Montaigne confirms full version of new MBMBaM theme may be released later this year.
Posted Mar 29, 2021, 10:33 AM UTC
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It grew on me so hard. I can’t get it out of my head. As a musician it’s just an objectively well written song, and while I was a little off set by the pop sensibilities I’ve started to absolutely adore it. Reminds me of mid 2000s twee/indie days.
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It grew on me so hard. I can’t get it out of my head.
Super the same for me! I love it.
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Thirding this, at first I wasn't a fan, but just a week later I started to sing along. It is a really great song because it feels like it instantly puts me into a different headspace when I hear it.
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Opposite for me 🤣
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Yay! I was definitely not a fan at first, but the newer cut of it has grown on me a lot to the point where I started listening to her other music as well. She's so talented!
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it bothers me that people are turned off by the pop style and think it doesn't work for the show when so many of y'all were petitioning so adamantly for the ABBA song to come back
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Probably different people from one moment to the next. That's how reddit works.
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There's a huge difference between Swedish pop from the 70s and contemporary dance-pop, so I don't see why it's surprising that someone could be into one and not the other.
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Also nostalgia.
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ITS THE SOOOOOUND, OF SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL
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Start*
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Oh damn you're so right.
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A SMALL ACQUAINTANCE. HAS sgklsr. AND BLOSSOMED. INTO A PRECIOUS FRIENDSHIP
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"and dragged them"?
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For real though what the fuck is that word
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According to the lyrics on her tumblr, it's "A small acquaintance! has blossomed! it's ripened! into a precious friendship!"
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I just went and listened to it a few times in a row and I still have no idea
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I'm a naysayer here in this thread I can tell already, but I'm not a fan of the new song and I dislike it a bit more every time I hear it. The energy is just wrong for the show.
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I felt similarly until I heard her say that they asked for a sitcom theme song aesthetic and for some reason hearing that, and imagining a cheesy 90s/2000s sitcom theme was all it took for me to buy it... now ive played it a bunch of times. It helps my daughter loves it
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I don't even care that I don't like the song. I knew the McElroys and I didn't share our taste in music. I mean John Roderick never would have been the opening song in the first place if our tastes were anything alike. I hated that song and always had to skip through because it went on for too long.
I wasn't expecting a song I'd like. I was just hoping for something short. Something like a tight 15 or 20 seconds that I could easily skip through or sit through even without enjoying it. The interim rugrats theme was the perfect length. So I actually got my hopes up.
The new one goes on for longer than the old one! The full intro lasts a minute and twenty seconds. That's just ridiculous. Like I said, I wasn't expecting a song I'd like, but at least don't make me skip over a minute of intro just to get to the podcast.
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if you really don’t like it, just press the +15 seconds button twice more than you used to 🤷♂️
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Wow. How did I not think of that??
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i really don’t get what the issue is, it’s literally that simple. surely you don’t consider it such an inconvenience to skip 1 minute of a 1 hour podcast
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What pod-catcher do you use? PocketCasts lets you set a per-podcast setting of how much to skip at the beginning or end. I'm loving the new song, but if you hate it you could set it to skip to 1:20 every time so you can avoid it and never even have to think about it.
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Thanks. That's a great idea. I really appreciate that. I'll look into that. I usually just use Spotify.
And for the record, I don't hate the song. It's just not my thing, and I would feel way less strongly about it if I just heard it on the radio or something.
It's kind of like how retail workers start to hate Christmas songs. There's just something that gets to you when you have no choice but to listen to a song you're not into over and over again on a regular basis.
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Hell, I love the song, but agree that it goes on too long as an intro.
The only problem is I'm not sure where you'd cut it to fit. It's A Departure worked because the 'verse' part in the intro was just three lines, and the chorus was significantly shorter than My Life Is Better With You. The cut they had was the perfect length for a podcast opener.
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Overcast also has this feature.
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That setting may have actually kept me listening to the show. No lie. The song is that bad.
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I'm not a fan of the song either and that's fine. I'm happy a lot of people are enjoying it. That being said it does go for far too long. Yes it can be skipped but that defeats the purpose of the intro. It's meant to make people think of the show and provide brand association. Nobody heard the game of thrones intro music and didn't get excited as hell for the next episode. Obviously it's hard to live up to GoT's intro but you need to have a happy medium of how long your intro is and how long people want to hear/watch it. People wouldn't be happy if GoT's intro was 5 minutes long regardless of how good it is. If a decent portion of your audience isn't into your intro then dialing back it's length will still retain some of those people.
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Most of the non-Max Fun podcasts I listen to start with about 3 minutes of ads, so complaining that the intro song goes on for like 45 seconds is truly crazy to me
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I don't listen to any podcasts with three minutes of ads at the beginning. Just because worse examples exist doesn't mean it's not a legitimate complaint.
