Comments on: Major Lazer's "Get Free" (featuring Amber Coffman) http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/major-lazers-get-free-f.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 15:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Itsumishi http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/major-lazers-get-free-f.html#comment-1533228 Itsumishi Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181064#comment-1533228 Well that and the amazing jerk chicken I ate last night has made me really want to visit Jamaica in the near future. Well that and the amazing jerk chicken I ate last night has made me really want to visit Jamaica in the near future.

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/major-lazers-get-free-f.html#comment-1532998 noah django Sat, 15 Sep 2012 06:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181064#comment-1532998 i swear I saw the flag in there but I can't find it now, my connection went all laggy. anyway, it's Jamaica. edit: jamaican flag is the last image after the "get free" rock etching if vimeo isn't fucking up on you like it was me a minute ago. but it's pretty obvious if you follow dancehall culture. the women dancing doing headstands against those bassbins may as well be them showing their jamaican passports. i swear I saw the flag in there but I can’t find it now, my connection went all laggy. anyway, it’s Jamaica.

edit: jamaican flag is the last image after the “get free” rock etching if vimeo isn’t fucking up on you like it was me a minute ago. but it’s pretty obvious if you follow dancehall culture. the women dancing doing headstands against those bassbins may as well be them showing their jamaican passports.

]]> By: MollyMaguire http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/major-lazers-get-free-f.html#comment-1532977 MollyMaguire Sat, 15 Sep 2012 06:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181064#comment-1532977 I don't even...in what part of the country, nay, world was this filmed? This is like Divine Horsemen meets Fast and Furious. I don’t even…in what part of the country, nay, world was this filmed? This is like Divine Horsemen meets Fast and Furious.

]]> By: glassboard http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/major-lazers-get-free-f.html#comment-1532754 glassboard Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181064#comment-1532754 Major Lazer live at the Snowball Music Festival in March in Avon, CO was one of the best sets of the entire weekend. Very easy to keep warm in 20 degree weather when you're dancing so hard! Major Lazer live at the Snowball Music Festival in March in Avon, CO was one of the best sets of the entire weekend. Very easy to keep warm in 20 degree weather when you’re dancing so hard!

]]> By: comma splice http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/major-lazers-get-free-f.html#comment-1532620 comma splice Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181064#comment-1532620 Not anymore. Major Lazer is now Diplo, Jillionaire and Walshy Fire. Switch left last year. Not anymore. Major Lazer is now Diplo, Jillionaire and Walshy Fire. Switch left last year.

]]> By: EffEcks http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/major-lazers-get-free-f.html#comment-1532613 EffEcks Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181064#comment-1532613 Major Lazer is Diplo and Switch not just Diplo. Major Lazer is Diplo and Switch not just Diplo.

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/major-lazers-get-free-f.html#comment-1532602 noah django Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181064#comment-1532602 if you want to have fun, go see him live.  completely off-the-chain.  bananas. if you want to have fun, go see him live.  completely off-the-chain.  bananas.

]]> By: Torrance Doucheton http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/major-lazers-get-free-f.html#comment-1532583 Torrance Doucheton Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181064#comment-1532583 Dang, forthcoming in Feb 2012--a newly-delayed release date.  My brain feels like I just looked at a laser for way too long and it fried my personal space-time continuum. Dang, forthcoming in Feb 2012–a newly-delayed release date.  My brain feels like I just looked at a laser for way too long and it fried my personal space-time continuum.

]]> By: comma splice http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/major-lazers-get-free-f.html#comment-1532572 comma splice Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181064#comment-1532572 Great track. I am excited to hear an LP from Major Lazer 2.0 (the first incarnation was Diplo + Switch). Back in 2009, Diplo and Switch put together an excellent Major Lazer essential mix for BBC Radio 1: http://soundcloud.com/a-ketch/major-lazer-switch-diplo-essential-mix-25-07-2009-1 Great track. I am excited to hear an LP from Major Lazer 2.0 (the first incarnation was Diplo + Switch).

Back in 2009, Diplo and Switch put together an excellent Major Lazer essential mix for BBC Radio 1: http://soundcloud.com/a-ketch/major-lazer-switch-diplo-essential-mix-25-07-2009-1

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