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03-23-2008, 08:58 AM
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It's the labels fault. They're already fucking up the promotion, figures.
Uhm, I can accept an almost 3 week delay BUT I hope it's for a good reason. And if she's still gonna shoot a new video for 'Underneath' she HAS to do it now.
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03-25-2008, 08:20 AM
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Seriously. It's not only the label I think but it's her doings as well.
Pffffff she herself said that she wants be relevant again. But by the looks of it she doesn't. And in that recent interview she states that she hates being in the center of attention. MMMKAAAY Whatever.
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03-27-2008, 12:16 PM
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Another review from someone who heard the record:
1. Citizen of the Planet Massive amount of different sounds here and sonically very interesting. Probably my second least favorite song but the chorus has been going through my head all morning. I feel like it would have worked better as a B-Side and is the weakest opening to an album of hers. 2. Underneath We've all heard this song so the only thing I'm going to say is that I don't feel like this song fits in very well on this album. It feels very out of place here, but I still love the song. 3. Straitjacket Frakkin' amazing song, from start to finish. I could seriously see this song being played at a club if she were more popular. The chorus rocks "This shit's makin me craaaazzzy" and my jaw kept dropping because it's so not "Alanis" but at the same time, it totally is. You can definitely hear Guy Sigsworth's influence on this track. 4. Versions of Violence Building on what TheGrimaldi said, this song starts out very, very low and ominous and then it turns into this booming, rocking chorus. Solid song, but repetitive. Almost turns into too much of a good thing (ie. the chorus plays over and over again). Interesting guitars--subtle but completely noticable and effective. 5. Not As We Exactly what we heard on "House" but it works so much better here. I was absolutely blown away by this song, even though I had heard half of it before. It's just an amazingly beautiful and melodic song--"That Particular Time" and "Simple Together's" little sister. 6. In Praise of the Vulnerable Man I am having a hard time remembering what this sounded like. I remember it being a nice little ditty, pleasant, and enjoyable, but nothing extraordinary. It was definitely in the vein of the new sound and her voice is amazing on this track. Really vocally stunning. Vocal gymnastics if you will. 7. Moratorium By far my least favorite song on the album. I have to say, I'm not a fan of "Purgatorying" or "The Couch" and this song is very comparable to those. Melodically there's not much there but sonically it is very interesting. TheGrimaldi was spot on when he described it as "epic." There are lots of different parts to this song and it will probably grow on when all is said and done. After hearing such good things about the live version, this one was a disappointment for me. 8. Torch Not much to say about this one. The lyrics are emotionally devastating for me. Musically it's not too complex but it's a really great sound and fits in well with this album. Definitely a classic "Alanis" sound but still works in comparison with the other tracks on the album. 9. Giggling Again for no reason It's an absolutely ridiculous title and a ridiculous song and I LOVE IT. If I heard the song in a store I would have no idea it's Alanis. It sounds like a song for a car commercial, or something from the 80's. Very dancey, very bouncy, very I can see her jumping around in the studio or in her house while recording this song. COMPLETELY interesting listen and I can't wait to hear it again so I can disect it some more. 10. Tapes This is so going to be my song. I really loved the studio version of this--very layered, very complex. The verses are really simple but the chorus' bring this whole new feeling to the song. Very emotionally naked vocally. Not much to say but I enjoyed the studio version of this very much. 11. Incomplete TheGrimaldi wasn't exaggerating when he said this is the best song on the album. It's an even mix between "classic" Alanis and "Guy Sigsworth" Alanis. It's this mixed with that with a splash of this and a handful of that thrown in--like nothing you've ever heard before but at the same time SO her. The lyrics are awesome and I think this is an amazing conclusion to the album. I want this record right fucking NOW!! So appealing yum.
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03-28-2008, 06:24 PM
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ALL the lyrics have been released.
You want me to post 'em? I'm trying not to look, I promised myself not to spoil the new record.
