Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

[No spoken words]

It blew my mind a lot more then 2nd time I read it, when it was by choice and I was a tad older. Dickens is my dawg, let's just leave it at that.

 

[powerhour24]

Random place to have a Dickens discussion, but yeah, one of the most affecting endings in literary history... even though this tangent started with the first line

 

[u2popmofo]

NSW, GAF, and Powerhour love commercial art, lol!!!

 

[bono_212]

...but seriously have you guys taken time to think about that concept???!! COMMERCIAL ART!!! It just came to me! That's what I make!

 

[powerhour24]

I was about to go 'wtf' to what u2popmofo just said, until I thought about the fact that Dickens was paid by the word... but he was a damn fine storyteller.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

I've always thought that somebody needs to make a really dark, gritty and violent (and good, of course) modern film adaptation of that book.

I might just have to be the one to do it.

 

[powerhour24]

At the very least there needs to be a good, big budget straight adaptation of it, the old one from the 40's (I think) was OK, but think about an adaptation on the scale of Gangs of New York.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

At the very least there needs to be a good, big budget straight adaptation of it, the old one from the 40's (I think) was OK, but think about an adaptation on the scale of Gangs of New York.

Yeah, that's pretty much what I meant. I was thinking somthing similar to Gangs.

But even fucking darker.

 

[corianderstem]

I think Kanye prefers Thackeray.

 

[powerhour24]

Yeah, that's pretty much what I meant. I was thinking somthing similar to Gangs.

But even fucking darker.

Oh, OK, when I saw the word modern I thought you were suggesting like a new interpretation of it in hard modern times. Which would be weird to say the least.

 

[bono_212]

I want to bring the Runaway film to Broadway! I can see it. I can feel it. Sometimes I can't sleep cause my thoughts are racing!!!

 

[powerhour24]

I think Kanye prefers Thackeray.

Has he ever been on the cover of Vanity Fair?

 

[corianderstem]

No, but I'm pretty sure he bedded all of the Bronte sisters.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Oh, OK, when I saw the word modern I thought you were suggesting like a new interpretation of it in hard modern times. Which would be weird to say the least.

No, no, my bad. I just meant somebody needs to do it, in this era, with all the updated film technology we have and what not. But definitely a very faithful adaptation.

The casting of Lucie Manette is going to be of the utmost importance.

 

[powerhour24]

No, no, my bad. I just meant somebody needs to do it, in this era, with all the updated film technology we have and what not. But definitely a very faithful adaptation.

The casting of Lucie Manette is going to be of the utmost importance.

Not gonna lie, if there was one 19th century novel I'd want to adapt to film, it'd be A Tale of Two Cities.

 

[LemonMelon]

Not gonna lie, if there was one 19th century novel I'd want to adapt to film, it'd be A Tale of Two Cities.

Bill Murray tried his hardest.

 

[powerhour24]

:shudder:

 

[cobl04]

i'm looking forward to this. i don't know his albums but i've liked the singles.

i just really want to punch him in the face though, for a number reasons. (#1 not being the "OF ALL TIME" thing)

 

[cobl04]

 

[powerhour24]

It really was the burst of times.

 

[corianderstem]

That's blurst, ph.

 

[powerhour24]

iPad must have auto-corrected that into a real word, believe me I know what it is, that's far and away my favorite Simpsons episode.

 

[cobl04]

YOU STUPID MONKEY!!


clf is the worst

 

[AiRMaRcI9o0]

5 Stars from Rollingstone

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West | Rolling Stone Music | Music Reviews

The album leaked today. I just finished listening and I came away pretty impressed.

 

[If you shout...]

Updated text of the Sheffield review in RS. Really good read, honestly.

 

[LemonMelon]

Listening now. Quality so far.

BTW, I think this is my preferred cover of the five:

 

[Catman]

I don't know if it's just because the record is so new, but Kanye West is at the top of his game.

 

[LemonMelon]

It's fucking good. Very heavy, both in beats and subject matter. If anyone thought he was about to release a crossover album, they were wrong. Also, autotune is used tastefully; it's definitely not a crutch.

EDIT: The drums during Nicki Minaj's verse in Monster might be the coolest thing...of all time.

 

[Mr. V]

This album is fucking amazing. Clear #1 of the year for me, overtaken LCD.

 

[cobl04]

looks like i'll be the only one!

hopefully it's not like 808s...