MBMBAM has the longest intro of any podcast I'm subscribed to by far. The average intro for traditional media like television shows is under 30 seconds.
Are you honestly telling me you'd prefer the intro to go over a minute, or are you just upset by any criticism whatsoever?
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are you just upset by any criticism whatsoever?
I've gotten into heated debates on this sub on whether or not criticism is valid.
A lot of people have convinced themselves that they are above criticism, usually the argument is that the podcast is free.
This is of course ignoring that that argument is patently ridiculous. Broadcast television is free. And at this point they are professional entertainers.
They may not owe me anything, and they aren't forced to listen to my criticism, but it is absolutely valid.
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are you just upset by any criticism whatsoever?
Lol dude, I just enjoy the song. Sorry that's a foreign concept to you.
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Eh, music is one of those subjective things that sets off our brains that you can’t judge other people’s tastes. Some people like it, others don’t, just means this podcast has a varied audience 😉 Personally I’m kind of indifferent to the new song? I did look up Technicolor and I love it.
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yeah i feel you. not only do i feel like it’s an energy mismatch, but it feels even a little disingenuous for the boys to be asserting that the song does in fact capture their energy.
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Did you not listen to the interview and what the boys specifically asked for? It's ok if you dont like it or think it matches the energy of the show, but you can't tell the McElroys, makers of the podcast and commissioners of the song, that it's not what exactly what they asked for and wanted.
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I guess it does sound like a crappy modern theme song for a really lame sitcom aimed at teens, and they did technically ask for something that sounds like a sitcom theme. But we’ll never know how much the mcelroys hate it and probably cringe when they hear it from the 1000th time because they did ask someone to do it and they can’t change it for a long time
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Damn dude... its a theme song for a podcast... take it down a notch.
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Check to see if your pod app has a setting to skip "x seconds" of every episode. I use PocketCasts and finding this setting saved the show for me.
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Supersized to see so much hate on the new song?? It both slaps and bangs.
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I love the song and really enjoyed the interview with her about creating it.
That said, it feels way too long in the intro (i haven't timed it, I have no idea if it's actually longer than the JR&LW clip was or not).
And I know it's petty, but it drives me batty that the line says "it's better with two" when it's a show about three brothers. (I know Justin said it's more about the perspetive of them and the audience than them and each other, but it still grinds my gears)
It's a bop tho.
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The line “it’s better with two” also drives me nuts. The lyrics of the song just don’t match the content of the show. I think the more Indie Pop feel makes more sense for the podcast and I think the song on it’s own is great.
I also never think of myself as part of the show so maybe that’s the issue for me.
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i mean, you can probably find a lot of people who would say that line actually fits the show quite well.....
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ba dumm tiss!
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Nice. Can't wait to jam out to it in my car. I've had the prechorus stuck in my head for days now and want to hear the whole thing.
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https://youtu.be/fU3CeuFxJ1Q Someone mashed them together. Not perfect, but close
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Yay! I really like the song!! It’s just super happy and wholesome. That’s how the show makes me feel so it feels fitting to me.
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I saw "mgmt" and thought the band was involved. Would be interested in seeing a (very strange) collaboration!
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A MBMBAM episode you can drop acid to.
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That wasn't the full song in the intro?
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Spent ages looking for this on Spotify and YouTube and was so vexed when I couldn't find it
Such a bop
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I really like Montaigne's music, but I just... don't like this song for the show? I've listened through the intro sequence like 10 times trying to get down with it and I'm at the point where I feel like I'm just gonna skip it for new eps
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I despise it. Have since the first time I heard it. I'm so freaking stoked that the app I use has a setting where I can just auto skip the first "x" seconds of every episode.
I'm happy the artist is doing her thing, wish her all the success. But that song is so freaking grating.
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Did anyone tell her that it’s better with her?
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*as a MaxFun drive bonus
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you mean it's even longer?!
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YAAAAAAAAAS.
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Nice. Hopefully it goes onto Spotify too.
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Just want to say, I have been LOVING the podcast flow with the new song and it's a BANGER. Thank you so much Montaigne!!!
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It's a definite possibility.
yep same thought here.
maybe. one word. it makes a difference. if you separate it it changes the meaning. see how it looks.
compared to the original correct one
to use "may be" you would have to rearrange the sentence.
"maybe" and "may be" are also pronounced differently, with a slight pause in between "may" and "be" whereas "maybe" has no pause between the syllables.
if her tweet had been incorrect and you were just copying her, i wouldn't have pointed it out, but her tweet is correct and you still used the incorrect one.
Except they didn't use the "incorrect" anything. They weren't quoting her tweet, they were just restating the message. You know, like everyone does in conversation when they pass along information to another human being?
The only thing this message does is pass along the information that nobody would want to be friends with you.
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