Another Year In America February 12, 2009

[koganbot]

I'm a hem an' a haw, an uncommitted maw, just sittin' on my borderline, wastin' time.

Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent "Crack A Bottle": Catchy enough for a tick, but depressing anyway in its lack of imagination. I wrote about this already on poptimists and I'm not inspired to write more. BORDERLINE TICK.

Dierks Bentley "Feel That Fire": I like this guy's get-out-of-town cheerfulness, but it's missing a lot of its light and cheer this time. Forced motion. Not bad, but I don't get why this is the first non-Taylor country track to cross Top 40 in two months. BORDERLINE NONTICK.

The-Dream "Rockin' That Thang": Slow mush, and enticing wiggles down in the beatbox, but with vocals that sit placidly rather than dreamily. Once again, sex is boring. NONTICK.

OK, for Dierks newbies, here he is at his best, in full canter.

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Ahhh I LOVE that Dream track! It's one of my favourite singles of the year - the sound is just so impossibly LARGE, that massive, anthemically swaying synth line and those cavernous drums. I love The-Dream's vocal too, it's like he's awed and powerless in the face of all the hugeness. Tim F's write-up is brilliant, obv.

It's probably the album of 09 I'm most hyped for - 'Let Me See The Booty', 'My Love', 'Stripper Love' and 'Right Side Of Ya Brain' are all A+ too.