Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008 - Idolator Comments

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

rschilling — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:04:24 EDT

This song just plain ripps off Jill Sobule's original in spirit by borrowing on her song title alone. Sure the songs are different, but I believe the only reason people would be curious about this new version is because they are confused about the "branding" of the song with Jill Sobule's original title.

Shame on this artist and EMI for pulling that crap!

I like the original song much much better anyway.

rschilling

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

Maura Johnston — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:59:35 EDT

@xoblazeofgloryxo: I guarantee you Tila will cease referring to herself as bisexual within the next five years.

Maura Johnston

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

Maura Johnston — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:58:00 EDT

@AceGreco: Forgive me for quoting a site that wasn't 100% certain of the lyrics.

But don't you think that any claims of "alternate sexuality" in this song aren't there because *she* likes it, but for the titillation of others?? She's basically doing the "show my boobs to the girls and hope the boys like me for it" thing that so many sorority sisters have done while being filmed by Joe Francis in song. The whole thing feels absolutely joyless, an exercise in objectification that turns even the objectifier into a complete stone.

Maura Johnston

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

AceGreco — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:48:34 EDT

You might want to check your lyrics before bashing them.

"No, I don't even know your name, it doesn't matter. You're my experimental game, just human nature. It's not what good girls do, not how they should behave. My head gets so confused, hard to OBEY."

While it's not a direct rhyme with behave, obey makes a lot more sense than 'erase'.

It's a decent song. Sure, it's less serious than I'd like, but it's actually some DIRECT claim of alternate sexuality in music as opposed to the strongly heterosexual focused music industry.

I mean even T.a.T.u.'s music had as much 'gay' content as any other band. The only reason anyone took the song that way was because of the gratuitous amounts of references in the actual music video.

AceGreco

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

xoblazeofgloryxo — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:49:49 EDT

you may be right, but it's cool she did even though it is a huge mtv show. but i'm glad to see someone else stating their opinion even if it doesn't bring them fame and glory.

xoblazeofgloryxo

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

Maura Johnston — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:40:22 EDT

"i think it fits today's world perfectly. what with tila tequila and a bunch of celebrities displaying their sexuality..."

thank you for making my point. (do you honestly really think that tila would be as "open" with her sexuality if it hadn't garnered her a food-fetish-competition-filled mtv show?)

Maura Johnston

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

xoblazeofgloryxo — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:30:24 EDT

i dont understand what everyone's deal is. i love this song. i think it fits today's world perfectly. what with tila tequila and a bunch of celebrities displaying their sexuality i think it's totally and completely normal. i give props to Katy for being confident with her sexuality -gay, bi, or straight - and creating this unique song.

xoblazeofgloryxo

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

terriblefish — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:16:38 EDT

Even good boobs can't save crap like this. Makes me wish I were straight, I swear.

terriblefish

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

westartedthis — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:52:52 EDT

@The Van Buren Boys: OOH MY GOD - is THAT who this is?

i'm pretty sure i read about her "transformation" (the CCM album was released as Katy Hudson) something like 4 or 5 years ago. friends, this one's been on the shelf for a loooooong time. well, kudos to the kid for finally "breaking through."

westartedthis

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

bleepbloop — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:01:53 EDT

Hands down the best song on the radio since Pink's "U + Ur Hand".

bleepbloop

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

Jay-C — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:39:19 EDT

Wait, she liked kissing a girl...Whoa, I totally didn't see that coming!

Jay-C

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

Maura Johnston — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:25:35 EDT

@capnbecki: Nah, it needs more misused cultural references.

Maura Johnston

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

capnbecki — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:12:56 EDT

I was thinking she sounded like Pink. Do you really think Diablo Cody would endorse something like this, though?

capnbecki

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

Maura Johnston — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:51:06 EDT

She sounds like Meredith Brooks to me.

Maura Johnston

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

NickEddy — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:59:02 EDT

Speaking, when's that Tatu movie coming out?

NickEddy

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

sparkletone — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:40:48 EDT

@Audif Jackson Winters III: I had trouble detecting any human emotion at all underneath all that auto-tune.

sparkletone

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

Empire — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:57:39 EDT

@Audif Jackson Winters III: Nope.

@brasstax: Thanks for that. I'm going to go pour bleach in my ears now.

Empire

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

Empire — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:52:02 EDT

Oh my god:

"I'm curi...ous for you."

Seriously?

Empire

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

The Van Buren Boys — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:31:43 EDT

@The Van Buren Boys: *proud

The Van Buren Boys

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

The Van Buren Boys — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:27:55 EDT

Fun fact: According to her wikipedia entry she released a Christian gospel record in 2001. Her parents must be so pround.

The Van Buren Boys

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

Stafford — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:07:43 EDT

@janine: well...that could be argued. At the end of the day though, there's always imaginationland.

Stafford

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

dana danger — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:46:27 EDT

@Poubelle: I can't help it, it was the first thing I thought of! I will, however, admit that Lee is certainly better than this.

dana danger

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

owenmeany — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:14:01 EDT

Both do have fantastic racks, however.

owenmeany

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

Poubelle — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:00:01 EDT

@dana danger: I don't remotely like Evanescence, but that's pretty unfair to Amy Lee, who does have a decent set of pipes to support her gothic angst.

Poubelle

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

dana danger — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:39:13 EDT

I'm blaming Evanescence for this one -- she sounds exactly like Amy Lee (I had to google that, thank god) to me.

dana danger

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

Tauwan — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:14:47 EDT

P.S. Is it okay for me to blame Elliot Spitzer for this mess?

Tauwan

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

Audif Jackson Winters III — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:09:31 EDT

Does she at least sing the line "And I might do it again!" with disarmingly sweet earnestness?

Audif Jackson Winters III

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

janine — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:19:18 EDT

@Stafford: You can't download boobies.

janine

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

Stafford — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:56:21 EDT

@owenmeany: most of the time that's all it takes for me too. high fives all around.

Stafford

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

slowburn — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:49:29 EDT

@westartedthis: I would actually love to hear "I Supermanned a Ho."

"I Kissed A Girl," not so much.

slowburn

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

owenmeany — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:48:00 EDT

She's got great boobies. I'm sold.

owenmeany

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

Chris N. — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:46:30 EDT

The line "I hope my boyfriend don't mind it" suggests a total lack of understanding about men.

Chris N.

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

Tauwan — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:28:59 EDT

"Perry's song-which I heard on New York's top 40 station, Z100, multiple times while driving around this weekend-is a stomping bit of electrotwaddle that's half "Rock & Roll, Pt. 2" and half rejected Tila Tequila track with a dollop of Orgy, backed by a band who sounds like it got its start as one of those generic school-dance outfits that you see on your second-tier teen comedes."

Sold?

Seriously, I hope this blurb is attached to all of the press releases that get sent out to various radio stations and critics along with the single.

Tauwan

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

westartedthis — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:27:39 EDT

ps - welcome to Diablo Cody's America.

westartedthis

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

westartedthis — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:26:52 EDT

between these two songs, you'd think we could get GLAAD to do something about her so we don't have to argue the more esoteric point that her music and lyrics suck ape wang.

westartedthis

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

brasstax — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:19:20 EDT

As bad as this is, it's not even her worst song ("Ur So Gay" holds that esteemed honor):

Ur So Gay

brasstax

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": The Worst Song Of/Most Fitting Song For 2008

westartedthis — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:14:29 EDT

i'm working on my own version called, "I Supermanned a Ho"

westartedthis