Topic: MIA's born free (Read 9332 times)

Yayniall · « **on:** 27 Apr 2010, 20:43 »

NSFW

A violent and ridiculous video regarding the plight of the modern day ginger.
Song's nothing to write home about.

JD · « **Reply #1 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 20:52 »

whaaaaatttttt

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #2 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 21:32 »

I find it interesting that M.I.A. went on a media tirade claiming that Lady Gaga made a career from poorly copying her, only to then release a shitty 9-minute long "Edgy music video" a month after Lady Gaga.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 21:38 »

Really? Now I'm not typically in the business of defending Lady Gaga but how the fuck do her and M.I.A. share even the slightest aesthetic similarities?

scarred · « **Reply #4 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 22:31 »

While the differences between M.I.A. and Lady Gaga are myriad and plentiful, the most relevant one is thus: M.I.A. makes good music. Lady Gaga does not.

Johnny C · « **Reply #5 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 22:36 »

This is pretty much about the Tamils, right?

Eris · « **Reply #6 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 22:49 »

I kinda related it to Palestinians, but with MIA's background,Tamils makes more sense. I guess that is a major difference between this video and Gaga's "edgy" video; there is actually an underlying message to this one, albeit with a slightly hamfisted allegory (is that the right word? I dunno) in it. I can't really think of something serious being commented on in Telephone (other than the obvious illuminati mind control symbols, of course), so I don't think I would have even thought of comparing the two in any way if it hadn't been brought up.

JD · « **Reply #7 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 22:55 »

Quote from: scarred on 27 Apr 2010, 22:31

While the differences between M.I.A. and Lady Gaga are myriad and plentiful, the most relevant one is thus: M.I.A. makes good music. Lady Gaga does not.

Dunno Gaga is pretty fun to listen to. Then again the only song I've really heard by M.I.A. is Paper Planes.

Johnny C · « **Reply #8 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 20:10 »

They both have jams, though Gaga frequently has no idea how to actually write a song that makes any sense and isn't a jumble of parts all smooshed together.

Don't kid yourself about "Telephone" not having anything substantial behind it because at the very least a dude from Bathory directed it.

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #9 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 20:42 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 27 Apr 2010, 21:38

Really? Now I'm not typically in the business of defending Lady Gaga but how the fuck do her and M.I.A. share even the slightest aesthetic similarities?

That's the thing I found weirdest about it. I would never think to compare the two's music, but the fact that M.I.A. does I find baffling.

scarred · « **Reply #10 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 23:14 »

Quote from: Zombiedude on 27 Apr 2010, 22:55

Dunno Gaga is pretty fun to listen to. Then again the only song I've really heard by M.I.A. is Paper Planes.

yeah you might want to hit up Arular, which is a great album. The song in this video is pretty shitty.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #11 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 23:18 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 27 Apr 2010, 20:10

Don't kid yourself about "Telephone" not having anything substantial behind it because at the very least a dude from Bathory directed it.

I was wondering where I recognised that name from.

Anyway I'm quite sure that the "Telephone" video is representative of many things, it is just that all of those things are awful i.e; I am naked and that is empowering, homesexuality as a fashion accessory, probably more that I am not willing to go back and watch the video again to remind myself of

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #12 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 23:59 »

Aside from the video being all controversial and stuff, I'm pretty disappointed by the song.

I was hoping her working together with Sleigh Bells would lead to exciting things.

De_El · « **Reply #13 on:** 28 Apr 2010, 00:16 »

Ghost Rider. It's pretty prominent. The video was okay up to the end, when it got stupid. The song wasn't much to write home about.

Seeing another video directed by Romain Gavras though reminded me that I still haven't seen Z, the most famous film by his father, film director Costa Gavras. I've really been meaning to see that but I keep forgetting or not having time.

nufan · « **Reply #14 on:** 28 Apr 2010, 03:06 »

Quote from: Sam on 28 Apr 2010, 00:04

"born free" samples a suicide song

This was pretty much my initial reaction, second was "jesus christ the ginger thing is ridiculous".

KharBevNor · « **Reply #15 on:** 28 Apr 2010, 06:14 »

Quote from: Eris on 27 Apr 2010, 22:49

a slightly hamfisted allegory

Slightly? This is up there with that original Star Trek episode where they find the last two members of an alien race who are black on one side of their bodies and white on the other side, and half of them are black on the left and half are black on the right, and they have exterminated each other over this difference, but the humans can't tell between them.

Which is to say it's not so much hamfisted as a great big sledgehammer of frozen meat being smashed against your skull by a riod-raging Russian bodybuilder.

pinkpiche · « **Reply #16 on:** 28 Apr 2010, 07:54 »

Quote from: RallyMonkey on 27 Apr 2010, 20:42

Quote from: David_Dovey on 27 Apr 2010, 21:38
Really? Now I'm not typically in the business of defending Lady Gaga but how the fuck do her and M.I.A. share even the slightest aesthetic similarities?

That's the thing I found weirdest about it. I would never think to compare the two's music, but the fact that M.I.A. does I find baffling.

