"i kissed a girl" is like the most bloodless, turgid piece of shit ever
― max skim (k3vin k.), Saturday, 28 August 2010 04:49 (thirteen years ago) link
yes, it lacks the deep soul of a heartfelt masterpiece like Waking Up in Vegas.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 28 August 2010 04:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Waking Up in Vegas at least has some cool musical parts. IKAG fails in every category.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 August 2010 04:51 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i stopped short of accusing any of her great songs of having like, humanity or something, but when she's on she can at least sound like she's having fun - "waking up in vegas" is wasily her best chorus too; IKAG always sounded like a drag to me
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― max skim (k3vin k.), Saturday, 28 August 2010 04:53 (thirteen years ago) link
IKAG sounds like ass-kicking cock rock to me.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 28 August 2010 04:55 (thirteen years ago) link
When I first heard I Kissed a Girl, it was on Carson Daly's show back when he was in the studio and he was hyping her as a next big thing (which proved to be true, I guess). I watched the video with a blank stare wondering if I was, at that moment, fully disconnected from people actually like in their popular music.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 August 2010 04:55 (thirteen years ago) link
disconnected from what people actually like
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 August 2010 04:56 (thirteen years ago) link
first mistake: judging a katy perry song by a live performance.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 28 August 2010 04:57 (thirteen years ago) link
We're talking about an artist who is just riding whatever awesome hooks Dr. Luke/Max Martin et al are giving her, and IKAG has some of the best you could ask for. I don't get the hate at all.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 28 August 2010 04:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, I went to youtube and found the video immediately following the show to see if she was indeed a real thing. That only made it worse.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 August 2010 04:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, but did you listen to it with headphones really loud, cuz that's important.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 28 August 2010 05:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I will agree that IKAG is a joyless song (I would describe it as malevolent), but so are a lot of great metal/rock songs, which is pretty much what IKAG is.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 28 August 2010 05:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Actually, after going to take a peep at lyrics, it was actually "Ur So Gay" that I heard first. I remember thinking "I can NOT deal with songs that namedrop Myspace." Shortly thereafter, "I Kissed a Girl" came out and I was convinced at that point that I wanted to have nothing to do with her.
Then "Hot n' Cold" was an improvement, so I softened a little. And then "Vegas" was legitimately good, which I found incredibly frustrating because I couldn't hate her anymore.
That said, nothing I've heard from the new album (and I actually listened to half of it the other night) has stopped her from going back downhill in my estimation.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 August 2010 05:13 (thirteen years ago) link
matt, if you think that KP has a huge drop off after "i kissed a girl" & "hot n cold" then you're probably going to find quite a bit of disagreement round here
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 28 August 2010 05:20 (thirteen years ago) link
but like, i think there's a clear diff b/w the material from her second album and her third album where you could see why someone would like the new stuff
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 28 August 2010 05:24 (thirteen years ago) link
California Gurls would be in that league if the vocal melody in the chorus wasn't a mess.
Don't mean to imply that those other songs suck. Thinking of You and Firework are her only singles that I don't think are good songs.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 28 August 2010 05:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Firework is absolutely abysmal.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 August 2010 05:30 (thirteen years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Saturday, August 28, 2010 5:24 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark
not much of a difference between HNC and IKAG though, imo.
There's a new style on the new album, for sure.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 28 August 2010 05:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i agree w/ this
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 28 August 2010 05:47 (thirteen years ago) link
hot n cold is so good. other than teenage dream it's her best single.
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 28 August 2010 05:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 2 September 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
whaaaaat
― max skim (k3vin k.), Friday, 3 September 2010 00:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Makes sense to me!
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Friday, 3 September 2010 02:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Hot 'n' Cold seems to be permanently running in my head, 24/7.
― no place running the schools (Eazy), Sunday, 21 November 2010 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Finally realized why Teenage Dream gives me creeps. It subconsciously reminds me of Don't Fear the Reaper.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
40,000 more everyday in skintight jeans
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
It's like it rests on the same persuasive sex-death axis whether they're talking about 40,000 men and women everyday or skintight jeans.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 20:50 (nine years ago) link
never really thought of it that way!
I know a lot of ILXors think Katy Perry is THE WORST but I like some of her singles (not all of them)
― example (crüt), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link
I used to hate her but then I realized, every generation gets the Bruce Springsteen it deserves.
― Vomits of a Missionary (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 18:38 (nine years ago) link
"Let's go all the way tonight/no regrets, just love/ we can dance until we die/ You and I will be young forever" could definitely be about a suicide pact
― da croupier, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 18:45 (nine years ago) link
it falls into the category of "let's do it because nothing else matters" and "do it" could be sex or deathin either songdon't fear the reaper
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link
One of her songs reminds me of the Paula Broadwell/David Petraeus affair. I don't dislike Katy Perry tbh.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
Suddenly love "Teenage Dream" even more than I already did, which was considerably.
