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Post by TomX on Dec 4, 2022 13:25:17 GMT
A role model as an artist? Of course. As a person? Not necessarily. And why would she have to be one? She’s a talented artist that made more than one pick up a guitar and self-teach themselves the way she did (I am one of them) and taught people to stand up for themselves and for their art, and that’s enough for me. Her drinking or smoking occasionally doesn’t make her less of a person and she’s allowed to have fun, even if I don’t share her concept of “fun”. She was always this way, so I’m surprised some people are still shocked to see her with a cigarette or a beer in her hand.
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Post by TomX on Nov 30, 2022 0:53:46 GMT
Teenage Nightmare is so good. I honestly have no idea how they managed to make a song shorter than PP or BOAH sound much more complete and longer. I wish the other shorter songs had this structure. Technically it's short, but it's a complete song from start to finish. The lyrics are also amazing. It's like My World 2.0. It should've come out as a stand-alone single in June, along with the anniversary of LG. No offense, but it's not anywhere near the same level. My World is so descriptive of her life before fame and makes her sound so genuine/relatable, while having some really beautiful lines. In Teenage Nightmare she doesn't really say much... But we're comparing it to a song that's basically twice its length.
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Post by TomX on Nov 29, 2022 20:38:42 GMT
Teenage Nightmare is so good. I honestly have no idea how they managed to make a song shorter than PP or BOAH sound much more complete and longer. I wish the other shorter songs had this structure. Technically it's short, but it's a complete song from start to finish. The lyrics are also amazing. It's like My World 2.0.
It should've come out as a stand-alone single in June, along with the anniversary of LG.
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Post by TomX on Nov 29, 2022 19:17:37 GMT
MHE is just perfect. Nothing can ever beat that one, and she's the queen of strong bridges.
I think it's the one song I've gone back to the bridge to replay it over and over again.
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Post by TomX on Nov 29, 2022 14:27:07 GMT
I just checked on AM and yes, Pity Party is written between the three of them.
Funny, actually the self-written song is MIR. I’m happy to see that, since the song is pretty good in terms of lyrics and subject matter.
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Post by TomX on Nov 28, 2022 23:20:25 GMT
I'm almost certain PP must be a self-written track.
I'm also curious to know why it still isn't available to see on Spotify. I check regularly and still nothing. I wonder if these were last-minute additions due to the leaks and they weren't planned to be originally on the album, hence, why the "paperwork" could be taking more time, idk.
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Post by TomX on Nov 28, 2022 14:11:12 GMT
I read someone on Twitter saying that the Deluxe album sounds slightly tweaked in terms of production, and that that the bass is much better. Has anyone noticed any difference? I noticed something when listening to Avalanche. I prefer the original though. Interesting, what or where did you notice it? I just listened to it but it sounds exactly the same to me?
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Post by TomX on Nov 28, 2022 12:19:42 GMT
I read someone on Twitter saying that the Deluxe album sounds slightly tweaked in terms of production, and that that the bass is much better. Has anyone noticed any difference?
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Post by TomX on Nov 26, 2022 3:11:56 GMT
I’m A Mess, for two reasons: a-the amazing bridge (probably the best in the album along with Avalanche), b-the fact that it’s over 3 minutes long. I think if MIR had an actual bridge and one final chorus it could’ve become my favorite. It’s not that I’m A Mess is a work of art because let’s face it, if it wasn’t for the song’s bridge it would be just one more song among her catalogue; but at least it sounds like the most complete one and is pretty solid overall.
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Post by TomX on Nov 26, 2022 3:08:50 GMT
I just listened to the whole Deluxe album and I’ve got to say it sounds like a much more complete work when you listen to it back to back. I think this Deluxe is not quite worth it if you’re only going to go for the new tracks/acoustic versions, but if you start with Cannonball and end with Pity Party, it really sounds like an enhanced experience and I definitely recommend anyone who hasn’t done it yet to play it this way.
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Post by TomX on Nov 25, 2022 3:02:40 GMT
I’m impressed by how overall negative this reception has been from everyone. I think it’s probably the biggest letdown of the era so far by how this thread is going. Even when we discuss her energy on tour and the setlist we have more “agrees to disagrees”, but there seems to be a general consensus here.
Was it not worth the 9 month wait? Definitely not. This would’ve been worthy of releasing along with the album or maybe even up to a month apart, so I agree with everyone on that.
Is it still better than nothing? Of course. Even if they’re short and obviously most of the leaks are better than these songs, we still got some more new music before the end of the year. And I’d still say it’s probably her best deluxe. Even TBDT had I Will Be, which was a song that was ultimately given to another artist, so it wasn’t even exclusively hers. And the Girlfriend remix at the end was that, a remix. Here we got about 2 and a half new songs , a brand new acoustic and two more acoustics (though a terrible one, Bois Lie) which I think already gives it a wining spot as far as her Deluxe albums go.
On the bright side, if we’ve got a new album coming next year, I’m sure this bittersweet taste will be gone before we know it, and we’ll mostly forget about the disappointment this deluxe brought most fans.
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Post by TomX on Nov 24, 2022 21:47:03 GMT
I can’t believe Teenage Nightmare is literally the same length as Pity Party and shorter than Mercury In Retrograde yet feels so much more complete and longer than either of these songs. It’s so sad this didn’t go in the deluxe. It’s much better than PP.
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Post by TomX on Nov 24, 2022 21:28:48 GMT
Suddenly everyone has access to TN lol, I’ve been looking for it in YT but no luck.
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Post by TomX on Nov 24, 2022 18:59:04 GMT
Overall I feel the leaks are there for a reason. You can see why they didn’t make the cut. I feel all of the songs in the standard album are stronger and better-produced than most of these songs. I’m sure if this was the other way anround and some of the standard tracks didn’t make it but some leaks did, I’d be like “how on earth was this not included?” I would’ve replaced LIWYHM with Joker though, but I can’t say that for the rest of the leaks. I’m like them all, but not as much as the tracks that made it to the final album.
Having said that, they would’ve all made a killer deluxe or Side B album.
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Post by TomX on Nov 24, 2022 15:41:55 GMT
I think Mercury In Retrograde will pleasantly surprise most when they listen to it in full. I love the chorus, it goes very well with the vibe of the album. I would’ve preferred a different outro, like someone pointed out, sounds a bit too ModSun Flames-esque.
Btw, the beginning of Pity Party reminds me heavily of Half Full, like those first seconds in the intro lol.
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