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The Weeknd Thread ( "The Dawn FM" OUT NOW)
- Thread in 'Music' Thread starter Started by broncos19dm,
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Produced by Weekndwhich samples Lana Del Rey's "Video Games"
Lana is also the chick on Lonely Star & Birds 2
Dont know if its been said before
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Originally Posted by JD161616
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Can we vid-YO feed, can we P... OH... VEEEEEEEEEE!?
Originally Posted by Rusty Shackelford
Everyday I walk down my hallway in school
I yell "XOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHOOOOOO!"
IN my own Weeknd imitation voice
This guys music is just
That GIF
But I do both as well
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http://beatsperminute.com/features/appreciating-the-weeknd/tumblr_lnbx28ougm1qi083io1_1280/
http://beatsperminute.com...appreciating-the-weeknd/
Nothing and nobody in the musical year of 2011 has stayed with me the way The Weeknd has. What upstart Toronto R&B crooner Abel Tesfaye pulled off over last twelve months is both truly remarkable and in some ways unprecedented. House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence, his three 2011 releases, were advertised as mixtapes, but that sells their worth as albums ridiculously short. Usually when someone mentions the release of a mixtape, I think of a DIY, thrown-together collection of tracks and song fragments. They can be very good, even great, but rarely do they exhibit the consistency and attention to detail that Tesfayeâs work does. That he put out three albums mere months apart that are both meticulously plotted and exhilaratingly rough-edged, before receiving industry backing of any kind outside of Drake tweeting a few of his lyrics, is mind-boggling. This is the kind of streak of high-quality albums we usually see from bands with established fan bases and widespread support, not the opening salvo of a kid that hasnât even been around long enough for the major labels to open a proper bidding war.
But for as much critical acclaim as Tesfaye has garnered (House of Balloons was a fixture on many publicationsâ year-end lists, including this one), I still feel like heâs somewhat underrated. To begin with, he has flat-out one of the most mesmerizing voices Iâve ever heard, and that isnât an exaggeration. Itâs an astonishing instrument thatâs like a cross between Michael Jackson and Jeff Buckley. And while that alone would be enough to justify the praise heâs earned, itâs the risks he takes with this voice that make him compelling. An asset of this caliber is something most would elect to leave well enough alone. But Tesfaye and producer Illangelo have no qualms about bending and melding it to the point of unrecognizability. That âGoneâ
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OK what does he say on Echoes of Silence
It's gonna end how you expect it girl you're...
1. Such a masochist and I ask why
or
2. Such a mess I guess I might as well (seems like a stretch)
It's gonna end how you expect it girl you're...
1. Such a masochist and I ask why
or
2. Such a mess I guess I might as well (seems like a stretch)
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I thought so.
Btw I don't usually give a rat's behind about music videos but I need to see The Zone immediately. Complex.com said it's already finished?
Btw I don't usually give a rat's behind about music videos but I need to see The Zone immediately. Complex.com said it's already finished?
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I love it when your eyes are red.......
Are you on my cloud yet?
Lust over love.
No one man should be this good at writing songs.
Are you on my cloud yet?
Lust over love.
No one man should be this good at writing songs.
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I feel like he reaches out to such a select population, I hope he doesn't ever change his music to appeal to the masses.
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Is there any way we can get a list of his songs not release in the balloons trilogy.
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You only need 27 songs.
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Lol noted. Just curious to check out some of his earlier stuff and marvel at the the progression of his music
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fixed
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hopefully he come to SXSW
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It's unreal how good he is at song writing. When you actually look at the intricacies in his verses it's just mind blowing...
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Drake/The Weeknd headlining Fader Fort was a rumor floating around a while back.
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smhhhhh
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By far my favorite song from the Weeknd it's toooooooo dope and how it leads into 'Initiation'
I don't get why 'Initiation' gets so much hate I think it's cool
"The clocks don't work, you don't gotta check the time
And the blinds don't work, you don't gotta check the sky"
I don't get why 'Initiation' gets so much hate I think it's cool
"The clocks don't work, you don't gotta check the time
And the blinds don't work, you don't gotta check the sky"
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EEEEEXXXXXX... OOOOOOOOHHHHOOHHHHHHOOOO!!
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Originally Posted by LeClutchJames
smhhhhh
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yea, somebody told me the same thing today... I'll be at SXSW this year hoping to catch the weeknd..
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gonna be a slow freak/makeout central at coachella.
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Originally Posted by AI for MVP
By far my favorite song from the Weeknd it's toooooooo dope and how it leads into 'Initiation'�
I don't get why 'Initiation' gets so much hate I think it's cool
"The clocks don't work, you don't gotta check the time
And the blinds don't work, you don't gotta check the sky"�
I have that track set to start auto at 4:39, I only want "The Host"
Finally hearing him sing that hook without pitch-shift after him leaking "Initiation" first was such a trip..
