Mega64 Record Club Ep. 29 - Lorde - Melodrama (#460)
Added 2023-09-28 13:00:04 +0000 UTCGood Lorde! It's time for another episode of Record Club! Did you know Lorde made a album called Melodrama? Cause Shawn did not, what did he think after hearing this for the first time. Check it out!
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Chris
2024-04-24 16:03:03 +0000 UTCSolar Power sounds like Freedom! β90 by George Michael
Chris
2024-04-24 16:01:27 +0000 UTCI don't like this album. Part of it is Lorde's voice. She kinda reminds me of Kilo Kish and I can't deal with that dramatic whispery bullshit. But yea, the title is accurate in that it is a very melodramatic album. Homemade Dynamite was ok. The second half of sober 2 was ok. This is hoooonestly like 0.5-1/5 for me. Lorde have mercy. Can't WAIT for Cuban Links. Nice palate cleanser.
Tyler Lajevardi
2023-10-04 15:32:36 +0000 UTCCuban Linux is really buggy lol
SlavicGold
2023-10-02 06:07:11 +0000 UTCMy PC runs Cuban Linux
Aaron Mood
2023-10-01 05:00:38 +0000 UTCI'm always stoked to see what will get picked next but I keep spoiling myself by scrolling the comments first!! This is a great album from Lorde, shouldn't be on this list. Shawn's call on "Sour" replacing/superseding it is dead-on.
Burke
2023-09-29 04:46:29 +0000 UTCOh my God, Shawn is gonna listen to OB4CL?? ππ this is what this podcast was made for
Dirt McGirt
2023-09-28 15:56:13 +0000 UTCI 100% agree with Shawn on this one. It wasnβt bad but it wasnβt good imo. 2/5. Really looking forward to Raekwon next week. Iβve been hooked on the wu ever since we listened to 36 chambers.
Pearstrike
2023-09-28 15:16:53 +0000 UTCListening to this album felt like I was eavesdropping on someone with a more interesting life than mine. Which, duh - but I felt like I shouldnβt be allowed to peek in. I was a big fan of Green Light, Homemade Dynamite, Liability, Supercut and Perfect Places. Supercut stood out as like, a βmodernβ way of looking at a relationship. I canβt picture anyone using that terminology in a pre-2010s world. That said, it reminded me of when you canβt fall asleep because your mind is racing going over all the terrible/embarrassing/etc moments youβve had. Part of me wonders if Melodrama was included as a way to give Jack Antonoff a bit of a nod - Iβll be keeping an eye out on the remaining βnewβ picks to see how often he pops up. I suspect weβll see more since heβs a bit of an it-guy right now!
Mary and Steve
2023-09-28 13:55:27 +0000 UTCalso South Side and Solar Power both have the exact same little shaky maraca + boom/clap sounds
Garrett Vacation πͺππ©Έ
2023-09-28 13:52:53 +0000 UTCIβll have more to say about Melodrama later (it grew on me) but I have always heard the South Side/Solar Power similarity!!! (Wet Dream sounds like iPod commercials to me - maybe a little Ting Tings-y? Also a little like that Barbra Streisand wooo woooo wooo woooooo song)
Mary and Steve
2023-09-28 13:22:08 +0000 UTC9 days ago? The record club timeline is in absolute shambles... This album will stick with me for a long time. I fucking CRIED at Liability (Reprise), this record has better storytelling and progression than 95% of the films that have come out since it released. πΏπΏπΏπΏ+/π
Garrett Vacation πͺππ©Έ
2023-09-28 13:12:31 +0000 UTC
