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Another Year In America September 3, 2009
Sort of a hazy stumblebum of a week in new songs; indistinct and pleasant, the only standout being a kid up in Canada.
Michael Franti & Spearhead f. Cherine Anderson "Say Hey (I Love You)": Flubbed accent, words without impact, a track that's weak and klutzy but catchy. BORDERLINE TICK.
Flo Rida f. Ne-Yo "Be On You": Ne-Yo sounds beige against beige, missing the intensity he sometimes lets seep into his smoothness. Pretty song, the prettiness irritating me. Might have given this a reluctant tick if it had been Ne-Yo alone. But Flo Rida is soporific. NO TICK.
Justin Bieber "One Time": 15 years old and he sounds 12; I'd assumed he was a Disney actor owing to his age - instead he's a YouTube find, here taken in hand by Tricky Stewart and The-Dream, with a Dream tune that typically refuses to go anywhere, relying on a variety of little achy bits from Bieber, who does them fine. TICK.
The Fray "Never Say Never": A modern power ballad style that's more like a power balloon, since it floats about on an ocean of sea swells. Falsettos occasionally enliven what mostly is slow and soggy. NO TICK.
Zac Brown Band "Toes": Folk guitar picking that starts with a slightly new age roll to it, then adds frills and goes Latin, the deep south's fascination with the farther south. Cheerful enough, the song can't quite lift itself above the singer's mediocrity. BORDERLINE NONTICK.
Michael Franti & Spearhead f. Cherine Anderson "Say Hey (I Love You)": Flubbed accent, words without impact, a track that's weak and klutzy but catchy. BORDERLINE TICK.
Flo Rida f. Ne-Yo "Be On You": Ne-Yo sounds beige against beige, missing the intensity he sometimes lets seep into his smoothness. Pretty song, the prettiness irritating me. Might have given this a reluctant tick if it had been Ne-Yo alone. But Flo Rida is soporific. NO TICK.
Justin Bieber "One Time": 15 years old and he sounds 12; I'd assumed he was a Disney actor owing to his age - instead he's a YouTube find, here taken in hand by Tricky Stewart and The-Dream, with a Dream tune that typically refuses to go anywhere, relying on a variety of little achy bits from Bieber, who does them fine. TICK.
The Fray "Never Say Never": A modern power ballad style that's more like a power balloon, since it floats about on an ocean of sea swells. Falsettos occasionally enliven what mostly is slow and soggy. NO TICK.
Zac Brown Band "Toes": Folk guitar picking that starts with a slightly new age roll to it, then adds frills and goes Latin, the deep south's fascination with the farther south. Cheerful enough, the song can't quite lift itself above the singer's mediocrity. BORDERLINE NONTICK.
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But your theory is probably closer to the truth.
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