25 minutes ago, king_queen said:

I wonder what they tell Blue in situations like this 

wait tea, she def has a phone and social media

45 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

if she has Meg on anything, it should be BUCKIN'. TYRANT is perfect the way it is 

BUCKIIN would be perfect for her! (I think that's what I meant to say actually lol)

 

 

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1 hour ago, ShouldersSideways said:

This is starting to turn into the way they ask Kelly about Destiny's Child in every interview

tbf gags has a lot of things going on in her life and as an artist. kelly ? not so much 

Hello @Parkwood, if Mufasa bops is happening can you collaborate with this beautiful soul please

 

 

 

 

 

okay to show that I am not [fully] Bootlicker Hive [though I hate that term. I get it's hyperbolic but just because I don't care that she's 27-years into her career doing as she pleases doesn't mean I'm trying to suck up to her...I mean for what end? what do I get out of being okay with her ways but a continued amount of nothing?] ... I will share a critique.

 

 

I get the use of no visuals.

But I don't get the lack of performances.

That's really her hallmark, much more than visual albums are. Coachella proved just what a force she being on a stage can be for fans and culture at large.
Even if she just did some filmed live sessions rather than with a crowd, it would be such a gift for us.

 

 

It would be really funny if she uploaded a ~5 song set to YouTube (or something) the night of the CMAs. (AMERIICAN REQUIEM into 16 CARRIAGES into JOLENE into II MOST WANTED feat. Miley into TEXAS HOLD 'EM)

 

 

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21 hours ago, Starshine said:

Also bc she's a black American which everyone especially Africans and Caribbeans love to look down upon. 

 

I think she should stay silent, she's damned if she do or don't. I can't believe this reached locals and they're now asking me how I feel about it. People are truly stupid. 

Wait you're so right because the diaspora wars that happen every other week on twitter really made me realize that this was likely another factor in some people's hate or indifference towards her. I really hadn't considered it before tbh.  I'm black American and lowkey didn't know everyone else across the diaspora had such strong feelings about us ddd but that's another convo for another day. 

im cool on lack of visuals, i want performances.

28 minutes ago, swissman said:

okay to show that I am not [fully] Bootlicker Hive [though I hate that term. I get it's hyperbolic but just because I don't care that she's 27-years into her career doing as she pleases doesn't mean I'm trying to suck up to her...I mean for what end? what do I get out of being okay with her ways but a continued amount of nothing?] ... I will share a critique.

 

 

I get the use of no visuals.

But I don't get the lack of performances.

That's really her hallmark, much more than visual albums are. Coachella proved just what a force she being on a stage can be for fans and culture at large.
Even if she just did some filmed live sessions rather than with a crowd, it would be such a gift for us.

 

 

It would have been really funny if she uploaded a ~5 song set to YouTube (or something) the night of the CMAs. (AMERIICAN REQUIEM into 16 CARRIAGES into JOLENE into II MOST WANTED feat. Miley into TEXAS HOLD 'EM)

 

 

 This has been my biggest gripe with modern Bey, and I'm pretty sure I've posted it in here a few times.

 

She is THE best performer of her generation, if not of all time.

The fact that she has stopped performing outside of concerts, and that so many past performances are unavailable online is mind boggling.

4 minutes ago, Bender34 said:

 This has been my biggest gripe with modern Bey, and I'm pretty sure I've posted it in here a few times.

 

She is THE best performer of her generation, if not of all time.

The fact that she has stopped performing outside of concerts, and that so many past performances are unavailable online is mind boggling.

Yes! And I don't even mind if it's not to promote her own work. Like the Stevie Tribute was one of her all-time best. ANTYHING will do.

1 hour ago, alien superstore said:

A more single-friendly edit of Sweet Honey Buckiin that's basically just the Buckiin segment, with a Meg feature, would be kinda hot ngl

Speaking of… i'm kinda over her beloved "3 different songs stitched together" song structure. I loved it for years but it's kinda stale after over a decade, i need more regularly structured songs or at least less of the other ones. Her best songs (and most successful ones) follow more classical structures for a reason. At least yoncé/partition or ghost/haunted can be separated and work as their own songs, but you can't really do that for SHB or P/H… there's no reason that Pure or Sweet aren't complete songs but Church Girl is 

 

I also need actual bridges from her again, but it seems 90% of the girls ditched them 

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19 minutes ago, ScorpiosGroove said:

Speaking of… i'm kinda over her beloved "3 different songs stitched together" song structure. I loved it for years but it's kinda stale after over a decade, i need more regularly structured songs or at least less of the other ones. Her best songs (and most successful ones) follow more classical structures for a reason. At least yoncé/partition or ghost/haunted can be separated and work as their own songs, but you can't really do that for SHB or P/H… there's no reason that Pure or Sweet aren't complete songs but Church Girl is 

 

I also need actual bridges from her again, but it seems 90% of the girls ditched them 

Really!? I'm a huge fan of when she does that.

 

SWEET HONEY BUCKIIN is a masterpiece and an album highlight to me for that very reason, whereas if they were individually separated into three songs I don't know if it'd feel quite as masterful even with slick transitions. And the SWEET and the BUCKIIN' sections, though different, are also a lot alike and having two songs that similar on the album don't make as much sense imo than blending them into something bigger than either could be alone.

