The Weeknd Thread ( "The Dawn FM" OUT NOW)

[dj proto j]

But that What you need live on kimmel is nuts

i'm gonna have to rip some audio from a proper live version of it from youtube or something, cuz i don't like how he shortened "what you need" for kimmel's show.

i remember when he did this transition in full, live in durham... i was in awe...

wasn't that big a fan of "professional" at the time, but it made me a fan.

in fact, i didn't even like the album "kissland" that much b4 hearing it all live in concert... like others, i felt like it was "too polished", compared to his earlier work...

but hearing it live, especially the drums throughout most of the album, in a live setting, was just amazing!

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

You went to The Greek?

I caught the one when he brought Drake out - **** was

...

Yup I was at that show when Drake came out and gave him props for having the "#1 album in the country" or something surpassing Keith Urban, and Weeknd yelled "f country!!" LOL.

I also went to the show at the Hollywood Bowl with Florence and the Machine

The other time I saw him was the best one, at the Observatory. It was a tiny venue but best experience. Got to really talk with people there unlike the other shows where it was like a different type of vibe.

 

[philosophiae dr]

I know that feel. My favorite Weeknd track ever. I've had it on repeat the entire plane ride for cross country flight with layovers. Its so real.

Son. 

That is a tad excessive, but it is definitely one of my all time favs from him. Top 5 for sure.

The whole vibe is TOO ******* dope...

From the morning to the evening
Complaints from the tenants
Got the walls kickin' like they 6 months pregnant
Drinkin' Alizé with our cereal for breakfast
Girls calling cabs at dawn, quarter to seven
The sky's getting cold, we flyin' from the North
We're rockin' with our city like a sold-out show
House full of pros that specialize in the ***'ing
Make that money rain as they taking off they clothes
Order plane tickets, Cali is the mission
Visit every month like I'm split-life livin'
Let the world listen, if a hater's caught slippin'
Then my ****** stay tight, got my back like Pippen
Fast life grippin', yeah we still tippin'
Codeine cups paint a picture so vivid
Fakes try to mimic, get girls timid​

But behind closed doors they get oh so rigid​

The brash arrogance is A ******* 1. 

 

 

[ill legal operation]

You went to The Greek?


I caught the one when he brought Drake out - **** was ...

Yup I was at that show when Drake came out and gave him props for having the "#1 album in the country" or something surpassing Keith Urban, and Weeknd yelled "f country!!" LOL.

I also went to the show at the Hollywood Bowl with Florence and the Machine

The other time I saw him was the best one, at the Observatory. It was a tiny venue but best experience. Got to really talk with people there unlike the other shows where it was like a different type of vibe.

So you just gon' come through and "Watch The Throne" my whole Weeknd experience, huh?

I thought I was doing it at The Greek - you over here Ari Gold wit it like, "I mean yeah he sang at my sister's sweet 16 - no big deal."

Dope **** tho bruh ...

 

[hymen man]

I woke up in the morning, models passed out in the showerrrrrr

 

[illoquent aka dsk]

So I've been looking through the pages in here after Kissland first leaked just to get a sense of how people reacted to the project & certain songs...

Came across this.

 

Damn I have to relisten to this...skimmed through it and wasn't feeling the beats

Huh?

Abel doesn't get "skimmed" through, b.

Lol I had no time to really listen. I like to get full experience in the whip but my ride was really short

How can you skim through this dudes music?

Smh ban this guy from the thread

mgrand's post had me

. The disgust in his words.

It's crazy how much I slept on Tears in the Rain at first though.

After the first few spins of the album, I thought it was a solid track but the weakest joint on there. Now I'm like "what the **** was I was thinking?".

Most of y'all knew right off the bat it was dope.

A few more thoughts after I eventually catch up...

 

[philosophiae dr]

 
You don't even know the 1/2 of it. 

Midway through the first spin on the freeway, I started to go into another state of being.

Like, I can't even explain the sensations through a keyboard. 

His **** is the ONLY music that makes me feel high w/o doing drugs.

The "Adaptation" -> "Love In The Sky" -> "Belong To The World" segment. LAWD.

I thought it couldn't get any better and then "Kiss Land" the song came on. That **** is basically new to me, 

.

"Pretty"?

"Wanderlust [Remix]"?

