Another Year In America February 26, 2009

[koganbot]

Annoyed by a couple I like, want to like the ones I don't, and Kid Cudi comes across with a grower.

Asher Roth "I Love College": Not so wise wiseass butters both sides of the bottle, talks slow, is annoyingly obvious but powerful. TICK.

Toby Keith "God Love Her": Hard fuckin' daughter of a preacher, Southern duality, blah blah blah. Competent enough for a BORDERLINE TICK.

Keith Urban "Sweet Thing": Funk bass creates bubblin' groove. Harmonics and pretty voice hide it more than ride it. Track doesn't gel. NO TICK.

Jesse McCartney f. Ludacris "How Do You Sleep?": Rhythm slides backwards under sweet singing and busy synths. Another one that doesn't gel. NO TICK.

Kid Cudi "Day 'N' Nite": Seems to be the original that's finally breaking onto the American charts, which is good, 'cause I prefer it to the mixes. Crookers' version sees how far it can jiggle without losing the original's sweet-sad drift, loses too much; Jim Jones' remix pushes hard against the lilt, the result being dynamic but I'd just as soon stick with the lilt; Pitbull surprisingly sticks with the lilt himself on his version, is too smooth; so the original is best in its plainness. TICK.

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I really despise Asher Roth :(

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Also, WTF at Jesse McCartney still releasing singles off that album.

[koganbot]

"How Do You Sleep?" is only the third single off of Departure; I much prefer the previous one, "It's Over," a good sweet boy song that didn't get far on the charts.

Not surprised you don't like Roth. This song kind of turns my stomach, but he does it with enough authority to garner a tick from me. Who knows where he'll take his shtick (not that I'm brimming with curiosity, but you never know).