katy perry - prism

i kind of like the shouts on the verses. reminds me of miguel's WHHAP more than the lumineers or whatever.

oh come on, pretty sure a chorus beginning with "i'm the eye of the tiger" is a bit more tongue-in-cheek/self-aware than y'all are making it out to be

the whole thing's basically (purposely) a series of arranged motivational poster cliches, just a fun harmless late-summer anthem -- no gravitas detectable imo

the wide awake chorus is actually really beautiful but the verses are shit

p much the same with Roar

Katy Perry gives the impression that she believes "I'm the eye of the tiger" is an affirmation like the St. Francis prayer.

just a fun harmless late-summer anthem

rock bottom standards

what makes something a "late summer" anthem

coming out in august?

basically

rock bottom standards

― lex pretend, Sunday, August 18, 2013 5:10 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

plus DELICIOUS GUITAR SWOOSHES

coming out in august?

― 1staethyr, Sunday, August 18, 2013 5:38 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

basically

― fuck your movie theater yacht (zachlyon), Sunday, August 18, 2013 7:18 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark

so that makes "blurred lines" a... spring anthem

blurred lines really is so weird, it sounds like it would be in a commercial for kohl's

hahahahahaha

apparently katy and john mayer have a new song on his album - crossing my fingers it leads to something like this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_the_Hard_Way

all of these songs are coming out in winter for me

so that makes "blurred lines" a... spring anthem

― J0rdan S., Sunday, August 18, 2013 7:27 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sort of? i think there's a difference between songs that come out in spring and get play throughout the summer and songs that come out in august/september. less expectation and "event"ness

(regardless of the massive ad campaign involved w/this)

Late-summer anthem runoff:
"Roar" vs. "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

there is not a summer blockbuster season for music like there is with movies, much as the 'song of the summer' thinkpiece industry wants to will one into being.

OK IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER

it's still summer wtf
end-of-summer jams are still summer jams IMO

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSJKUJtB7_wZG2jmfAOPj7Ep7zzE5EBh8der-9hx7stguxSJ-2J

don't let big song-of-the-summer thinkpiece industry fool u, drake was an inside job

i remember when "Drop It Like It's Hot" was released just before Labor Day and just instantly got played in every DJ set that whole weekend, that was kind of an end-of-summer jam (xp)

I think summer blockbuster songs replaced summer blockbuster movies this year. I mean, what's Man of Steel compared to "Blurred Lines"?

i recall mariah carey releasing "fantasy" with the intent of supplying a good "end of summer" song.

"Bust A Move" was definitely August into first semester.

fantasy is ultimate summer jam

"California Girls" was definitely timed for the summer very deliberately, and then the singles campaign ended up lasting so long that "Last Friday Night" was a big song the next summer. so i wouldn't be surprised if when her label decided to release the album in October they were like "let's save the summery song for the 3rd or 4th single next year and release 'Roar' for the fall."

i remember when all the girls where making that ohhhohohoh sound in california gurls in the clubs all summer

I dunno, to me "end-of-summer song" implies wistfulness. the song I always think of (which is shit but) is "Stereo Hearts."

I think of Boys of Summer

that too; basically anything that acknowledges "the end of summer" is a bit loaded

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/86799045/August+And+Everything+After+Counting+Crows++August+And+Eve.png

Heard "Roar" for the first time. Not bad! Could have made a nice Pink song.

So who is this Bonnie McKee person? She doesn't get talked about as much as Dr. Luke and Max Martin.

songwriters don't get as much press as producers

Looking at her songwriting discography, I came away with the impression that she pretty much *is* pop music songwriting for the last 3-4 years.

I remember seeing McKee in one of those Blender mag "Teen Pop WS 20" lists circa 2004.

Her first album cover is very 2004 Blender WS:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517A1JVZBSL.jpg

She's got a second album coming out, I guess.

we talked about her a bit on the rolling pop thread. i'm super keen on american girl.

Yeah, "American Girl" is p good.

the sort of more explicit vicious irony in the song casts a fair amount of light on the 'intentionality' behind her hits for perry

by which i just mean that its hilariously self-aware and it makes it easier to see that perry's stuff is also maybe moreso than we give it credit for

The writing of "American Girl" http://www.americansongwriter.com/2013/08/how-did-they-write-that-bonnie-mckee-american-girl/

"American Girl" is so awful that it makes a fairly frightening case for how much better Katy Perry pulls off these kinds of songs than anybody else could.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5646340/singles-lady-bonnie-mckee-is-looking-out-for-number-one

harrowing profile that reveals she did meth after her first album flopped and as a teenager was the 'Fergie' in a rap group with Macklemore

it's kinda past awful into a special hypnotic realm tbh

like just... that poor old woman won't somebody help her

i think cos the name is like a subconscious mashup of bonnie tyler and maria mckee as well you're just thinking wtf ur not showing me heaven anymore

when "five-inch electric-teal Christian Louboutin stilettos, Daisy Dukes, popsicle-pink hair, baseball cap with 'Loser' scrawled on the bill, eyes hidden behind cat-eyed Prada sunglasses" is what you wear to a print interview, you're trying too hard.