Frank Ocean- Channel Orange

[zerosama]

I just finished listening to Frank Ocean's debut album and I gotta say....I love this guy....soooooooooooo much. All the songs very smooth and very meaningful. I really feel like he's actually telling us his personal life through his songs. I don't understand why some people don't listen to him just because he's gay or bi. That totally an unnecessary factor.

Favorite songs from the album:

• Pyramids (Especially Part 2)
• Sierra Leone
• Sweet Life
• Thinking Bout You
• Pink Matter

 

[KillKyle]

He's gay. Most his songs are about his male lover. He has unique sound but I'm not feeling the gay stuff.

 

[Moss]

I don't like his songs, they don't appeal to me, and "Forrest Gump" makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

 

[SpaceGhostPurrp]

frank ocean is original,fresh and innovating in my eyes, but him being bi throws me off a little bit, you know what i mean? when it's a love song, is he singing about a guy or a girl? but him being bi doesn't affect his talent at all, he's a great singer/songwriter

 

[zerosama]

I don't like his songs, they don't appeal to me, and "Forrest Gump" makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

Could you explain to me how Forrest Gump makes no sense?

 

[Moss]

Could you explain to me how Forrest Gump makes no sense?

Can you explain how it does make sense?

 

[blazekev90]

frank ocean is original,fresh and innovating in my eyes, but him being bi throws me off a little bit, you know what i mean? when it's a love song, is he singing about a guy or a girl? but him being bi doesn't affect his talent at all, he's a great singer/songwriter

it shouldn't matter who he's singing to/about, it whomever you relate it to that matters.

 

[zerosama]

Can you explain how it does make sense?

The song was written from the perspective of the character Jenny, the love interest from the film Forrest Gump

 

[Moss]

The song was written from the perspective of the character Jenny, the love interest from the film Forrest Gump

But why? The actual lyrics make no sense:

My fingertips and my lips
They burn from the cigarettes
Forrest Gump you run my mind boy
Running on my mind boy
Forrest Gump​

"Running my mind"? It's a song that is pointless and I don't like it.

 

[blazekev90]

But why? The actual lyrics make no sense:

My fingertips and my lips
They burn from the cigarettes
Forrest Gump you run my mind boy
Running on my mind boy
Forrest Gump​

"Running my mind"? It's a song that is pointless and I don't like it.

damn he's obviously talking of his gay lover/experience just not trying to say it directly

 

[Young Thug]

damn he's obviously talking of his gay lover/experience just not trying to say it directly

I fux with Frankie regardless of his sexuality, but Nostalgia Ultra is better IMO. Still, the album has some bangers