Britney goes electro. And it's amazing...

[Bambi]

[Holladay]

Lasted 45 sec...sorry. She is old news and she knows it.

Next to the plate is Miley (MOlly) and that crap will go away as well.

[cosmo20002]

This video is much better with the sound off.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by NewChief

Good 4 on the floor bassline, but it doesn't feel particularly current. Feels like two years ago. Things are going to a more minimalist feel, imo. This, to me, is much more representative of what is "cool" in pop right now:

I listen to that song whenever it's on the radio.

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by NewChief

This just came up in my facebook feed by a very confused former student who is a drag queen:



And that's pretty much the target audience.

do you teach at UofA?

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Britney has been autotuned for the past decade.

Longer than that. Hell, Jennifer Lopez's first single was completely Autotuned but it took the engineer more than 40 hours to get it right.

These days, I can a tune a vocal with Melodyne in less than three seconds.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by NewChief

I don't see how people can't see the appeal of "Royals." The first time I heard it, I said, "Oh. This is going to replace 'Blurred Lines' as the hot song." Jesus. I really don't see how you can't see the appeal of that song. It's catchy as hell and has a cool vibe.

I can see digging it and putting it in rotation. Not sure I see being obsessed or it becoming THE song of the day.

It's too slow to make you move, and too simple a melody to mesmerize you. And the message of 'we have our kind of cool that doesn't depend on you squares' is inventively told but isn't the newest message in pop music.

But the harmonies are nice and quite interesting.

Doubt I'd ever change the channel when it came on, but it's not a world beater.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ

do you teach at UofA?

Heh. I prefer not to advertise my teaching position, but it's not at the college level.

[Ceej]

Hey, let's create a catchy beat to get the audience's attention off of her awful voice.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

I can see digging it and putting it in rotation. Not sure I see being obsessed or it becoming THE song of the day.

It's too slow to make you move, and too simple a melody to mesmerize you. And the message of 'we have our kind of cool that doesn't depend on you squares' is inventively told but isn't the newest message in pop music.

But the harmonies are nice and quite interesting.

Doubt I'd ever change the channel when it came on, but it's not a world beater.

I can see tons of bridal parties (or other chick groups) hitting the floor, raising their glasses, and singing along to it, feeling like they're empowered and glorying in "we have our kind of cool that doesn't depend on you squares."

Maybe it needs to be rapier to surpass "Blurred Lines" though.

[NewChief]

Update on former drag queen student. He commented on his own status with

**** YES THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO EVER MADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by NewChief

Heh. I prefer not to advertise my teaching position, but it's not at the college level.

well good because if you're a kc fan you're not very bright and that probably rubs off on your poor students.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by Ceej

Hey, let's create a catchy beat to get the audience's attention off of her awful voice.

Can that really even be considered her voice? At some point, it becomes more machine than (wo)man.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ

well good because if you're a kc fan your not very bright and that probably rubs off on your poor students.

Yeah. My KC fanhood is a long story...

[CoMoChief]

I just absolutely don't understand how someone can listen to that and enjoy it. Nice beat and it's not necessarily Britney because I understand where's she's trying to go w/ this, but that background music is just horribly irritating, much like most techno music. There's some of it that's actually pretty cool...but that there...just beat into my skull and gave me a god damn headache. good lord.

she looks pretty good though. prob the best since that womanizer video a few years ago.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Longer than that. Hell, Jennifer Lopez's first single was completely Autotuned but it took the engineer more than 40 hours to get it right.

These days, I can a tune a vocal with Melodyne in less than three seconds.

I don't doubt that. There's a demonstrable difference between songs like "Sometimes" and "Toxic", though. The first sounds like a natural singing voice, which is by no means great, but ok-ish, whereas the latter is just "run it through the box."