He stepped his pen game all the way UP.

It's safe to say I won't be listening to anything else for the foreseeable future.

My initial reaction. 

 

 

[lovehateself]

 
Watching some of the footage of this guy overseas on his tour with Drake... the crowds are just

And I've been to a few shows in L.A. when the crowds filled stadiums.. but the vibe that the overseas crowds have give me goosebumps

Dude has to be at a time in his life to be writing some interesting music. Can't wait to hear the next album

why we no hang out papi

caught him at the fonda, observatory, and at the greek

 

[rook]

Professional gets better with every listen. I think its his best overall best song

 

[dominikin]

EOS is still up there for me next to HOB. Even though its stupid to say that, I love all his material. Dude doesn't miss

 

[datboi81]

Tears in the rain is the perfect song to define my life right now. This dude is just a musical genius, everything he releases is so poetic.

 

[unknwn]

Professional gets better with every listen. I think its his best overall best song

The beginning of Professional is insane.

Kiss Land isn't my favorite album from him, but I think Adaption is my favorite Weeknd song. Professional is up there as well.

 

[henz0]

^ You prefer the beginning of Professional over the end??

The 2nd part is like a damn movie :x

 

[grandtheftbike]

first half of professional >

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

What does it mean
When your heart's already numb
You're professional
Won't treat it like it's personal
No, cause it's just love
It always makes it's way back around
It's dispensable
To fall is unacceptable
Cause everything you've been through made you stronger
And every day you learn about yourself
And nothing really played out how it's supposed to
Depending on somebody else's wealth
And now you know the value of a dollar
And girl I make enough of it to spend
I love the way you've put yourself together
I love the way you make that body bend
For me again
Oh yeah

:x

 

[Maximus Meridius]

first half of professional >

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

What does it mean
When your heart's already numb
You're professional
Won't treat it like it's personal
No, cause it's just love
It always makes it's way back around
It's dispensable
To fall is unacceptable
Cause everything you've been through made you stronger
And every day you learn about yourself
And nothing really played out how it's supposed to
Depending on somebody else's wealth
And now you know the value of a dollar
And girl I make enough of it to spend
I love the way you've put yourself together
I love the way you make that body bend
For me again
Oh yeah

:x

I can't choose. Whole song is greatness.

 

[unknwn]

^ You prefer the beginning of Professional over the end??

The 2nd part is like a damn movie :x

"But I own this time, this ain't new. Now I decide when we're through." ...

 

[denni5themenace]

first half of professional >

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

What does it mean
When your heart's already numb
You're professional
Won't treat it like it's personal
No, cause it's just love
It always makes it's way back around
It's dispensable
To fall is unacceptable
Cause everything you've been through made you stronger
And every day you learn about yourself
And nothing really played out how it's supposed to
Depending on somebody else's wealth
And now you know the value of a dollar
And girl I make enough of it to spend
I love the way you've put yourself together
I love the way you make that body bend
For me again
Oh yeah

:x

but isn't this the second part?

2nd part > 1st part, IMO. when the beat kicks in after the transition? :x

 

[ice city fc]

^ Definitely the first half of the second part and yes, one of the greatest pieces of music I've ever heard. 

I've caught myself talkin to random broads I just met talking about "I love the way you've put yourself together"

 

[awwsome]

Gettin' rich to the drums of your favorite song, girl you've got it made

 

[Gordonson]

"It's ideal... you need someone to tell you how to feel
And you think your happiness is real
There's so much more the world has to reveal
But you choose to be concealed
So you're somebody now...
But what's a somebody in a nobody town?"

I agree that the first half just barely wins. Whole song is absolutely ******* magical though :x

 

[grandtheftbike]

first half of the second half of proessional >

 

[Gordonson]

Anyone else have a habit of singing the song the way Abel does live? Like he adds adlibs (My looovveeee, my loooooveee, ooohhhhh) during the chorus of the second half and I can't NOT do it now

 

[grandtheftbike]

put it on everything, that is EXACTLY what was going through my head today when i was listening to him on my way to work

 

[philosophiae dr]

Gettin' rich to the drums of your favorite song, girl you've got it made

So simple, yet so eloquent.

 

[dj proto j]

"Every touch that you sell is a lie"...

I'm sure we all know some girls like that... Heh.