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  • Return of Super Bitch: Christina Aguilera’s “Keeps Gettin’ Better” Video…

    I like Christina Aguilera. She (and my girl Pink) have proven to be the leaders of the pack when it comes to the 5 million teenage female artists that came out in the mid-late Nineties. She’s got a set of balls on her, this girl. Almost big enough to match her set of pipes.

    But something about Keeps Gettin’ Better, the song and the video, leaves me kind of lukewarm. While the song’s techno-ish soundscape is appealing, it also sounds a hell of a lot like Britney Spears’ Womanizer (yes, I know Christina came out first, but I’m saying). It also kind of sounds like she’s phoning it in, like this is one of her warm-up songs. It doesn’t have the passion (or even the showoffiness) that her best work has.

    I’ll admit the chorus gives me the giggles. The video should have been Christina flying through the sky in a red and blue costume with a cape, as “SuperBitch”. C’mon girl. Let us know you can poke fun at yourself, eh?

    Let us know what you think of the video.

  • Friday Throwback – Thriller

    I guess I had to do this one right?

    Since tonight is Halloween, I figured I’d post Thriller as the Throwback. What better video to post tonight, than the evil of the Thriller? Ahahahahahahahahahahahahah!

    – Just remember, Mike doesn’t believe in the occult.

    – Mike looks like a linebacker with that jacket.

    – You think Mike and Ola Ray ever knocked boots?

    – Vincent Price’s voice still creeps me out.

    – Every time that dude comes out of the sewer, I think it’s going to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

    – When Mike turns crazy on her, I still don’t think Ola Ray is scared enough.

    – I’ve seen someone in the NFL try Mike’s zombie dance in the end zone.

    – Why is Mike wearing all red and Ola Ray wearing all blue?

    – You know, Mike as the zombie doesn’t look much different than Mike today.

    – Break dancing dead people, who’d of thunk it?

    What more can I say? It’s the single most famous music video of all time. And Mike will never wear pants that tight again.

    Happy trick or treating!

  • Sound Dialogue – R&B In 2008

    Before these last two months, I had only purchased two albums that would qualify as R&B music, which is my favorite genre. Those albums were the up and down Day26 release and Usher’s latest, which is good, though a bit underwhelming. However, with the release of Ne-Yo, Robin Thicke, Raphael Saadiq, and the newly released Evolver from John Legend, R&B is on fire right now. Money Mike and I discussed R&B music in the year 2008 in our latest Sound Dialogue.

    GG: What was going on in the early parts of 2008 with R&B music? I’m sure there were a few releases that I missed, but nothing even tempted me to make a purchase. Are there any underdog R&B stories of 2008 that I missed, or was it just a weak first 7 months for R&B?

    MM: You and I have sort of different tastes when it comes to R&B. There’s a very specific sound you like, which is the male groups and the male solo artists with a less alternative kind of sound. I like that stuff too, so maybe I should just say that we have similar tastes, but there are some artists I dig that you probably wouldn’t go for. There were a couple of sleepers in the early part of the year. Raheem Devaughn’s album was good, as was Van Hunt’s. But as far as contemporary R&B, things were looking bad until last month.

    GG: I guess that’s how I should’ve stated it. Contemporary R&B. Conventional R&B. Whatever you want to call it. But I want to ask you something related. Why hasn’t there been much in the world of female R&B? Or is that another genre that I’m missing out on?

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