If you don't like it, I get it, but I think maybe your dislike of that technique is inflating the amount you think she's being doing. Only 1 of 27 tracks on CC does that. 1 of 16 for RENAISSANCE. Added together that's like 96% that use a standard structure. And zero have been made singles.

 

 

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Beyonce has to watch this medley. It would make her smile 

 

 

48 minutes ago, swissman said:

Really!? I'm a huge fan of when she does that.

 

SWEET HONEY BUCKIIN is a masterpiece and an album highlight to me for that very reason, whereas if they were individually separated into three songs I don't know if it'd feel quite as masterful even with slick transitions. And the SWEET and the BUCKIIN' sections, though different, are also a lot alike and having two songs that similar on the album don't make as much sense imo than blending them into something bigger than either could be alone.

If you don't like it, I get it, but I think maybe your dislike of that technique is inflating the amount you think she's being doing. Only 1 of 27 tracks on CC does that. 1 of 16 for RENAISSANCE. Added together that's like 96% that use a standard structure. And zero have been made singles.

 

 

anyone : "I'm not really a fan of-"

 

swissman: WELL ACTUALLY-

 

 

24 minutes ago, ScorpiosGroove said:

anyone : "I'm not really a fan of-"

 

swissman: WELL ACTUALLY-

 

 

Oops I used the forum!

3 hours ago, Bicassie said:

wait tea, she def has a phone and social media

shes the child of 2 famous people she knows to ignore what people write about them

4 hours ago, ScorpiosGroove said:

we're still doing this ? 

 

 

still devastated they never performed telephone together

6 minutes ago, yonsé said:

still devastated they never performed telephone together

I wonder if Beyoncé wasn't so pregnant then if Gaga would've been able to bring Beyoncé out for the 2017 Super Bowl. Perhaps that would have never been the plan, and Gaga would just want a solo show but it definitely felt like a tease the way she introduced the song that night.

 

 

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I love tyrant into sweet honey buckin. My only gripe is that buckin' is one stanza too long. 

14 minutes ago, yonsé said:

still devastated they never performed telephone together

bey probably hates the song… like sweet dreams 

I sometimes wonder if YA-YA cuts off so abruptly because without doing so, OH, LOUISIANA wouldn't then have her voice on it and thus would be considered more of an interlude than an actual song? I duno lol but that's the only way I can conceive of it. OR they just were so busy listening to everything in sequence at the end that they didn't randomize and ensure the ends worked alone too? BUT ANYWAY that transition is so good, I love OH, LOUISIANA and now that I've typed this I realize it's the only song (interludes not included) with an "i" in it that doesn't double it so maybe it is an interlude? confusing.

 

 

anyway I hope she does perform OH, LOUISIANA at some point though in normal voice, she'd slay it.

8 minutes ago, swissman said:

I love OH, LOUISIANA and now that I've typed this I realize it's the only song (interludes not included) with an "i" in it that doesn't double it

There's a couple of others:

 

AMERIICAN REQUIEM

16 CARRIAGES

 

At first I thought maybe she didn't do It with "Louisiana" due to it being a location and it's generally bad practice/rude to misspell the names of people or places, but then I realised she did it with AMERIICAN

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7 minutes ago, ScorpiosGroove said:

bey probably hates the song… like sweet dreams 

She doesn't care for the song. Them collaborating came at a time when it was beneficial for both of them and Rodney Jerking along with Troy Carter and Vince Hubert set that up. It's a fun song but does nothing for her. 

 

Consider how they only had one day to shoot Telephone together and Beyonce was only able to shoot the dance scene twice. They had to use a stand in and body double for any reshoots. 

7 minutes ago, Burn said:

There's a couple of others:

 

AMERIICAN REQUIEM

16 CARRIAGES

 

At first I thought maybe she didn't do It with "Louisiana" due to it being a location and it's generally bad practice/rude to misspell the names of people or places, but then I realised she did it with AMERIICAN

Oh, I didn't notice 16 CARRIAGES but AMERIICAN REQUIEM I counted as having a double "I" even if it doesn't do it across all.

48 minutes ago, swissman said:

I sometimes wonder if YA-YA cuts off so abruptly because without doing so, OH, LOUISIANA wouldn't then have her voice on it and thus would be considered more of an interlude than an actual song? I duno lol but that's the only way I can conceive of it. OR they just were so busy listening to everything in sequence at the end that they didn't randomize and ensure the ends worked alone too? BUT ANYWAY that transition is so good, I love OH, LOUISIANA and now that I've typed this I realize it's the only song (interludes not included) with an "i" in it that doesn't double it so maybe it is an interlude? confusing.

 

 

anyway I hope she does perform OH, LOUISIANA at some point though in normal voice, she'd slay it.

Love "Oh, Louisiana" - really wish it was longer. I find it very sexy, my fave short song/interlude on the album. Prefer it to some of the songs tbh.

When we get Formation 2.0 on act iii

 

yall haters corny with that Diddy party mess

paparazzi catch my fly and my oily flesh