Joanne vs. Cowboy Carter (VOTE)

[Noah X 5,250]

Unpopular opinion, but Cowboy Carter made me so much more appreciative of Joanne...

I was listening through CC like...

It didn't wanna make me get out of my seat...Listening back to Joanne, it's such a bop...So many good funks and also ballads. AYO is the original YA YA tbh.  The only songs I like are 16 Carriages, Texas Hold em, and Levi Jeans

I was excited for Beyonce and I love her, and this is not about pitching women in music against each other etc, but my main point is I think we've been giving Joanne too much sh*t, when truly she was ahead of her time   We truly took her for granted.

***KEEP DISCUSSIONS CIVIL PLS 

 

[Lextyr97 19,714]

In my opinion CC makes Joanne look like sh*t lmaooo agreed on the AYO and Ya Ya comparison but Ya Ya is 100x better imo

[FATCAT 59,901]

Let’s keep things civil guys or I’ll close this thread. I probably should have preemptively closed it but it’s slow let’s see how it goes

[PMM 3,274]

2 minutes ago, Lextyr97 said:

In my opinion CC makes Joanne look like sh*t 

true 

[monketsharona 79,168]

I don't even understand why Monsters are keeping comparing Joanne to Cowboy Carter when the later is truly a country album while Joanne is just not close to be a country album 

[Sarah H 3,543]

Joanne 

[Noah X 5,250]

5 minutes ago, FATCAT said:

Let’s keep things civil guys or I’ll close this thread. I probably should have preemptively closed it but it’s slow let’s see how it goes

Of course we love both Gags and Bey 

this is supposed to be a productive discussion about the two albums as creative pieces.

and there, I edited my post to have friendlier language 

[InTheCloset 18,870]

I feel like Joanne was a bit all over the place. 'country inspired' but not exactly country. About a dead aunt but basically the songs didnt match the theme or go with the message she was trying to convey.

I dont hate it though but Cowboy Carter is good. For some reason Beyonce's production always sounds expensive and polished but not over polished.

[Roughhouse Dandy 10,829]

I love both, but Cowboy Carter takes it with ease. It's such a cohesive project and feels personal. Joanne feels like it started out as one thing and became another halfway through making it. 

[FATCAT 59,901]

8 minutes ago, Noah X said:

Of course we love both Gags and Bey 

this is supposed to be a productive discussion about the two albums as creative pieces.

and there, I edited my post to have friendlier language 

It wasn't you I was worried about 

[Noah X 5,250]

8 minutes ago, InTheCloset said:

I feel like Joanne was a bit all over the place. 'country inspired' but not exactly country. About a dead aunt but basically the songs didnt match the theme or go with the message she was trying to convey.

[alsemanche 92,832]

CC >>>>>>

[InTheCloset 18,870]

39 minutes ago, Noah X said:

well not to be mean but it is true. Joanne started with one idea and ended up being a mixture of different ideas and wasnt cohesive

[Bronco 9,604]

CC is better than Joanne - it's more cohesive, it keeps that core "Beyonce" flavour despite being a genre hop, the production is better, it has more of an identity. 

I voted for Joanne though as it's more the style of country/americana I prefer. 

[Railing 2,790]

1 hour ago, monketsharona said:

I don't even understand why Monsters are keeping comparing Joanne to Cowboy Carter when the later is truly a country album while Joanne is just not close to be a country album 

I mean, they're both extremely performative, with a clubby popstar suddenly donning cowboy hats and talking about rodeos and being like "I'm a country singer now"  But I liked a lot of Joanne, idk