05-06-2012, 02:08 AM,
(This post was last modified: 05-06-2012, 02:11 AM by Miguel.)
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RE: "Listen Up!" - Haley's first album
(05-05-2012, 09:47 PM)alpha7388 Wrote: I remember the lyrics but not the name of a song that was lamenting radio stations wouldn't play a long song "so I cut it down to 3:05". I am thankful that I grew up at a time on radio when they allowed extended songs like "Another Brick in The Wall" and "Kashmir".
The Beatles really helped explode the concept of what was 'radio friendly' when they decided to stop touring and concentrated on what brilliance they could come up with in the studio. "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" had a HUGE impact on music like few albums did.
Speaking of awesome music on the radio while I was growing up, I happened on this video. It's 2+hrs of a Pink Floyd Concert from '94  http://haleyfans.com/showthread.php?tid=...76#pid6776
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05-14-2012, 03:44 AM,
(This post was last modified: 05-14-2012, 04:14 AM by Sportsman.)
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Sportsman
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RE: "Listen Up!" - Haley's first album
Having listened to the leaked cd of the new 8 songs, I'm extremely happy for Haley and I really love her as an artist.
Oh My!'s toe-tappingly and head-bobbingly amazing, sultry, sexy, jazzy, exciting, dynamic, etc. (I kinda wish it had a stronger ending though, it kinda dies repetitively weird). I think the song as a whole captures the inner funk of Haley so well, it's just cool. Cool as hell. Just like Hales.
Undone's truly an epic ballad, it's beautiful and anthemic, I think it resonates extremely well and it'll hit hard for the fans (I can see many a girl sweetly crying over it's emotional power). Haley really sounds like she's absolutely devastated on this and just poured everything into the lyrics. It's truly magical.
Hit The Ground Runnin, Wasted Tears, and Now That You're Here are the motown trio that I could listen to for hours (HTGR is a sexy song, Haley's at her playful best). Keep Coming Back is really great as well.
Being critical for a moment, a few of the tunes miss the target with the retro feel and do feel dated: Walking on Heaven is quite a pretty song but it's a bit stuck in the 70's in a kind of lame way (the preview of What You Don't Know is as well, just the even lamer Disco part of the 70's), Liar's a bit too much early '90's. They don't feel dynamic enough to inspire or impact too much. Wonderland's also a sweet song but a bit repetitive. I think I would've took a '70's Led Zep-ish tune over it in a heartbeat from Hales.
Also, I wish the arrangements were a little bit tighter and slicker on a few of the tunes and the chorus of a couple hit a bit harder, the best sound and arrangement I still think is Haley's Bennie from last year in translating her utter essence to the record, on this album I think the inner honey-sweetness and true soul of Haley's voice shines the best on Undone and Hit The Ground Runnin.
All in all I think Haley's pulled off quite a retro Winehouse/Adele/Duffy sound that's quite definable and fan-inspiring moving forward. Her voice is instantly recognizable, it's pure and sweet but she's like a chamelon, she can be jazzy when she needs to be, playful and sultry when it calls for it, and utterly and desperately melancholy when the time is right. She's represented well by this material. It's playful but also mature. It's fun but it also has emotional depth and resonance. I can tell Haley really poured her soul into these tunes. It's not processed-pop junk. It's pure. It's poignant. It has a true spirit and a heart inside.
I think Oh My!, Undone, Hit The Ground Runnin, and Now That You're Here are the standouts here (Let's Run Away is still my favorite but I haven't heard the full version yet). Oh My!'s my #2 single without a doubt, if I'm Haley's team. With most likely Undone being the third and final single for the album.
I'm really looking forward to the Let's Run Away and Spiderweb's full versions.
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