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Old 2019.07.16, 01:06 PM   #171
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Originally Posted by waranghira View Post
What facebook group? Link pls
Here you go.

It's pretty active. Based on the low activity here I thought Ringo's fan base had really shrinked, but turns out people just moved venues.
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Old 2019.07.16, 08:51 PM   #172
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The irony is that the FB group are the most supportive of the newest stuff out there now, but the "haters" on here seem to be the only ones that dig it.

They all seem so shocked too, like she didn't already do the same thing with that Nakata song 5 years ago. So bizarre.

Also, pretty sure it's still just the same 12 people on all the venues lol

I do feel that doing forward though, Ringo will be doomed to play Coke Song on all her major t.v. appearances. No way she's gonna get a hit that size again now. Singles after that have had success, but barely reach half of what Coke Song did. (This isn't me praising it btw lol.)
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Originally Posted by thespidereggs View Post
Here you go.

It's pretty active. Based on the low activity here I thought Ringo's fan base had really shrinked, but turns out people just moved venues.
Thanks! Lol, they couldn't be chill and appreciate the audacity of Ringo trolling on TV. The act grows on you.

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I do feel that doing forward though, Ringo will be doomed to play Coke Song on all her major t.v. appearances. No way she's gonna get a hit that size again now. Singles after that have had success, but barely reach half of what Coke Song did. (This isn't me praising it btw lol.)
But the song itself does deserve praise. It has undeniable merits. And the (much hated here) autotune is an apt effect. Just a bummer that she just lipsyncs it live rather than actually do it.

Actually, the neetskills arrangement of marusadi would have solid merits, too, if it wasn't so squashed deaf. The ideas and execution are there... they just decided it shouldn't be heard properly.
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Old 2019.07.17, 02:44 PM   #174
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She utilises her autotune like a Dad discovering different effects in his hobby prog rock band.

Too frontal with no nuance.

Neetskills remix has been on SoundCloud forever btw
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She utilises her autotune like a Dad discovering different effects in his hobby prog rock band.
This killed me
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She performed a couple of songs at some Japanese festival.

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av633...hR7Sxj_vWj6q6Q
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A new chanson style tie-in with Uniqlo.

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Old 2019.08.23, 10:59 AM   #178
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Originally Posted by chestnutflowers View Post
A new chanson style tie-in with Uniqlo.

uniqlo
I can dig it. She's certainly flirted with the chanson style many times and despite the ever-present big band arrangement it almost feels like fresh territory.

I look forward to hearing the album version in 5 years (sorry, couldn't help myself!)
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So that Uniqlo song's OK. Noone can figure out her French but that's fine. Probably from the Saravah recordings.


But are we not gonna address the stinkin' great elephant in the room.

Ringo spends 4 years sucking up to the Olympic board, releasing mediocre song after mediocre song to... and I shit you not... get her Olympics specific song/performance shunted to the Paralympics ceremony?

Nice. Hope it was worth it Ringo.


Watch a part of the song here
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I'm usually into her electronic songs (I even like the Coke one), but this sounds dated. Like something that should be playing on a cheesy morning show in the late 2000s/early 2010s. Mummy D's part sounds tacked on.
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