Why no Ke$ha thread? There's only Which Vaccuous Pop Irritant's "Influences" list is this?, and that one is chock full of gushing praise like "a whistleheaded pop irritant" and "i'm not surprised by her list, i'm surprised people actually listen to this hideous music she makes." and "Ke$ha's like a giant pile of crap on Mozart's face." THIS WILL NOT STAND!!!
Because I'm listening to Ke$ha's Animal album right now and I absolutely fucking love it. People go on and on about all the new girl pop stars out there, y'know the Katy Perrys, the Lady Gagas, the Hannah Montanas, the Avril Lavignes, the whoever it was that sang that "touch my man again and I'm-a fuck you up" song, but Ke$ha just destroys 'em. Destroys 'em! But you know what this album REALLY sounds like? (clears throat) "The Crush" by Annie!! (That was the non-album single she did with the Go-Gos revival sound where she sang "She don't know where to beGINNNNN!!") Ke$ha, obviously realizing what an awesome song that was, decided to make a whole album of "Crush"es. And "Tik Tok" is a GREAT SONG, people! I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!" in "Party at a Rich Dude's House." But what say you, ILM?
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 19:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!"
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 19:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
And in the Def Leppard have-a-catchy-chorus-and-then-have-an-even-catchier-chorus-as-the-refrain department, I count THREE catchy choruses in "Tik Tok":
1. "Pedicure on our TOES!! TOES!! Tryin' on all our CLOTHES!! CLOTHES!!..."2. "Don't STOP. Make it POP. DJ blow my speakers UP. To-NIGHT..."3. "Oh oh oh OH!! Oh oh oh OH!!"
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Tik Tok" is a great song for sure, and i'm slowly coming around on "Your Love Is My Drug"
destroy the song about the jukebox
― ksh, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
SNRUB MOTIVATION 103
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
tlc 'no snrubs'
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
actual lols @ the YouTube, but end existence
― ksh, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
But you know what this album REALLY sounds like? (clears throat) "My Humps" by The Black Eyed Peas!!
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
oops HTML fail
y'know the Katy Perrys, the Lady Gagas, the Hannah Montanas, the Avril Lavignes
not familiar w/ any of these groups. i take it their bandnames are ironic?
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
2010's crop of GvB-approved lolwave groups
― ksh, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!" I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!" I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!" I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!" I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!" I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!" I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!" I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!" I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!" I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!" I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!" I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!" I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!" I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!" I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!" I love it when she goes "oh oh oh OH!! oh oh oh OH!!" and I love it when she goes "Nuh-uh-uh-uh nuh nuh-nuh! NUH-NUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHH!!!!"
― Moka, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
that looks nice
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Moka, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
Fucking brilliant.
― ksh, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
k$h
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
J0rdan $.
― ksh, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
Mr. $nrub
― ksh, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
dudes, i get that you don't like kesha but can you please step your game up? none of the posts in this thread have been at all funny, this is embarassing.
― tmi finney (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 21:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 21:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
I like Tik Tok actually. I think it's a decent pop song.
― fuckin' lame, bros (latebloomer), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 21:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Wednesday, April 14, 2010 4:07 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
ok i giggled here, but that's it
― tmi finney (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 21:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
this thread can be nothing more than a cesspool of embarrassment, given the topic.
― Spinspin Sugah, Thursday, 15 April 2010 00:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
idk, i get image-bombing a thread like yesterday's but high-fiving each other while painfully humourlessly shitting all over a thread about a pop star with a recent #1 single stinks of not-the-kind-of-thing-i-post-on-ilm-for.
― tmi finney (samosa gibreel), Thursday, 15 April 2010 00:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
it's what a Lady Gaga thread would've looked like 15 months ago. gotta let it simmer a bit longer before you can wait for the tl;dr analysis and epic cultural debates to warm up.
― nu bay deejoning (some dude), Thursday, 15 April 2010 00:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
to be fair, it's a fucking mr. snrub thread
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 15 April 2010 00:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
i'm pretty much expecting that i'll like this album, i would listen to it sooner but i'm awash in albums that have leaked this week so it'll probably have to wait.
― tmi finney (samosa gibreel), Thursday, 15 April 2010 00:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
there's a lot of animosity towards Kesha, not just here, I kinda get it and I kinda don't. Musically she's a lot like Katy Perry who hasn't been on the receiving end of nearly as much haterade so I assume most of it comes from the fact that she dresses like a homeless 90s club kid that makes people hate her so much.
Dinosaur is probably my favorite song off her album but minus that horrible horrible ballad it's pretty solid.
― musically, Thursday, 15 April 2010 00:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
"waking up in vegas" is better than any ke$ha song but "tik tok" is miiiiiiiiiiles better than any other KP joint -- perry's voice is just insufferable imo, and yes i find boilerplate autotune to be more pleasing
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 15 April 2010 00:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
Kesha's joints are so stale it's like she has arthritis people. I mean come on.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 15 April 2010 01:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
My big question for Ke$ha, if I ever receive the honor to speak with her, would regard the 200+ songs that were recorded during the 7-year period while she was recording "Animal." I need to know if there's any way I can have a copy of the 10 worst songs from those sessions as I'm sure this would be a remarkable CD.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 15 April 2010 15:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
How do I get her management's contact info? I need this.