Apparently she was told over and over again, how they are alike. I don't think she made the comparison herself.

amok · « **Reply #17 on:** 28 Apr 2010, 08:33 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 28 Apr 2010, 06:14

Which is to say it's not so much hamfisted as a great big sledgehammer of frozen meat being smashed against your skull by a riod-raging Russian bodybuilder.

which in turn would've made a much better music video

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #18 on:** 28 Apr 2010, 10:07 »

Quote from: pinkpiche on 28 Apr 2010, 07:54

Quote from: RallyMonkey on 27 Apr 2010, 20:42
Quote from: David_Dovey on 27 Apr 2010, 21:38
Really? Now I'm not typically in the business of defending Lady Gaga but how the fuck do her and M.I.A. share even the slightest aesthetic similarities?

That's the thing I found weirdest about it. I would never think to compare the two's music, but the fact that M.I.A. does I find baffling.

Apparently she was told over and over again, how they are alike. I don't think she made the comparison herself.

If I'm hearing it first from her, than she's as good as making the comparison herself.

scarred · « **Reply #19 on:** 28 Apr 2010, 10:33 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 28 Apr 2010, 06:14

Slightly? This is up there with that original Star Trek episode where they find the last two members of an alien race who are black on one side of their bodies and white on the other side, and half of them are black on the left and half are black on the right, and they have exterminated each other over this difference, but the humans can't tell between them.

If we're comparing this to Star Trek, let's do it with Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Working Title: WHAAAAAAAAAALES).

Johnny C · « **Reply #20 on:** 28 Apr 2010, 14:08 »

And "Stress" by Justice.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #21 on:** 28 Apr 2010, 17:21 »

What the fuck did I just watch.

kyleg · « **Reply #22 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 00:28 »

Both M.I.A and Lady Gaga are excelent pop artists, imo. Trick is, most people on a board like this don't like pop.

scarred · « **Reply #23 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 00:30 »

I think you need to read the 2010 music thread where several people are jizzing over the new Robyn

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #24 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 00:38 »

Yeah, I reckon this is a pretty pop friendly board.

Johnny C · « **Reply #25 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 02:36 »

Quote from: kyleg on 30 Apr 2010, 00:28

Both M.I.A and Lady Gaga are excelent pop artists, imo. Trick is, most people on a board like this don't like pop.

HEY

David_Dovey · « **Reply #26 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 03:39 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 30 Apr 2010, 02:36

HEY

KharBevNor · « **Reply #27 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 10:13 »

Yeah man, the fuckers round here pretty much love whatever triple-processed fecal matter and biomedical waste the big four record labels can turn into a comforting, nutrient rich slurry and pump down their mewling little fucking throats.

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #28 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 10:14 »

Good for you, Khar

KharBevNor · « **Reply #29 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 10:20 »

"Feed us, Universal Media Group, for we cannot feed ourselves"

Johnny C · « **Reply #30 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 10:21 »

how's that superiority complex coming along for you

Johnny C · « **Reply #31 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 10:22 »

did you miss the part of the thread where the guy from bathory directed the new lady gaga video btw

(yeah i know he was only their drummer for a year WHATEVER)

KharBevNor · « **Reply #32 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 10:28 »

Bathory only ever had one real member, and he's dead. This guy like, played bass for Bathory on two songs back when they were called Nosferatu. The fact that he lasted only a year in a band which regarded recording in a studio with a finished floor as a dangerously decadent production choice isn't really an advertisment for him. It also unfortunately doesn't stop him making tedious videos to accompany bad music!

SWOON! at My Gravitas · « **Reply #33 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 12:50 »

I like to listen to what MTV tells me to listen to because it saves me the trouble of making an informed decision

scarred · « **Reply #34 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 13:03 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 30 Apr 2010, 03:39

HEY

Oh my god I forgot how hilarious that thread was

Johnny C · « **Reply #35 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 13:46 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 30 Apr 2010, 10:28

Bathory only ever had one real member, and he's dead. This guy like, played bass for Bathory on two songs back when they were called Nosferatu. The fact that he lasted only a year in a band which regarded recording in a studio with a finished floor as a dangerously decadent production choice isn't really an advertisment for him. It also unfortunately doesn't stop him making tedious videos to accompany bad music!

ah the old "no true bathory member" feint

KharBevNor · « **Reply #36 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 16:34 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 30 Apr 2010, 13:46

ah the old "no true bathory member" feint

It's not really a feint. It is ludicrous for you to think I should regard his work more highly because he played the nigh-on inaudible bass parts on one Bathory demo.

Inlander · « **Reply #37 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 21:53 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 30 Apr 2010, 02:36

HEY

BEEN TRYING

TO MEET Y-

Wait sorry, I misunderstood. My mistake.

JD · « **Reply #38 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 22:18 »

Quote from: kyleg on 30 Apr 2010, 00:28

Both M.I.A and Lady Gaga are excelent pop artists, imo. Trick is, most people on a board like this don't like pop.

We aren't Hipinion

scarred · « **Reply #39 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 22:26 »

Not yet, anyway.

Johnny C · « **Reply #40 on:** 01 May 2010, 00:10 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 30 Apr 2010, 16:34

It's not really a feint. It is ludicrous for you to think I should regard his work more highly because he played the nigh-on inaudible bass parts on one Bathory demo.

I don't really think that, you're missing the point, and why am I having this conversation with you since it's impossible to talk to you on the subject of pop music

KharBevNor · « **Reply #41 on:** 04 May 2010, 14:21 »

Then what are you implying with this:

Quote from: Johnny C on 30 Apr 2010, 10:22

did you miss the part of the thread where the guy from bathory directed the new lady gaga video btw

Why would this knowledge change my opinions otherwise.

Also we are totally talking about pop music right now, don't get negative.

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