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Post by krazymack on Sept 6, 2008 22:35:23 GMT -4
Wow, this song is quite tolerable vs faux-lesbianism. J/k.  (LOL -- I remembered some of that lingo...HA!) I like it a lot. Should be another hit for Katy. I love the retro style a la disco/electronica rhythm. It worked for Metro Station's "Shake It" and can do the same for Perry's "Hot N' Cold." www.youtube.com/watch?v=utxWFknBG9k |
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Post by krazymack on Nov 19, 2008 9:22:23 GMT -4
I am surprised no one has commented on this topic especially when it is the #1 single at pop radio. A well deserving one at that. It is a nice catchy jam. I like this one way better than "I Kissed A Girl."
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Post by friday on Nov 20, 2008 0:06:45 GMT -4
I think the male bridesmaid in the video is incredibly tacky. Not the guy himself, mind you, just the idea of such.
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Post by blahblahblah on Nov 20, 2008 2:17:19 GMT -4
Not a big fan of the video, and despite the recycled rhythms, I can't help that I love this song.  |
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Post by a Nick O! on Nov 20, 2008 3:01:57 GMT -4
This song sucks, too. I can't believe Katy is so huge all of a sudden. She's so gimmicky and dubiously talented. No substance at all. And hearing Seacrest interview her last weekend, I like her even less. God, she was so obnoxious. She sounded like she was fall-down drunk.
Now that I think about it, the interview reminded me of that recurring character Ana Gasteyer had on SNL 10+ years ago, where she played that motormouthed hippie-chick who, for some annoying reason, was a correspondent during sketches that were otherwise of a social or political nature. YouTube didn't have any footage. Sorry I can't show you what I'm talking about. If you remember, great.
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Post by a Nick O! on Nov 23, 2008 14:56:31 GMT -4
Goddammit. Why me.     Everything was fine and good and then I went home Friday so my brother and I could see Nine Inch Nails in Columbia, MO. (Another great show, by the way, and I took lots of pictures.) So that night back at my folks' house, I'm in bed, going back & forth between channels, trying to see some music videos before falling asleep. VH1's Top 20 Countdown is on and "Hot N Cold" comes on. For the most part, the video was stupid and obnoxious and played right into my already held opinion of Katy Perry. But the instrumental part of the song in the middle stood out a little bit to me this time and it just so happened it coincided with a visual I happened to like of Katy and her likewise angry, makeup-smeared bridesmaids running down the groom on bicycles. Also around that time of the video, I liked all the campy, psychotic faces she was making as she lip-synched. And then in the very last scene, I liked how it was an aerial shot of Katy and the groom running down the aisle together and the screen froze when the closing circle centered around just the two of them. Keep in mind I thought every other aspect of the video completely sucked. So of course I happened to hear it on the radio on the way home yesterday. And not only did I focus on the instrumental bridge, but I also focused on her backing vocals singing "You" twice in each chorus, which stick out to me because she very slightly twists the note at the end. Fine. Whatever. Then it's #2 on AT40 this morning. And as I'm hearing it, I can literally feel my resistance unraveling a little bit. And I'm thinking "Oh, f**k me. F**k me!" Because my brain knows it's a bulls*** song and she's a bulls*** artist, but my ears don't care as much about that anymore. And it's all because I saw the goddamn video. And hated most of it. So I went to YouTube to watch it again, just to make sure this was all true. And while the parts I hate I hate more, the parts I like I like more. Dammit, everything about it is so calculated to reinforce the image of "Katy Perry," it's practically nauseating to watch. But I noticed a couple of things the second time. One I loved and one was the worst part about the video. The worst part about the video is during the club scene, when the camera cuts to a quick closeup of her sunglasses so you can see the "Diesel" logo on them. As if I ever was in the first place, remind me never to buy anything Diesel ever makes. But the part I loved, was that I had no idea that the line "You PMS like a girl" was the radio edit and she really sings "You PMS like a bitch." And the attitude she sings that word with and gives the groom when she lip-synchs it is awesome. But yeah, it's not even three days later. Three days later. This doesn't deserve to be #1, but since it's up there anyway, I don't really mind anymore. Hell, it can stay up there until Lady Gaga kicks her out. What the hell do I care. Sure beats the s*** out of "So What." (Whose video I also haven't seen, now that I think about it... ) I think the male bridesmaid in the video is incredibly tacky. Not the guy himself, mind you, just the idea of such. When I read that, I thought, "What's the big issue with a dude being mixed in among the bridesmaids?" Then I saw the video. Oh. Nobody said anything about him being a huge musclebound jock in a dress. Yeah, that is tacky. And it insulted my intelligence. |
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Post by blahblahblah on Nov 23, 2008 22:02:17 GMT -4
Yay, I'm not the only one embarrassed to like this song! Sure beats the s*** out of "So What." (Whose video I also haven't seen, now that I think about it... ) Carey Hart appears in the video for that one, although apparently she allegedly asked him to show up without actually hearing the song. |
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Post by Mega248 on Nov 23, 2008 23:51:14 GMT -4
And I liked this more at first (perhaps in part because it was such an improvement over "Ur So Gay" and "I Kissed A Girl") than I do now.
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Post by a Nick O! on Nov 24, 2008 20:11:10 GMT -4
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(LOL -- I remembered some of that lingo...HA!)
