[brucewaynegretzky]

Wanted to like it. Really did.

[Phonomezer]

Wanted to like it. Really did.

Same here. After a few listens I can pretty much say that it isn't very good. There is promise in there, but it's a very dim light. Here's hoping for the album!

[dragonlife]

I like it, for the most part.

[C4Lukins]

This is the first time I think I have ever heard a song bore itself to death.

[captainnapalm]

I'm struggling to find any connection between what I'm hearing and the four-piece rock band in the accompanying picture.

[Eric C]

Well... I'm kind of disappointed tbh... I didn't really get into it. Maybe it'll grow on me?

Hopefully the album will be better.

What Ya Waiting For is one of the best pop songs of the decade :| and the rest of her solo stuff was garbage

I really liked "What Ya Waiting For" yet it didn't even crack the top 40 in the US, while "Hollaback Girl" went to #1

not bad..but not Tragic Kingdom quality. Still not bad. Tragic Kingdom is still their best album.

Well, I doubt anything they ever do will top "Tragic Kingdom" but I sure wish someone would REALLY PISS Gwen off again so they could at least try to surpass it.

[Pkm]

Blame or give props to? If she destroyed bush, it may be the best thing she's ever done.

Ok, whos giving out the crazy pills :)

Sorry, not a fan of Gywnn or No Doubt but was/am a huge Bush fan.

Once he married her and she started with her Bannana songs Bush slowly slipped away in relavance till I think they disbanded recently.

[sevenchaos]

Wanted to like it. Really did.

This times a billion. I want No Doubt to be good again. :(

[royalan]

I'm struggling to find any connection between what I'm hearing and the four-piece rock band in the accompanying picture.

To be fair, I've thought that about No Doubt's music since Rock Steady, but then they always manage great live reproductions of their songs. Some of my favorite live stints by ND are from that era.

As for the song, I'm still loving it. Been jamming all day. The chorus is what does it for me, and that sexy 90s lead-out.

[border]

Isn't ska music supposed to have lots of horns, and a pretty fast bass? This has neither.

[Newline]

Isn't ska music supposed to have lots of horns, and a pretty fast bass? This has neither.

It does seem to lack trumpets / trombones / bass. I'm holding out for the album.

[royalan]

Isn't ska music supposed to have lots of horns, and a pretty fast bass? This has neither.

It does seem to lack trumpets / trombones / bass. I'm holding out for the album.

I always considered ska-punk to be an infusion of early Caribbean and 90s punk rhythms and lyrical delivery. The horns are definitely the most recognizable trait, but not a requirement.

[MrDenny]

Heard it on the radio today, glad they're back.
Love the song, though took a few listens. Wish the 30 sec intro wasn't so long.
Video premieres in a few minutes!

Amazon currently as free 2$ credit if anyone wants to pick up the song.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...cId=1000815541

Download Link
http://www.amazon.com/Settle-Down/dp...music-track_71

[The Real Abed]

Not bad, but not great. I liked their cover of Stand and Deliver they released years ago much more. This sounds like Return of Saturn or Rock Steady era No Doubt. Tragic Kingdom was their best album.

[To Far Away Times]

Tragic Kingdom was an awesome album. Not really feeling the new single. Too much dance stuff, not enough ska/punk.

[VGChampion]

Video's out. Listened to it a few times today and it's really grown on me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb_zZ...layer_embedded

[Dicer]

Not awful

[Diprosalic]

she's alright in my book.

[MrDenny]

No Doubt - Settle Down



Music video just premiered, pretty awesome.

[Lactose_Intolerant]

This song is bananas. Ba na nas bananas. Can we have Gavin leave her so we can get some decent No Doubt music again?

Yep, she's only good when she has relationship issues and writes songs about it.

[Eric C]

Finally saw the video. Song didn't grow on me yet. Though, I do like the chorus a bit more.


So Gwen's Harajuku Girls are still around... even while she's doing No Doubt stuff. :\

[Cipherr]

Welp they still got it. I like it.

[Anticitizen One]

I didn't even know No Doubt got back together again.

[Empowe]

Sounds fresh next to all the shite that's playing on mainstream radio lately. I like it.

[Anticitizen One]

Seems like the whole crew aged pretty gracefully

[NomarTyme]

Gwen finally done dicking around with her solo shit?

I like her solo shit.

[lunarworks]

Not outstanding... but not bad, either.

Let's see if that's just a warm-up. If they can keep it together, great.

[Strike]

Not bad. I really missed this.

[JeTmAn81]

This just sounds like another solo track from Gwen. It's decent, but it's not the sound of a rock band. If they're going to call the music No Doubt, I'd prefer it sound like something that is actually created by a band, not a bunch of producers twiddling knobs.

[royalan]

This just sounds like another solo track from Gwen. It's decent, but it's not the sound of a rock band. If they're going to call the music No Doubt, I'd prefer it sound like something that is actually created by a band, not a bunch of producers twiddling knobs.

I don't understand this line of thinking at all.

To the people complaining that this doesn't sound any different than Gwen's solo work, did you...well, actually listen to her solo work?

Probably not, because It sounds nothing like this.

Hell, the very reason Gwen went solo in the first place was because she wanted to do a throwback 80s synth-pop album and the guys were basically like "fuck that shit. Do it on your own."

THAT'S what Gwen's solo-work sounds like.

She didn't do Ska. At all. She BARELY did punk. THIS TRACK is the closest she came to recording anything that even remotely sounded like No Doubt, and it was the third single from her second album that went nowhere.

In short: this song sounds NOTHING like Gwen's solo work. Not even remotely.

[Vinci]

It's hard to believe she's 42. She looks the same as she did back when their first single came out.

[Tabris]

Don't Speak is one of the best songs of the 90s.

This is garbage.

