the chorus is functional but not as ecstatic as it was probably intended to be, imho
― la senora (surm), Wednesday, April 21, 2010 1:35 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
goes pretty big on "blow my speakers up tonight," no? the rest of the album suffers from this, though. it's sad, you can hear them trying to pull of these blasting pop chorus but it never really gets there.
― imma sb (samosa gibreel), Thursday, 22 April 2010 04:19 (fourteen years ago) link
ramzi :D
― artie flange (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 22 April 2010 04:19 (fourteen years ago) link
if this is about "your love is my drug" it's otm -- i was definitely thinking... "this is trying to be massive... it feels massive... but it's just kind of flat..."
― artie flange (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 22 April 2010 04:21 (fourteen years ago) link
i hated that song the first time i heard it, and yeah, it is kind of tepid, but i like it
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 04:23 (fourteen years ago) link
it's about Tik Tok, xp. i just don't want to listen to it as much as it seems to want me to.
― la senora (surm), Thursday, 22 April 2010 04:23 (fourteen years ago) link
bonus points for the seemingly random "i like your beard!"
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 04:24 (fourteen years ago) link
"blah blah blah" is way better -- i was disappointed that she didn't do that
― artie flange (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 22 April 2010 04:24 (fourteen years ago) link
really???
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 04:27 (fourteen years ago) link
for me it's "Tik ToK" > "Your Love Is My Drug" > "Blah Blah Blah"
yeah -- the "your love is my drug" hook is so conventional -- it's like bad natasha beningfield or something
― artie flange (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 22 April 2010 04:28 (fourteen years ago) link
at least "blah blah blah" shoves its wretched twat in your face with no remorse
― artie flange (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 22 April 2010 04:29 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm telling you u should listen to leighton meester's "your love's a drug"
― la senora (surm), Thursday, 22 April 2010 04:29 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.apuritansmind.com/images/MiscImages/hell2.jpg
― Yonder Mountain Zing Band (Tape Store), Thursday, 22 April 2010 04:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Nicely done.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 22 April 2010 04:35 (fourteen years ago) link
there's a lot of animosity towards Kesha, not just here, I kinda get it and I kinda don't. Musically she's a lot like Katy Perry who hasn't been on the receiving end of nearly as much haterade so I assume most of it comes from the fact that she dresses like a homeless 90s club kid that makes people hate her so much. [...]― musically, Wednesday, April 14, 2010 8:48 PM Bookmark
― musically, Wednesday, April 14, 2010 8:48 PM Bookmark
I sorta think this is basically accurate (the vexation heaped on "homeless 90s club kid" look-and-feel) but to be fair, Katy Perry got/gets plenty of haterade on ILM! It's been a while but I seem to recall the original I Kissed A Girl thread throwing down some real negativity.
I think Ke$ha's problems boil down to, the songs are pretty good but the persona is galling. Right? Like, I want my dumb party pop songs to come from people who sound like you'd actually want to party with them. Except to the extent that Ke$ha is constantly promising casual sex in the near future, I can't imagine wanting to hang out with her - - - she comes off as loud, brassy in a bad way, full of herself, convinced she's funnier than she is, etc.... I mean these are basically the reasons I'm not so drawn to hang out with most 20-year-olds these days but really, her self-builtbrand is "sleazy, drunken moron." Sidekick version of Fergie on "London Bridge." Is it really surprising that there are people that this doesn't appeal to?
Also, I mean, the "$."
(This is all just going on the songs/videos - haven't seen any interviews or anything like that.)
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 22 April 2010 05:58 (fourteen years ago) link
http://imgur.com/FBjfV.jpg
― Moka, Thursday, 22 April 2010 07:33 (fourteen years ago) link
blitzkreig tok?
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 22 April 2010 10:30 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg1qkChBCM
Example's cover of Tik Tok
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Friday, 23 April 2010 14:24 (fourteen years ago) link
:-(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg1qkChBCMc
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Friday, 23 April 2010 14:25 (fourteen years ago) link
oh LOL it's not THAT bad, it's just like, hi it's me in a cape singing my ok song (!!)
― la senora (surm), Thursday, April 22, 2010 12:18 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
new cape of good hope board description
― some dude, Friday, 23 April 2010 14:42 (fourteen years ago) link
still don't know how/why these exist, but the cooly g and untold remixes of "tik tok" lift the original out of "unlistenable garbage" into "interesting curio" territory (if not "actually amazing") - both are prob on autopilot-for-pay but it just shows how far you can go after a) removing some of the unnecessary autotune b) an actually interesting beat rather than rudimentary electrocrap c) treating ke$ha's vocals so that they're actually ON the beat rather than lurching around it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeQbV48gwTA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqH8KiD8hjk
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 23 April 2010 15:02 (fourteen years ago) link
god the wolf howls annoy the fuck out of me though
that example cover is terrible but actually better than the original
what's frustrating is that i genuinely think there's an effective, fun club banger hiding inside that song - it just needs to be played totally straight and robo-diva-voiced. where are the PCDs when you need 'em.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 23 April 2010 15:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Predicting you will have done a complete volte-face on Ke$ha in 12 months' time.
