New Metric Stuff! Help, I'm Alive

by **vladhed** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:04 am

Mojo wrote:80s music is shit. Metric is nothing like that.

_Some_ 80s musci is shit. I remember someone dragging me to the downstairs club for 80's night. Sounded like a good idea as I liked New Order, The Smiths, The Cure, Skinny Puppy, Sisters of Mercy etc...

When I got there we found the DJ's idea of 80's music was Katrina and Waves, Hewy Louis, Foreiner, Lover Boy....sheeeeeeeit!

Zaphod's also had an 80's night that was much more to my liking.

Website · by **scnadams** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:46 pm

vladhed wrote:When I got there we found the DJ's idea of 80's music was Katrina and Waves, Hewy Louis, Foreiner, Lover Boy....sheeeeeeeit!

What's wrong with Hewy Louis?

by **parkthatcar** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:34 pm

Whats wrong with Foreigner?

by **vladhed** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:06 am

dustybreeze wrote:Whats wrong with Foreigner?

Let's see "Well, I'm hot blooded, check it and see I got a fever of a hundred and three " need I say more?

While we're on the subject of lame lyrics, by listen #20 I found "Help, I'm Alive!" starting to get on my nerves. "Hard to be soft, tough to be tender" - something my nine year old finds clever. Oh wait, did I just expose myself as being old?

by **valerie** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:30 am

vladhed wrote:While we're on the subject of lame lyrics, by listen #20 I found "Help, I'm Alive!" starting to get on my nerves. "Hard to be soft, tough to be tender" - something my nine year old finds clever. Oh wait, did I just expose myself as being old?

No, I'm on board. Mostly because there is this intense lead-up that you think will explode into some synth-driven craziness and it just turns into...like...something reminiscent of country rock. Very watery. Catchy as hell, but easy to become annoyed by. I think they were smart to put off giving any definitive information for so long, because by the time they finally did, fans had felt so defeated that they'd accept pretty much anything, regardless of the quality. I mean, listen to any song off OWU or LIO and then listen to Help, I'm Alive. It's not different or deviant (it captures everything there is to both like and dislike about Metric), but it's just not as good.

At least to me, you know, the most negative person in the world.

(for having an opinion different from everyone else's)

by **Catatonic** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:20 pm

valerie wrote:
At least to me, you know, the most negative person in the world.

(for having an opinion different from everyone else's)

Stop making a martyr of yourself! I think you should just accept that sometimes you are just an awkward cow :lol:

by **Mojo** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:06 pm

valerie wrote:I think they were smart to put off giving any definitive information for so long, because by the time they finally did, fans had felt so defeated that they'd accept pretty much anything, regardless of the quality.

What the hell are you talking about!? I'm sorry, but you don't speak for Metric fans and your analysis of them is off. I love the tune and I don't find it annoying at all. Learn to speak for yourself.

Website · by **scnadams** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:28 pm

I loved Help, I'm Alive, too. Rather, do love. Most times I can't bring myself to listen to any song more than once within the same day, but that song looped easily and left me completely relaxed. Within the first week of having downloaded the track, I'd played it upwards of 250 times, and since it still hasn't annoyed me, I should think that counts for something.

by **onthesly-girl** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:31 pm

Likewise! My count for it on iTunes is 160 and I've listened to it plenty more times on burned CDs and my iPod... I really love it, and especially the video of her talking about on the site. I don't find it annoying one bit.

by **Mojo** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:36 pm

Valerie is sooo out of touch with us.

by **MetricGnome** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:57 pm

I will admit the song doesn't have the same instant gratification as MH or DD. Though it is better than many songs on the other albums. The production and tight-knit band is a new high level water mark for the group.

It should also be noted that what we hear is the radio edit. I wonder if some pieces are missing/extended or not. The abrupt ending may be hiding something.

by **MetricGnome** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:59 pm

160?

250?

Please tell me these are inflated figures. I'm probably around 50-60

by **onthesly-girl** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:07 pm

MetricGnome wrote:160?

250?

Please tell me these are inflated figures. I'm probably around 50-60

Haha... no joke. I got a little obsessed when it first came out.

by **parkthatcar** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:12 pm

She's not kidding trust me.
mine's only at 41.

by **Mojo** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:17 pm

I don't know my count, but it's something embarassingly high.

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