Comments on: Katy Perry Takes Brave Anti-Pop Music Stance

By: jaime

jaime — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:16:34 +0000

i like cheese

By: BeReal

BeReal — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:30:01 +0000

The problem with pop is not the melodies, it’s ‘artists’ like Katy Perry who can’t sing for s.h.i.t. I blame this on Madonna, who made it possible to succeed as a performer first and a singer second. Katy, if you want to solve what’s wrong with pop, go back to songwriting and leave the singing to people with actual talent.

By: stixx

stixx — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:30:43 +0000

The first track I heard from Katy Perry was an awesome remix to “Ur So Gay.”

I’d think the only thing worse than pretentious hipster pop would be faux-hipster pop, but I LOVED that track. Yeah, she was manufactured, but she had a team of writers with a sense of humour who also knew how to show off her raw, non-digitally altered voice.

But then we got whatever it is she is now exactly.

By: Poubelle

Poubelle — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:27:25 +0000

I sort of reluctantly liked “Hot N Cold” for awhile, until I realized the chorus (the main bit of it I actually enjoyed) sounded way too much like the chorus for “U and Ur Hand.”

Katy Perry might actually benefit from more processed vocals. (The rest of us would benefit from no vocals from her at all.)

By: NedRaggett

NedRaggett — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:14:12 +0000

@LostTurntable: You mean like Dexter?

By: LostTurntable

LostTurntable — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:35:50 +0000

My hatred for Katy Perry is second only to my hatred for Fergie. The idea of her pointing out anything wrong with the music industry is like a serial killer preaching about the sanctity of human life.

By: FirstDerivative

FirstDerivative — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:17:55 +0000

Are we sure Katy isn’t talking about her career when she tweets about D.O.A?

By: memento

memento — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:01:20 +0000

Considering autotune is the only thing that makes her sound tolerable and every one of her songs outside of IKAG (which was its own brand of horrendousness) has sounded like a P!nk offcut, I think she should quit trying to be the totally-non-pandering-to-commercial-radio pop princess that she isn’t.

By: brasstax

brasstax — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:36:07 +0000

@Jerkwheat: IAWTC

By: Jerkwheat

Jerkwheat — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:14:15 +0000

I still find her generally horrid, but I didn’t hate “Hot N Cold” and I am fairly fond of the chorus to “Vegas” (but nothing more). The Kelly songs make me hope that just maybe she can just do like the other Perry and disappear into production and songwriting.

By: Kate Richardson

Kate Richardson — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:54:00 +0000

There’s meant to be a link to the Fat Lip video in that post.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6SxSOO7bWI

Also I know I’m a jerk. I know.

By: Kate Richardson

Kate Richardson — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:48:21 +0000

I just looked up Hot ‘n Cold. I’ve DEFINITELY heard that song, but being the old coot that I am I probably assumed it was Aly & AJ or Taylor Swift or Cobra Starship or something. Or Avril. Or the chick who sings the Keep Bleeding Love song, which is way way better than Hot ‘n Cold IMO. My general point being that I seem to not have the energy or will to differentiate between any of these people.

For some reason this diatribe ignited a yearning for Sum 41.

At least they had the decency to write a good bridge.

By: Rockabye

Rockabye — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:42:01 +0000

@drunkwithpower: @KateRichardson: That's the Thinking of You video.

By: Audif Jackson Winters IV

Audif Jackson Winters IV — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:29:01 +0000

I enjoy “Hot ‘n’ Cold.”

By: brasstax

brasstax — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:23:46 +0000

Oh crap, I just watched the video for Waking Up in Vegas and now I like that song too. Okay, so that’s two.

By: drunkwithpower

drunkwithpower — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:17:31 +0000

@Kate Richardson: I saw that video too, that was weird. Katy Perry sucks.

By: Rockabye

Rockabye — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:13:41 +0000

Hot 'n' Cold is good, and Ur So Gay is well-written, I guess. But Waking Up, I Kissed a Girl, and much of her album is gahhhhbage. (Thinking of You sounds like a mule doing Mariah.) And even worse is her cover of Use Your Love.

By: brasstax

brasstax — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:09:42 +0000

I’ve heard the Katy performance of Long Shot before. YUCK. And her version of I Do Not Hook Up is just as bad. Not having heard her whole album, I’m pretty sure the goodness of both song & performance on Hot n’ Cold is probably an anamoly.

By: Maura

Maura — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:07:40 +0000

@brasstax: yeah, 'long shot' and 'i do not hook up' are still really good. katy's performance of 'long shot' is here. kelly's (superior imo) version is here.

By: brasstax

brasstax — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:00:58 +0000

@Kate Richardson: I Kissed a Girl went a long way in putting me off her forever, but Hot n' Cold seduced me back (as did the songs she co-wrote for Kelly Clarkson's album).