REMINDER SONG RATING MOVIE

The title track, “Special,” is a horn-laden masterpiece centered around Lizzo’s smooth, self-assured flow, singing about how she used to feel alone even though she wasn’t. That bitter truth sets the tone for the second half of the record, and it is the most profoundly honest, deftly produced, and utterly raw material we’ve heard from Lizzo. But the only person coming to the rescue is herself.

REMINDER SONG RATING MOVIE

Lizzo takes a page from the Whitney Houston “How Will I Know” playbook on “2 B Loved (Am I Ready)” - an aerobic anthem that sounds like the montage song in every Eighties movie - complete with the final chorus gear shift into AquaNet oblivion. Bonus points for the lyric that sounds like, but is definitely not, “sussudio.” “Grrrls” absolves a long-problematic Beastie Boys sample by recasting it as an ode to picking bar fights with your BFFs. Next is the Nile Rodgers-inflected “About Damn Time,” a four-on-the-floor groove with a nasty flute solo by ya girl. The album kicks off with a twerk trilogy starting with “The Sign,” where Lizzo lays out the raison d’être: “I keep on writing these songs cuz he keep on doing me wrong.” Amen. The music on this album is the most unabashedly joyous, sonically diverse, and emotionally profound album put out by a major label since Beyonce’s Lemonade.įrom Marge to Miss Piggy, Lizzo Served Four Wild Halloween Looks This Weekend Special is a document of what Lizzo was dealing with on her journey to find sex, self-acceptance, and hope. Three years ago, Lizzo’s sleeper hit “Truth Hurts” dominated the world, setting the stage for her excellent 2019 album Cuz I Love You. And all Lizzo did to make a political statement was to let us in on what it feels like as a thick Black woman in the 21st century who doesn’t tiptoe around who she is and what it’s been like. In 2022, America’s tagline could be “Welcome to Gilead, where it’s bad bitch o’clock somewhere.”Īrriving mere weeks after the Roe decision, when every woman in the United States has lost autonomy over their body, it is impossible to hear Special in any other way. Wade, it’s hard not to take Lizzo’s words of self-love as an indictment of our national cognitive dissonance. But arriving in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s reversal if Roe v. The album takes us on an intensely vulnerable journey. These 12 songs are a sonic bouquet of soul, R&B, hip-hop, and pop, about the radical joy of facing down your past and loving yourself anyway. REMINDER is a truly unique and special group with a very promising future ahead of them.There is no reason to believe that Lizzo intended to make a political album with Special. 2002 found them recording these new songs. Eventually REMINDER concentrated on the writing of new material. Based around acoustic guitar and vocals the material has grown over the four years the band had been together.

The band has always been interested in experimenting with instrumentation to create a special blend of sounds and atmospheres. All four songs ended up on their first full-length-CD entitled 'Broken Tone' which was released in January 2001. From the catchy opener 'Scared' to the closing title track, Reminder proved to have created their own style.

The 'Creativity'-ep was released in November 2000 shortly after their first gig in England. The band tried to keep the music unique and personal, so each composition has an intense atmosphere and original melodies. It showed a more instrumented Reminder enhanced with Stringquartets, Marimbas and Stylophones, when it was finally released in January 2000. The second ep called 'Half Empty' was already recorded during that summer. The reason for this was to keep the recording close at heart with the band and to let everyone record in an environment that would allow all the members to feel comfortable while recording. The prestigious EMI-studio, the bands rehearsal room and at the members own homes. The first ep simply called 'Reminder' was recorded during the height of the cold Swedish winter 1998/1999 at various locations around Stockholm.

Former members: Thomas Johnson (Hammond B3, Mellotron 400, grand piano and other assorted keyboards), Mattias Olsson (drums, percussion, keyboards, accordion, stylophone) 6 demos, 70 gigs later their first mini album was released by Swedish indie label Exergy Music. Soon Mattias Olsson (percussion) completed the line-up. In the summer of 1995, Nicklas Sandström (vocals, guitars), Anders Alstrin (electric guitars) and Tobias Ljungkvist (bass, backing vocals) started working on a collection of songs.

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