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Solange's 'Losing You' is better than anything Beyonce's every done.

drakepress [Edit] [Delete] 59 replies 16:11 January 10th, 2013

Easily.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy9W_mrY_Vk

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drakepress | 10 Jan '13, 16:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
#itsanindierockthing

fuckyeahdubstep | 10 Jan '13, 16:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
- hash tag, really?
  
  drakepress @fuckyeahdubstep | 10 Jan '13, 16:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
Nope.

But it's still amazing.

Puds | 10 Jan '13, 16:36 | X | ^ This | Reply

svlad this'd this
- Exactly
  
  it's really good, but it's hardly single ladies.
  
  svlad @Puds | 10 Jan '13, 17:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  rainmaker, MajorCriiimes, and Severed799 this'd this
This is a very false statement, drake.

theShipment | 10 Jan '13, 16:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Go on, prove me wrong!
  
  drakepress @theShipment | 10 Jan '13, 16:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Well do you WANT to be proven wrong?
    
    Like, do you already not like Beyonce?
    
    theShipment @drakepress | 10 Jan '13, 17:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I really like Beyonce.
      
      She's just never been 'Losing You' good, sorry.
      
      drakepress @theShipment | 10 Jan '13, 17:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - The song is good but very slight compared to Beyonces strongest work.
        
        Its very 80s and indie-bating with the video/styling and all.
        
        theShipment @drakepress | 10 Jan '13, 17:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Well it has synths. And the video is neither here nor there!
        
        And you still haven't singled out any specific Beyonce work that trumps it. And if you say' Crazy In Love' I'll scream.
        
        drakepress @theShipment | 10 Jan '13, 17:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4311245#r6429213
        
        theShipment @drakepress | 10 Jan '13, 17:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Well I still love you obviously.
        
        drakepress @theShipment | 10 Jan '13, 17:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        WELL THEN:
        
        Irreplaceable
        Upgrade U
        Get Me Bodied
        Freakum Dress
        Deja Vu
        Ring the Alarm
        Naughty Girl
        Me Myself and I
        Single Ladies
        Video Phone
        Love On Top
        Countdown
        Lay Up Under Me
        Schoolin Life (pastiche but way more fun than Losing You imo)
        
        theShipment @drakepress | 10 Jan '13, 17:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Aw man, do me a favour,
        
        none of them come close. There's some great stuff there but the fact you've included trash like Video Phone....
        
        drakepress @theShipment | 10 Jan '13, 17:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        THE BASSS!
        
        theShipment @drakepress | 10 Jan '13, 17:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        jimitheexploder this'd this
        
        Video Phone is prob the best thing shes done
        
        it just bangs even with Lady Gaga on it, that shouldn't even be possible!
        
        jimitheexploder @drakepress | 10 Jan '13, 17:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Yeah the song smashes.
        
        theShipment @jimitheexploder | 10 Jan '13, 17:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        jimitheexploder and SCROTUM this'd this
        
        nonsense.
        
        good production but the song itself is weak as feck. best thing about it is actually the video, in which she looks AMAZING.
        
        drakepress @jimitheexploder | 10 Jan '13, 17:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Songs aint the thing with Beyonce tho
        
        he's always arse at that, its just the way her voice sounds, the odd hook and the beats. Single Ladies is prob up there with Video Phone because of that too.
        
        jimitheexploder @drakepress | 10 Jan '13, 17:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I'll go along with that.
        
        Which is why 'Losing You' is a far better song than her solo career has managed to muster up.
        
        drakepress @jimitheexploder | 10 Jan '13, 17:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        songs are over rated
        
        its all about the beats haha
        
        jimitheexploder @drakepress | 10 Jan '13, 17:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        :D
        
        drakepress @jimitheexploder | 10 Jan '13, 17:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        But seriously you have to explain this
        
        -this is a better SONG- thing. Beat, vocal performance, phrasing, lyrics, melody etc are all parts of a song. I guess it depends on which of the these things appeal more to your own personal taste.
        
        theShipment @drakepress | 10 Jan '13, 17:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        All of those things coming together and playing offf each other perfectly to create a whole that is better than the sum of the parts.
        
        And also something that creates a certain mood and would still hold up if it was covered by a spotty 16 year-old on Youtube.
        
        Idk, ask Burt Bacharach.
        
        drakepress @theShipment | 10 Jan '13, 18:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The song just reminds of a Debbie Gibson
        
        single just a little too much.
        
        theShipment @drakepress | 10 Jan '13, 18:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Beyonce tracks can't ever be more than the sum of their parts
        
        Because even the simplest vocals & beat ones have about 20 writers each.
        
        in_limbo @drakepress | 10 Jan '13, 20:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        What difference does it make how many writers
        
        there are, or if the vocalist wrote it or not?
        
        theShipment @in_limbo | 10 Jan '13, 20:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        yeah
        
        no ones ever accomplished anyting in a group.
        
        http://www.bdonline.co.uk/Pictures/web/q/f/y/Cabazon_450.jpeg
        
        codpieceface @in_limbo | 10 Jan '13, 20:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Well, it's the too many cooks thing.
        
