Another Year In America January 29, 2009
Jan. 29th, 2009 11:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
koganbotNew song barrels its way to the top of the sucking fucking charts, while country boys still can't get in on the guest list.
Kelly Clarkson "My Life Would Suck Without You": Oh, ah, arghh! This is like being bludgeoned to death with a lollipop. Help. (Is a tick, however.) TICK.
Lady GaGa "Poker Face": She's marching her way through mud, trying to push her way to melody. Kinda gets there eventually, but too late. NO TICK.
Keri Hilson f. Lil Wayne "Turning Me On": I like big bass hollowness, I like spare dark grooves, I like Keri, I like Wayne, I like Wayne being his goofy self no matter the context, but this still runs short for me. Maybe Keri's just not a frontwoman. She needed to bring tension, something unbalanced, held back, ready to strike at any moment, and then the silly Weeziness'd bring a wave of relief. Instead, this is just another trudge. NO TICK.
U2 "Get On Your Boots": Monster riffs, but it's yet another trudge, monster trudge, then a godawful chant off of "Subterranean Homesick Blues" that's 100 times worse than INXS much less Dylan, then an incongruous crooning bit that I actually like; overall this demonstrates effort but I feel like I'm struggling while just sitting here and listening. NO TICK.
Kelly Clarkson "My Life Would Suck Without You": Oh, ah, arghh! This is like being bludgeoned to death with a lollipop. Help. (Is a tick, however.) TICK.
Lady GaGa "Poker Face": She's marching her way through mud, trying to push her way to melody. Kinda gets there eventually, but too late. NO TICK.
Keri Hilson f. Lil Wayne "Turning Me On": I like big bass hollowness, I like spare dark grooves, I like Keri, I like Wayne, I like Wayne being his goofy self no matter the context, but this still runs short for me. Maybe Keri's just not a frontwoman. She needed to bring tension, something unbalanced, held back, ready to strike at any moment, and then the silly Weeziness'd bring a wave of relief. Instead, this is just another trudge. NO TICK.
U2 "Get On Your Boots": Monster riffs, but it's yet another trudge, monster trudge, then a godawful chant off of "Subterranean Homesick Blues" that's 100 times worse than INXS much less Dylan, then an incongruous crooning bit that I actually like; overall this demonstrates effort but I feel like I'm struggling while just sitting here and listening. NO TICK.
