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Billie eilish - Major Grammy winner

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  • #32
    murphyebass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,545 ✭✭✭murphyebass


    Still Ill wrote: »
    Thought this was very good. The two of them are very talented. Fair play to them. WARNING: Contains James Corden.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh2qGWfmESk

    Thanks for the James Corden warning. Can’t stand him.

    As for talent the brother is the musician.

    Billie is an amazing singer but nothing without the brother.


  • #33
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    She has an Irish head on her alright.


  • #34
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,158 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    marieholmfan wrote: »
    So we can call her Eilish O'Connell.

    Tubbers can ask the usual cringy questions about Irish ancestors and visiting the oul sod.


  • #35
    enfant terrible
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,759 ✭✭✭enfant terrible


    castletownman wrote: »
    I honestly rate that as one of the best songs I have ever heard. Love it. Not into modern music at all, but she stands out as something of a genius.

    *Cue the entrance of music snobs.

    Doesn't she just sing the music her brother creates?

    Kind of like Rihanna, Katy Perry and all the other pop stars who sing sons given to them.

    I agree though if the brother is the creative force very talented.


  • #36
    dubstarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    cherryghost wrote: »
    Her brother does most of the back work, he does the gritty melodies. So there's a pair of them in it. It's good music.

    Her brothers songs are really good as well.I like him more than her.


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  • #37
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,196 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    I'd only heard the name until a few weeks ago, and I tried some of her music. I was actually quite impressed. Her brother is a good producer, they have weird tastes in sounds, and I like that she clearly doesn't take herself too seriously. In interviews she's always laughing and generally enjoying life, it seems, and isn't trying to "sell" herself like e.g. Ariana Grande.

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



  • #38
    [Deleted User]
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    She's a bit overhyped sure, but she's still quite good. Definitely more interesting than a lot of other music currently in the charts. Plus she's still so young so will be interesting to see how she develops going forward. "Bury a Friend" is a great tune, very well composed and produced.


  • #39
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,760 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    Someone at work really likes her, but I don't think they know the brother is the brains behind the vast majority of it, and she only "sings" (going very specifically by the Bad Guy song).


  • #40
    dubstarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    Finneas lost a friend
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mMVcCMO_Ng

    Billie Buried a friend
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUHC9tYz8ik

    Wonder if its the same friend


  • #41
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,196 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    There's an interview where they go in to detail about how Bad Guy happened e.g. she did the basic track herself before showing it to Finneas. "Billie had basically just gotten Logic, was just figuring it out for the first time, and made this thing."

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpx2-EMfdbg

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



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  • #42
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,582 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    I haven't listened to a great deal of her stuff, but she seems like far from the worst. I know her brother is very involved and it seems like a collaborative project really.

    Though, while all of the major entertainment awards are more of a celebration of success than actual quality, the Grammys are perhaps the worst of the lot for this. I wouldn't use them in any way to judge the quality of an act.

    Sell a lot of albums = win a Grammy.


  • #43
    tonycascarino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭tonycascarino


    Her music does very little for me. Not really a fan. Grammys have lost their importance these days in any case.


  • #44
    Underground
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,651 ✭✭✭Underground


    She's great, most of the tracks on her album are really good with the exception of two or three. She seems like a decent skin too. If you like her music check out her brother Finneas, his stuff is pretty good.


  • #45
    Rothko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,989 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    tonycascarino wrote: »
    Her music does very little for me. Not really a fan. Grammys have lost their importance these days in any case.

    The Grammys were never important.


  • #46
    milehip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 735 ✭✭✭milehip


    Shelby Rough Ghost wrote: »
    Don't see what all the fuss is about.

    Apparently her full name is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell and she's never heard of Van Halen, Run DMC, or Huey Lewis.

    Is it common knowledge that she doesn't know the above mentioned artists or are you quoting her wiki page ?


    I doubt they know her either btw.


  • #47
    Nash Ancient Nitpicker
    Posts: 13,753 ✭✭✭✭ Nash Ancient Nitpicker


    milehip wrote: »
    Is it common knowledge that she doesn't know the above mentioned artists or are you quoting her wiki page ?

    I think it was in an interview with one of the American nighttime hosts that she said she didn't know them. She also said she didn't know what Cabbage Patch Dolls are, to be fair.


