Originally posted by ericg75: "Paper Planes" is the best tune on the album, but it's hard to turn a Clash sample into something that doesn't sound good.
well yeah. At least a sample from "Straight to Hell." Although there are some songs on Sandinista that could probably be sampled badly.
At the same time, this song has got me verrrrry hooked. I've been listening to it about 10 times a day for the past 4-5 days. And there's no sign of it letting up yet. damn. And the rest of the album kicks ass too.
I just read the pitchfork review and I wish I hadn't. I'll have to be more careful about that in the future. Pytlik called Paper Planes an "island-tinged nursery rhyme." A nursery rhyme about 3rd World democracy and running ganja? Really? I can see a bit of similarity in the delivery, but it's still not a nursery rhyme.
And this: "With KALA, M.I.A's made it abundantly obvious (yikes! abundantly obvious?) where her interests lie, and it's not in toppling 130k."
M.I.A. sez "All I wanna do is *bang* *bang* *bang* *bang* *click* *ka-ching* and-uh take your money."
Originally posted by vitunkrapula: I just read the pitchfork review and I wish I hadn't. I'll have to be more careful about that in the future. Pytlik called Paper Planes an "island-tinged nursery rhyme." A nursery rhyme about 3rd World democracy and running ganja? Really? I can see a bit of similarity in the delivery, but it's still not a nursery rhyme.
And this: "With KALA, M.I.A's made it abundantly obvious (yikes! abundantly obvious?) where her interests lie, and it's not in toppling 130k."
M.I.A. sez "All I wanna do is *bang* *bang* *bang* *bang* *click* *ka-ching* and-uh take your money."
fucking idiots
thank you for that. it was very funny.
they're review are never worth reading (depends on which critic too). I usually look at the score read the first sentence, scroll down and see who wrote it and then maybe read the rest of it.
and i actually have not listened to Kala yet. i am quite upset.
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M.I.A. and P4k have a funny relationship. She rails on them for not checking facts among other things, and they try to pass it off as femi-nazi paranoia (which it isn't). But she still gets great numbers from them. They make a big show of trying to understand where she's coming from, but they don't really get it.
And if you haven't heard Kala, you are in for an ass-shaking treat. I think I saw that Kendocubano doesn't dig it, but that's ok. He's still OK in my book .
Originally posted by vitunkrapula: He's still OK in my book .
dude grindhouse reference. or maybe not. i'm planning on getting a hold of kala soon.
and i don't think anyone can get where MIA is coming from because all her talk is really irrational and full of bias. p4k is just playing up the conflict between "the man."
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Yeah M.I.A. definitely supports "the war on grammar" in favor of typing things however the hell she wants. At the same time I feel like it's not that hard to empathize with her a little more honestly than the spork. Or if they called her out openly. I dunno...
it doesn't matter if its unconscious or even if its just a coincidence; it has to be a reference because i said so.
the phrase is pretty common and I just got excited cause i just saw grindhouse.
MIA is up there but so are a lot of musicians. I still relate to her too even when if she might be wrong. she's just trying not to conform and she needs to prove something to the world. i think most people can be that way at times.
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So I just listened to this album for the first time this weekend. I'm new to M.I.A. and this type of music really, but I enjoyed it - very energetic. I had "paper planes" stuck in my head all day at work and had to restrain myself from singing "Some some some some I murder, Some I some I let go" out loud.
I'm curious how impressions might have changed about this album for those who listened to it a lot after it was first released. I really like the bouncing upbeat tracks on the album (which fortunately their are many), but I don't think they will stand up to a lot of repeated listens (or time for that matter).
Still, this is a raucous and diversely influenced album. The sounds and atmosphere of some of these songs, like "World Town", really remind me of parts of my trip to the Caribbean earlier this summer, even though it has an (obviously) overwhelming southeast Asia (north pacific) and Sub-Saharan African mood. Like riding on the back of a moto through the slums waving an AK.
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Hands up! Guns out! Represent The world town
==== What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun.
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I heard it when it first came out and I didn’t like it much, other than “Jimmy” which I actually liked a lot. But after it has been shelved for a while and seeing your post Pix, I will go back and listen to it.
----- I got a stone where my heart should be.
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Originally posted by IBleedPixies!: So I just listened to this album for the first time this weekend. I'm new to M.I.A. and this type of music really, but I enjoyed it - very energetic. I had "paper planes" stuck in my head all day at work and had to restrain myself from singing "Some some some some I murder, Some I some I let go" out loud.
I'm curious how impressions might have changed about this album for those who listened to it a lot after it was first released. I really like the bouncing upbeat tracks on the album (which fortunately their are many), but I don't think they will stand up to a lot of repeated listens (or time for that matter).
Still, this is a raucous and diversely influenced album. The sounds and atmosphere of some of these songs, like "World Town", really remind me of parts of my trip to the Caribbean earlier this summer, even though it has an (obviously) overwhelming southeast Asia (north pacific) and Sub-Saharan African mood. Like riding on the back of a moto through the slums waving an AK.
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Hands up! Guns out! Represent The world town
Yeah (Edit: !!!!!!) I must've listened to paper planes about 5-9 times a day for about 2 weeks. (I didn't have last.fm then so no official stats ). I made up a little dance thing with my hand as a gun to wave around. One of the few songs that could ever get me into serious trouble .
I don't listen to Kala super often these days, but that's mainly just cos I've been distracted by newer stuff. Everytime I go back to it, it holds up tho. It's a really good companion to the film Cidade de Deus (City of God) and its television counterpart Cidade des Homens (City of Men). Really makes me want to travel to the Thirld World.
I still like it a few months later. Not as impeccable as Arular, and there are a few tracks I don't really dig (like "Jimmy"), but overall a very enjoyable listen.
Originally posted by Portable Joystick: I could honestly care less about her political leanings and personal opinions. She makes damn catchy music whatever the case.
Exactly. Her music is so catchy and fun that it doesn't matter to me that I disagree with a lot of what she says. And at least she doesn't pussyfoot around - you have to respect that.
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Originally posted by hudson: Why is this thread in the "electronica" section? M.I.A. is not electronica, at all.
For what it's worth, allmusic has her listed in the genres of electronica, with her styles being "alternative dance," "club/dance," and "dancehall." I suppose the argument is that most of the music on the album is sampled or synthesized, and most of it is pretty danceable.
M.I.A. really sits somewhere between hip-hop, pop, and "world music," a term I hate, but I can't think of a better one, since she actually does take from music all over the world.
Underneath the title she says: "I find it kind of insulting that I can't have any ideas on my own because I'm a female, or that people from undeveloped countries can't have ideas of their own unless it's backed up by someone who's blond-haired and blue-eyed."
I didn't like either of her albums at all with the exception of a few songs. I really don't get it at all. I don't understand the fascination either. So I thought it was funny that she said what she did because after reading the posts here, I decided to listen to her again on youtube. And really, I found myself only starting to like her music because I found her attractive.
What I don't like about her style is her squeaky beats and her flat voice. I know the way she raps/sings is her own, but all it does is making me think she's intentionally singing like that to be different or really not talented at all. I find it all to not go well together either and just makes it harder for me to appreciate her message, which I think is great.
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