― Matt DC, Friday, 23 April 2010 15:20 (fourteen years ago) link
that will be up to her innit. 100% sure i won't have done a volte-face on anything she's released to date - nothing even has the earworm factor that eg "poker face" did when i still hated it
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 23 April 2010 15:26 (fourteen years ago) link
― Matt DC, Friday, April 23, 2010 11:20 AM Bookmark
for a second read this as some sexual euphemism i wasn't familiar with
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 24 April 2010 04:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Xpost the literal middle school talent show video of Kesha singing "Karma Police" is actually less awkward than "Tik Tok" on SNL.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 24 April 2010 17:04 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIHDGDzVwK4
― billstevejim, Sunday, 25 April 2010 14:04 (fourteen years ago) link
cracked up at the pronunciation of "keh dollar sign ha" on SNL last night
― surmudgeon (some dude), Sunday, 25 April 2010 14:16 (fourteen years ago) link
I've been laying low cause I figured I wore out my Ke$ha-love welcome on the "worth it" thread, but she is SO CLASSIC. Here's my recent review at Burnside Writers' Collective. I quoted Lex and ILXOR! Also agree with Doctor Casino above, "I can't imagine wanting to hang out with her." And yet...
― dr. phil, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link
i get this weird canadian vibe from her
― Shakey Ja Mocha (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
is it shaped like a maple leaf?
― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
the johnny rotten and guns'n'roses comparisons make so much sense to me. they fucking suck too, and in similar ways.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:50 (fourteen years ago) link
nah it's like when i remember traveling to canada a long time ago and watching that Much Music station...i think they have to play a certain amount of canadian artists, so there were all these groups that totally seemed like popular artists but something was just...off...slightly
like they seemed like the mr.pibbs to the u.s. groups' dr. pepper....sorta like that robin sparkles character on how i met your mother
when i first saw ke$sha's video it seemed like canada trying to make a modern post britney/gaga/xtina/LA clusterfuck club scene type pop star
― Shakey Ja Mocha (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
;_; I thought that was a pretty good vibrator joke
― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link
hahahaha i'm just dumb dude, don't worry
― Shakey Ja Mocha (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
oh yeah Our Lady Peace, that was one of the groups i was trying to think of
― Shakey Ja Mocha (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I thought you were saying this because her voice she reminds you of "it's like Rayaaaaain onyer wedding day, it's the free riiiiiiiiiii--" type stuff
― Cunga, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
at first i didn't know what you were getting at w/ the canadian thing, but now that you explain it like that, i think you're OTM. it like she's going through the motions of being a big artist, when she's not really at that point yet.
there's a show on much right now called "disband," where they take a canadian band, make them work with a songwriter/producer in order to prep a song of theirs for a performance. they play that song live in front of said judges (mostly industry reps), and then they are told whether or not they should remain a band. it's quite entertaining to watch, but the bands that "win" go on to minor successes, and now there are around 2-3 that are just bombarding the airwaves. it's awful, because all they did was win a contest, but because they're canadian, they get an amount of play on the radio and on tv that's on par with some of the biggest american acts.
― borntohula, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 20:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Cancon, Canadian content -- that requirement, I mean, whereby a certain amount of Canadian acts have to be aired/broadcast.
― Lostandfound, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link
borntohula otm.
― Lostandfound, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 21:23 (fourteen years ago) link
wait tik tok was US number one for NINE weeks??
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link
tik tok don't stop
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 27 April 2010 22:00 (fourteen years ago) link
they seemed like the mr.pibbs to the u.s. groups' dr. pepper.
Mr Pibbs has a wicked sour cherry flavour that's totally off the chain. Never had the original.
Oh, wait, was this thread about something?
― Bashful Johnny C. (staggerlee), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 22:29 (fourteen years ago) link
i get the Canadian vibe too but assumed it was a deliberate meta-Degrassi 80s reference, like she's one of Dylan's slutty girlfriends from Fifteen.
― crystal tablets melt the stone (herb albert), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 23:32 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mzL56ZRXYc
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Monday, 3 May 2010 20:13 (fourteen years ago) link
o ffs
Simpsons lipsync tiktok
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Monday, 3 May 2010 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
haha wait
― it means "EMOTIONAL"! (HI DERE), Monday, 3 May 2010 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR_qa3Ohwls
okay, so the song's kinda insubstantial but i'm finding it hard to hate on this - - can basically accept ke$ha as high school radiohead nerd that secretly believes her spirit animal is a mermaid from Yellow Submarine.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 14:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Ke$sha's like a MadTV version of a pop star
― rap-metal-alternative (herb albert), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 14:51 (fourteen years ago) link
also she's tall
― dr. phil, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 18:56 (fourteen years ago) link