Comments on: Girl Talk “Feed The Animals” Review

By: Chris DeLine

Chris DeLine — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:09:43 +0000

Thanks for the kind words – kind of forgot that I wrote that. Still stands true today.

By: Sandra Possing

Sandra Possing — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:09:38 +0000

“Mashups are often, to some degree, kitschy, sugar-coated regurgitated second generation pieces of music lacking any substance whatsoever; and I should know, I love them.”

Wow that was well put. A good mashup is like a mystery bag of candy – each time you reach into it it surprises you with another tasty morsel, often not what you were expecting, and sometimes one of your childhood favorites. And yet, after eating half the bag, you’re kind of done with candy for a while and need a crisp salad. But you’ll definitely go back to it next time you have a craving.

By: Neon Coyote

Neon Coyote — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:43:03 +0000

thanks for the mention!

By: Will

Will — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:30:09 +0000

This album was a real disappointment. Everything is cleaner, the samples are more obviously geared towards “Oh yeah, THIS SONG!” recognition than sonic moments, and the truly brilliant parts are robbed of any good by a complete lack of the throbbing groove that held Night Ripper together. Night Ripper sounded (and still sounds) badass, this really just sounds old. Neon Coyote and Justice have delivered much more interesting genre-bending mixes in the past year. Pitchfork is still talking about rap tracks with soft music behind them, but that’s the only trick that Gillis pulls out on this album, and it is an old one.

By: Iasiis Seer

Iasiis Seer — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:45:19 +0000

Chris: great review!

el guante:Yeah no actual mix in Feed the Animals lasts for more than like 20 or 30 seconds. It changes so fast. I do not think his live shows are that fast paced. The albums are more of a show off type experience.

Check my detailed review of Feed the Animals out at my blog Noosic:

http://noosic.wordpress.com/

Peace.
IASIIS

By: Chris DeLine

Chris DeLine — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:24:29 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. I really got into Night Ripper, but attempting to get into much beyond that is trying, to say the least. That’s coming from someone who loves the hell out of the experimentation that goes into this kind of stuff!

By: Hidefininja

Hidefininja — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:47:21 +0000

For context, for those not familiar with Girl Talk’s previous efforts, it is recommended that you definitely check out Night Ripper. Secret Diary and Unstoppable are albums you should listen to just to see what exactly what has been happening over the course of Gillis’ time as Girl Talk. The first two albums are nearly unlistenable due to the speed with which songs move from one sample to the next, so that should clue you in to how Girl Talk has evolved over the years if you think this album is too intensely ADD.

By: Chris DeLine

Chris DeLine — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:43:14 +0000

I can see where you’re coming from, and as a whole – the rapid turnover of the breaks is fairly specific to Girl Talk, though others use a similar style…this album isn’t really a fair example of mashup culture. It’s more like, to use a cliche, mashups on speed with ADD…fortunately I have ADD and am continually on speed, otherwise I suppose I might not get it.

By: el guante

el guante — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:39:05 +0000

i got to listen to about 20 minutes of this today in the car, and it kind of freaked me out. some of it worked, some of it i didn’t like so much, but all of it flew by so fast. rarely did a part last for more than a verse and a hook before the new thing jumped in. part of me wanted to hear entire songs, even if the backing tracks beneath the vocals changed up.

but i kind of feel like the old guy criticizing rap for “not having enough melody” or punk because “it’s too loud.” is the snippetty nature of the album a normal thing for mashup culture, or is girltalk unusually all-over-the-place?