So what do I think of Ke$ha?

Ke$ha has been around for quite some time now and I know a lot of people have expressed love and/or hate for her but I haven't actually said what I think of the girl.


I have mixed feelings about Ke$ha and Mel addressed quite a few of them but for the sake of it I'll say them again.

If you know me well, you'd know what my taste in music is. If you read PRN a lot (which a few of you do), you'd also know my taste in music pretty well. Ke$ha is not a name that'll come out when you fire out of my favorite artists for the sole reason that she has a US #1 single. I don't like super popular acts because one, most of the time they're crap and two, if they aren't crap I hear them too much and get so sick of them I learn to hate it all together (*ahem* Boom Boom Pow *ahem*).

To a certain extent that's right. TiK ToK was good, catchy, trashy (which sells) and pretty OK for maybe the first week of me hearing it but then it exploded and suddenly everyone was playing it. Music channels here caught wind (super late, AGAIN) and it got played a million times a day here. Ugh.

But on the other hand, there's a part of me that doesn't watch TV anymore nor do I even care about what my classmates are playing because I have my iPod and the miracle of 'maximum volume' now exists - I gotta say, TiK ToK is pretty catchy. It's nothing especially ground-breaking or musically proficient but it's a pop song. I haven't heard pop like this in quite a while, to be honest with you. OK maybe I have *ahem* Lady GaGa *ahem* but Ke$ha's is less euro and a little more American from what I've heard. It's a lot trashier, a lot whine-y-er and all in all a lot more LET'S PARTEH than I WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD. lol. In short, it's mindless 'fun'.

Then there's the issue of her vocals. I CANNOT STAND CRAP VOCALS, I think you guys know that by now. I want singers who sing, not whine or chant or put out whatever other crap sounds from their mouth - they call themselves pop stars, they have to at least sing the damn songs. Yeah sure it's better than miming all your performances but you know, I really can't stand her semi-whine/semi-singing. It doesn't work, it never will and until she learns that she has to sing before I take her seriously. Even Hilary Duff had to learn how to stop whining.

I won't settle for artists who can just hold a melody, this is what they do for a living for crap's sake - they better do it damn good.

Animal (the album) is iffy for me, there are times when I think it's good and there are times I think it just sucks so bad I wanna throw it away and curse it for life. It can get too annoying for comfort and it does a lot but for something mindless, this is probably one of the best albums ever. LOL. Oh, and I cannot stand Blah Blah Blah.

TiK ToK will be filed along with the Boom Boom Pows, Poker Faces and Nobodys of the world in my 'don't you dare play this when I'm around or I will get very angry' list. Another one of those trying to cash in on Lady GaGa. PUH-LEASE.

I won't elaborate anymore, as long as you know that one, I have mixed feelings for her music and two, I can't stand her voice, that'll be enough for now. Until she does something so great or so bad that I have to mention her again.

Yet another Friday night post..

...and this time it's a heap of random new stuff, mainly because I've been so out of the loop lately to bother. lol. So these are random tidbits I've stumbled upon since the start of the year, if you've already heard of it don't kill me. ANYWAY.

• Let's get this over with. Cheryl Cole's third single is Parachute. Boring as hell, once again. My attempt to review 3 Words failed miserably.
• JLS have a new single. It's One Shot. I have, once again, predicted a post-album single. I'm getting REALLY good at this. After all the kpop, I find it odd watching a boyband dancing AND singing in English at the same time. But then again I'm waiting for pure genius from these guys.

• New album from The Ting Tings due sometime this year. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
• C.N.Blue are a new Korean band - no, not boyband or girl group - BAND. You know, Korean bands sound like Filipino/OPM bands. Not the crap ones, the slightly better and edgy ones. But once again, THERE IS RAP. Really, what do these people like so much about rap? But the hook is pretty catchy and the melody's novel. I won't necessarily listen to it on a regular basis but it's not bad.

• Ke$ha is taking over the world. I have a draft lying around here somewhere with what I think of her but it needs a lot more tweaking. Should be up this week so wait for it.
• After getting sick last weekend, I have caught up with music here in the Philippines and let me tell you, it's pretty pathetic. What's playing almost every 15 minutes? Empire State of Mind, For Your Entertainment, TiK ToK, Party In The USA, I Wanna Know What Love Is (yes, Mariah), that Tokio Hotel song and the list goes on and on and on. UGH.
• Now lastly, this has something to do with kpop (again) SUPER JUNIOR IS/ARE COMING TO MANILA. THEY'RE GONNA BE BREATHING THE SAME AIR AS I AM. IN APRIL. TICKETS COST A TON (and I mean a ton). And I'm not even sure if I can go, but I'm not fainting over it - I would be dead right now if it was DBSK but it's not so no. Hahah.

So, fire away with the comments! I want comments.