― billstevejim, Friday, 16 April 2010 00:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Saturday, 17 April 2010 11:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
If the dude on the left wasn't a douchebag, this would be funny.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 17 April 2010 15:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
did anyone ever stop and think maybe WE are the aliens?
― lesley gorguts (latebloomer), Monday, 19 April 2010 02:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
srsly, Princeton Tiger. It's called a lavalier microphone. You can get a workable one for about $15. xxp
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 19 April 2010 02:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
srsly!
― billstevejim, Monday, 19 April 2010 05:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
is this ILM's entire Ke$ha chat?
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 12:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
It's sprinkled over several other threads as well; basically poke around at the female pop music threads and you're likely to see mention of her.
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 13:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
basically poke around at the female
strategy for life
― █▓▒░ 97 people sleep immediately after seeing this video ░▒▓█ (dyao), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 13:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://awthum.com/2010/04/19/kesha-rips-off-how-i-quit-crack
― dmr, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 13:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
dud btw
― dmr, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 13:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
idk why people everywhere want to read "ke$ha chat" so badly. but since you ask
Which Vaccuous Pop Irritant's "Influences" list is this?
from here down on So, it's 11 days into 2010; what records are worth worth buying / hearing / downloading?
jukeboxing at http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1988
but come on she is neither good nor interesting!
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 14:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
LOCK THREAD
― Yonder Mountain Zing Band (Tape Store), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 15:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
otm
― dmr, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 17:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
i have heard a couple of songs of hers that i like a lot: Dinosaur and Backstabber. Tik Tok is ok
― la senora (surm), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 17:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
tik tok is kind of a top heavy song for me
punk is massively more important for how it changed the way ppl approached music than it is for the perceived quality of the music it produced, so dismissing it with "punk sucked" doesn't actually work if you want to have a serious conversation
― the tax avocado (DJP), Thursday, 22 September 2011 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
god i have party at a rich dude's house in my head and it makes me so happy
lex, k's voice occasionally lacks the "grating"ness esp in her ballads, though her ballads are typically her worst ones. her voice is actually v versatile (even without autotune!) and she has some impressive range.
do her vox in "animal" bother you? they're pretty pretty, very clean, and the song is fantastic
also "c u next tuesday" is as vocally non-grating as it gets tho the song as a whole isn't v good. "the harold song" is her best ballad (one of her best songs imo) but the chorus gets screamy. the verses are still wonderful and make me tear up. i'm trying to find a good comparison to what her voice sounds like/what she does with it when she gets softer, but all i can think of is "celtic." i know there's a point of reference somewhere but it's not coming to me.
would be remiss to forget "stephen" if we're talking about clean vox, but i know you hate the autotune.
― witchho (zachlyon), Thursday, 22 September 2011 21:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Moka, Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
New single is here:
http://soundcloud.com/keshafans/ke-ha-die-young-full
Good, but nothing really new.
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 05:19 (7 months ago) Permalink
this is dope
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:41 (7 months ago) Permalink
the pre-chorus is better than the actual chorus
Gone already :(
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:47 (7 months ago) Permalink
the lyric video is on youtube
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:50 (7 months ago) Permalink
never get tired of urls that turn her name into 'ke-ha'
official lyric videos are getting so weirdly slick and expensive-looking
― some dude, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:55 (7 months ago) Permalink
i mean she's even in there lip syncing here and there
― some dude, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:56 (7 months ago) Permalink
yeah that sorta seems to defeat the purpose
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:56 (7 months ago) Permalink
song is terrible, farrah abraham stole her swag
― some dude, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:57 (7 months ago) Permalink
It's not terrible, it's okay. Just seems like rehashed Kesha on autopilot, though.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:00 (7 months ago) Permalink
if you stay away for that long and come back with something that boring as your lead single, the bar is raised to the point that mediocre is terrible
― some dude, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
yeah, this song is just okay. i can't help but think that black sabbath with dio have already mastered a "die young" song
― harpal, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:45 (7 months ago) Permalink
i am not enthusiastically one way or the other for this yet... perhaps a music video will tip the scales
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:55 (7 months ago) Permalink
altho yes, i am a little underwhelmed compared to expectations for a lead single
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:56 (7 months ago) Permalink
this just sounds like another Dr. Luke track. was Dr. Luke involved with "Good Feeling"? it sounds like that. somewhat surprising that lack of prominent autotune neither works for or against it.
anyway, it's kind of nice.
― I don't even know wtf this band sounds like I'm just trollin (fffv), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 18:02 (7 months ago) Permalink
hmmm yes, it does sound like "good feeling" -- which dr. luke did produce
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 18:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
Kind of reminds me of Starships, which is probably the only song of the last year or so that will get more play at DC gay places than this.
