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Post by whistle on Jun 14, 2008 22:40:52 GMT -5
I can't wait to buy this.
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Post by Nicolexo on Jun 14, 2008 22:47:21 GMT -5
I can't wait to buy this. Same.
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whistle
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Post by whistle on Jun 14, 2008 22:53:25 GMT -5
I can't wait to buy this. Same. I have a feeling this may be one of those albums that has a surprisingly good first week, but the label underships and you hear about it selling out (ala Ashlee's "Autobiography" and Danity Kane's first CD.) The internet buzz is certainly there, hopefully it translates into sales.
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Post by Brethren on Jun 14, 2008 23:30:21 GMT -5
The word of mouth on this album should be crazy. The whole album is pop perfection.
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Post by #MusicMan on Jun 15, 2008 7:00:27 GMT -5
Waking Up In Vegas is Perfection.
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Post by Retro-Physical on Jun 15, 2008 7:44:35 GMT -5
Waking Up In Vegas is Perfection. I kno, rite? The slot machine sounds in the beginning, the first guitar riffs, the slowed down part during the bridge, the fiery chorus and ad-libs... PERFECTion.
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whistle
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Post by whistle on Jun 15, 2008 14:30:09 GMT -5
Waking Up In Vegas is Perfection. I kno, rite? The slot machine sounds in the beginning, the first guitar riffs, the slowed down part during the bridge, the fiery chorus and ad-libs... PERFECTion. Should definitely be the next single.
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Post by Mark on Jun 15, 2008 19:39:38 GMT -5
Wow. The first time I heard "Waking Up In Vegas" I was kinda meh about it, but after about two more listens I LOVED it. I can't stop playing it.
Next single PLEASE!
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Jun 16, 2008 13:31:15 GMT -5
I concur. Waking Up in Vegas has got to be a single. I need to see a video of that song now.
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Post by K. on Jun 16, 2008 15:00:51 GMT -5
Honestly, I'd be happy with anything as a single except Ur So Gay and MAYBE Lost and I'm Still Breathing (Just because they may be too slow/chill for radio). My favorites at the moment are One of the Boys and Thinking of You.
I have a feeling Self-Inflicted, Mannequin, and Fingerprints will be very underrated.
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Post by eljefro on Jun 17, 2008 8:54:06 GMT -5
Hot N Cold will be the next single, just look at its popularity on itunes...it's selling better off her album that I Kissed A Girl at the moment.
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Post by Nicolexo on Jun 17, 2008 12:41:31 GMT -5
I just got my copy.
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Post by crazylove on Jun 17, 2008 12:55:43 GMT -5
I LOVE Fingerprints.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2008 14:45:39 GMT -5
All Music Guide gave the album 2/5.
Slant Magazine gave the album 2/5.
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Post by Taylor. on Jun 17, 2008 14:47:14 GMT -5
I absolutely love Hot 'N Cold.. and judging by its popularity bars, the pubic agrees! Next single, please!
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Post by jazzyskye10² on Jun 17, 2008 14:47:32 GMT -5
Of all the new artists Madonna has endorsed over the years (Björk, Mandalay, Goldfrapp, Gogol Bordello—hell, even Ricky Martin), Katy Perry is probably the least stimulating of the lot. It's possible that Madonna sees a little bit of her former self in Perry: The crass "If You Can Afford Me" is like "Material Girl" with the irony built right into the Cliffs Notes lyrical bridge: "I don't need your dollar bills/I just want something real." But that's where the similarities end. This generation's concept of being edgy and provocative is tame and retrograde. Perry confuses political incorrectness with being subversive on tracks like "Hot n Cold," in which she, in the process of skewering guys who change their minds "like girls change clothes," just winds up sounding mildly sexist. Lead single "I Kissed a Girl" features a throbbing beat and an infectious, bi-curious hook, but its self-satisfied, in-your-face posturing rings phony in comparison to the expertly constructed ambiguities of "Justify My Love" or practically anything in the first decade of Ani DiFranco's catalogue; it's like a tween version of DiFranco's tortured bisexual confession "Light of Some Kind." "I Kissed a Girl" isn't problematic because it promotes homosexuality, but because its appropriation of the gay lifestyle exists for the sole purpose of garnering attention—both from Perry's boyfriend and her audience. "I hope you hang yourself with your H&M scarf," is an effectively biting way to kick off a song that lambastes metrosexuals (on "UR So Gay," the track Madge has been promoting, unsolicited, during radio interviews), but Perry's casually derogatory use of the word "gay" is emblematic of how the word has been optioned by straight youth. And what does it say that Perry has gotten famous doing it—and thanks, in part, to the reigning queen of the gay community? "Mannequin" features some cleverly written lyrics, but Perry doesn't possess the grit or vocal prowess to follow through, and the title track is like No Doubt's "Just a Girl" sans personality and conviction: "I tape these suckers down/'Cause they just get in the way," she declares about her breasts before admitting, "I just wanna be your homecoming queen/Pin-up poster dream." Perry's vies for sympathy are even less convincing: See the dull "Lost" or "I'm Still Breathing," Perry's collaboration with Dave Stewart. What first seems like a candid admission of self-destructiveness ("I leave the gas on/Walk the alleys in the dark") is ultimately just a metaphor for a dying relationship. "I wanna break the mold/Wanna break the stereotype," Perry claims on "Fingerprints." Then don't hire Max Martin, Dr. Luke and Cathy Dennis to pen and produce your record. Alas, I suppose it's foolish to expect progressiveness from a girl whose debut was a Christian gospel album. Link: www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1410
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Post by jazzyskye10² on Jun 17, 2008 14:48:52 GMT -5
Whoopsie I didn't see Casanova's post.
