Year In America October 16, 2008

[koganbot]

Britney jumps to number one, Carrie and Abel make the long trek to the Top 40, and Akon and Weezy finally have a week where no one invites them in as guests, so they invite each other.

Britney Spears "Womanizer": A tick, but I feel at a distance from this: has the same niggling, disturbing dance crud and hedonism as Blackout but brightened up and therefore not nearly as gripping or unsettling. TICK.

Saving Abel "Addicted": "I want to take my love and hate you 'til the end." Well, that's honest, but not very eloquent. This has grind-it-out force, but the adenoidal singing is a drag. NO TICK.

Carrie Underwood "Just A Dream": Heart-wrencher, best cut on Carnival Ride, Carrie's blatant wail the right thing for a big blast of grief. TICK.

Akon f. Lil Wayne "I'm So Paid": The same prettiness Akon's done a hundred times, a bit lighter than usual and sprinkled with auto-tune. OK to have on, though it doesn't stay in the attention. NO TICK.

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yeah as I said on tumblr (I think it was tumblr) it just ends up sounding like it could mean anything, it removes any consequence (good or bad) from him being a womanizer womanizer womanizer womanizer womanizer. Still like it tho.

[edgeofwhatever.livejournal.com]

See, to me it sounds like a siren, like her womanizer alarms are ringing -- it's the only part of the song where I feel like he might be dangerous. The rest is like being forced to stand there at the edge of the dance floor while your friend has some drunken un-clever conversation with a guy who wronged her back in college.