Comments on: Lets Talk About Pop, Baby

By: Duppy Foodstamps

Duppy Foodstamps — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:49:40 +0000

Man, just noticed that the new Robyn album features a cover of the Teddybears’ “cobrastyle”, complete with her squeaking Mad Cobra’s lyrics in a patois. I can’t even tell what the thought process behind that one is, if she’s trying to be ironic in the vein of what’s-her-name from Veruca Salt’s acoustic cover of “straight out of compton”, or what. It’s rough stuff one way or another, definitely.

By: Mr. Mashit

Mr. Mashit — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:19:04 +0000

Oh yeah! she went brunette for that video. Good point!

Good point also about bassline. I was going to mention that but apparently it actually was influenced by dubstep. From Pitchfork:

“Britney’s borrowings from urban music don’t have a safety net of contact book authenticity: There are no “[ft.]”’s on Blackout. When Team Britney require a dubstep track, for instance, they simply borrow some production tricks and make one. The result is “Freakshow”, built around the “wobbler” effect that’s a genre standby. A dubstep forum thread on the tune hit seven pages in 24 hours, mixing outrage and delight: It still seems to matter when the mainstream borrows underground music, brings it into the wider pop vocabulary.”

By: ripley

ripley — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:39:56 +0000

Nice post!

btw, in that video Britney doesn’t stay in line with your “blond” theme… the music sounds influenced by (or in the same family as) the cheesy side of bassline.. diva vocals with silly lyrics and lots of wub..

By: KiDDiD

KiDDiD — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:34:33 +0000

Very strange…I checked this post late-Friday eve. The next night I worked my “day” job, catering private functions at a Hotel here in Boston. That night we had a Bar-Mitzvah happening, complete with a VJ/DJ and dance floor…Pretty silly shit for me considering I’m an American mutt with no cultural ties to Jewish culture what-so-ever…long story short…This dude DJing opened the night up with Robin S “Show Me Love” and closed the night off with…can you guess it? “Show Me Love” by Robyn!

What the fuck? Is this pop-cult factoid well known in certain circles or what? Was this a chance occurrence? Maybe this guy (a Bar Mitzvah DJ?) has been frequenting Mashit??

By: DJ C

DJ C — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:41:40 +0000

Nice links, Ghostdad! That video is amazing, and yeah, I think you’re right. It looks like those guys in the video. Really funny story about Robi(y?)n too. I’m surprised that neither of their Wikipedia entries mentions the other.

KLOSELINE, I dropped “Freakshow” at a party in Chicago and the crowd seemd to be kind of dumbfounded. Guess they weren’t ready. haha! I agree about the instrumental. Just found a copy on MediaFire here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?epg22noezpn

It’s not very high quality. If anyone knows where to find a higher quality version please let us know.

By: KLOSELINE

KLOSELINE — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:25:49 +0000

haha i wonder if there is a instrumental of britneys beatshow out there, would be possible to drop it as a garage dubstep blend without being too cheesy, how i gues sit would take the flair out of it….

By: Ghostdad

Ghostdad — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:10:13 +0000

this post is blowing my mind on so many levels. Here are some recent run ins I’ve had with some of this material:

I’m DJing before Ted Leo goes on the other night and he asks me if I have any Robi(y?)n. I’m like “i’ve got show me love,” which regardless of which singer he was talking about I would have been right. Be he was like “nahh you gotta get down with her new stuff,” and told the name of some track I forget, thinking he was talking about Robin S. but that Robyn video might explain things…

Not so recent but before Toxic dropped I had all those Bollywood samples cut up and ready to go. I don’t think I’m the only one with this sob story.

On the Madonna tip, those horns sound way cheap! The Emynd blend makes it more palatable though:

http://www.crossfadedbacon.com/?p=108

And is that precision pop lock champs from Japan Hamutsun Serve dancing on the car? Funny how this routine seems to use a lot of clashy horn sounds in it too…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY5et2t2dn4

By: Ed Holland

Ed Holland — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:24:03 +0000

wow, Robyn is pretty damn cool. I can see her tracks working well in a genre blending mix. I’ve already ordered myself a copy of her album!

By: Demers Designs

Demers Designs — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:18:18 +0000

What a great trip down memory lane. Have to say that the best and catchiest beat out of the lot has to be the Salt N Pepa number. It will be stuck in my head for the rest of the day…

Have to respect YouTube as a historical resource!