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koganbot"Like A G6" back at #1, "Only Girl (In The World)" nipping at its heels, while the Glee Cast dreams of being teen, and, from the Dept. Of Better Late Than Never, Edward Maya's "Stereo Love" reaches the U.S. Top 40 thirteen months after its European release and seven months after it entered the U.S. dance chart.
Glee Cast "Teenage Dream": TV-less me knows not what's going on in the show, but audacity is hitting the music this week, as the arrangers go for surprise, mashups, etc. as opposed to their usual "Let's carry the karaoke" strategy. In this instance the singing group (which is not the star group but I assume some competitor) does "Teenage Dream" not at all like the would-be California dream of the original but like an actual glee club, with ridiculous oversung dit-dit-dits and barbershop-quartet-rearranged-for-choir hamminess. Lead guy is OK, and I like the believability of the track's weirdness, but the wooden glee-club style isn't my favorite anyway, and this aggregation can't add spark. NO TICK.
The Black Eyed Peas "The Time (Dirty Bit)": The rubber beats, the toy vocals, and Fergie rapping get me, but not as much as "Boom Boom Pow" did, not by a longshot. And even with emotive Fergie giving it her all, "Time Of My Life" is too much the soggy, smothering wet blanket for the track to get out from under. BORDERLINE NONTICK.
Glee Cast "Start Me Up/Livin' On A Prayer": One concept this week seems to be that they're giving boys girls' songs and giving girls boys' songs. Achy Lea starts us up, and as seems to be happening a lot this year, she's not sounding as galvanically, enticingly needy as she formerly had, is not quite demanding enough for "hold on, ready or not," and then the track leaves Lea for lesser singers. This is a mashup not a medley, on the verge of excitement as the two songs bounce off each other, but doesn't arrive. There are little thrills whenever Lea darts back in and emotes. BORDERLINE NONTICK.
Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina "Stereo Love": Hurrah, basic late-night drink-n-sex and midday beach stroll, the world's real tropical disco worldbeat, as envisioned in cold Europe, Azerbaijani accordion imitating panpipes with a melody reminiscent of "Lambada." Even though this doesn't roll and splash as easily up mountains and along beaches as its glorious predecessor, I want to personally thank Edward for saving the week from ticklessness. TICK.
Glee Cast "Stop! In The Name Of Love/Free Your Mind": Guys are up and I'm nervous, as their basic nonmusicality often leads to leadenness. But actually, having them rough up and rock En Vogue's "Free Your Mind" is quite funny. "Stop!" here obviously doesn't come within light years or eons of the Supremes' looseness and vulnerability, but I do enjoy the chutzpah of this arrangement, another mashup. If only the guys had chops to pull it off. BORDERLINE NONTICK.
Glee Cast "Teenage Dream": TV-less me knows not what's going on in the show, but audacity is hitting the music this week, as the arrangers go for surprise, mashups, etc. as opposed to their usual "Let's carry the karaoke" strategy. In this instance the singing group (which is not the star group but I assume some competitor) does "Teenage Dream" not at all like the would-be California dream of the original but like an actual glee club, with ridiculous oversung dit-dit-dits and barbershop-quartet-rearranged-for-choir hamminess. Lead guy is OK, and I like the believability of the track's weirdness, but the wooden glee-club style isn't my favorite anyway, and this aggregation can't add spark. NO TICK.
The Black Eyed Peas "The Time (Dirty Bit)": The rubber beats, the toy vocals, and Fergie rapping get me, but not as much as "Boom Boom Pow" did, not by a longshot. And even with emotive Fergie giving it her all, "Time Of My Life" is too much the soggy, smothering wet blanket for the track to get out from under. BORDERLINE NONTICK.
Glee Cast "Start Me Up/Livin' On A Prayer": One concept this week seems to be that they're giving boys girls' songs and giving girls boys' songs. Achy Lea starts us up, and as seems to be happening a lot this year, she's not sounding as galvanically, enticingly needy as she formerly had, is not quite demanding enough for "hold on, ready or not," and then the track leaves Lea for lesser singers. This is a mashup not a medley, on the verge of excitement as the two songs bounce off each other, but doesn't arrive. There are little thrills whenever Lea darts back in and emotes. BORDERLINE NONTICK.
Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina "Stereo Love": Hurrah, basic late-night drink-n-sex and midday beach stroll, the world's real tropical disco worldbeat, as envisioned in cold Europe, Azerbaijani accordion imitating panpipes with a melody reminiscent of "Lambada." Even though this doesn't roll and splash as easily up mountains and along beaches as its glorious predecessor, I want to personally thank Edward for saving the week from ticklessness. TICK.
Glee Cast "Stop! In The Name Of Love/Free Your Mind": Guys are up and I'm nervous, as their basic nonmusicality often leads to leadenness. But actually, having them rough up and rock En Vogue's "Free Your Mind" is quite funny. "Stop!" here obviously doesn't come within light years or eons of the Supremes' looseness and vulnerability, but I do enjoy the chutzpah of this arrangement, another mashup. If only the guys had chops to pull it off. BORDERLINE NONTICK.
