I think it's because all the PR for the song fell to Thicke himself, who gamely took the opportunity to double down on his scuzzy d-bag image. Pharrell, to the best of my knowledge, just cashed his check, kept quiet and moved on.

I think the trouble is that his public image around the time of Blurred Lines was probably alienating to whatever fans he had before that and Paula was alienating to whatever fans he'd picked up with Blurred Lines. That doesn't leave a whole lot of fans.

I didn't realize Eno sang on this! I totally hear it now that you pointed it out.

Halfway Down The Stairs is beautiful.

For my money, Robin gave one of the most moving renditions of Somewhere Over The Rainbow (besides the Keith Jarrett version) on the original Muppet Show. The arrangement is cheesy as hell, but something about the fragile, wide-eyed sweetness of the character coming through in the vocal performance wrecks me: https://ww…

oh god

Oh no, what rumours? He's the Kid In The Hall I DO like! (Well, that's not true. I like them all. He was always my favourite actor of the bunch, though.)

To be fair, that person might also be someone's dead wife.

I love that he's never actually playing baseball, just contemplating the baseball itself with a big smile on his face.

Lou Reed also has a pretty horrifying backstory tbh

You literally just said that Ke$ha deserves to have jokes made at her expense because her music is bad.

wow, this comments section sure is off to a good start

For the record, I submitted this one. Please direct all your usual GJ,I! ire at me.

I know people are saying it's inaccurate but this is actually exactly how all of Sun Kil Moon's new stuff sounds to me.

I think this album was a very, very shrewd move even if it cost her a bit in the sales department. I think she's hooked in more hardcore fans for life with this album than if she'd just tried to replicate the success of Call Me Maybe and I think it's gonna do well for the longevity of her career overall.

One can buy online, but I don't have a credit card right now for… reasons.

My favourite is actually the Target exclusive bonus track Never Get To Hold You, which is unfortunate because there are no Target locations in Canada anymore.

Agreed. I think it's because it's the first time he hasn't formed some kind of narrative around those personal issues, so it really does sound more like a musical extension of his Twitter rants than any kind of commentary on the same.

Not to mention being such a public figure that you probably don't have time or space to grieve in any kind of healthy way AND the fact that mental health is still kind of a taboo topic in the black community. Kanye gets on my nerves as much as anyone, but I feel so, so bad for him sometimes.

When Yeezus came out I was under the impression that it was the archetypal "dark album" that he needed to get out of his system and the fact that Only One (his loveliest, most good-natured song in years by a long shot) was the followup made me think he'd finally made peace with some of his demons. I think that's why…