Everyone needs to watch this (especially those who have never heard old No Doubt): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3Vdo5etCQ

[border]

Hell, the very reason Gwen went solo in the first place was because she wanted to do a throwback 80s synth-pop album and the guys were basically like "fuck that shit. Do it on your own."

Hollaback Girl didn't sound like an 80's synth-pop track. This feels like Gwen-solo stuff in the sense that it's a synthy experimentation with other genres of music.....but obviously it's nothing like Hollaback.

I'd be more than happy if they did stuff like No Doubt's cover of It's My Life.

[Kyon]

Awaiting the BREAKUP and GwenSUS ChrisT coming to her SENSES by going solo again.
She slays everything. No flaws spotted. NONE.

[krypt0nian]

Not feeling it on first listen but I love them enough to soldier through.

Glad to have them back!

[Kyon]

I C Harajuku Girls cameo :o

[cutmeamango]

No doubt they should settle down (again).

[royalan]

Hollaback Girl didn't sound like an 80's synth-pop track. This feels like Gwen-solo stuff in the sense that it's a synthy experimentation with other genres of music.....but obviously it's nothing like Hollaback. I'd be more than happy if they did stuff like No Doubt's cover of It's My Life.

Hollaback Girl didn't, but tracks like "Crash", "Cool", "Harajuku Girls" and "Bubble Pop Electric" did.

Nor did Gwen really experiment with the same genres that No Doubt did. As I said, she barely touched Ska and Reggae on her solo albums if at all ("Rich Girl" and "Now That You've Got It" come the closest), and that's pretty much what "Settle Down" is.

Honestly, I think the people complaining about this sounding like Gwen's solo work are people who have forgotten that No Doubt was always 99% Gwen's vocals anyway. People didn't mind that when her voice was associated ONLY with No Doubt. But now that she has solo albums under her belt apparently she has to do something different than what she's always done to return to the sound she helped originate?


By the way, don't get me wrong I LOVE their cover of "It's My Life", but how does that not count as synthy experimentation with other genres of music? That's exactly what that song was for the band.

[Concept17]

Awaiting the BREAKUP and GwenSUS ChrisT coming to her SENSES by going solo again. She slays everything. No flaws spotted. NONE.

What does this even mean?

Song is good. Nothing great, but its nice to hear them again. Looking forward to more.

[border]

By the way, don't get me wrong I LOVE their cover of "It's My Life", but how does that not count as synthy experimentation with other genres of music? That's exactly what that song was for the band.

I always kinda counted that song as a Gwen Stefani single though. I mean, the video has her murdering off all the other band members :)

My point was more that if the other band members didn't want to do synth-pop but would sign their names to something like It's My Life, then I'd be more than happy to see future No Doubt songs in the same vein as that song.

[whitehawk]

The album better be full of trumpets.

Same. I was excited to see a couple dudes with a trombone and trumpet, and let down when I didn't hear them play at all.

[Kyon]

What does this even mean? Song is good. Nothing great, but its nice to hear them again. Looking forward to more.

Gwen doesnt need this flop group anymore. She is flawless solo

[whitehawk]

This album will have PLENTY of horn-work. The second webisode detailing the creation of the album. If you can't hear the classic No Doubt sound in "Settle Down", you can DEFINITELY hear itin the some of the records you see them working on in this video. EDIT: Hilarious Youtube comment from the video I linked:

Yes! This is awesome to hear! As I trumpet player myself, I'm so happy to see a pop album with real horns. Beyonce had a lot of 'horn' in it, but I think it was all midi which was a bit disappointing, although a step in the right direction.

[whitehawk]

Gwen doesnt need this flop group anymore. She is flawless solo

flop group anymore. She is flawless solo

She is flawless solo

She is flawless solo

flawless

I'M A RICH GIRL NANANANANANANA

[royalan]

I always kinda counted that song as a Gwen Stefani single though. I mean, the video has her murdering off all the other band members :) My point was more that if the other band members didn't want to do synth-pop but would sign their names to something like It's My Life, then I'd be more than happy to see future No Doubt songs in the same vein as that song.

I see what you're saying. And it's funny, because the interview I read where Gwen said the guys weren't down for synth-pop she also said that "It's My Life" was the song that made her want to do more of it.

Maybe the guys just weren't down for an entire album of the stuff. :/

Same. I was excited to see a couple dudes with a trombone and trumpet, and let down when I didn't hear them play at all.

If this webisode is any indication. You hear them a lot on the album. This webisode makes me really excited for the album - whatever tracks they're working on here sound straight-up Reggae.


EDIT: You found my other post. lol

[Phonomezer]

Gwen doesnt need this flop group anymore. She is flawless solo

Everything she has done solo is infinitely better than No Doubt, besdies Tragic Kingdom.

[Loofy]

I'M A RICH GIRL NANANANANANANA

Hey baybeh hey beybeh Hey.

I like her solo shit.

I didnt know there were so many people against her solo work. Anyways Ill just leave this here.

[MrDenny]

So Gwen's Harajuku Girls are still around... even while she's doing No Doubt stuff. :\

To be fair, the music video was about the band members coming from different places (surburbia, japan, etc.) to a party were they reunited and rocked out.

The Making of Settle Down Part 1 Part 2

[royalan]

Everything she has done solo is infinitely better than No Doubt, besdies Tragic Kingdom.

GAWD am I the only person who liked Rock Steady? All the singles (except "Running") SLAYED me.

"Hey Baby"

"Hella Good"

"Underneath It All"

LOVED that album. ;__;






but yeah Gwen is flawless solo

[Copernicus]

Gwen steffani is still alive?

That's very surprising.


I'll never understand Vevo channels. Can't these artists just put up these videos themselves? I mean...what are they really gaining with Vevo?