        Individual vision gets lost and diluted in the mire of opinion. Most of my favourite music comes from bands with one or two visionaries, and the less outside influence between the brain and the track, the better.
        
        I'll always maintain that individually people are quite smart, and their stupidity increases proportionate to the size of the group. See picture codpieceface linked to below.
        
        in_limbo @in_limbo | 10 Jan '13, 21:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        as if you don't like dinosaur buildings
        
        you philistine.
        
        codpieceface @in_limbo | 10 Jan '13, 21:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        What's the favour?
        
        theShipment @drakepress | 10 Jan '13, 17:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        keep on rocking in the free world
        
        drakepress @theShipment | 10 Jan '13, 17:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I can do that.
        
        theShipment @drakepress | 10 Jan '13, 17:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        drakepress this'd this
        
        ---none of them come close----
        
        WHUUUUUUUT
        
        theShipment @drakepress | 10 Jan '13, 17:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        That's without even mentioning Sweet Dreams...
        
        John_Ho @theShipment | 10 Jan '13, 17:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Never liked the melody on that one :/
        
        Her vocals arent my favorite on that either.
        
        I had other songs that I love by Beyonce but I tried to list songs that I would realistically rank higher than Losing You. Like Halo is cool but I like LY better for sure.
        
        theShipment @John_Ho | 10 Jan '13, 17:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Beyonce deep cuts
        
        in_limbo @theShipment | 10 Jan '13, 20:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Those are mostly really massive singles there.
        
        theShipment @in_limbo | 10 Jan '13, 20:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Would you even like this song if the video didn't look the way it does?
    
    theShipment @drakepress | 10 Jan '13, 17:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I only just watched the video for the first time when I started this thread!
      
      Heard it on Music Weekly, downloaded it, listened obsessively walking around town during lunch for about two months. So ja.
      
      drakepress @theShipment | 10 Jan '13, 17:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Fair enough, wasn't a dig.
        
        theShipment @drakepress | 10 Jan '13, 17:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I know!
        
        drakepress @theShipment | 10 Jan '13, 17:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
- as an opinion it's perfectly valid
  
  no-class @theShipment | 10 Jan '13, 18:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  theShipment this'd this
She dances like she's Beyonce's dad

Not her sister.

deanzor | 10 Jan '13, 16:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
- She is a hero.
  
  drakepress @deanzor | 10 Jan '13, 17:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
Anybody else off to XOYO next week?

Puds | 10 Jan '13, 17:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
Quite possibly.

automatik | 10 Jan '13, 17:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Song-wise, I still prefer Everything Is Embarassing

But as far videos go, I don't think I've loved B as much as I love Solange in this one. She's adorable.

Blackjack_Bauer | 10 Jan '13, 18:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
can't help but feel there's a bit of anti-indie kneejerkism in this thread

no-class | 10 Jan '13, 18:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Maybe, I do like the song a lot.
  
  I think there is some obv bate from the other side as well saying that it is EASILY better than ANYTHING beyonce has EVER done, you know.
  
  Nothing knee jerk about my opinion either. I've been sitting with the song for months, thinking about it intently every day.
  
  theShipment @no-class | 10 Jan '13, 18:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  jopzorz this'd this
  - ;) actually i'm just weakly trying to fuel it myself
    
    but my heart isn't really in it. i just got sucked in by grouchland's hashtag
    
    no-class @theShipment | 10 Jan '13, 18:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
Maybe if she got rid of that annoying vocal loop in the background.

skellywager | 10 Jan '13, 18:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- it's the best part!
  
  no-class @skellywager | 10 Jan '13, 18:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  JaguarPirate and automatik this'd this
It's no Sex Karma

twentynine | 10 Jan '13, 20:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
My threads are better than anything KiK's ever done.

MajorCriiimes | 10 Jan '13, 21:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
But seriously

Nah. It sounds like a washed-up Whitney Houston Christmas single from 1988.

MajorCriiimes | 10 Jan '13, 21:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
If so and so did it

It'd be number one etc etc

I like it, I think it's good. But Countdown's better.

thorners | 10 Jan '13, 21:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
I really like that Solange track

but you do realise it's Holiday by Madonna right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X7RyGBq2E8

Severed799 | 11 Jan '13, 00:45 | X | ^ This | Reply

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