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Post by jazzyskye10² on Jun 17, 2008 14:56:00 GMT -5
(Capitol) Release Date: 6/17/2008 A Santa Barbara, California, 23-year-old fixates on boys who act like girls and the girls who love/hate them Reviewed by Chuck Eddy This viral video vixen and onetime teen-pop hopeful made her MySpace mark last year with “Ur So Gay,” a reggae-lilted kiss-off to a sadsack indie-rock boyfriend who wears makeup, shops at H&M and avoids meat. Her album has more fun with gender-confused dating among high-maintenance twentysomethings—bicurious straight girls, boys who change their minds like girls, girls you can’t afford, tomboys who shave their legs so you’ll make out with them. Perry’s creative-writing-class punch lines don’t always justify her self-congratulatory drag-queen tone. But she hiccups quirkily enough, and myriad big-name producers (from Dr. Luke to Glen Ballard) keep the new-wave synth hooks hopping. “Hot N Cold” shamelessly camps up the aerobic electro of Cher’s “Believe.” When tempos slow and the sarcastic mood turns sincere, things bland out—but those moments are rare, and “Lost” feels outer-space-lonely enough to pull off its melancholy. Link: www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=5184
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Post by vinyl on Jun 17, 2008 17:02:02 GMT -5
OUCH some of those reviews are harsh
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Post by Overcome on Jun 17, 2008 17:08:42 GMT -5
Those were nice reviews *rolls eyes* ...
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Post by JayBoozer on Jun 17, 2008 17:08:54 GMT -5
LOVE the album. Favorites: Hot N Cold, Ur So Gay, I Kissed a Girl, If You Can Afford Me.
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Post by picklerclarkson on Jun 17, 2008 18:26:11 GMT -5
OMG just saw her interview on Kiss with Ryan Seacrest she is freaking hilarious! Is she been on any talk shows yet? I want more interviews ha ha
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Post by Haley on Jun 18, 2008 8:28:36 GMT -5
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Post by eljefro on Jun 18, 2008 9:35:09 GMT -5
I Kissed a girl and HnC are doing so well on Itunes.
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Post by vinyl on Jun 19, 2008 14:09:40 GMT -5
BONNIE WAS AT HER RECORD LAUNCH THINGY. Not surprising, obviously, but still. oh oh oh and Katy DID kiss a girl a really amazing one
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Post by #MusicMan on Jun 19, 2008 21:05:36 GMT -5
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Post by jen on Jun 19, 2008 21:49:37 GMT -5
I love Waking Up in Vegas. I hope its the next single
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Post by blue in moonlight on Jun 21, 2008 18:14:52 GMT -5
I have to admit that I'm a bit disappointing with the cd. The first half is strong but the second half is a let down. Standouts are the title track, "Ur So Gay," "I Kissed A Girl," "Hot N Cold," and my personal fave, "Waking Up in Vegas."
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Post by bubblepop15 on Jun 21, 2008 21:39:42 GMT -5
I absolutely love Hot 'N Cold.. and judging by its popularity bars, the pubic agrees! Next single, please! hah
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Post by Beyonceitis Specialist on Jun 22, 2008 12:42:27 GMT -5
She does remind me of 'One of the Boys'. Something about her is kinda butch.. IDK, but i like the song.. her atittude on it seems kinda fiesty.
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