Cody Draco 2,531 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I became a fan after I hear Primadonna and fell in love when I heard Mowgli's Road. Still among my top 10 fav songs of all time I sang How To Be A Heartbreaker during my audition for Animal Farm. I didn't change the lyrics from "boys" to "girls" either. I felt so empowered in front of everyone. I met her in a dream I had a couple nights ago. I couldn't stop hugging her. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS77 1,721 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I find it annoying. It reminds me of that 2008/2009 era light indie-pop **** that every gay guy that was anti-top 40 would get into because it made them seem alternative (i.e. Bird + the bee, Au Revoir Simone, etc). Its not a bad song, I can see why people like it, I just have my own personal annoyances with how it sounds lol The entire album is indie pop and that's why I love it so much. From The Family Jewels I only listen to and love those songs I posted. The rest is just not good to my tastes. I find How To Be A Heartbreaker to be full of life and Radioactive to be dead. I think it's really interesting how different people's opinions can be. Hollywood gets on my nerves, I think it's just the way it is sung and not actually the song itself. I'm clearly in the minority, but The Family Jewels is still my favorite album Starring Role I connect with lyrically, especially at the moment. But the production overall to me just makes it sort of bland. Its like quasi-generic but kind of boring at the same time. It sounds dreary. So its odd to me that many fans tend to criticize her more "generic" or accessible songs and favor ones that are far more drab and lifeless solely because they can't easily be categorized as Top 40 b/s. They're all lyrically on par with one another for the most part, why prefer something just because it doesn't sound typical even if its not as good? THEN AGAIN, one of my favorite tracks off Electra Heart is Fear and Loathing and I can see people saying that song is dull. The lyrics for Starring Role are extremely relatable. As for the production, Marina even said that it was intentionally...cold, like the lyrics themselves. But tbh, I love the chords they chose for the songs. I think it makes it so epic. It's funny that she'd say that she liked the production on it, yet as far as I know, she only performed the song with the studio instrumental (not the slow version until it hits the bridge) just once It's actually really interesting hearing the album version of the song and with backing vocals too! Watch it below. A lot of people don't know she's ever performed the song this way haha Ugh. I don't understand why people hate on Fear and Loathing so much. It's freaking incredible. Easily one of my top tracks of Electra Heart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Draco 2,531 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Best to worst, in order: 1. Froot 2. Immortal 3. Blue 4. Savages 5. I'm A Ruin 6. Gold 7. Happy 8. Forget 9. Better Than That 10. Can't Pin Me Down 11. Weeds 12. Solitaire The top three are so good that they are essentially equals. You look AMAZING in your avi. I hope all is well. Solitaire last? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Draco 2,531 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Starring Role I connect with lyrically, especially at the moment. But the production overall to me just makes it sort of bland. Its like quasi-generic but kind of boring at the same time. It sounds dreary.So its odd to me that many fans tend to criticize her more "generic" or accessible songs and favor ones that are far more drab and lifeless solely because they can't easily be categorized as Top 40 b/s. They're all lyrically on par with one another for the most part, why prefer something just because it doesn't sound typical even if its not as good?THEN AGAIN, one of my favorite tracks off Electra Heart is Fear and Loathing and I can see people saying that song is dull.I love Starring Role. I agree with the production issue, but for me it's more of an issue on the album overall. Too many songs sound similar and this has been carried onto Froot also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chic 20,830 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 You look AMAZING in your avi. I hope all is well. Solitaire last? Thanks so much! Your avi's awesome too. I'm doing quite well lately, thanks! How about you? Solitaire's intro and verses are dark and satisfying, and the chorus kind of pulls you out of that for something uncharacteristically less somber. Not to say that it's the musical representation of sunshine and daisies, but the flow of the song is disrupted and, in my opinion, the correlation of lyrics and the sound of the song is broken at that point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Draco 2,531 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Thanks so much! Your avi's awesome too. I'm doing quite well lately, thanks! How about you? Solitaire's intro and verses are dark and satisfying, and the chorus kind of pulls you out of that for something uncharacteristically less somber. Not to say that it's the musical representation of sunshine and daisies, but the flow of the song is disrupted and, in my opinion, the correlation of lyrics and the sound of the song is broken at that point. I'm doing really well thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 49,376 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Solitaire's intro and verses are dark and satisfying, and the chorus kind of pulls you out of that for something uncharacteristically less somber. Not to say that it's the musical representation of sunshine and daisies, but the flow of the song is disrupted and, in my opinion, the correlation of lyrics and the sound of the song is broken at that point.This is exactly how I feel about Solitaire, Blue and Better Than That tbh. The verses build you up to something amazing and they just don't get themselves redeemed because the chorus feels rather out of place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chic 20,830 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 This is exactly how I feel about Solitair, Blue and Better Than That tbh. The verses build you up to something amazing and they just don't get themselves redeemed because the chorus feels rather out of place.That's interesting! I find that Blue is just the right amount of climactic (except the chorus could be longer) and BTT's verses could be better because the chorus is pretty catchy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dann 354 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Any new video from FROOT? need stan update Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bio 23,538 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 That's interesting! I find that Blue is just the right amount of climactic (except the chorus could be longer) and BTT's verses could be better because the chorus is pretty catchy. Are you saying BTT's chorus should be better than that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chic 20,830 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Are you saying BTT's chorus should be better than that? Time to back up with that cleverness, mother****er Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dann 354 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 FROOT still Slays me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacklistedd 599 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 writing new music for a potential re-packaging of Froothttp://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/6531557/marina-and-the-diamonds-dishes-on-clean-bandit-collab-coachella Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Draco 2,531 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 writing new music for a potential re-packaging of Froot http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/6531557/marina-and-the-diamonds-dishes-on-clean-bandit-collab-coachella Thank you for sharing this. I really do hope we get more songs! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacklistedd 599 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Thank you for sharing this. I really do hope we get more songs! I'm hoping a repackaging actually comes to fruition (no pun intended) lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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