tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
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Re: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 3:07 pm
by epilogue
I don't think shallow is the best word for the artistic statement being made. Simple, perhaps, but not shallow.
Re: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 3:10 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 3:12 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Nah, it’s shallow AF. And totally undercooked. And unearned. And, ultimately, I’m not sure it’s even a statement at all.
Re: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 3:17 pm
by epilogue
I have no idea what it is to be black in America. But it seems to me Donald does and has a few thoughts on the matter. And I can't imagine why it's a problem for any artist to wrestle or engage with those questions and conflicts even in a simple, straightforward way.
Re: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 3:21 pm
by LoathedVermin72
That kind of segregated curve grading for black artists is so condescending and anti-art. I reject everything about that approach.
Re: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 3:28 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 3:35 pm
by VinylGuy
ey white people can have opinions too.
WE ALSO SUFFER YA KNOW?
Re: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 3:37 pm
by HeyGuys
I asked my black coworker what he thought of this song and his main issue with it was how gay Donald was acting.
Re: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 3:39 pm
by LoathedVermin72
tragabigzanda wrote:Just a bunch of white dudes on a Pearl Jam message board spending four pages arguing over whether a black artist's latest work is impactful, amirite?
This kind of repeated comment isn’t constructive either. Again, segregating black artists into a category that no one who isn’t a POC is allowed to analyze is absurd, and hardly what I would call progressive.
Re: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 3:40 pm
by run2death
VinylGuy wrote:ey white people can have opinions too.
WE ALSO SUFFER YA KNOW?
Seriously.
I had to put together an Ikea TV stand this weekend.
Re: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 3:48 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 3:55 pm
by LoathedVermin72
tragabigzanda wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Just a bunch of white dudes on a Pearl Jam message board spending four pages arguing over whether a black artist's latest work is impactful, amirite?
This kind of repeated comment isn’t constructive either. Again, segregating black artists into a category that no one who isn’t a POC is allowed to analyze is absurd, and hardly what I would call progressive.
Sorry, this was just my lame/snarky way of saying that if we're still arguing the integrity of the art, then Glover must be doing something right; otherwise we would have just collectively yawned and moved on.
Would we? Black Panther is the best movie ever made according to Rotten Tomatoes.
Re: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 3:57 pm
by VinylGuy
As a big Glover fan, i was really tired with the song. Nothing new here. More of the same. I agree with LV´s view on how this is just another complaint from a left millonaire about ¨america¨
Its pretty narrow and safe at this point.
Re: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 3:58 pm
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 4:02 pm
by LoathedVermin72
VinylGuy wrote:As a big Glover fan, i was really tired with the song. Nothing new here. More of the same. I agree with LV´s view on how this is just another complaint from a left millonaire about ¨america¨
Its pretty narrow and safe at this point.
Okay well to be fair I didn’t say that. Rich people and leftists are allowed to have opinions and complaints just like anyone else.
Re: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 4:15 pm
by bune
Dime, I'm not responding on twitter because it's more direct for you:
I had a truly terrible day yesterday. When I said that that mash-up was the first thing that made me laugh, it was true. I wasn't laughing at the idea, I was laughing at how well it synced up. Kind of like the first time watching Oz with Pink Floyd.
Re: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 4:19 pm
by VinylGuy
tragabigzanda wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:As a big Glover fan, i was really tired with the song. Nothing new here. More of the same. I agree with LV´s view on how this is just another complaint from a left millonaire about ¨america¨
Its pretty narrow and safe at this point.
...and yet you love U2's Pop.
Pop is more creative and bold than ¨this is america¨..i would say this song compares to whatever u2 did after 9 - 11 maybe.