  • #48
    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    I only know her best known song and I can't stand it. I'd have loved it when I was 12 though.

    In the name of god, why on earth are people bandying the word "genius" around?

    Note: the above is an opinion, not snobbery. Disliking something is not snobbery.


  • #49
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    This tweet about the Van Halen thing was gas.


    https://twitter.com/Manda_like_wine/status/1201583209319927808


  • #50
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,318 ✭✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    was he a cousin of Van Morrison?


  • #51
    Loopylineking
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭Loopylineking


    Raconteuse wrote: »
    I only know her best known song and I can't stand it. I'd have loved it when I was 12 though.

    In the name of god, why on earth are people bandying the word "genius" around?

    Note: the above is an opinion, not snobbery. Disliking something is not snobbery.

    When the party’s over is pretty good song


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  • #52
    1800_Ladladlad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,476 ✭✭✭1800_Ladladlad


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBGTkPGv7FU

    I liked it cause this


  • #53
    1o059k7ewrqj3n
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    I wasn't a fan at all until I heard Everything I Wanted and to be honest it's the only song I really like by her. I dunno, it's probably more so the production of the track but it really suits her vocals.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCTMq7xvdXU


    I don't like Bad Guy at all. It sounds like a rip off of the Donkey Kong Country theme, maybe its supposed to be inspired or a homage I don't know.


  • #54
    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,384 ✭✭✭Duffy the Vampire Slayer


    PsychoPete wrote: »
    Not from back to the future ?

    I don't think I've ever seen it.


  • #55
    Simi
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    Steyr 556 wrote: »
    I don't like Bad Guy at all. It sounds like a rip off of the Donkey Kong Country theme, maybe its supposed to be inspired or a homage I don't know.

    I actually think it sounds more like Plants Vs Zombies.

    I like her. She's very talented and well produced. 'When We Fall Asleep Where Do We Go' is an excellent debut album and worthy of the praise it's received.

    I'd also agree that 'Everything I Wanted' is one of her better songs and I hope her next album will have more songs in that vein.


  • #56
    Andrew00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,484 ✭✭✭Andrew00


    I like her as well very talented. Her carpool thing with James Corden is class


  • #57
    Suckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,211 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Whatever about her potential, I hope it is protected or she will be leased out for collaboration tracks with other 'artists' going through dry patches or with a dying career.
    Seems to be a trend for every under 30yo artist. Milked for tracks.

    I don't think it's a big a deal as they made out of her not knowing Van Halen etc. Who plays Van Halen now days? Where/when would she hear them enough to know who they are? It was some questionnaire all the radio stations ran with.
    RunDMC vs Jason Nevins was 1997/98, she wasn't born for another 3 or 4 years, and that would be the most recent.
    She had only heard of Nirvana because of the Foo Fighters and the grunge scene where she had seen iconic posters in the clubs she played early in her career (weird to say). Also, by the time Nirvana were making it big Van Halen were all but dead in terms of releasing new music.
    It could be a great thing for here (and the general music fan) that she has all that 'old' music to tap into, as opposed to cover, sample or remix... :rolleyes:

    Dave Grohl is OLD :)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YwV4Dmlx_k


  • #58
    Plopsu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 671 ✭✭✭Plopsu


    I love music. Mozart to Motorhead and everything in between. The two songs in this thread are meh. If they're the best examples of her genius, I don't think I'll be buying any of her stuff.


  • #59
    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    Plopsu wrote: »
    I love music. Mozart to Motorhead and everything in between. The two songs in this thread are meh. If they're the best examples of her genius, I don't think I'll be buying any of her stuff.
    Another bizarrely hyped act imo is Kendrick Lamarr.


  • #60
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    I dunno I like her sound. It's understated but there's some interesting production and arrangement going on. I can't think of any hooks or melodies that I've been blown away by on first listen but gosh darn it if they don't worm their way in, I've had everything I wanted stuck in my head since I typed it yesterday.

    For people who find her stuff a bit meh god love ye for the next five years because a good 40% of what's on the radio is going to rip it off :eek:


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  • #61
    Plopsu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 671 ✭✭✭Plopsu


    Raconteuse wrote: »
    Another bizarrely hyped act imo is Kendrick Lamarr.

    Only know his name because of that stunt where he had some woman from the audience come on stage to sing his song and then berated her for not censoring his lyrics.


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