Dancing on a razor blade

[koganbot]

"It's the shadow inside my mind
And I'm in denial
I'm becoming quite a liar
Does that make me beautiful tonight?
In my sickness can you find me beautiful tonight?"

I'm assuming that the "you" in this song is God rather than Krystal's potential paramour. Anyway, "Beautiful Tonight" is far and away my favorite song on the Krystal Meyers album, though honestly I only noticed the words just now, long after I'd fallen for the song for simply sounding beautiful. Wouldn't say the lyrics are deep - rather are suggestive of some darkness or sexual desire that Krystal's not sure she's ready to throw off. She's a Contemporary Christian Singer so there's something at stake here, not spelled out remotely as well as Aly Michalka did in "Blush," of course. But I do like that this is sung with Hilary Duff style wholesomeness rather than the piercing agonies of Amy Lee or Lacey Mosley. Sort of bubblegoth that one wouldn't necessarily notice as bubblegoth.

Definitely good but not up there with "Beautiful Tonight" is the single "Make Some Noise," which is a big catchy blatant takeoff on another song (hereinafter referred to as "Other Song") that got attention in these parts, pretty much copying Other Song's drum beat and vocal timbre. So in comparing the two, "Make Some Noise" is catchy but Other Song is even catchier, "Make Some Noise" is sweeter and less grating than Other Song but Other Song makes more noise and is more exciting, "Make Some Noise" has vapid "rebellious" lyrics that could fit snugly onto the soundtrack to Camp Rock whereas Other Song tells what's actually an interesting story even if Other Song's singer is so self-consciously, defensively pleased with herself and her own half-assed attitudes that she's managed to irritate the fuck out of everyone hither though not yon. But her song is better than Krystal's.

"Make Some Noise"

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Comments

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I really like that the whole Krystal Meyers could either be about God or sex, depending on one's POV. If no one had told me she was an Xtian, I never would have clocked it.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Agreed on all counts here, and I think "Beautiful Tonight" is the...uh, deeper keeper, even if my personal fave is probably "Feels So Right."