feb. She would probably start it in March. I know she likes to rehearse, etc, but she could start that in December/January while rehearsing for the Super Bowl.