ZombieKitten said:

okay i think i need a cold shower now

contrapposto said:

Damn, if that one doesn't get in my head.

Zannaloaf said:

i like diversity as well, and not everything in my collection is straight up funk. if u saw it u might raise an eyebrow at how i have records from system of a down then can easily switch it up and play the roots. and i love alanis and me'shell ndegocello. it just seems that on a prince site, 4 some unknown reason that i can't grasp, wendy and lisa r held up 2 like "goddess" standards and every other band associate gets the thumbsdown.

what u didn't like the video 2 sign o the times?

sarkozyiszeman said:

Now THESE are great albums!!

The reviews I see here about W&L seem very interesting to say the least. I don't know if I'm going to get this CD but I respect W&L on their own and I may give them a shot. It's good that they are still releasing new music. That's never a bad thing.

conciousone said:

Yes indeed mate ! Far better than White Flags !

sarkozyiszeman said:

contrapposto said:

I you

sarkozyiszeman said:

contrapposto said:

Don't bite the bait, hunny. I got something you'l like waaaay beter. Right here.

HamsterHuey said:

I just finished my first full listen this morning and I liked what I heard. A lot.

Anxiety said:

Any immediate stand outs?

I normally do, but this album just jumped at me from start to end, I was rather confused about it, cuz that normally means I am not impressed. But this was the other side of the spectrum.

HamsterHuey said:

i have to take it in a bit more. so far, the first and last songs stand out most, but i liked a lot of stuff going on in the middle, too. i think i need a few more listens for the songs to crystalize.

purplecam said:

so i can get my free copy from u then?

contrapposto said:

Don't listen to him I way better than him !

the front cover looks like a negative image. like they reversed it and that was the outcome.. I'm almost certain that is what they did..
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Ya'll haters will be loving this soon
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Sdldawn said:

If not, we will have them disciplined by mods for baiting.

L4OATheOriginal said:

you might be able to

So do they have other demos floating around out there too?

Well I heard the samples of the songs from White Flags of Winter Chimneys and my impressions are that:

1. It's very melancholy. I definately think it's going to have that cold feeling throughout the whole CD.

2. It seems like it's a good CD. It sounds great and W & L's voices sound great from these samples.

3. It seems like a folk rock kind of CD, correct me if I'm wrong, but that's what I'm getting from the samples.

As for buying it, I don't know yet. I love hearing new music but I have a feeling this will be one of those CD's where I'm going to buy it and play the whole way through once or twice and never play it again. I may buy it anyway just to support them. I'm not sure what I will do, but it sounds like it's a good CD. I'm glad W&L let us sample the tracks so that we could decide if we wanted to buy it or not.
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The reason I think it would be good to buy it is because this is one of those cd's that takes quite a few hits to break the ice.. I highly recommend this over any Wendy and Lisa album.. it's complex, mature and the entire album flows with a haunting feeling..

GirlBrother said:

that's interesting... i'm definitely of the mind the while Invisible is a break-up song, it's more likely about (once again) coming to terms with their relationship with Prince. but while listening to it yesterday, it dawned on me how foreign the idea of them being a couple now seems to me. like, it's odd to even try to imagine anymore.

totally off-topic - i met Amy Scholder this summer, she's kinda super cool herself.

sarkozyiszeman said:

and now that's you've beaten that opinion into the ground are there other threads you can inhabit? Just curious. Especially as I am sure you haven't listened to it.I can easily deal with peoples dislike of someone's work - but judging from snippets is pretty sad (i assume you didn't buy the album). And - of course - adds nothing to the discussion.
How bout starting a new thread - " I like Princes music and don't like Wendy and Lisa's new one." Then you can just keep it going by responding "right" and "i agree" ad naseum while allowing actual mature discussion. PS- i can't STAND Tom Waites voice, but I respect his writing and musicianship, so I could never think of him having the best album of any year. See how that works? And he ain't funky!

purplecam said:

1. I think there's a lot of melancholy to their music, with the possible exception of "Fruit on the Bottom", which I always think of as a poppy, funky album by the standard of all the other W&L albums. That said, the new one feels a lot less melancholy than their other stuff, but I can see how you'd get that impression.

2. I think it's fantastic. I'm enough of a fan that I always want to pick up their albums, but I wouldn't consider myself a huge W&L fan. I didn't like Girl Bros. very much. I wasn't a huge fan of Eroica either. I didn't have high hopes for the new album, and I was pleasantly surprised.

3. There's folk rock floating around in the album, but I think there are a lot of different sounds on it. I think it's very lush for them. I can certainly hear the soundtrack work they've been doing enhancing the pop songs they've written.

I'd say get it. It's a fair price and if you're buying it through the web site, you're supporting their music directly. And most importantly, I think it's some of their best work.

Your Top Four favorite songs so far on the new W&L album.


Go.


mine:

1. Balloon
2. Ever After
3. White Flags of Winter Chimneys
4. Sweet Suite


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Sdldawn said:

1. "Ever After"
2. "Niagra Falls"
3. "Red Bike"
4. "Salt & Cherries [MC5]

Those are the ones that get totally stuck in my damned head.

I have to agree with Zannaloaf as well to those who are here and havent gave a listen to the album but yet want free thing in life. I KNOW who some of you are btw( and no I wont name or they clearly state it in their posts). And saying that just to be a shit stirrer, THAT I dont appreciate or respect them at all.

BUT...


If you did listen to the album COMPLETELY(no sampling) and dont like, THAT I DO respect your opinions and that I know that not everyone will like what the other likes. TRUE we all have different taste in music and will not agree on EVERYTHING.

I really think if I started a thread called "Prince never had "funk" in the first place" alot of you would be falling over backwards in disagree with who ever didnt like the others responce let alone having a serious heart attack and bitching me out especially if I didnt give one listen to that/those albums. RIGHT? OF COURSE you would ( not to worry I wont be starting a idiotic thread of the like the org would crash from the riot that would bring).

We went with a topic before about Prince and "funk" and that failed and died into dust cause everyone had a different deffinition of "funk"

Anyhow, have fun discussing this topic. I gave my opinion about the album and that still stands. Like it or not.

And Anx as you may have read I liked the album too

BTW I do agree with Hamsterhuey as well.