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03-28-2008, 09:32 PM
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Oh and to hell with it. ALL the lyrics Citizen Of The Planet I start up in the north I grow from special seed I sprinkle it with sensibility From French and Hungarian snow I linger in the sprouting until my engine’s full Then I move across the sea To European bliss To language of poets As I cut the cord of home I kiss my mother’s mother Look to the horizon Wide eyed, new ground Humbled by my new surroundings I am a citizen of the planet My president is kwan yin My frontier is on an airplane My prisons: homes for rehabilitating Then I fly back to my nest, I fly back with my nuclear but everything is different So I wait, my yearn for home is broadened, patriotism expanded by calling from beyond So I pack my things nothing precious all things sacred I am a citizen of the planet My laws are all of attraction My punishments are consequences Separating from source the original sin I am citizen of the planet Democracy’s kids are sovereign Where the teachers are the sages And pedestals fill with every parent And so, the next few years are blurry, the next decades’ a flurry of smells and tastes unknown Threads sewn straight through this fabric through fields of every color one culture to another I come alive and I get giddy I am taken and globally naturalized I am a citizen of the planet From simple roots through high vision I am guarded by the angels My body guides the direction I go in I am a citizen of the planet My favorite pastime edge stretching Besotten with human condition These ideals are borne from my deepest within Underneath Look at us break our bonds in this kitchen Look at us rallying all our defenses Look at us waging war in our bedroom Look at us jumping ship in our dialogues There is no differences in what we’re doing in here That doesn’t show up as bigger symptoms out there So why spend all our time in dressing our bandages When we’ve the ultimate key to the cause right here, our underneath Look at us our form our cliques in our sandbox Look at us micro kids with both out hearts blocked Look at us turn away from all rough spots Look at dictatorship on my own block There is no difference in what we’re doing in here That doesn’t show up as bigger symptoms out there So why spend all our time in dressing our bandages When we’ve the ultimate key to the cause right here, our underneath How I’ve spun my wheels with carts before my horse When shine on the outside springs from the root Spotlight on these seeds of nucleus reasons Core, born into form, starts in our livingroom There is no difference in what we’re doing in here That doesn’t show up as bigger symptoms out there So why spend all our time in dressing our bandages When we’ve the ultimate key to the cause right here, our underneath Straitjacket Something so benign from construed as cruelty Such a difference between who I am and who you see Conclusions you come to of me routinely incorrect I don’t know who you’re talking to with such fucking disrespect This shit’s making me crazy The way you nullify what’s in my head You say one thing do another And argue that’s not what you did Your way’s making me mental How you filter as skewed interpret I swear you won’t be happy til I am bound in a straight jacket Talking with you’s like talking to a sive that can’t hear me You fight me tooth and nail to disavow what’s happening Your resistance to a mirror I feel screaming from your body One day I’ll introduce myself and you’ll see you’ve not yet met me This shit’s making me crazy The way you nullify what’s in my head You say one thing do another And argue that’s not what you did Your way’s making me mental How you filter as skewed interpret I swear you won’t be happy til I am bound in a straight jacket Grand dissonance The strings of my puppet are cut The end of an era Your discrediting’s lost my consent Chorus Versions Of Violence Coercing or leaving Shutting down and punishing Running from rooms, defending Withholding, justifying These versions of violence Sometimes subtle sometimes clear And the ones that go unnoticed Still leave their mark once disappeared Diagnosing, analyzing Unsolicited advice Explaining and controlling, Judging, attacking and meddling These versions of violence Sometimes subtle sometimes clear And the ones that go unnoticed Still leave their mark once disappeared This labeling This pointing This sensitive’s unraveling This sting I’ve been ignoring I feel it way down way down These versions of violence Sometimes subtle sometimes clear And the ones that go unnoticed Still leave their mark once disappeared Not As We Reborn and shivering Spat out on new terrain Unsuring unconvincing This faint and shakey hour Day one day one start over again Step one step one I’m barely making sense for now I’m faking it till I’m pseudo making it From scratch being again but this time I as i And not as we Gun shy and quivering Timid without at hand Feign brave with steel intent Little and hardly here Day one day one start over again Step one step one I’m barely making sense for now I’m faking it till I’m pseudo making it From scratch being again but this time I as i And not as we Eyes wet toward Wide open frayed If god’s taking bets I pray He wants to lose Day one day one start over again Step one step one I’m barely making sense for now I’m faking it till I’m pseudo making it From scratch being again but this time I as i And not as we In Praise Of The Vulnerable Man You are the bravest man I’ve ever met You unreluctant at treacherous ledge You are the sexiest man I’ve ever been with You, never hotter than with armor spent When you do what you do to provide How you land in the soft as you fortify This is in praise of the vulnerable man Why won’t you lead the rest of your cavalry home You, with your eyes mix strength with abandon You with your new kind of heroism And I bow and I bow down to you To the grace that it takes to melt on through This is in praise of the vulnerable man Why won’t you lead the rest of your cavalry home This is a thank you for letting me in Indeed in praise of the vulnerable man You are the greatest man I’ve ever met You the stealth setter of new precedents And I vow and I vow to be true And I vow and I vow to not take advantage This is in praise of the vulnerable man Why won’t you lead the rest of your cavalry home This is a thank you for letting me in Indeed in praise of the vulnerable man Moratorium I’ve never been this accountable-less and within I’ve never known focusless-ness on any form I’ve never had this lack of ache for dalliance To let go and let god in ways I have never even imagines I declare a moratorium on things relationship I declare a respite from the toils of liaison I do need a breather from the flavors of entanglement I declare a full time out from all things commitment I’ve never let my grasp soften fingers like this I’ve never been careless otherless like autonomy’s twin I declare a moratorium on things relationship I declare a respite from the toils of liaison I do need a breather from the flavors of entanglement I declare a full time out from all things commitment Ah to breathe Stop looking outside Stop searching in corners of rooms Not my business or (right) timing Ahhh I’ve never known freedom from intertwining I start again this time for keeps in my skin I’m residing I declare a moratorium on things relationship I declare a respite from the toils of liaison I do need a breather from the flavors of entanglement I declare a full time out from all things commitment Torch I miss your smell and your style and your pure abiding way Miss your approach to life and your body in my bed Miss your take on anything and the music you would play Miss cracking up and wrestling and our debriefs at end of day These are things that I miss These are not times for the weak of heart These are the days of raw despondence I never dreamed I would have to lay down my torch for you like this I miss your neck and your gait and your sharing what you write Miss you walking through the front door documentaries in your hand Miss traveling our traveling and your fun and charming friends Miss our big sur getaways And to watch you love my dogs These are things that I miss These are not times for the weak of heart These are the days of raw despondence I never dreamed I would have to lay down my torch for you like this One step one prayer I soldier on, simulating moving on |