― skip, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 18:09 (7 months ago) Permalink
Heard the new one for the first time on the radio today right after that awful Owl City/CRJ song. It started off sounding basically exactly the same, and then there was a chorus about dying young and I was like whaaa and then I realized it was Ke$ha and it was almost like an antidote to the song I had just heard. I like it.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
i don't expect a sophomore album's lead single to a pop album to ever break new ground, though this doesn't sound quite like her other big leads
luke and co seem totally uninspired tho with that dance breakdown. love the verses, reminds me of fall out boy in a way
― zachylon (zachlyon), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:09 (7 months ago) Permalink
I think the chorus is pretty good. The verses sound like "Starships" and "Wild Ones".
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:01 (7 months ago) Permalink
http://jezebel.com/5946786/keha-on-having-sex-with-a-ghost-i-had-sex-with-a-ghost?tag=dirt-bag
i was long since won over to "classic" but mannnn
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 27 September 2012 15:41 (7 months ago) Permalink
hahahahahahahaha
― set me on fire RAAAAH (DJP), Thursday, 27 September 2012 15:44 (7 months ago) Permalink
also, URL of the year
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 27 September 2012 15:48 (7 months ago) Permalink
lol
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 27 September 2012 16:26 (7 months ago) Permalink
Everything about the URL is perfect ("tag=dirt-bag" prob my favourite unexpected ending), I'm not going to spoil it by reading the article.
― tish tosch (seandalai), Thursday, 27 September 2012 16:46 (7 months ago) Permalink
i really, really like "die young"
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:28 (7 months ago) Permalink
when "Teenage Dream" came out I thought the "dance until we die" bit could've made a good refrain for a song on its own, but I didn't think it actually would be recycled on another Dr. Luke track years later
― some dude, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:35 (7 months ago) Permalink
so i think this has finally leaked in full
"c'mon" is pretty great
― monotony, Monday, 26 November 2012 13:13 (5 months ago) Permalink
yeah, it's all pretty great? disappointed in the lyrics changes in the final version of the song with the strokes but that's some a++ indiebro trolling.
lot more mixing up her K$ party side and the 'animal'-type stuff within songs, but overall it's a pretty solid album, i think.
much better than i expected after 'die young' (which has already grown on me, so, you know)
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 26 November 2012 22:02 (5 months ago) Permalink
i'm not listening to the leaks but please tell me she didn't change the 'dancing with my hand' line
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Monday, 26 November 2012 22:04 (5 months ago) Permalink
:(
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 26 November 2012 22:04 (5 months ago) Permalink
my favourite verse is indeed gone. sigh.
i don't think you understand / i've been dancing with my hand / now i think i need a man RIP
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 26 November 2012 22:05 (5 months ago) Permalink
i sing it overtop the current version.
the new instrumentation is pretty boss though.
NOOOOOOO that was the best and i just knew that was going to happen
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Monday, 26 November 2012 22:06 (5 months ago) Permalink
"Only Wanna Dance With You" is NYC circa 2002 way too late.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 November 2012 01:32 (5 months ago) Permalink
i guess "love into the light" is like her doing a ballad? sorta shocking but i really like it
this album overall is p good
― johnny crunch, Friday, 1 February 2013 14:05 (3 months ago) Permalink
i think people are afraid to admit to like ke$ha for some reason, she is less respectable than other pop stars. but Warrior is really solid. c'mon, especially, is pretty awesome. it captures adolescent "yearning" much better than any of the katy perry songs that, i think, go for a similar effect. the problem is that every ke$ha song has at least a few especially dumb lyrics that don't succeed in being charming. good thing i am able to zone out and not hear the lyrics pretty easily...
― Treeship, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 02:10 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
cmon, all that matters, love into the light = stone cold classics
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 03:06 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i love c'mon (set me free ke$ha) but most of warrior was really disappointing for me. "gold trans am"'s fun. loved all the stuff on the debut/ep about being poor: "we take the drinks from the tables when you get up and leave em", etc.. loved the b-side about wanting to fuck her history teacher.
taylor swift's ke$ha isn't as fun as her paramore.
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 03:13 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
"Gold Trans Am" is the only I kept.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 03:14 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
"this song makes me want to have sex in my car"... gold trans am is classic. and yeah, i mean, obviously the album is dodgy and inconsistent. i have a bad habit of declaring an album "good" or "solid" if it has more than three songs i like on it, which leads to confusion sometimes.
― Treeship, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 03:19 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Her music sounds like Uffie for people who shop at Walmart.
― the muddy waters of donk (Display Name), Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:12 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i really think you're on to something!
― artie flange (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:13 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is response hof, btw
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 03:24 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
"C'Mon" was the first single i liked, also her first to miss the top 10. i think she's maybe done.
― seanpennderizer (some dude), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 03:26 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
things are looking pretty desperate -- her next single has had will.i.am tacked onto it for the single edit
― dyl, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 04:38 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
also yeah, the new album did basically nothing for me the first time i heard it (when it was streaming before release). i think i liked the greg kurstin track toward the end and then "c'mon". radio play and social situations have kind of (barely) warmed me up to "die young" but otherwise the album was a disappointment and i haven't listened to it again since that first time
― dyl, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 04:40 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Fucking classic just for Tik Tok
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 04:41 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
agreed
― dyl, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 04:44 (2 weeks ago) Permalink