'Slave 4 U' vs. 'Can't Be Tamed'

[Taylor.]

Kinda surprised this hasn't been done yet. These songs were used to help shed the "good girl" image attached to both artists.





Monroe's thoughts:

May 2, 2010 23:10:23 GMT -5 @monroe said:

I can see why these two would be compared. But I really think that Slave is the best 'sexual break out' song in recent memory.

[mcsteamy]

Slave is so fucking hot that it burns Can't Be Tamed.

[averystepfon]

Slave 4 U hands down. Destiny Hope wishes she could touch Queen Brit.

[switch]

A drop of sweat from the Slave4U video would kill Can't Be Tamed.

[kt1990]

May 3, 2010 2:38:34 GMT -5 switch said:

A drop of sweat from the Slave4U video would kill Can't Be Tamed.

[Ace]

No contest here.

[Rurry]

I don't like either but Slave accomplishes it's goal better. Plus I can't get over the fact that Miley sounds like a tween boy in I Can't Be Tamed.

[Mic Technique]

A significant step in the right right direction for Spears; shame the parenting album wasn't quite with it. The ingenious marriage between deviance & innocence became much less in favor of the latter the moment this tune surfaced. The slinky & twisted backbone provided by the Neptunes made it all the more clearer that Britney was just about done fucking with our minds, at least in the virginal respect.

While I'm beginning to appease Miley's request to be treated as a young adult [even if she isn't], "Can't Be Tamed" tends to strain in its efforts to earn Miley that mythical vitality adulthood brings. That said, it's a fine song; perhaps even a less silly "If U Seek Amy."

[Stephen]

May 3, 2010 16:42:41 GMT -5 Mic Technique said:

A significant step in the right right direction for Spears; shame the parenting album wasn't quite with it. The ingenious marriage between deviance & innocence became much less in favor of the latter the moment this tune surfaced. The slinky & twisted backbone provided by the Neptunes made it all the more clearer that Britney was just about done f**king with our minds, at least in the virginal respect.

While I'm beginning to appease Miley's request to be treated as a young adult [even if she isn't], "Can't Be Tamed" tends to strain in its efforts to earn Miley that mythical vitality adulthood brings. That said, it's a fine song; perhaps even a less silly "If U Seek Amy."

Can't Be Tamed, easily.

[Mr. Wonder]

Slave 4 U.....my favorite Britney song

[EPG]

"Can't Be Tamed." I actually consider myself a fan now.

[Minimalism]

In the context of coming of age, "Slave" triumphs here. It's slick, sultry, and inherently defiant. "Can't Be Tamed", while a pleasing effort in its own right, reads more like a kid in need of validation rather than a fully-realized declaration.

[₫anny Jerz ♔]

Teen Pop star slutting it up in order to be taken seriously as a more adult artist. Been there, done that. Try charting your own course, Miley babe. "Slave" is everything "Can't Be Tamed" tries so desperately to be (and fails).

[Hefty Hanna]

Videos are kind of similar too.

Slave obviously.

[nightshade]

Can't Be Tamed, actually.

[mcsteamy]

Now that the video is out, i guess we can call Can't Be Tamed "Slave 2.0".

And miley keeps saying she sin't trying to be the new Spears?.

[**βécky**™]

>>> that thing.

[Deleted]

Strictly speaking songs, Slave wins by a landslide. But the videos are close for me. The Slave choreography is her signature dance, but the I LOVE the dark imagry of Can't be tamed.

[aTunes]

I still don't understand the notion that Britney had a "good girl" image before Slave. ??? BOMT, both song and video, were pretty racy for a 17 year old to be doing. I think the only time she's ever had a good girl image is when she was on the Mickey Mouse Club. On the flip side, I don't think Tamed really sheds Miley's Disney image. It's obviously an attempt at that, but it's not the type of song that I think parents would actually get offended at their young kids listening to, which is what she would have needed to completely break out of that image.

Anyways, Slave for both song and vid.

[Legoman]

get-it get-it whoaa
get-it get-it whoaaaaa

hah hah hah hah!

[blue in moonlight]

Britney by a considerable margin but the Miley video is surprisingly good.

[Forever ♥ Young]

The Teacher vs The Student.

[Taylor.]

May 3, 2010 19:32:05 GMT -5 Stephen said:

May 3, 2010 16:42:41 GMT -5 Mic Technique said:

A significant step in the right right direction for Spears; shame the parenting album wasn't quite with it. The ingenious marriage between deviance & innocence became much less in favor of the latter the moment this tune surfaced. The slinky & twisted backbone provided by the Neptunes made it all the more clearer that Britney was just about done f**king with our minds, at least in the virginal respect.

While I'm beginning to appease Miley's request to be treated as a young adult [even if she isn't], "Can't Be Tamed" tends to strain in its efforts to earn Miley that mythical vitality adulthood brings. That said, it's a fine song; perhaps even a less silly "If U Seek Amy."

Can't Be Tamed, easily.

[K.]

Slave 4 U is a trashy music classic.

Can't Be Tamed is wannabe.

[Glove Slap]

I've never really seen Slave as "trashy" per say. Slinky is more like what I'd use. The disintegration of virginity is a major theme certainly, but there is still somewhat of a peculiar innocence in her search for sexual intimacy.

[Ace]

Main Entry: sul·try
Pronunciation: \ˈsəl-trē\
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): sul·tri·er; sul·tri·est
Etymology: obsolete English sulter to swelter, alteration of English swelter
Date: 1594

1 a : very hot and humid : sweltering <a sultry day> b : burning hot : torrid <a sultry sun>
2 a : hot with passion or anger b : exciting or capable of exciting strong sexual desire <sultry glances>

— sul·tri·ly \-trə-lē\ adverb

— sul·tri·ness \-trē-nəs\ noun


References:
Spears, Britney. "I'm a Slave 4 U." Britney. LP.
Spears, Britney. "I'm a Slave 4 U." The Singles Collection. Deluxe Edition DVD.

[kt1990]

[dbt88]

Slave 4 U is anything but slutty. Can't Be Tamed is just desperate

[Au$tin]

Neither are very "slutty songs." Both are actually about breaking out of the good girl shadow. The videos are more risque, but that's because they're really trying to prove their points.

Video wise, "I'm a Slave 4 U" wins. Not that I don't like "Can't Be Tamed"'s music video, it's just the wings creep me out at times. Otherwise, they both are about equal quality videos.

Song wise, "Can't Be Tamed" wins. Again, not that I don't like "I'm a Slave 4 U," but the heavy breathing and the synth sound get annoying fast for me.

My vote goes to Miley just because I know she'll lose, and I'm a bigger Miley fan, but both are about equal for me.