Yes...love Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" and "Smiley Faces"!!

liltalkm said:

You can listen and check them out online

www.KCRW.com

Let's put it this way, I have heard both Starfish & Coffee and A-U-T-O-matic in their entirety on this station before They archive the music shows. Check em out. Most of them are excellent. Chocolate city and Metropolis are my favorites
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liltalkm said:

Wouldn't it be nice if this shit didn't take so long to vindicate you?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

ROFL, not looking for vindication per se'. I just feel that this record should be heard.

This album has topics ranging from love to suicidal thoughts. Happiness to necrophillia. Not since Prince's early days have I heard topics and sounds so bold but at the same time could easily be played on pop radio.


Lo's vocal performance on this album is just amazing to me. It is so emotive and theatrical.

St. Elsewhere will be a critical darling.

I am glad that it is catching on, though I think that US radio may pay it no mind.

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liltalkm said:

Well there are a lot of music lovers out there and it will get some love for sure. Word of mouth can be a powerful thing And the song is getting played on TV shows here. I heard a clip of it last night on Medium. The US is in need of a musical renaissance. It's depressing to hear the shit that passes for music these days being eaten up like a delicacy when in fact it's pure lard

I am seriously itching like mad to get my hands on this. I had no idea Cee-Lo was workin on anything new and when I heard this on KCRW I knew that was his voice. I can't wait to hear this.

Oh, I'm diggin the DJ

liltalkm said:

That was great thanks.They're gonna be big, at least in the U.K.

liltalkm said:

Who are they in this one?

hmmmm.... sounds like i need to check this out...

Here is a link to a Gnarls Barkley documentary that was done on BBC radio. Some great insight to Cee Lo and Danger Mouse.

Amazing to hear that Crazy was written on the fly and the vocal we hear is the original first take. Yes, only one take.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radi...ouse.shtml

Here is an early review of the promo (not full album) from LA Weekly.

http://www.laweekly.com/m...pse/13072/

Finally, here is a review of the full album from NME.

http://www.nme.com/review...rkley/7915

Enjoy!!

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Good to hear a modern producer who knows that without a good song you don't have anything. Most modern producers wouldn't know a real song if it bit them on the ass. I like the Woody Allen analogy too.

Gnarls Barkley premiered
(Wednesday April 19, 2006 12:44 AM)

The debut album from Gnarls Barkley is to be premiered on myspace before the official release, it has been announced.

The record, "St Elsewhere", is a collaboration between superstar producer Danger Mouse and US rapper Cee-Lo Green.

Due to hit shops on May 9, the album can be heard from 9am this Friday, April 21 at www.myspace.com/gnarlsbarkley.

The debut single from the album, "Crazy", recently topped the UK singles chart, becoming the first track to go Number One based solely on downloads alone.

http://uk.news.launch.yah...=l_news_dm


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love the st. elsewhere titletrack, the rest of the album is ok, but not as good as 'crazy' if you ask me.
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boozoo2 said:

I love that track as well and I am impressed that was the track you dug. People I have played the album for have always had to warm up to it. My wife has to skip it all together.

Anyway....her is some more media

http://www.ilikemusic.com...where-2386

http://www.telegraph.co.u...tleft.html

http://www.drownedinsound...iew/783052


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they put the whole album up on myspace

http://www.myspace.com/gnarlsbarkley

Graycap23 said:

Those pictures make me happy. Thanks.

ThreadCula said:

Two characters from The Big Lebowski.

The Dude and Walter.
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liltalkm said:

What's that sample on "Gangsta Boogie" from? I know it, but the name is completely eluding me. A little help here?

Another ***** review, though short.

http://www.dailyrecord.co..._page.html

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SleezyG said:

ROFL, it drives me crazy everytime. I know I have heard it a million times, but I cannot place it either.

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Here is a Rolling Stone write up;

http://www.rollingstone.c....0.12.1059

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SleezyG said:

If someone would link me to it, I could probably help out.


btw, I've been hatin' on Danger Mouse ever since I heard Grey Album but he finally won me over with this one.

liltalkm said I'd come around eventually, you were right!

Meloh9 said:

Sounds great!!

Got to love this pic too



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And this one!




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Gnarls news just keeps on coming!

Now 4 weeks @ #1 in the UK

http://www.entertainmentw...s?id=16220

Info on Gnarls's first New York appearance

http://www.rapnews.net/0-...98-00.html

Info on MTV2 US starting to run the Crazy video

http://top40-charts.com/n...?nid=22931

and finally another **** review

http://www.megastar.co.uk...ExNjA.html

Enjoy!!

the UK has better taste in music than the states imo. I hear people say bullshit like "they listen to anything in the UK" when albums like Lovesexy went to #1, and groups I really dig like Eels have had success out there. We are the ones who listen to anything they market a certain way. I don't think the United Kingdom is as brainwashed as the states.

Meloh9 said:

Brainwashed is a very fitting term. It applies to much more than music here in the US.

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Meloh9 said:

Wasn't Crazy Frog #1 in the UK? It sank without a trace here. The UK has great AND horrible taste.

Does anyone know if Danger Mouse plays an instrument or is he a sample based artist?

whoknows said:

He was playing the keyboards at the Top of the Pops performance they did. Link to the video is somewhere in this thread.

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