― Eric H., Wednesday, 8 October 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
I came around on Katy Perry 2 or 3 years ago. It's a pity her latest album was kind of boring, and I don't like very much of the first one either. Maybe I'm just a Teenage Dream/documentary/Piece of Me fan.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
er, Part of Me
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
lol @ me
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, August 28, 2010 1:30 AM (4 years ago)
That's my favorite one now.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
firework is one of the awful ones
― example (crüt), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
But who will join me in secret "Roar" love.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 20:27 (nine years ago) link
yo
― Raccoon Newsy Wewsies (some dude), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 20:28 (nine years ago) link
I came around on that one too, but now I haven't listened to it in a while.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Wednesday, October 8, 2014 3:02 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
uhhhhhhhhhhhh
― katherine, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link
It was "Dark Horse" for me.
― Eric H., Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link
Uh what?It was just really ubiquitous when that was going on. I just looked it up -- Wide Awake.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:19 (nine years ago) link
can we re-do this so i can vote for Dark Horse
― alpine static, Saturday, 3 February 2018 01:03 (six years ago) link
Just wanna say that I feel like amongst all the dreck from Witness "Hey Hey Hey" was a really good single.
― triggercut, Saturday, 3 February 2018 02:00 (six years ago) link
"california gurls" is a jam. basically all the other poll options are traaaaaaaash. i admit i like "roar" more than it really deserves - it's just so fun to sin along to the "and YOU'RE gonna HEAR me" part. can't believe we're now almost a decade in to perry-as-star.
― Righteous wax chaperone, rotating Wingdings (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 3 February 2018 02:18 (six years ago) link
california gurls and teenage dream are the only good ones
― ufo, Saturday, 3 February 2018 02:27 (six years ago) link
"swish swish" and "bon appetit" have some of the worst lyrics i've ever heard
― (the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Saturday, 3 February 2018 03:12 (six years ago) link
bon appetit might have turned out ok otherwise
Yeah a new poll could be kinda interesting. I'll spend my time in the comments promoting Last Friday Night, which imo is a total jam
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Saturday, 3 February 2018 03:33 (six years ago) link
OTM
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Saturday, 3 February 2018 13:02 (six years ago) link
Firework nul point is recockulous
― drugs don't kill people, poppers do (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 3 February 2018 13:36 (six years ago) link
^this; definition of 'grower' tho innit
― Jeff W, Saturday, 3 February 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
Teenage DreamDark HorseCalifornia GurlsBirthday
After that I'd just be speculating what I like anymore.
― Tarr Yang Preminger Argento Carpenter (Eric H.), Saturday, 3 February 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
Firework is great, this was an odd result
― albvivertine, Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:28 (six years ago) link
it's hazy now but iirc ILM really bought into "Hot n Cold" as "pure pop" or something to that effect.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:32 (six years ago) link
it was the first one she did were I thought it was a banger
― drugs don't kill people, poppers do (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:33 (six years ago) link
I'm surprised how many Katy Perry singles I've ended up loving over the years.
I have a lot of time for Hot n Cold, Thinking Of You, Teenage Dream, Firework, The One That Got Away, Wide Awake, Roar, Dark Horse, Birthday and Chained To The Rhythm. Last Friday Night is probably in my top 10 singles of the decade at this point.
She could have a few more in that list if she'd made some better single choices. The title track from Witness should have been the follow up to Chained. The Prism campaign was just really badly handled in general. Legendary Lovers and Walking On Air should have taken the places of Unconditionally (apparently Katy really fought hard for that one) and This Is How We Do (apparently Katy fighting for Unconditionally and it flopping meant she didn't get to choose any of the other singles and this one was not her call).
― kitchen person, Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:44 (six years ago) link
xpost tbf it was only her second single! i think there was a bit of excitement/relief that it was a punchy, brassy uptempo pop-rock song that didn't have the forehead-slapping lyric of "I Kissed A Girl." then her next few singles were all more or less instantly forgotten.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:46 (six years ago) link
firework is one of the worst pop singles of my lifetime
wide awake or dark horse. of these the right one won
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:50 (six years ago) link
surely firework is not worse than "e.t." or "bon appetit."
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 5 February 2018 00:11 (six years ago) link
or "this is how we do"
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 5 February 2018 00:12 (six years ago) link
i can't think of a recording offhand worse than firework
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 5 February 2018 00:18 (six years ago) link
e.t. is at least ridiculous
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 5 February 2018 00:19 (six years ago) link
do you ever feel like a plastic bag
― boxedjoy, Monday, 5 February 2018 08:24 (six years ago) link
I mean the thing about "Firework" is its like a safe, straight version of an LGBT anthem - nothing explicitly about queer struggles and oppression, just a horribly shrill rote performance of pride signifiers, and I absolutely do not need my hand held and my voice taken by the same popstar who once sang "you're so gay and you don't even like boys." Katy Perry has a huge amount of great singles as kitchen person lists, but she is the least interesting or likeable thing about any of them.
― boxedjoy, Monday, 5 February 2018 08:27 (six years ago) link